A fewweeksago, welookedattheridesinAdventureLandandFrontierLandatWaltDisneyWorldandcomparedthosesameridesatDisneylandinCaliforniatoseewhichparkdoesthatridethebest.
They'rebothsimilarandthattheirindoorrollercoastersthatfeature a seriesofsharpturnsandsevendropsthroughthedark.
Butthere's somedifferences.
Bothfeelextremelyfast, butmagickingdomsonLeereachestopspeedsof 28 milesperhour, andDisneyland's is a bitfasterandreachestopspeedsof 32 milesperhour.
SpaceMountainatMagicKingdomis a muchlargerridethatfeaturestwodifferentcoastertracks, AlfaandOmega, whereasDisneyland's ismuchsmallerandonlyhas a singletrack.
Usuallybiggerisbetter, right?
Well, intermsofSpaceMountain, I wouldn't saythisisthecase.
Why?
Well, forstarters, DisneylandSpaceMountainis a muchsmootherexperience. 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:2.300 In 2005 theridewentthroughanextensivereefherbthatreplacedtheentiretrack. 00:10:2.700 --> 00:10:15.570 MagicKingdomstillusestheoriginaltrackfrom 1975 andwhencomparingittoDisneyland's, itismuchrougher, whichsomedosaythatitaddstotheexperience, and I cantotallyseethatbeing a personalpreference.
I mean, it's still a reallyfuncoaster, but a smootherexperienceisdefinitely a plusnow.
Anothermajordifferencearetheride's vehicles, standardtocedartrainswith a lapbarcanbefoundatDisneylandandaremuchmorecomfortablethanMagicKingdom's bobsledstyletrain, whereyou'repracticallysittingonthefloorintermsoftherides.