Flying Saucers
Last Updated: August 17, 2023
Flying Saucers are now a reality based in a "Space Station" in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. Here the guests may climb aboard his own craft, fasten his safety belt and actually take off in free flight and guide his own space ship.
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Flying Saucers Multimedia
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This attraction was one of the worst maintenance headaches at Disneyland.
The ride was built by Arrow.
The area was 16,000 square foot with 2 sections each section with 32 saucers: 16 were flying while 16 were being loaded
Each saucer was 6 feet in diameter
Guests steer the saucers by leaning
The Flying Saucers were designed by: National Research Associates, Inc. NRA was founded in 1958 by Mel Beardsley An early use for a similar single-seater (but not self-propelled, being inflated by blowers below the deck) was a ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Disney licensed the technology from NRA. The name GEM is derived from the acronym for ground-effects machine.
Required a "E" ticket in 1964-1965
Flying Saucers 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
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CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
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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:
0-5 min
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.
Trip Time:
3:00
ATTENDANCE FACTOR
(Total Guests Carried/Total Main Gate Attendance) * 100 (1964)
Attendance Factor:
20.0
UTILIZATION FACTOR
Capacity Percentage * Attendance Percentage (1964)
Utilization Factor:
13.2
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