Astro Orbiter
The Astro Orbiter is a "rocket-spinner", aerial carousel-type attraction featured at five Disneyland-style parks and Walt Disney Resorts around the world, except for Tokyo Disneyland. Although each ride may have a slightly different name, all share the same experience of vehicles traveling through space, spinning around a central monument. In most forms of the ride, the use of a joystick (or steering wheel, buttons, etc.) enables guests to adjust the height of their individual cars at will, usually within a range of no more than 10-15 feet. When the ride cycle comes to its completion, any ascended vehicles are automatically lowered for passenger exit and re-boarding. Over the years, with each new iteration of the ride debuting, new designs, thematic schemes, and locations have been implemented to fit with the changing themes of several Tomorrowlands.
Astro Orbiter | |
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Astro Orbitor at Disneyland | |
Magic Kingdom | |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 28.4184°N 81.57916°W |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | November 28, 1974 (as Star Jets) April 30, 1994 (as Astro Orbiter) |
Closing date | January 10, 1994 (as Star Jets) |
Tokyo Disneyland | |
Name | Star Jets |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 35.6313°N 139.8796°E |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | April 15, 1983 |
Closing date | October 10, 2017 |
Replaced by | The Happy Ride with Baymax |
Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
Name | Orbitron |
Area | Discoveryland |
Coordinates | 48.8736°N 2.7784°E |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
Disneyland | |
Name | Astro Orbitor |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 33.8121°N 117.9183°W |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | May 22, 1998 |
Replaced | Rocket Jets |
Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Name | Orbitron |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 22.3136°N 114.0418°E |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 12, 2005 |
Shanghai Disneyland | |
Name | Jet Packs |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 31.14375°N 121.65439°E |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | May 7, 2016 |
Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
Ride statistics | |
Attraction type | Aerial carousel |
Designer | WED Enterprises/Walt Disney Imagineering |
Vehicle type | Rockets (all except Hong Kong Disneyland) Flying saucers (Hong Kong Disneyland) |
Vehicles | 12 16 (Hong Kong Disneyland) |
Riders per vehicle | 2 (all except Hong Kong Disneyland) 4 (Hong Kong Disneyland) |
Rows | 2 (Hong Kong Disneyland) |
Duration | 1:30 |
Must transfer from wheelchair |