Theme Park news: interactive Space Mountain queue; Witch Mountain motion simulator; Dino Mountain returns

A round-up of my theme park Twitter updates for the last week (I sense a mountain theme):

* Dream job: Get paid $25,000 to ride 67 rides in Orlando. (Coaster Critic)

* Construction permits call for addition of an “interactive queue” as part of $12.3 million Space Mountain rehab at Walt Disney World. (Orlando Sentinel)

* Tightrope-walker Nik Wallenda to walk a high wire 80 feet in the air without a net or safety line at Knott’s Berry Farm on Sunday, June 21 at 2:30 p.m. The King of the High Wire will pull a similar stunt at Worlds of Fun in Missouri on Sunday, June 14. (Amusement Today)

* CoasterCrew watches new coaster being hauled away at Kings Dominion. Did they deliver the wrong coaster?

* Disney deploys Race to Witch Mountain motion simulator to promote movie in Europe. Are Disney parks next? (Screamscape)

* Will Fantasyland overhaul at Magic Kingdom include a copy of the Little Mermaid dark ride coming to Disney’s California Adventure in 2011? (Screamscape)

* Dino Mountain returns to the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park — Pix

* Cowabunga Bay water park opened Friday near Salt Lake City.

* In-park Starbucks coming to Disneyland Paris. Do you want a Starbucks at Disneyland? (O.C. Register)

> Plus a photo of the oh-so-cute flying Dumbo in the new Magical fireworks show at Disneyland.

Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the Los Angeles Times Funland blog: www.latimes.com/funland. Follow Funland on Twitter and Facebook.

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

Photo: Disneyland

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