The ground outside Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom has continued paving work compared to our last update.

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin Construction

In our construction update last week, the two long rectangles on the ground, along with the front of the center section, were mostly filled with freshly poured concrete. These areas are now hardened and the remaining areas needing concrete are now the patches of dirt closer to the doors and one central piece. New forms are now in place and it looks as if they are preparing for the final pouring.

Around the front, the wooden forms around the angular pieces of concrete have vanished, while more forms have appeared around the possible new ride sign element.

Gray panels that were on the walls to either side of the entrance doors are still removed and set on the ground, revealing openings in the wall that expose metal studs and plywood. The old entrance archway and decorations were removed from this area. New elements may be installed before the ride reopens. 

For reference, below is what the ride entrance used to look like.

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin is scheduled to reopen this spring with new and updated scenes, a new character, new ride vehicles, handheld blasters, and interactive targets.

Check out our last look at Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin and watch our POV video below.

If You Had Wings History

Before there was Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, this omnimover in Tomorrowland went through a few different flight-based iterations. It began as If You Had Wings sponsored by Eastern Air Lines, which opened in 1972. If You Had Wings explored the history of flight.

The airline withdrew their sponsorship in 1987 and the ride became If You Could Fly. In 1989, Delta Air Lines began sponsoring the ride and it was renamed Delta Dreamflight.

When Delta’s sponsorship ended, the ride was just called Dreamflight from January 1996 to June 1996. It was then renamed again, this time to Take Flight. The ride saw various thematic changes over the years before closing for the Toy Story 2-inspired reimagining in January 1998.

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin opened in October 1998, using the same ride track and vehicles as the original 1972 ride. Though inspired by the opening sequence of Toy Story 2, the Pixar film wouldn’t be released until November 1999.

Versions of the Buzz Lightyear shooting attraction have existed at all six Disney castle parks in the world. Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters at Hong Kong Disneyland closed in 2017 to become Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! The Tokyo Disneyland version closed in 2024 to be replaced by a Wreck-It Ralph attraction.

The technological updates to the Magic Kingdom ride and the Wreck-It Ralph ride are expected to be similar to Hong Kong Disneyland’s Ant-Man and The Wasp reimagining. Watch our full POV video of that attraction below.

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