ORLANDO, Fla. — Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month. The ride, a key part of Magic Kingdom’s first major expansion ...

Walt Disney wanted to build Space Mountain at Disneyland a decade before the indoor roller coaster forever altered the skyline of the Magic Kingdom a few years after the debut of the Florida theme ...

(Walt Disney World) Blasting off from Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom Park, Space Mountain goes gold for the ... of the ride will be shown with golden lights. The ride itself was based on the ...

Now all of us may enjoy this sense of wonder because of Walt Disney." With those words 50 years ago today (Jan. 15), Apollo 15 moonwalker Jim Irwin opened Space Mountain at Walt Disney World's ...

A Disney icon turns 50 years old on Wednesday. Space Mountain debuted at Walt Disney World on Jan. 15, 1975. “Like many great ideas, it came from the imagination of Walt Disney,” Steven ...