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, opened ...

Space Mountain has gone from an idea by Walt Disney for California to becoming the oldest coaster in Florida. Here are attraction highlights from five decades using Orlando Sentinel clips and other ...

Guests visiting Disneyland located in Hong Kong were trapped on a roller coaster for nearly one hour after a malfunction caused the ride to come to a halt. At Hong Kong Disneyland, riders were ...

“Upon notification of [a] passenger entrapment incident involving the Space Mountain roller coaster by the Disneyland at 3.30pm today, EMSD officers immediately conducted an on-site investigation,” ...

Around a dozen passengers were trapped on a roller-coaster on Wednesday at Hong Kong Disneyland. They were rescued, unharmed, after 45 minutes. The incident happened mid-afternoon at Space Mountain, a ...

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 ...

Disneyland plans to close Space Mountain during the middle of the busy summer vacation season to overhaul the 1977 indoor roller coaster that takes riders on a high-speed journey through the dark with ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Disneyland's popular Space Mountain attraction remained closed Thursday following an incident two days earlier in which a man climbed off ...

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National Roller Coaster Day is Friday, and Central Florida is a smart place to celebrate it. Between Orlando, Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee there are 33 coasters in operation, from the flattest of ...