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Astro Orbiter
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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.[2][3][4][5]
Astro Orbiter | |
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![]() Astro Orbitor at Disneyland | |
Magic Kingdom | |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 28.4184°N 81.57916°W / 28.4184; -81.57916 |
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 / 35.6313; 139.8796 |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | April 15, 1983[1] |
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 / 48.8736; 2.7784 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
Disneyland | |
Name | Astro Orbitor |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 33.8121°N 117.9183°W / 33.8121; -117.9183 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | May 22, 1998 |
Replaced | Rocket Jets |
Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Name | Orbitron |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 22.3136°N 114.0418°E / 22.3136; 114.0418 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 12, 2005 |
Shanghai Disneyland | |
Name | Jet Packs |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 31.14375°N 121.65439°E / 31.14375; 121.65439 |
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 |
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