Astro Orbiter Disney World Ride Details

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Astro Orbiter Disney World is the main attraction in Tomorrowland. Astro Orbiter follows a retro theme. It is a spinner attraction that is located in the Magic Kingdom.

The Astro Orbiter is designed as a two-passenger spacecraft that revolves at a substantial height in the air. It gives a delightful view of the planets in space to the passengers as it picks up speed. One can control how high they fly by pushing or pulling the lever of the ship.

HeightAny height
AgeAny age
Ride typeSlow and spinning
AccessibilityWheelchair accessible
Guest policiesChildren to be supervised

History of Astro Orbiter Disney World

Visitors did not have a lot to uphold when Magic Kingdom first opened in 1971. Three years later, it expanded to include Carousel of Progress, Space Mountain, and Star Jets, now known as Astro Orbiter.

Astro Orbiter Disney World made its first appearance on November 28, 1974. Astro Orbiter Magic kingdom was largely inspired by Disneyland’s attraction Astro Orbiter.

Both Disney World and Disneyland’s Astro Orbited are perched on top of PeopleMover. However, Disney World’s Astro Orbiter is more magnanimous in design as it flaunts a space shuttle.

After the retro design of Tomorrowland, Star Jets did not complement the theme any longer. That is why it was later redesigned in a retro theme to compliment Tomorrowland and was named Astro Orbiter. The relaunch happened in 1995.

Astro Orbiter Disney World

The queue for the Astro Orbiter ride

The queue for Astro Orbiters begins from PeopleMovers at ground level. The Astro Orbiter ride’s queue is as interactive or derailed as other Disney World ride queues.

The Astro Orbiter queue leads straight to the elevator. The elevator is popular for its notoriously slow speed of elevating the guests.

Astro Orbiter ride vehicles

The Astro Orbiter ride is a two-ride space shuttle, as discussed before. The seating arrangement is such that one passenger is seated in front of the other.

There are no side-by-side seat accommodations. There are provisions for adults requesting solo rides.

The ride allows provisions for adults to ride with children. The seats leave comfortable leg space for riders to enjoy their rides. They can sit with their legs spread in front of them.

The rear seat passenger has a backrest. This is not available for the front seat passenger. Both the passengers share a belt.

The Astro Orbiter ride is a little more challenging to board than Dumbo or the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. To board, passengers need to step over a small wall and then step down.

The Astro Orbiter ride experience

This ride is a spinner attraction. It spins around on an axis and is in that aspect similar to Dumbo and the Magic Carpets of Aladdin.

However, perched on top of the PeopleMover, this ride moves a lot faster than the other ones. The ride lasts for one and a half minutes. The person in the front heads the ride.

Ride information

The ride is wheelchair accessible. However, it requires the person from the wheelchair to transfer into their seat to experience the ride.

The ride is not safe for persons suffering from height issues or motion sickness. The ride moves at great speed at a substantial altitude, which can only worsen the scenario for such persons.

There are no height requirements to get on this ride. It does not offer FastPass, and it is not a tame ride to be on.

The ride has a shorter queue in the afternoons and has the longest queue (wait time of 60 mins) at night around 10 pm.

However, people should avoid riding under the scorching heat. The Astro Orbiter Disney World ride offers the most beautiful nighttime rides.

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