[4K] Space Mountain - Breakdown & Evacuation | Disneyland Park, California

Little did the riders know they had been tricked into working at an Amazon sorting facility.

Lucky you, that's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I know Disney and its Cast Members try to maintain the Magic, but for nerds like me that always wanted to be an Imagineer, this IS the Magic! I would have loved to tour all around, seeing all the systems and geeking-out so hard...

As a Fire Protection / Life Safety Engineer it was good to see how well the the exits were marked. The catwalks were equipped with photo-luminescent arrows and marking to help navigate to the, but I was surprised how long it took to get staff up into the ride to begin evacuation.

I love how cast members keep roleplaying, even during disruption. The "train" is still a "rocket" xD

It's always interesting to see Space Mountain breakdown since you get to see the structure. You can see the outline of the structure from the projection's lights. Plus seeing the the other coasters on the brake runs and watching the other people's reactions. It's also a dark ride in addition to a roller coaster.

This is like when they stop you at the very top of the Ferris Wheel, and you just relax and look around, what a treat! : )

I like how people are excited and now everyone was quiet because it's broke down

6:25 was so wholesome, the breakdown was like a Birthday present!

This breakdown will be memorable for the rest of their lives you will be telling this story to the nxt generations 😅

Wow it’s amazing to see how dark it actually gets and now it’s like revealed behind the scenes when the lights are on. That’s cool

My family and I got stuck on Test Track at Epcot and had to be escorted off. The cast member saw me recording and asked me politely to not film. It was an experience for sure!

Awesome video! Not many of these exist, let alone that far up / early in the ride, so congrats! Some quick tidbits: Good callout on the Peoplemover track; interesting how they blacked out the old windows. When you said "I think that's the return tunnel", you were actually standing atop the middle of the boarding area roof; the return tunnel would have been ~10-20 ft. behind you (it hugs the right station wall). I'm curious to know what all that orange was on the far wall though. Finally, to answer your friend's question on why it broke down: It likely wasn't a cascade because those are usually resolved without in-show exits (from bottom to top they just release each block break and push the trains down so people can deboard in the station). It likely was a computer or human E-Stop given how quickly the lights came on, which could be caused by a sensor missing a train (by pure happenstance; not by dust as they are "magnet" based) or any small mistake in the station and a cautious cast member. Lastly, that noise you were hearing could have been the brakes air compressor, or, more likely, the hydraulic motor of the elevator in the middle of the building. If it was for the brakes, I'd be curious why it kept running after ride power was cut (9:04). The brakes only need compressed air to open as they are spring loaded closed (fail-safe for power outages).

Omg! I'm 56 years old. I was on Space Mountain - Florida when I was 20. I always wondered what that looked like with the lights on! OMG!

Very cool to see the structure. Space Mountain has been my favorite dark roller coaster ride since childhood. Disneyland is awesome on a rainy day when attendance can get really low and, if you're lucky, you may be able to ride Space Mountain multiple times without any type of wait!

Its incredible to think that the first time I rode that it was in the 70's. I was a kid and it was awesome, the build up from the other kids warning me about it was the worst part. That was magic, I still remember it.

Super awesome to see space mountain with the lights on

I love block sections.

Excellent opportunity to see the workings of space mountain. I had the same experience back in the early 80's at Disney Orlando.

I always wanted to see the behind the scenes workings!