Rocket Jets
Last Updated: September 8, 2023
Guests could fly high above Tomorrowland as they piloted their own rockets up and down in a circle around a central rocket.
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Rockets designed by George McGinnis
rockets could reach 70 feet above the ground
From Tomorrowland Info Packet 1967:
WHIRLING NEW ATTRACTION:
An all-new version of Disneyland's Rocket Jets attraction has been located atop the PeopleMover Station, combining with it to serve as the focal point of the Magic Kingdom's all-new Tomorrowland.
60-FOOT CLIMB:
Rocket Jets soar silently, climbing up to the 60-foot level, high over the heads of strolling Disneyland visitors.
GUESTS BECOME PILOTS:
Visitors aboard the Rocket Jets actually "pilot" the ships when they take over the control sticks. They may perform sweeping dives and sigh climbs, or direct a steady course.
TOMORROWLAND'S HIGHEST POINT:
The jets "fly" around a towering 85-foot-high rocket, tallest point n new Tomorrowland. Each of the twelve Rocket lets is connected to this vertical space craft by an 18-foot-long control arm.
SPACE PLATFORM:
Passengers board at a Space Platform, a seemingly suspended-in-air third level of the PeopleMover Station. Take-off and landing instructions are heard over the craft's speakers.
OBSERVATION DECK:
Surrounding the circular take-off and landing platform is an obser-vation deck, almost 25 feet high. Visitors reach the observation deck and the Rocket Jets attraction by elevator from the ground level of the PeopleMover Station.
NEW DESIGN:
The WED staff has completely re-designed the Rocket Jets for Tomorrowland. Each ship is eight feet long, accommodating two passengers in tandem fashion. They are authentic white with orange nose-cones and gold and black-striped trimmings and have glowing jet "exhausts."
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
provide breath-taking new thrills high above all of new Tomorrowland. A new version of the popular Rocket Jets attraction tops the tri-level PeopleMover station, theme center and pivotal point of new Tomorrowland.
In the 1970's required a "D" ticket
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
This is a thrill ride, pure and simple-though it does add considerable visual inter- est to Tomorrowland as viewed from the Central Plaza. A good choice for anyone who loved Space Mountain, but doesn't want to get on line all over again.
Rocket Jets Specifications:
THEORETICAL CAPACITY
This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.
Theoretical Capacity:
576 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
2:30
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
24
Trips:
24 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
170
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
140 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
2
SPEED
Average speed vehicles travel
Speed:
19.00
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
2:30
QUEUE FACTOR
Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965
Queue Factor:
LOAD TIME
From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.
Load Time:
0:30
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
1:30
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NOTES:
Distance Traveled: 140 feet per revolution
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