At Space Inc, you can take to the stars on the signature E-Ticket of the land: Into Space. This attraction reimagines Space Mountains as a vertical launch coaster.
The initial queue takes you through the fancy buildings, with various photographs of famous astronauts and rockets. You then enter an engineer’s brainstorming room, where a pre show video is played.
Elon Musk...
I mean...
Not Elon Musk.
Um...
The head of Space Inc thanks you for flying with them today, and promises despite your fears nothing can go wrong. He then explains several safety procedures- don’t put your arms or legs outside the rocket and that jazz.
Once you exit the pre-show you see the inner workings of Space Inc. It’s not as organized, and alarms continuously buzz. Despite all the madness there is a sense of a continuous, efficient workforce. At long last you make it to the end of the queue and board the rocket.
Mission: Space is a vertical launch coaster. This best simulates a real space launch, but that also means it might not be the best for families. Be warned.
After dispatch, the coaster slowly heads to the vertical incline. Once at 90 degrees, a ten second countdown from mission control builds up hype before we are all rocketed out of the atmosphere.
The rocket finally begins to slow down, arriving at the third floor. The part of this floor not used in creating air is used to create a vast, open space room in contrast to Space Mountain’s cramped setting. The rocket takes several fast but gentle sweeps through outer space, giving us time to appreciate the shimmering stars and that pretty blue ball. But suddenly the rocket arrives near an asteroid belt. This forces it to make several sharp turns. Once we escape, we spot a Cruise Liner sailing off, honking its horn. As it keeps honking, we realize it’s actually warning us: Space Pirate Frigate is tailing us! The rocket is forced to take evasive maneuvers, inverting for a short while before escaping and landing safely back on Lunar Base 11.
As we exit, the CEO apologizes about the whole Pirate thing and promises unlimited access to future space launches.
“Just don’t take the space elevator, please… rockets are safe! Totally safe! Sigh... I’m gonna go out of business...”
While Into Space may be the flagship of Tomorrowland, there are many other attractions to visit while you stay with us among the stars. Each ties in to the Entertainment District Theme.
The Collector’s Museum houses a wide variety of alien life. This walkthrough incites imagination on what possible life-forms could be out there… while also pointing out the dangers of animal cruelty.
In the same building is the Collector’s finest species, which you must wait in a special line for. This Alien Encounter is sure to bring you joy. Sarcasm intended.
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Across the street from the Museum is the Tomorrowland Theatre, which claims to always play the “films of tomorrow” although it unknown exactly how they obtain special previews to all those Disney Films. It’s as if they are in the league with Mickey somehow…
When it isn’t hype season, the Theater plays Captain EO. This “unreleased” film blends in with the space-port theme perfectly. And the 80’s are all nostalgic and cool now, thanks in part to GotG.
Speaking of space-nostalgia, the Guardians of the Galaxy are in town! Head over to that suspicious alleyway to meet them at Guardians of the Galaxy Astro Blasters. With Tower of Terror taking the place from Mission: Breakout, the Guardians will have moved to heinously stealing another ride, Buzz. Join the Guardians on a daring family-friendly shootout against the various gangs of Tomorrow!
If going against the law isn’t for you, check out Tomorrowland Speeders. At Disneyland Toronto, we have reimagined the classic “Autopia” design into the future. You are part of the Tomorrowland Police Department, and it’s up to you to “patrol” Tomorrowland. WInding in and out of the entire three-level land and even into a few attractions, this will be a sure hit with the children.
There are also plans for a WALL-E dark ride, Rogue Robots. This attraction will not be built until after the park’s release. In the event the park performs poorly, it will be built as a C-Ticket “Fantasyland Darkride” telling the story of WALL-E. However, if the park performs well it will use KUKA technology to represent the robots in the repair ward carrying you around.
Combined, the attractions of Tomorrow are designed to appeal to both children and adults. While there are some “scary” rides, there are also plenty of ones for the whole family.