Astro-Jets
Last Updated: September 28, 2023
Using a handle, pilots could move their rocket up and down as it spun around.
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There were 12 jets with names of: Canopus, Vega, Sirus, Castor, Regulus, Pica, Capella, Arcturus, Rigel, Spica, Procyon, Altair, Antares.
The jets made a 50 foot circle and could climb to 36 feet.
The jets were made by Klaus Co. Bavaria
Each jet was mounted on an arm extending 20 feet from an axial column.
Required a "C" ticket in 1956
Required a "D" ticket in 1959
Required a "B" ticket in 1964
The attraction suffered numerous problems, as the motors overheated, forcing the cast members to evacuate the guests to the dock. At the time, Imagineers added a back seat for a driver to prevent any engine failures from guests cranking the gas. Despite this, the engines continued to overheat and the need to refurbish this attraction became more expensive. After a year Disneyland opened, Phantom Boats permanently closed.
Astro-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:
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
Trips:
Audience Control Capacity:
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
50 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
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Speed:
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
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:
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
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