Patch Notes // latest change 2025.06.27
Tomorrowland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1974 · Magic Kingdom · 4 changes on record
Biggest recent change: Reopened after a roughly five-month rebuild in which the attraction was completely dismantled and reconstructed off-site; the central elevator shaft was repainted from orange to silver-gray. (Jun 27, 2025)
Closed for a lengthy refurbishment during which the entire ride structure was dismantled and removed from Tomorrowland for off-site work.
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Rethemed from Star Jets to Astro Orbiter as part of the New Tomorrowland; the central Saturn rocket was replaced with a stylized iron-work tower ringed by orbiting planets.
Opened as Star Jets during the major Tomorrowland expansion, with twelve guest-controlled rocket vehicles spinning atop the PeopleMover platform around a central Saturn rocket.
That's every change on the record on Astro Orbiter since 1974.
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Per the documented record, Astro Orbiter at Magic Kingdom opened on Nov 28, 1974.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Astro Orbiter is dated Jan 13, 2025: Closed for a lengthy refurbishment during which the entire ride structure was dismantled and removed from Tomorrowland for off-site work.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 27, 2025): Reopened after a roughly five-month rebuild in which the attraction was completely dismantled and reconstructed off-site; the central elevator shaft was repainted from orange to silver-gray.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1974 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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