Astro Orbiter Planets Removed as Refurbishment Progresses at Magic Kingdom

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Astro Orbiter refurbishment - January 20, 2025
Posted: Tuesday January 21, 2025 9:40am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

All Astro Orbiter planets, which form part of its signature orbiting theming, have now been removed as work continues in Tomorrowland.



A large crane, brought in at the start of the refurbishment, was used to remove the planets over the weekend. Based on past refurbishments, including the 2014 update, it's likely the crane will be temporarily removed once this phase of work is complete. It is expected to return later in the refurbishment to reinstall the planets and finalize other thematic elements of the attraction.


We don't yet have an exact opening date, but Disney says the Astro Orbiter will reopen in the summer of 2025.

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electric1 day ago

I was there last week and I cant quite figure out how the crane got in. Anyone have any insight this? It is taller than the people mover track. I assume it went down main st and by the fire dept?

ChrisFL4 days ago

Kinda gives it a sundial aesthetic. Anyway, lets hope they don't just make it minimalist or something

JD805 days ago

JD806 days ago

They did it 10.5 years ago in 2014. They did a complete tear down in Disneyland in 2019. From 2014: https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/astro-orbitor/gallery/05sep2014-astro-orbiter-refurbishment/21796.htm

SplashJacket6 days ago

What’s the precedent for complete tear downs of Astro?

ToTBellHop6 days ago

That’s true. Probably need it out of Tomorrowland by Presidents weekend and they’ll want the land wide open throughout Spring Break season.

James Alucobond6 days ago

They're probably semi-motivated to get the crane in and out quickly in this case, whereas it doesn't matter much in Dinoland.

ToTBellHop6 days ago

Somehow this demo is going faster than TriceraTop Spin.

DCBaker6 days ago

Photos from today: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54285828132_30273d39db_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54286713136_bfa6103dc3_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54286952309_4444737752_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54286955508_65b41cd52b_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54286712496_fa5e327fda_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54287139005_cdb4c6adf3_k.jpg

griffin ferrari7 days ago

A few more

griffin ferrari7 days ago

From this morning

wdwmagic10 days ago

Here is one from Aug 2024

Brian10 days ago

Yes, I believe most recently with the Plaza Restaurant facade refurbishment.

danlb_200010 days ago

Do they even do the printed scrims in WDW anymore?