During this time, the attraction was stripped and given a new ride system. In 2014 the Astro Orbiter closed for an extensive refurbishment. When the attraction reopened on Apit was renamed the Astro Orbiter. The new ride also featured 3 more rockets which helped to increase guest capacity. The new structure allowed guests to feel as if they were flying through the planets, instead of just around a stationary object. At this time, a stylized iron tower and various "planets" also replaced the Saturn V Rocket as the ride’s focal point. The color scheme of the attraction was changed, with the ride now being primarily grey and metallic looking. In conjunction with the "New Tomorrowland", the attraction was given a complete makeover. The Star Jets (unlike their Disneyland counterparts) were designed to look like space shuttles as opposed to rockets. Although the Star Jets was considered a copy of the Disneyland attraction (as both attractions involved guests flying around large Saturn V rocket), the ride vehicles that guests rode in were different. Located atop the WEDWay PeopleMover platform (like its Disneyland counterpart) the Star Jets was one of the most prominent features in Tomorrowland. In fact, a copy of the Rocket Jets (called the Star Jets) was a central part of the Magic Kingdom's 1974 Tomorrowland expansion (an expansion that also included the addition of Space Mountain, the Carousel of Progress and the WEDWay PeopleMover). The Disneyland version of the attraction was briefly renamed "Tomorrowland Jets", before it was moved to a new location atop the PeopleMover and renamed the "Rocket Jets" in 1967.Īlthough not an opening day attraction, the Rocket Jets were always a part of the plans for the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland. Created by Klaus Company Bavaria, the attraction allowed guests to "fly" 36 feet above ground level in small "jets". In 1956, Disney debuted its first ever "rocket-spinner" attraction, the Astro Jets. The attraction that would one day be known as the Astro Orbiter, actually traces its history back to Disneyland.
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