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No, the image you're seeing it not a fake. It is from the Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain. Months after returning from its major overhaul last November, Space Mountain finally has sound. Notice that I said sound, and not a sound track. That is because WDW was not as lucky as Disneyland when it got its Space Mountain plussed during the 50th anniversary celebration. When their Space Mountain reopened, it had new vehicles with on-board speakers that play an original soundtrack for the coaster. The Magic Kingdom wasn't so lucky. All it got was sound effects. Even the effects are barely audible due to the fact that the speakers are surrounding the track and not close enough to the guests.
While I appreciate the effort from the Imagineers, I deem this project unnecessary. The motto at WDI should be go big or go home. When you're the leader in theme park innovation and design, you shouldn't want to put your name on projects as tacky as this. Any changes to Space Mountain should be gratifying. Just should be in awe, not respond with a "meh" when told about the changes. WDI should and can do better.
You are right about one thing imagineers shud always try for the best. I haven't been to Disney yet to see the new* spacemountain, but I will be there shortly in sometime november. However to Disney it doesn't really matter to them about the sound on the ride. Overall the guess will still show up at magic kingdom even if the sound on spacemountain cud be better. But I see where u are going imagineerrs shud go over the top lol
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