I'm not sure about that, but when I went to Disney this week, I went on the TTA. When the TTA goes through space mountain, the lights were up, but im assuming it was cuz the ride had been stopped....people were stuck on the ride and there were still long lines. It definitely ruined it seeing it all lit up. I don't know if what you heard has anything to do with that. since I was jsut on the TTA, I dont know how long Space Mt was down for. Hope that helps!