---
title: "Elon Musk Compares Rocket Rides to Disney Roller Coaster"
description: "Elon Musk took to Twitter to compare an Earth-to-Earth trip aboard SpaceX's powerful Starship rocket to a ride on Disney's Space Mountain roller coaster."
date: "2019-06-27"
modified: "2019-06-27"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-starship-disney-space-mountain"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Starship"
  - "the digest"
---

# Elon Musk Compares Rocket Rides to Disney Roller Coaster

![Elon Musk took to Twitter to compare an Earth-to-Earth trip aboard SpaceX's powerful Starship rocket to a ride on Disney's Space Mountain roller coaster.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/elon-musk-starship-disney-space-mountain.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Walt Disney World/The Boring Company/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Very High Roller

On Wednesday, Elon Musk took to Twitter to answer users' questions about Starship, the [massive rocket](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/starship-image-elon-musk-spacex>) SpaceX plans to use to [deliver humans to Mars](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-mars-axios>).

When asked about the company's other intention for the spacecraft formerly known as the Big Falcon Rocket — transporting people from [one part of Earth to another](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-bfr-earth>) in under an hour — he responded with an [unexpected analogy](<https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-big-falcon-rocket-like-disney-space-mountain-2019-6>), comparing a trip aboard the powerful rocket to a ride on Disney's Space Mountain roller coaster.

## Better Hold It

Musk's series of tweets reveals that SpaceX plans to fit about 1,000 passengers on Starship for [Earth-to-Earth trips](<https://futurism.com/space-travel-disrupt-airlines>) — that number will drop to 100 for Mars-bound excursions. Everyone will have "coach" seat, and they better use the restroom and grab a snack before boarding because the rocket won't have toilets or a food galley.

"Most flights would only be 15 to 20 mins," [Musk wrote](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1144004310503530496>). "It’s basically an ICBM traveling at Mach 25 that lands," a reference to intercontinental ballistic missiles.

## Mr. Musk's Wild Ride

The Disney shout-out came after a Twitter user asked Musk if Starship passengers would be allowed to walk around while in flight.

"That would be unwise," [Musk replied](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1144005431020392450>). "Probably needs a restraint mechanism like Disney’s Space Mountain roller coaster. Would feel similar to Space Mountain in a lot of ways, but you’d exit on another continent."

**READ MORE:** [Elon Musk says flying passengers round the world in his Big Falcon Rocket would feel a lot like Disney's Space Mountain](<https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-big-falcon-rocket-like-disney-space-mountain-2019-6>) \[*Business Insider*\]

**More on Starship:** *[Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get You Anywhere on Earth in An Hour](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-bfr-earth>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)