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Rocket Rods Information
Rocket Rods Information
Last Updated:9/28/2012 4:33:50 PM
Rocket Rods (May 1998- September 2000 )
The Rocket Rods zoom above, through and around Tomorrowland in the fastest and longest attraction in Disneyland Park. This thrilling experience puts guests behind the wheels of high-speed vehicles of the future as they tear along an elevated highway above Tomorrowland

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Land: Tomorrowland
Ride Layout: Ride Map
Ride Duration: 3  minutes
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Patents: 6227120 (U.S Patent Office)
 
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Guests Being Evacuated (1998)
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Rocket Rod In Maintenance Area (1998)
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Part of a $100 million (in 2010 dollars it would cost $13.3 million) improvement to Tomorrowland, the $25-million (in 2010 dollars it would cost $33.2 million) ride was shut down almost immediately after opening and was closed its first summer for repairs.

During design this attraction was called Rocket Rods XPR (Experimental Prototype Rocket)

The ride takes 2 minutes and 40 seconds to travel the complete circuit.

Press releases about closing Rocket Rods:

LA Times:

Disneyland's misfiring Rocket Rods, a ride that was the brash new star of Tomorrowland when that aging fun zone got a $100-million face lift three years ago, was closed permanently  
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California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part One
Dateline: August 01, 2012
Status: Current
This month and next, I shall be comparing the Lands of The Future found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). In California, as per Florida, Tokyo and Hong Kong, this land is called Tomorrowland; in Paris this is
Disney's PeopleMover Gets A New Name
Dateline: August 27, 2010
Status: Current
The PeopleMover has always been among my favorite Disney attractions. It's quiet, relaxing and there's rarely a wait. It affords riders a panoramic view of Tomorrowland, as well as many other sections of the Magic Kingdom. When it was
At Disney, Many Hits ... And A Few Misses
Dateline: April 29, 2009
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Disneyland Rocket Rods in Disneyland was the centerpiece of an overhaul of Tomorrowland in the late 1990s, but while the vehicles had a Buck Rogers feel, they had all the kick of Roy Rogers' horse. The folks at WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney
Disneyland Presents Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Dateline: June 27, 2007
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It's a little-known fact that Sombrero Grande's first job out of high school was working at Disneyland as a "captain" on the Submarine Voyage attraction in Tomorrowland. In 1998, I left the park's employ and the Subs were mysteriously closed down
Is Elvis In The Building?
Dateline: November 29, 2005
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From a parade grand marshal who's a real turkey named Marshmallow to giant Christmas trees and Elvis sightings, both real and perhaps imagined, the holidays have arrived at The Merriest Place on Earth. And, along with nightly snow showers on
 
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