You approach Space Mountain from a long corridor adjacent to Redd Rockett's Pizza Port. You follow the winding course of the concrete upramp, where the queue is still relatively wide.

From there you make your way to permanent steel switchbacks, and finally enter the mountain itself, where the theming begins.

You're confronted right away with a painting of a space station: Station 77, a reference to the opening date of this attraction in 1977.

The metallic corridors harken back to a plan for Tomorrowland, never realized, called "Tomorrowland 2055" - a vision of gleaming chrome that lives on only here.

Keep your eyes on the ceiling. You'll find a hatch that reads "Capt. J. Hench", dedicated to John Hench, a prime Imagineer who helped design Space Mountain.

Around a couple of corners, and you're in the loading dock.

The ship dangling from the ceiling has a new look, and now carries the appellation "DL 05", in reference to the 2005 refurbishment.