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
Astro Orbitor at Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
AreaTomorrowland
Coordinates28.4184°N 81.57916°W / 28.4184; -81.57916
StatusOperating
Opening dateNovember 28, 1974 (as Star Jets)
April 30, 1994 (as Astro Orbiter)
Closing dateJanuary 10, 1994 (as Star Jets)
Tokyo Disneyland
NameStar Jets
AreaTomorrowland
Coordinates35.6313°N 139.8796°E / 35.6313; 139.8796
StatusRemoved
Opening dateApril 15, 1983
Closing dateOctober 10, 2017
Replaced byThe Happy Ride with Baymax
Disneyland Park (Paris)
NameOrbitron
AreaDiscoveryland
Coordinates48.8736°N 2.7784°E / 48.8736; 2.7784
StatusOperating
Opening dateApril 12, 1992
Disneyland
NameAstro Orbitor
AreaTomorrowland
Coordinates33.8121°N 117.9183°W / 33.8121; -117.9183
StatusOperating
Opening dateMay 22, 1998
ReplacedRocket Jets
Hong Kong Disneyland
NameOrbitron
AreaTomorrowland
Coordinates22.3136°N 114.0418°E / 22.3136; 114.0418
StatusOperating
Opening dateSeptember 12, 2005
Shanghai Disneyland
NameJet Packs
AreaTomorrowland
Coordinates31.14375°N 121.65439°E / 31.14375; 121.65439
StatusOperating
Soft opening dateMay 7, 2016
Opening dateJune 16, 2016
Ride statistics
Attraction typeAerial carousel
DesignerWED Enterprises/Walt Disney Imagineering
Vehicle typeRockets (all except Hong Kong Disneyland)
Flying saucers (Hong Kong Disneyland)
Vehicles12
16 (Hong Kong Disneyland)
Riders per vehicle2 (all except Hong Kong Disneyland)
4 (Hong Kong Disneyland)
Rows2 (Hong Kong Disneyland)
Duration1:30
Must transfer from wheelchair
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