Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Space Mountain on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Disneyland will celebrate the golden anniversary of its own version of Space ...

Two years after Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain debuted, Disneyland opened its own version on May 27, 1977. At the time, it was the second roller coaster at the park, after Matterhorn Bobsleds.

Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month.. The ride, a key part of Magic Kingdom’s first major expansion, opened to the ...