Around you, guests enjoy the other attractions of Tomorrowland and eventually, you find yourself at the entrance to two lifts - Lift A and Lift B. Guests queue at ground level in an unthemed area which just consists of metal barriers to guide the queue line. Let's talk about the Disney World version first. The ride experience, therefore, is very similar in each park with the only real difference being entry into the ride. Guests sit in a themed carriage at the end of each of these arms whether that's an elephant, a magic carpet or, in the case of most of the 'orbiter' attractions, a rocket ship. A rotating central globe has arms extending from it which move up and down.
The newly-opened Shanghai Disneyland has a very similar ride called Jet Packs.Įssentially each of these rides is the same mechanism as used by the various flying Dumbo attractions - and also by the Aladdin-themed magic carpet ride found at some parks. In the other parks, their versions of this attraction are slightly more central and often raised above the main concourse.Įach version of the attraction has a slightly different name: Astro Orbiter (Disney World) Astro Orbitor (Disneyland) Orbitron (Hong Kong Disneyland) Orbitron, Machines Volantes (Disneyland Paris) Star Jets (Tokyo Disneyland). It's also the first ride you come to at Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris (Discoveryland being their version of Tomorrowland). The first ride visible in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in California, is Astro Orbiter. A guide to space travel in the Disney Parks.