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The attraction audio recorded for this episode is available exclusively to the Saturday Morning Media Patron Patron. 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. Disneyland's newer sister park, California Adventure, features more intense rides suitable for older kids (Park Hopper passes include admission to both. This is a binaural recording so if you have headphones put them on now as we ride Astro Orbiter at Disneyland. After we ride I’ll give you my thoughts on this attraction. A ride on the Astro Orbiter lasts a brief one minute and thirty seconds. Astro Orbiter rockets travel at a speed of 11 rotations per minute and travel an average of 1.2 Million Miles per year.ĥ. The Astro Orbiter features 12 rockethsips that hold two riders per vehicle.Ĥ.
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When the attraction changed its name in 1964, it was because the ride’s sponsor, United Airlines, complaining that the name Astro Jets was free advertising for American Airlines’ Astrojet flight service.ģ. The Rocket Jets closed in 1997 and the current version, the Astro Orbiter found its home at the front entrance of Tomorrowland on May 22, 1998.Ģ. Another of Disneys circular up and down rides like. That version closed in 1966 and returned a year later as The Rocket Jets, located high above Tomorrowland. Astro Orbiter Fly in a circle high above Tomorrowland, make your astro orbiter rise and fall.

When the attraction changed its name in 1964, it was because the ride’s sponsor, United Airlines, complaining that the name Astro Jets was free advertising for American Airlines’ Astrojet flight service. This means that the attraction rotates an average of around 1.2 million miles a year. The Rocket Jets closed in 1997 and the current version, the Astro Orbiter found its home at the front entrance of Tomorrowland on May 22, 1998.
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That means that it completes one full rotation in less than 6 seconds The attraction operates all day every day, except during inclement weather. In 1964 it was renamed the Tomorrowland Jets. Astro Orbiter rotates at 11 rotations per minute. The original attraction was known as the Astro Jets. Disneyland has had some form of the Astro Orbiter since 1956. There are no age or height requirements for this attraction and the thrill level describes this attraction as a Spinning ride.īefore we blast off, here are five fast facts about Disneyland’s Astro Orbiter!ġ. This is one of the easiest rides you can build.
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The Disneyland Resort website describes this attraction saying: Pilot your very own rocket ship high in the sky amid a gleaming constellation of orbiting planets. Today I'll show you how to build the Astro Orbiter ride at the entrance to Tomorrowland. This episode finds us in Tomorrowland at Disneyland to ride the Astro Orbiter. Attraction audio recorded on May 18, 2021. Let’s pilot a rocket ship at the entrance to Tomorrowland at Disneyland park! We ride the Astro Orbiter on this episode of Attraction Checklist.
