#Hyperspace Mountain

[lucent-roase]

i went to disneyland recently so i decided to draw Hexsquad there, i will post more about this soon!

sorry for being inactive lately, i will try to post more often. just extremely busy with school and other parts of life, i’ll post more over the summer hopefully!

bonus: art project for school! it didn’t come out just right but oh well, my teacher won’t mind

[disnerland]

Get that Star Stuff.

Mostly in moomas but also in a MURPHY.

Go in way up and go MORE.

Will there be Mean Machine?

No. Not here.

He is dead.

[disneyparksattractionstournament]

Favorite Disney Parks Attraction Showdown: Round 1 - Group B2

Videos and propaganda under the cut!

Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain: Disneyland Paris

Propaganda:

"You feel like you're a Rebel fighter on a mission against the Empire! You still get some of the exciting dark sections characteristic of Space Mountain, but it also makes effective use of the occasional screen and sound effects to sell the Star Wars experience. Also, unlike any of the other Space Mountains, it goes upside down!! A very fun experience."

Sinbad's Storybook Voyage: Tokyo DisneySea

[bb-holidaytravels]

Space Mountain gets you regardless how many times you’ve been on it… first pic is a week ago… 2nd pic is last year.

I was actually so shocked the first time I went on it in 2023, I was all set to compare it to Hyperspace Mountain in Paris but it’s is altogether different.

Both are thrill rides for sure but Space Mountain knocks you about a lot more and being able to see the structure and how close you get to it increases the fear factor making it one of my ultimate favourite rides.

Hyperspace Mountain will always have a place in my heart for being the first Disney ride I ever went on, for making me cry and for being Star Wars themed.

No matter what type of Mountain, you gotta love it (unless it’s expedition Everest… that ride makes me dizzy)

[acebirdofprey]

Have a photo from my holiday!!!

Star Tours and Hyperspace were my favourite rides at Disneyland.

[johnychen]

Space Mountain Hyperspace Mountain Overlay Front Seat Low Light 4K POV D...

[akirapolarbear]

Went to Disneyland and of course I decided to bring him with me ✨

[haveyoubeenonthisrollercoaster]

Star Wars hyperspace mountain from Disneyland Paris! :)

[kaiserkisser]

ok sso chat what i learned today is that i might actually be an adrenaline junkie or smth

[countdown-til-sanders-take-over]

just had one of those moments where someone's like "what are you thinking about" and you either have to tell them that u were (very intensely) thinking about journey from the earth to the moon (in disneyland paris) or come up with a lie on the spot

Be unique Be yourself Be entirely enraptured by Discoveryland concept art

[bumpscosity]

No bc why overlay space mountain which has like the best soundtrack of any roller coaster ever

[redhoodieone]

The Batfamily & Y/N at Disneyland

*Alfred gets scared on the Jungle Cruise because he believed he really was in the jungle.*

Alfred: My word! Master Bruce, where are we?

Bruce: *sighs* We’re on a ride, Alfred.

*In Star Wars Land, Dick and Jason put on a theatrical performance of fighting with light sabers, and they even jump and flip over tables and buildings. Cast Members dressed up as Star Wars characters are stunned. The Cast Members dressed as Darth Vader and Kylo Ren actually approach the brothers and shake hands with them. Bruce gets pissed off at Dick and Jason when he finds out about their performance and has to pay Disneyland workers to not say anything to the press.*

*Y/N and Jason make out the entire time on the Haunted Mansion ride. Dick sat next to Damian, and he tried covering Damian’s eyes as much as he could so he wouldn’t be scared. Tim actually fell asleep on the ride.*

*When the Batboys and Y/N get Bruce to indulge with junk food, Bruce ends up eating like fifteen churros and pukes on Hyperspace Mountain. Luckily, the cleaning crew didn’t mind cleaning up after him and they even get a picture with him afterwards.*

*Damian insists he didn’t want a souvenir, and he “pretended to be annoyed” when Bruce bought him a Mickey Mouse plush doll, but he threatened Dick, Jason, and Tim to not touch it or even look at it.*

*Jason being the sweetest boyfriend ever and wearing matching Mickey Mouse ears with Y/N, and he didn’t even mind taking a hundred selfies throughout the day.*

*The Batboys fight over the front seats on the Incredicoaster. Bruce said Y/N wins and gets to sit up front, and chooses Jason to sit beside her. Dick and Tim sit behind them, and Bruce (no longer feeling sick) rides with Damian. All of them smile for the picture, and Alfred insists on buying it.*

*Dick whines and complains that the line to ride Peter Pan is too long.*

*Damian makes everyone ride the carousel three times, until Bruce bribes him with cotton candy and ice cream to let the others choose rides.*

*During the fireworks, Alfred rests with the bags of souvenirs while Damian sits on Bruce’s shoulders to see the fireworks better. Dick and Tim sit next to each other on the curb and watch the fireworks in amazement. Jason and Y/N ride more rides while most of the public is watching the fireworks show.*

[disneyparksattractionstournament]

Favorite Disney Parks Attraction Showdown: Round 2 - Group B

Videos and propaganda under the cut!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: Disneyland, WDW Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris

Propaganda:

Disneyland version: "It has such an effective use of underground sections, especially when they're completely dark and give you the illusion of going even faster. The first one can catch you off guard, which makes it all the more effective! The canyon theming is gorgeous as always, and while there's a shorter town section, it's still fun to look at. The cave for the lift hill after the first dark section is also great and I love the use of water features in the ride"

Disney World version: Ok so this is a bit of a story. There was a doctor who noticed that lots of his patients had passed kidney stones after riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. So he and a collaborator rode on the ride a bunch of times while holding a backpack with a 3D printed kidney filled with urine and kidney stones. Amazingly, around 60% of the time when sitting in the back of the coaster, the stone would pass! The study also notes that other roller coasters in the park like the rock n roller coaster or space mountain did not have the same effect. You can read more about it here: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/for-kidney-health-roller-coaster-therapy/501278/

Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain: Disneyland Paris

Propaganda:

"You feel like you're a Rebel fighter on a mission against the Empire! You still get some of the exciting dark sections characteristic of Space Mountain, but it also makes effective use of the occasional screen and sound effects to sell the Star Wars experience. Also, unlike any of the other Space Mountains, it goes upside down!! A very fun experience."

[jarenka]

I didn't want to start sunshine AU (yes, it has a name now!) without finishing a current fic, but I wrote down the first scene, since I've already came up with it. Ans then I translated it into English (well, google translated it, and I've made some changes, and @heretolurkandnothingmore kindly edited it). Here it is with a quick sketch of Anakin and Obi-Wan from this AU.

Since Laer laid between two mountain ranges, it didn't have its own spaceport. The nearest one was an hour and a half away, on an elongated coastal strip. Obi-Wan decided that they would land there and then ride a local airbus the rest of the way. The group him and Anakin were supervising only had seven older younglings, already past the age of needing constant supervision. 

As they made their way down to their designated spot, Anakin kept muttering that they should have picked a planet with a landing spot right next to the temple. He fit their ship neatly into a marked square on a concrete field between two other passenger ships of about the same size.

“There's a transit port in Laer,” Obi-Wan said. ”We could have landed there, but then you'd have to bring the ship back here and make the way back on your own. And on planets with landing spots near a temple there aren’t any hotels, theaters, or craft shops.”

“And I don’t think you're used to tents and dry rations anymore.” The words hang between them, unspoken.

”Don't be such a bore,” Anakin said. “Let me grumble a bit.”

“You're only thirty-five, it's a little early for you to become a grumpy old man.”

Their spot was not far from the passenger port building, so they got there on foot without waiting for a transportation platform. Obi-Wan walked ahead, and Anakin trailed the procession. 

Following the blue holographic arrows, Obi-Wan found the station - a large glass-walled building with three platforms, which airbuses approached one by one. The traffic was brisk, but Obi-Wan knew there weren't many flights to Laer. He went to the terminal to buy tickets only to find out that the next airbus wouldn't arrive for another hour. Obi-Wan sighed heavily. Jedi had been taught restraint and patience from an early age, but his wards still were just regular teenagers who had already spent thirteen hours in hyperspace, in the cramped quarters of a ship.

“All right, children,” Anakin said cheerfully as they stacked their suitcases by the row of chairs. “Who wants to come to the sea with me?”

“Can you make it there and back in an hour?” Obi-Wan asked.

Anakin silently pointed his finger at one of the glass walls. Just beyond it was a small square with benches and solitary, scattered palm trees, and behind the square laid a pink sandy beach.

“Yes, you can,” Obi-Wan decided.

Five of the seven younglings dropped their cloaks onto their chairs and followed Anakin toward the exit. 

“Why aren't you coming?” Obi-Wan asked the remaining two. He knew the answer to that, though. Lina Karras and Alvias Sa had been studying for the advanced math exam the whole trip, and now continued to sit engrossed in the flickering pages of formulas and math problems their teacher gave them. Obi-Wan wasn’t sure if he could solve those himself.

“We’ve got a test in three days,” Alvias Sa replied.

Obi-Wan knew that, too. Master Lokuta, who taught higher math, asked him to leave Alvias and Lina in the hotel on their test day. “Maybe they can take the test later,” proposed Obi-Wan. “I suggested it to them myself,” Master Lokuta replied.  “But they're stubborn. Don't want to fall behind the rest of the group.” They both shook their heads, having reached an understanding that some don’t want to take it easy even when they should. 

Leaving Lina and Alvias to keep an eye on their luggage, Obi-Wan bought himself and them each a glass of kaf. When he returned, his chair was already in a patch of light from the setting sun. 

The airbus station stood at the very edge of the spaceport, and its glass walls provided an amazing view of the picturesque landscapes of Celestia VI. On one side was the sea converging with the pale blue sky on the horizon, and on the other two sides were the speeder parking lot, the highway, and the mountain range that stretched along the seashore as far as the eye could see. On the green mountainside were sparsely arranged small villages. 

Obi-Wan looked at the weather forecast, found out that sunset would be in forty minutes local time, and opened the book. After the long hours he'd spent in the archives preparing for the trip, the only novels he'd read during the flight were the ones about a young woman from Coruscant who inherited a vineyard on Naboo (or an antique store on Alderaan, or a pottery workshop on Chandrila) from a childless distant relative and quit her annoying office job to find happiness in a new place. 

The protagonist just met a beautiful muscular neighbour* from the farm next door when the sunlight around Obi-Wan took on a warm orange hue. He tore his eyes away from the datapad. 

The haze in the air made the distant mountains lose all color and volume. They looked like flat silhouettes carved out of the yellowed sky. The sun hung above them in a large, blinding ball. Obi-Wan touched Lina and Alvias on the shoulder. 

“Stop studying and look at the sunset,” he said. They raised their heads reluctantly. 

“And don't make such faces,” Obi-Wan continued. ”Your math isn't going anywhere, and you won't see such a beautiful sunset again for a long time”. 

“Won't it be the same in Laer?” Alvias asked. “There are mountains there, too.” 

“Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But there are definitely no mountains on Coruscant.”

Lina didn't say anything. She had exchanged only a few lines with Alvias since they had left Coruscant, and the rest of the time she had either been studying or sleeping. Obi-Wan hoped she would brighten up in Laer. 

The sun had already slipped toward the mountains. It turned the peaks orange, the sparse wispy clouds around them looked like dark blotches in a glowing yellow halo. Human figures moved rapidly by the glass, all taking pictures of the sunset. Obi-Wan didn't take out his camera; the moment itself was enough for him. 

Soon the sun was gone from sight, but it still cut the sky over the mountains in yellow and orange rays. After a while, they too faded, and the entire landscape outside the glass wall turned a bluish hue. 

Obi-Wan glanced at the chrono - the sunset didn’t last long here. He threw a glance at Lina and Alvias and noticed that they were already looking at their datapads.

“I wonder if they watched the sunset or not…” 

Obi-Wan remembered that he himself, unlike Anakin, had paid no attention to the beauty of nature at the age of fourteen. It even seemed to him that admiration for sunsets, seas, forests and fields was an old man's trait. Maybe they thought so too. 

He picked up the book again to find out what the heroine was up to with her vineyard on Naboo and the attractive neighbor. 

Next time he was distracted by a figure that appeared nearby seemingly out of nowhere. Only when Obi-Wan looked up did he realize that Anakin hadn’t actually appeared out of nowhere, but was hidden by a line of people reaching for their airbus with the Travel Agency logo on it. 

“The sea is great,” Anakin said, turning to Lina and Alvias. “You should’ve gone with us.” 

“I doubt it's any different from other seas,” Lina said, taking a few moments to look away from her datapad. 

”Of course it's different. In some seas, you can't even touch the water without getting chemical burns.” 

Anakin's hair, which he neatly braided in the morning, was disheveled and frizzing more than usual because of the humidity. The cloak in his hands was covered in wet stains and sand. The younglings were talking excitedly, but the station was too noisy to discern the words. 

“Did you let them run barefoot on the beach?” Obi-Wan asked. 

“How did you know that?” 

“Judging by the state of your cloak, you wiped someone’s feet with it.” 

Anakin laughed. 

“It’s hard to hide anything from you.”

Obi-Wan pulled a light synthetic bag from his suitcase’s pocket and held it out to Anakin. 

“Put it in. We'll wash it at the hotel.” 

The airbus was still ten minutes away. 

*originally it was wlw space chick lit, but English doesn't have grammatical gender so it turned out to be ambiguous space chick lit.

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

The whole Star Wars universe is so insane actually it's making my head hurt

Putting aside the fact that the entire galaxy is interconnected via space travel with more cultures and societies than the human mind can comprehend, the history is so, so old. The spacefaring history of the galaxy goes 100,000 years into the past, that's twice as much as the time between today and the extinction of neanderthals. And look how long it took us to figure out space travel, the history of individual planets will be even older. Look how long ago before the movie timeline SWTOR takes place, and there's already so many ancient ruins. No matter how far back you go, there will always be something older. Lost cities, technology, cultures covering the surfaces of planets. Entire civilizations built on whalefalls they believe to be mountains. So many remains of space vessels scattered on planetary surfaces, and even more that were left to float through space forever, their crews long dead. The spaces between planets are vast and there is nothing that would allow corrosion and decay except the UV radiation from stars. Stray too far from regular hyperspace routes and you might encounter these ghosts.

The entire galaxy is a graveyard

[gallusrostromegalus]

Hinamori can drive? How did that come about? Is she a "must follow all the rules" driver or a "hold on for dear life" driver?

Momo's posting in the living world was in a more rural area and she got started driving her neighbor's tractor for him when he got hurt and she was bored, and then the farm truck and that was FUN on the little mountain roads, so she went and got a driver's license and managed to scrape together enough cash to buy her neighbor's 20 year old P.O.S. compact, and in the span of four months went from "what's a car?" To getting heavily into maybe-not-totally-legal vehicular modifications and earning herself the nickname "Peaches The Freak" on the illicit mountain rally racing circuit for "driving like she can't die".

She didn't actually tell anyone this when she got back to soul society because she was a bit embarrassed to be so enthusiastic about such a niche interest, so nobody finds out about HOW Momo drives until she's in the human world with her boss and her co-lieutenant, and they need to transport a large number of small objects at speed and the most reasonable way to do that is in the back of a car.

"what do you MEAN you don't know how to drive? Momo gapes at Shinji and Hiyori. "You were in the living world for a whole century?!"

"THEY GOT TRAINS EVERYWHERE IT DIDN'T COME UP!" Hiyori shouts. "ITS NOT LIKE YOU KNOW EITHER!"

"No, I do." Explains Momo, getting into the driver's seat of a Subaru old enough to vote. "That's why it's so strange to me."

"SHOTGUN!" Bellowed Hiyori, leaping into the passenger seat. "Okay, it's a little weird that *I* don't know how to drive, I guess, but do you really want mirror image dingus back there out driving on the wrong side of the road, do you?"

"I'm sure he'd get the hang of it eventually!" Said Momo. "Okay, seatbelts everyone! -and gas, mirrors, seat adjustment- who was driving this car, captain Komamura? Okay, check for cops-"

"What's a seatbelt?" Asked Shinji from the backseat.

"-and we're clear!" Momo said, putting her foot down and accelerating at a speed that made the buildings stretch and streak by like they were about to enter hyperspace.

One hour and six minutes later, they reached their destination, having reached a top speed of 193 mph, Hiyori discovering the female version of a terrorboner, and Shinji discovering what it feels like to be a lone sock in the washing machine during the spin cycle.