New DL Space mountain - B&M?

I emailed Disney about the track for their ride and they informed me that there is no track and it is not a ride. It is an actual space "experience". I'm sorry if I offended anyone at Disney with my question.

I looked for the Premier Spaghetti Bowl on their website, but couldn't find it. Here is the picture of Space Mountain track everyone was talking about... very industrial looking! :)

From AMEC's website
*** Edited 9/15/2005 2:46:06 AM UTC by GoliathKills***

Still, AMEC would be the fabricator. B&M still could have done the design for the ride or something.

I'm still lost, and doubt will ever know the whole truth.

I'm gonna go with Vekoma. Disney has had a great relationship with Vekoma ever since BTMRR, and a solid majority of their rides that have used track/trough since then have been Vekoma.

Not to mention this track is nearly identical to that of Everest, which is also a Vekoma.

-Josh

B&M tracks are way better than that crappy Vekoma tracks

And why is that?

Because the troll said so! :) (Oh wait...troll go bye-bye)

Ok, here are the facts: The ride was designed mainly by WED, now known as WDI, back in 1975, Werner Stengel or Anton Schwarzkopf may have had some input on the design. Because (unknown to most people) the track is heartlined but not very well. I'm not sure who manufactured the track the first time, but AMEC manufactured the current track using the 1975 track layout designs.

nwvwe heard of amec before... what else ave they produced?

Considering the onboard sound is already not functioning on some of the trains, my guess is Vekoma.

LMFAO! Jomo! Nice slam! Italian Job anyone?

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jomo said:
Considering the onboard sound is already not functioning on some of the trains, my guess is Vekoma.

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If that is true about the SOBAT not functioning then that is the first thing that will tell you it isn't a Vekoma. The three Vekoma coasters with SOBATs (Space Mountain Paris & both Rock 'n' Rollercoasters) run very effectively with virtually no audio problems. It is the non-Vekomas that have problems like California SCREAMIN'(Intamin) and the old Space Mountain (WDI).

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RavenTTD said:
I emailed Disney about the track for their ride and they informed me that there is no track and it is not a ride. It is an actual space "experience". I'm sorry if I offended anyone at Disney with my question.

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LOL... that was the best! :)

My 2 cents:
....it's not B&M

I think it looks B&Mish

It looks too... "ugly" to be B&M..

Seriously, though.. since I've been paying attention to coaster manufacturers, I have not seen a piece of B&M track that I haven't thought it a smooth, beautiful product of great engineering.

...even the rusty-before-they-painted-it-for-the-first-time-last-year B:TR @ SFGAdv.

That, however, doesn't look smooth or beautiful to me.

:)

After seeing these pics, I'd have to say it must be AMEC, never saw track quite like this used before:

http://www.rollercoasterpro.com/gallery/disneyland/sm_new.shtml

Looks nothing like B&M or even Vekoma's new track:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2389.htm?picture=13