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29th March 2005

Safety
Warning Video Download with Sound!
You can now download the new safety warning video with sound and
from a closer viewpoint.  The video not only gives you an
idea of what is being said on the video, but also a look at the
new plasma screens in the rooms which the queue line passes
through.
Download

here, with thanks to dlpstephan on Disney Central Plaza
Forums.

29th March 2005


Mission 2 Billboard
Want to see one of coolest billboards ever created?  Now you
can, by clicking

here, thanks to Kyoto.  The billboard features a huge
poster for Space Mountain: Mission 2, but then also a countdown
clock and 3D Disneyland Resort Paris logo!  It’s good to see
that Disneyland Resort Paris can make such a huge event out of
“just” an attraction relaunch!

29th March 2005


Station Space Station Idea Cancelled
The ride’s unscheduled early previews over the last few days have
revealed a few more facts about the new ride.  It appears
that unfortunately the bumpiness of the old ride has not been
completely solved, since this would obviously take a

huge amount
of money and time, so instead this element has almost been
incorporated into the ride as if the bumpiness is due to the train
hitting asteroids, etc.
     The next major piece of news is that
the interesting Victorian space station prop for the ride’s
station has most definitely been cancelled.  The prop can be
seen on the
concept art, and it was designed to bring an even more
Victorian touch to the ride and more excitement to the station. 
It’s cancellation could be due to many factors, from problems
getting it in place to budget or time constraints.
     As more
news from the previews appears, you’ll be first to know!

28th March 2005

Safety
Warning Video: Download!
The highly anticipated new safety warning video for the attraction
queue has just been revealed by Coaster-Rider!  The new video
thankfully does away with the old style that fitted more with Star
Tours or DL/WDW’s Space Mountains rather than our Victorian-themed
ride, and instead appears to fit in much more with the Victorian
feel whilst still being quite modern.  It shows the beautiful
new Space Mountain: Mission 2 attraction logo and then features a
woman describing the physical restrictions of the ride. 
Accompanying this are images of blueprints and diagrams of the
Columbiad, plus footage from earlier Exploranaut missions. 
You can download the video (without sound)

here, thanks to Coaster-Rider and Vivien on
Disney Central Plaza Forums.

26th March 2005

First
Exploranaut Feedback!
Grandmath from Disney Central Plaza forums was lucky enough to get
a place on a test mission of Mission 2 today, and whilst he
doesn’t want to spoil the surprises of the ride too much, he does
say that the projections and effects in the ride are very well
done, with lots of beautiful new stars in the mountain itself. 
He also says the launch is superb and it even feels like you are
going much faster when infact you aren’t.  Grandmath also
says the end of the ride is superb and a definite good change! 
Overall, he says it’s less of a refurb like changing “Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Peril” into a backwards ride and more of
an actual completely new ride.  He also drops in at the end
his report that there is indeed a new safety video for the queue
line!  But no details about which are given yet… Read his
full report

here.

26th March 2005


Envie de + de D�tails?
The latest issue of the Annual Passport magazine, “Envie de +”,
has just been released and it features a large amount of pages
dedicated to the opening of Space Mountain: Mission 2.  Along
with a page of general information about the attraction, it
features a page of special meal options for the park, a page of
merchandise for the attraction and, best of all, a short interview
with one of the creators.  Check out scans of the magazine

this page for a downloadable version of the magazine which
should be available in a few days (or weeks!).

22nd March 2005

First
Merchandise In The Shops!
Last weekend also saw the arrival of the first piece of Space
Mountain: Mission 2 merchandise – a baseball cap featuring a
version of the “publicity logo” (the more modern logo which is
being used on all advertising and publicity for the attraction). 
It appears that this logo will be used on all merchandise for the
attraction instead of the actual “attraction logo” (the logo seen
at the entrance of the attraction), as confirmed by earlier
preview images of Mission 2 merchandise on

DLRP Magazine which featured both this baseball cap and a
t-shirt.

22nd March 2005


Entrance Sign Completed
Over the last few days the entrance sign for Mission 2 has been
completed with the fitting of the lighting inside the letters and
the outer casing being put in place for the “Space Mountain” text
on the sign.  The weekend also brought the first testing of
the sign, when it could be seen fully lit up over the blue
construction fences.  The outer casing of the text on the
sign appears to be made from plastic, which unfortunately gives a
rather washed-out and faded appearance to the “Mission 2” section
when lit by white light from behind, but nevertheless the sign is
still impressive and brings fresh colours to Discoveryland whilst
still staying firmly in-theme with the decorative metal elements
around the text.  Thanks to Photos Magiques, here’s an in
depth look at the signs and poster, some of the only changes to
the attraction we’ve been able to see:

For even more photos of Mission 2 and more, check out Photos
Magiques’ packed March 2005 update.

21st March 2005


Systems Malfunctioning!
Are you training up for Mission 2 on the official Space Mountain:
Mission 2 website?  Have you achieved a top score but no
longer appear on the leaderboard?  Stay calm!  You are
not alone!  There does indeed appear to be a problem with the
leaderboard at the present time, which means that even if you’ve
got a top score shown in your profile you may not appear on the
actual leaderboard.  The reason for this is unknown, but
let’s hope they sort it out soon – blast off is just over a week
away!

20th March 2005

Main
Attraction Poster In Place
Unfortunately for those who felt the design of the mini-poster
seen a few days ago was rather unoriginal and uninspiring, the new
main attraction poster was yesterday revealed to follow the exact
same design.
It is still a beautiful piece of artwork though, with the
excellent Mission 2 logo and some nice ornate detail around the
edges.
Photo:
Click Here (Source:
Kyoto on DMI Forums)

Thanks to Peter for the news.

17th March 2005

More
Exterior Work & Attraction Mini-Poster
Over the last few days work has been continuing at a sustained
high speed, with the lighting elements now fixed in place inside
the main attraction sign and the “SM” initials added to the back
of the sign where “DM” had been for so long before.  Works
and adjustments to the cannon recoil mechanism are still ongoing,
and the attraction poster frame has been cleaned up considerably. 
Most exciting at the moment, though, is that the first attraction
poster has been spotted.  This isn’t the huge poster that
will be going in the main frame though, but rather a smaller
attraction poster featured at the entrance to the queue.  It
remains to be seen whether the main poster will follow the same
design or not…
Photos:

Click Here (Source: Scrooge on DMI Forums)

15th March 2005

The
Columbiad Recoils Once Again!
If you’re quite new to Disneyland Resort Paris, you’ll be
wondering what the fuss is about, but after years and years of
inconsistent or non-existent operation, the recoil effect of the
Columbiad cannon is back!  TicTac on Ameworld forums managed
to get a great video clip of a train being launched, and for many
fans the sight of the new trains, smoke effects and recoil effects
is an amazing sight.  The speed of the trains also seems to
have changed since Mission 1 aswell, since now when guests view a
train being launched they see it at maximum speed all the way, as
opposed to just starting to accelerate in the past.  This is
due to the new launching position in the base of the cannon, which
was intended for use in the original ride but was removed after
safety concerns with the speed of the trains at the top of the
cannon.  This issue has obviously been fixed though, and a
new longer and slightly faster launch will definitely help to get
a ride on Mission 2 off to a good start!
Video:

4 (Source: TicTac on Ameworld Forums)

14th March 2005


Beautiful Details… Look Even Better!
More and more beautiful new Mission 2 touches are being noticed
around the attraction every day, and today “amiral.benson” on DLRP
Magazine Forums points out the very high-quality new finish on the
lampposts around the attraction.  Compared to how the
lampposts used to look with their highly weathered, dirty and
industrial look, the lampposts cleaned so far look vastly
improved.  They still most definitely fit with the look of
the ride, but look much more polished and expensive than they did
in the past, so much so that they could almost be mistaken for
entirely new brass lamp fittings! 

Take look for yourself.

Photo source: “cocoon” , DLRP Magazine Forums.

Photo source: Photos Magiques & “cocoon” , DLRP Magazine Forums.

here thanks to Vivien on Ameworld Forums.

Photo source: Joel’s Photo Hunt.

www.disney.co.uk!  On the official Disneyland Resort
Paris website it fills the seasonal box on the main page where the
Kids Carnival was, whilst on Disney UK’s website it’s the main
featured item and takes up most of the main page!  This
should defaintely help to drum up some more interest in the ride –
especially as the links all go to the excellent official Space
Mountain: Mission 2 site!

Photo source: Joel’s Photo Hunt & “Believe-in-Magic”, DLRP
Magazine Forums.

PhotosMagiques.com Forums for photos of the test missions.

Photo source: DMI Forums.

www.spacemountain2.com

dlrpfans.be you can now download the first Space Mountain:
Mission 2 TV Spot.  The spot, which is 20seconds long and
features a large amount of guest reaction footage from Mission:
Space, seems to be trying to draw viewers in with its exciting but
mysterious feel.  The “AttrACTION Reloaded” slogan nor the
attraction’s new website are featured in the advert, which perhaps
suggests that this could just be one of two or more TV Spots, with
later versions giving more information about the ride or even how
to book, as is usually the case with Disneyland Resort Paris’
adverts.

here.