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Space Mountain: Mission 2 is an enclosed roller coaster attraction in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris themed around a journey into outer space. Originally themed around Jules Verne's classic 1865 novel ''From the Earth to the Moon'', the attraction opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the opening of the park, as an intended revival of interest to draw more guests to the financially unstable European resort. Unlike other Space Mountains found around the world, this version has a steampunk-detailed appearance, with a huge dominating Columbiad Cannon and a plate-and-rivet exterior, in keeping with Discoveryland's retro-futuristic theme. It is the only Space Mountain to feature inversions and a section of the ride outside the mountain, that being the station and cannon. The attraction was also the first roller coaster to feature a Synchronized On-Board Audio Track (the first roller coaster to feature nonOn-Board audio was Chaos at Opryland USA Themepark). The audio track was written by Steven Bramson and was in keeping with the Victorian theme. The original version of the ride, Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune, closed in January 2005 and the theme was changed to ''Mission 2'', planned as a continuation rather than replacement of Verne's classic, where the rider is taken further into space on a new adventure. The track remains unaltered. The new onboard audio track was composed by Michael Giacchino, and the refurbished attraction debuted on April 9, 2005. It was later refurbished over a six-month period from January to July 2015, with improvements made to the special effects and overall presentation. ==Original concept== Originally, Disneyland Paris wanted to make a replica of Space Mountain from Tokyo Disneyland. However, after the Parisian site had been chosen and work began on Discoveryland, a showcase attraction was planned. Discovery Mountain was initially designed to feature not only Space Mountain, but a variety of other attractions, exhibits, and restaurants. The building was going to be 100 metres in diameter, rather than 61 metres, the diameter of the Space Mountain dome. Inside, the following items were to feature: * A large version of the Nautilus (which ended up outside of the attraction and as a walk-through attraction) * An underwater restaurant with a Nautilus theme alongside a café * A copy of the Horizons attraction of Epcot * A Disneyland Railroad stop * Free-fall ride concept, themed to Jules Verne's ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' * Space Mountain based upon Jules Verne's ''From the Earth to the Moon'' * Walkway tubes linking to CinéMagique and the Videopolis dining and stage complex (which still features two huge windows in that place) Discovery Mountain's budget became so huge that cuts were inevitable. In addition, the resort had encountered a loss of millions of French francs in its first three years of operations. This was due to low hotel occupancy, low guest spending and lower attendance than projected, partly due to the colder winter weather—in sharp contrast to Tokyo Disneyland, which sees crowds year-round regardless of the weather. The Victorian-inspired design of Space Mountain (initially named Discovery Mountain before its name change), with its huge Columbiad cannon, and containing only the indoor roller coaster, was decided upon as the best choice for the financially unstable resort, as well as a nearby walkthrough recreation of the Nautilus, entitled ''Les Mystères du Nautilus''. However, in 2001, Tokyo DisneySea opened, featuring Mysterious Island, a recreation of Vulcania Island from the movie ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''. This island features some elements from Discovery Mountain (for example the ride Journey to the Center of the Earth or the Nautilus ride). Michael Eisner, ex-CEO of The Walt Disney Company, credited ''Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune'' and its creator, Imagineer Tim Delaney, as the savior of Disneyland Paris.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tim Delaney Interview )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space Mountain (Paris)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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