What is the path for rope drop Space Mountain?

[jriker1]

I've been drafting up a map of DL and DCA and like to draw out the path for my initial ride during Early Entry as in Grand Californian. In this case would be DL with Space Mountain. I have been modifying a 2D map as it's nice and flat for printing. That said, the map is sometimes hard to see where you can and can't walk as a noob. When I see videos of people walking to Space mountain at early entry Star Tours seems to be on their right as they walk there. However on my map it seems like it would be on their left. Is the red or blue path correct or something else?



Ignore the X thru Space Mountain. When I was going in August apparently it was going to be closed with a 1/4 of the park. Now moving it to December.

Also is the rope in the picture where we are held until 7:30AM? Further up? Back?

Thanks.

JR

 

[BriannaRuth]

The red path is correct; it's the one going in to the Space Mountain entrance. You can't access Space Mountain from the back.

I don't think this will be confusing to you once you get there. You can't actually access that area you have in blue. Just head straight through Tomorrowland and SM will be pretty obvious on your right once you walk past Star Tours.

 

[purple figment]

You can only follow the red path. The three blue dots paralleling the red path next to the Plaza Inn ends at the bathroom. The remainder of the blue path hugging the Star Tours and Space Mountain buildings is backstage.

 

[BriannaRuth]

By the way, OP, since you like maps, you might find it interesting to look at this area (and all of Disneyland, for that matter) on Google Earth. It makes it fairly easy to see why some areas (backstage) aren't accessible. You'll never be in an area that has parking lots and trucks inside the parks.

Just search on Plaza Inn, Anaheim, and look for the area where all the little red umbrellas are. That's Plaza Inn's outdoor seating. The entrance to Tomorrowland is right there where it says AstroOrbiter.

 

[OlliePop27]

Great advice. Agreed, SM is easy to find at RD. One note - the entrance is next to Alien Pizza Planet and up a long ramp set back quite a bit. There's a sign and wait time board before the ramp. The entrance is actually further than the exit. When you walk past Star Tours (on your right), you then pass the exit to Star Traders (a shop), then the exit to SM, then the entrance.

 

[Jawwdoc]

There are two rope drop routes. If you are staying on site and have early entry or are rope dropping on a M,W,F or Sun you would want to line up closer to Plaza Inn/Star Tours, see map labeled Early Entry. If you are rope dropping without early entry on a T, Th or Sat, you can line up near the EE spot or use the alternate route as labeled as alternative route/non early entry.