The Tomorrowland Arcade, sometimes referred to as the Space Mountain Arcade, was a video arcade that was located in the gift shop that is connected to the Space Mountain roller coaster in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. Currently, guests exiting the Space Mountain attraction are routed through the gift shop that was connected to the arcade. The arcade was right behind the former FastPass distribution area and to the left of the main entrance of Space Mountain. The building was marked with the words “Video Arcade” in the past. The building has been marked and still is marked as the “Tomorrowland Light & Power Co.” building.
Above Tomorrowland Arcade Photo by Originally by Loren Javier on Flickr. Modified by NavFile. Photo released under a Creative Commons License.
Above Space Mountain Arcade photo by Loren Javier on Flickr, modified by NavFile. Photo released under a Creative Commons License.
Space Mountain Arcade - Tomorrowland Arcade Closed
Tomorrowland Arcade was closed by Walt Disney World on February 10th, 2015. Many online sites have speculated that Disney decided to close down the Space Mountain arcade in response to gambling regulations passed by the State of Florida. The video arcade games had the familiar ticket issuing and gift redemption setup that is seen at arcades. Instead of tokens, cards were used to purchase credits to play the games. The video arcade had many different types of arcade games including, a Pac-Man Smash air hockey game, Guitar Hero, NASCAR multi player game, Cars (Pixar) driving game, Crazy Taxi, Skee Ball, basketball, and more. Most of the games were current (new) arcade games. The building that housed the arcade is still there and serves as the gift shop for Space Mountain.
Above Pac-Man Smash Air Hockey Game at the Tomorrowland Arcade by Sam Howzit on Flickr. Modified by NavFile. Photo released under a Creative Commons License.
Other Places to Play Arcade Style Games and Other Video Games
Disney has been closing down many arcade style attractions at Walt Disney World. DisneyQuest, the large arcade or indoor interactive theme park is scheduled to close down on July 3rd, 2017, with the last day of operation planned for July 2nd, 2017. Our team is reviewing other options and will post them to the site at a latter date.
If you enjoy arcade and video games, DisneyQuest is the perfect place to visit, before it closes. It is located in Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney), which is part of the Walt Disney Resort. Disney Quest has its own separate admission fee that allows you to play all of the games inside. There are 5 floors of arcade games that guests can play.
Tomorrowland is a land or section in the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida (Orlando area). Tomorrowland is also a land at Disneyland (California), Tokyo Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland. This article and section of the site focuses on The Magic Kingdom (Orlando, Florida) Tomorrowland.
This land is located on the east side of the Magic Kingdom. To get to Tomorrowland from the Main Street area you make a right at the The Plaza restaurant or Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. You can also make a right at the circle and enter Tomorrowland through the main entrance, which is shown below.
Above Tomorrowland Entrance photo originally by Michael Gray on Flickr. Photo enhanced and modified by NavFile. Photo released under a Creative Commons License.
Tomorrowland is built on the theme of futuristic ideas. Space themed rides are a key feature of the land. Space Mountain and the Astro Orbiter are two key attractions with a space theme that are located in Space Mountain. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin is also another key attraction in the section that has a space theme, however, the ride is also linked to the popular Disney Pixar franchise Toy Story. Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover is also part of the land and is an enjoyable ride to get a nice overview of the whole area. Tomorrowland Speedway is located within the area and is the iconic race car ride that is part of the Magic Kingdom. Other rides are that are in Tomorrowland are listed below.
Tomorrowland Magic Kingdom Rides
Tomorrowland has a number of locations to eat at or to get a snack from. There are no reservation type restaurants, however, in the section. Below is a list of dining locations.
There are gift shops located at the exit of some of the rides in Tomorrowland. There is one dedicated gift shop in the area, Merchant of Venus. Merchant of Venus sells Star Wars apparel and toys.
This Tomorrowland section on our site will be updated with more information on the area and the attractions listed in this article.
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