Rocket To The Moon
Last Updated: May 9, 2024
Time, space, motion, and the loss of gravity feeling are all authentically simulated to make your journey to the moon breathtakingly realistic
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TMS-507
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Rocket To The Moon History:
Though it was visible on opening day Rocket To The Moon in Tomorrowland didn't truly open for 5 more days. When it did debut guests boarded inside hemispherical buildings that look something like observatories.The location for the attraction was located behind the imposing Moonliner Rocket.Rocket To The Moon was sponsored by TWA but Douglas aircraft took over sponsorship from 1962 to 1966
The attraction operated like a low-tech flight simulator guests sat in one of the two steeply raked 104 seat theaters named Diana and Luna inside each cylindrical theatre large circular screens were mounted on the center of the floor and in the center of the ceiling.For 15 minutes the bottom screen displayed views of the ships previous location the bottom screen began with footage of the launch pad and morphed into a receding Earth and t's approaching target the top screen showed oncoming moon all described by an informative narrator.Rocket To The Moon also had scales to measure your weight on Mars, Mercury, Moon and Jupiter
Specs Capacity 810 per hour -- Capacity per ship 162 -- Cycle Time 18:00 -- Load Time 1:30 -- Unload Time 1:30 -- Trip Time 10:00 -- Dispatch Interval 12:00 -- Trips per hour 5
Rocket To The Moon Secrets:
Each theater held 104 guests
Rocket To The Moon also had scales to measure your weight on Mars, Mercury, Moon, Jupiter
Nomenclature May 25 1955:
ROCKET TO THE NOON (TWA Exhibit)
The departure area of the Rocket To The Moon is known as the SPACEPORT.
The rocket ships are named:
LUNA
DIANA
The ramps will be designated as
14,R LUNA
M-R DIANA (MI for Moon Rocket)
Required a "C" ticket in 1955
Required a "D" ticket in 1956-1957
In 1956 the phone extension for Rocket To The Moon was 389
The cabin names in 1959 were Arcturus, Polaris
Required a "E" ticket in 1959
Required a "C" ticket in 1964-1965
Rocket To The Moon 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:
810 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
12:00
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
162
Trips:
5 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
148
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
162
Speed:
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
18:00
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:
1:30
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
10:00
ATTENDANCE FACTOR
(Total Guests Carried/Total Main Gate Attendance) * 100 (1964)
Attendance Factor:
23.0
UTILIZATION FACTOR
Capacity Percentage * Attendance Percentage (1964)
Utilization Factor:
14.2
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