Outside of some scenes on the city-covered planet of Coruscant (even that's a maybe), there's nothing in Star Wars that resembles the giant cannon on the mountain's exterior that rockets you on your way. To begin with, the whole visual and artistic design of the Star Wars universe completely clashes with the Jules Verne/steampunk architecture of the ride. They're both about space! What could go wrong? As it turns out, a lot. I get it: A marriage between Space Mountain and Star Wars sounds like a good idea. Sorry, Magic Kingdom in Florida, but you're just a copy. After the original Disneyland, it's my favorite Disney park. There's no Jungle Cruise, which is sad, but that's my only gripe. The architecture and design are gorgeous, you can buy wine with your hamburger, and you ride Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains instead of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I've wanted to visit Disneyland Paris since it opened 25 years ago, and I was not disappointed. It was a fun job and I grew to know the park well. Yes, I was the guy who drove the boat while telling the hilarious joke (look, everyone, that's the backside of water!) and shooting the gun to scare the charging hippos. I grew up not far from Disneyland Anaheim, and in the mid-1990s (I'm that old), I worked there for two summers as a Jungle Cruise Skipper. Yours truly, sailing the Rivers of Adventure.ĭisney parks and I go way back. Hate me if you will, but allow me to explain. Sure, the roller-coaster portion is thrilling, but I wasn't feeling the force of the Star Wars theme. But even after one ride, the concept didn't work for me. I'd been eager to experience the only Space Mountain with inversions, so it was the first attraction my husband I tried when we entered the park. I rode Hyperspace Mountain two weeks ago on my first trip to Disneyland Paris. It uses the same ride design and infrastructure but broadcasts video of the space battle I glimpsed onto the interior of the "mountain" while piping a soundtrack through speakers in each seat.Īt the start of the ride, trains are "shot" up the cannon on the right side of the mountain's wonderfully steampunk exterior. Opened in May after a four-month refurbishment, Hyperspace Mountain rebrands the park's version of the famed Space Mountain. I'm not in a galaxy far, far away, but at Disneyland Paris riding the Hyperspace Mountain roller coaster. Out of the corner of my eye, a Star Wars TIE fighter screams past, pursued by an X-Wing. I'm hurtling upside down through the dark while a fighter pilot jabbers incomprehensible French words in my ear.
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