Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune
| Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain | |
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| Previously known as Space Mountain – De La terre à la lune (1995–2005) Space Mountain: Mission 2 (2005–2017) |
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| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Park section | Discoveryland |
| Coordinates | 48°52′26.69″N 2°46′45.30″E / 48.8740806°N 2.7792500°ECoordinates: 48°52′26.69″N 2°46′45.30″E / 48.8740806°N 2.7792500°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 1, 1995 |
| Replaced | Space Mountain: Mission 2 |
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| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Designer |
Walt Disney Imagineering Werner Stengel |
| Lift/launch system | Electric Winch Launch / Booster wheels (second lift) |
| Height | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Length | 3,281 ft (1,000 m) |
| Speed | 44 mph (71 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Duration | 2:05 |
| Height restriction | 52 in (132 cm) |
| Trains | 5 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
| Previous Theme | Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon |
| Current Theme | Space and Steampunk |
| Music |
Mission 2 by Michael Giacchino (2005-2017) De La Terre à la Lune by Steven Bramson (1995–2005) |
 Disney's Fastpass available |
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 Single rider line available |
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 Wheelchair accessible |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at RCDB Pictures of Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at RCDB |
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Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain (formerly known as Space Mountain: Mission 2 and Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune) is an indoor/outdoor steel roller coaster in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. Originally themed around Jules Verne's classic 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, the attraction first opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the park's debut in an attempt to draw more guests to the financially-unstable European resort. Unlike other Space Mountain attractions at Disney theme parks, the installation at Disneyland Paris has a steampunk-detailed appearance with a Columbiad Cannon and a plate-and-rivet exterior. Under its previous theme, it was the only Space Mountain to feature inversions, a launch, a section of track that exits and re-enters the interior, and a synchronized on-Board audio track.
The original Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune closed in January 2005 and later reopened as Mission 2 with a revamped Jules Verne theme and the same track layout. A refurbishment took place in 2015 to improve the special effects and overall presentation. The newest renovation to the ride implements a Star Wars theme to celebrate the resort's 25th Anniversary.
Originally, Disneyland Paris wanted to make the Parisian and European Version of a replica of Space Mountain from Tokyo Disneyland. However, after the Parisian site had been chosen and work began on Discoveryland, a showcase attraction was planned. Discovery Mountain was initially designed to feature not only Space Mountain, but a variety of other attractions, exhibits, and restaurants. The building was going to be 100 metres in diameter, rather than 61 metres, the diameter of the Space Mountain dome.
Inside, the following items were to feature:
Discovery Mountain's budget became so huge that cuts were inevitable. In addition, the resort had encountered a loss of millions of French francs in its first three years of operations. This was due to low hotel occupancy, low guest spending and lower attendance than projected, partly due to the colder winter weather—in sharp contrast to Tokyo Disneyland, which sees crowds year-round regardless of the weather. The Victorian-inspired design of Space Mountain (initially named Discovery Mountain before its name change), with its huge Columbiad cannon, and containing only the indoor roller coaster, was decided upon as the best choice for the financially unstable resort, as well as a nearby walkthrough recreation of the Nautilus, entitled Les Mystères du Nautilus.
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