Astro Orbiter

It's like Dumbo, but almost as high as Cinderella's castle! It's a little generic in that it lacks any branding, i.e. association with a specific film. Regardless, the fairly unique perspective it affords the riders makes it very rewarding.

The only downsides are lack of AC, even in the elevarors, and tight cars for the tall.

Only waited 5 min right after park opened. Unfortunately lines for this popular ride can be long later in the day or during the holidays. My grandson loved being able to fly his own rocket.

This is one of our favorite rides at The Magic Kingdom. Lines can tend to be long and the ride is short, but once you have lift off, you can see much of the park. You have to rid the Astro Orbiter if you go to Disney!

We always ride this at least once per visit to the Magic Kingdom. We try to wait until the line is less than 30 minutes as it is a short ride. It has spectacular views. The rockets are small for multiple adults, it was a bit of a squeeze with out backpack.

One of my least favorite rides in Magic Kingdom. Lines are long but the ride itself is short. As other people mentioned, be mindful that there isn't much space in the rocket ships you will sit on. You can pilot the ship up an down, my daughter kept it fairly down as I was having anxiety due to height frightening but I wanted her to enjoy it. The ride felt a little rusty. The view from above is stunning, you can see all Tomorrowland and the Castle surroundings. I was looking straight to avoid looking above it and be more anxious. I want to give it another try maybe at night when everything is illuminated, should give another vibe. Would I wait 30-40 minutes in line for this? Absolutely no.

Astro Orbiter is a pretty simple ride, but it has an allure to it. Part of the fun is that it's elevated (you have to take an elevator to get to the boarding level) making for some great views as you go around. Not the best ride in the park, but if you like Dumbo or the Magic Carpets of Aladdin, you'll probably enjoy Astro Orbiter.

I have to say this is such a classic ride. My daughter and I enjoyed it entirely. It’s one of the more peaceful rides.

There are many Astro Orbiter facts available online. What is left out is that the capacity should be: only one normal-sized human adult per rocket.

Allow me to explain: A ride operator asked the two of us if we'd like one rocket or two. Wanting to be considerate park guests by not taking up two ride vehicles, we looked at each other and said "one".

BIG mistake.

Looking back on the situation, the ride op should have politely said, "I think you'll be more comfortable in separate ride vehicles." It was a comedy for us to get into the ride, as you have to step DOWN into the compartment, and sit with both of your legs out in front of you. If there are two riders, the rider in back has to make room between their legs for the other rider. This pushes the knees of the rider in back against the sides of the ride. (This will be a key detail later) The seatbelt situation was also an issue, as the belt was clearly not meant to go all the way around two adults, and we had plenty of trouble securing it to the satisfaction of the ride-checker.
So, we were already laughing at our ridiculous position as the ride began, as it was clear this ride was going to be slightly uncomfortable and certainly a near-impossibility to exit when it was over.
Our anticipation of soaring over Tomorrowland quickly faded as we realized our compartment was overloaded to the point we were unable to use the lever to raise and lower our vehicle as everyone else was doing.

This made us laugh pretty hard - but as the ride's speed increased, the aforementioned knee positioning became a problem as my outer knee was being mashed into the metal side by the forces of rotation and weight of the rider wedged in front of me, between my outstretched legs. All she remembers is hearing "my KNEE! my KNEEEEEE!" the entire ride.

When the ride mercifully came to a stop, we nearly (and maybe did) pee ourselves trying to get out. We were laughing so hard and helplessly that it was hard to muster the strength to leverage ourselves up and out over the edge, and of course my knee was no longer working properly. I'm sure the ride ops and waiting passengers thought we had lost our minds. We'll ride again on our next visit, but in separate rockets for sure.