===Ride===
[[Image:Blue.jpg|300px|thumb|The blue "launch" tunnel.]]
Space Mountain began with guests boarding their "rocket and taking off past the Space Port queue and Mission Control booth. The jets then went up a lift hill and down a small slope, which lead to circular tunnel lined with blue lights. Here “energy” could be heard building up, and eventually propelling guests to the other end of the dome. The rockets then did a 180 degree turn and went up another lift hill, where a mirror positioned at the end of the track, gave riders the illusion that they were about to collide with another rocket. At this point, if the riders looked up they were able to see the Earth, stars, comets, meteors, and asteroids above them- adding to the illusion that they were flying through space.
As the rockets continued on, they would go down a quick dip and a series of twists and turns, in almost complete darkness. In the dark, guests then fell down a 38 degree drop ( the steepest in the attraction) before passing through red, swirling, wormhole and finally reaching the unloading area.