Space Mountain & Planning Video: Why??

[DemonLlama]

We've gotten the planning videos (and DVD this past fall) since 1999 and they use the same footage of Space Mountain every year with people sitting side by side on the ride. Am I crazy, or does this exist somewhere? The ride I went on has single seats, all lined up behind one another.

What am I missing?

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

It's been almost 20 years since I've been to DisneyLand but I think that the Space Mountain there is side-by-side seating.

The SM footage might be from there.

 

[slp87]

Not sure about the overseas Disney parks, but DL did have side by side seating.

 

[Pirate-Jeff]

They also show ToT with the riders standing up.

 

[disneysteve]

Space Mountain at WDW in Florida has never had side by side seating, though it did originally have bench type seating where two people sat together, one in front of the other.

As for Tower of Terror, it has always had seats though they did recently change the restraint system. The footage of the ride with people standing is from the TV commercials made when the ride opened.

 

[cavepig]

Disneyland has the side by side seating on Space Mountain and it seems that they always use the same stocked footage of it on almost every Disney World Video (even the new Magic Kingdom park DVD that you can buy). Maybe they think no one notices, but if you've ridden it at WDW you can, but I guess if you've never ridden it you wouldn't be wiser.

The Tower of Terror in videos always shows people standing and it's funny cause another guest a couple of years ago actually thought you stood on the right. So it's kind of misleading and might scare some people away from riding until they find out you get to sit down.

It would be nice if they used accurate footage in their videos, but I guess they like to use old stocked footage to save on budgets.

 

[Horizons16]

I dont remember if its Tokyo or Paris but their Space Mountain has a roller coaster train we are more used to seeing. Long train and over head restraints. I think that it goes upside down otherwise they wouldnt have those type of restraints.

California is side by side and WDW is straight line.


I guess its all the commercial pull you in stuff. Like Rock n Roller Coaster, they show it being this crazy right with stuff flying everywhere and all that and to me it doesnt seem the same when you are actually on it.