{"id":97,"date":"2010-08-15T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/astrolift-ride\/"},"modified":"2020-01-22T00:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T00:29:56","slug":"astrolift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/usasection\/astrolift\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrolift Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/texas\/astro\/liftmove.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<strong> Year Installed: <\/strong>\n\n\n1961\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Last Year Operated: <\/strong>\n\n\n1980\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Section: <\/strong>\n\n\nTexas\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Manufacturer: <\/strong>\n\n\nVon Roll\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Other Names and Nicknames: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The <strong><em>Astrolift<\/em><\/strong> was one of the original rides at the park&#8217;s opening in 1961. The ride was a suspended cable car ride similar to rides at the Texas State fair, the San Antonio Zoo, and other amusement parks. The 25 cars provided guests a panoramic view of the park as they traveled up to 55 feet high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/modern\/astrolift\/astrolift%201.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> Astrolift ride over Confederate section, looking east towards the Modern section. Southern Palace is large white building in Middle. Sky Hook is in left upper corner. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The 2,100 feet ride traveled across the park from the Modern section to the Texas section. The Modern station sat near where the &#8216;Escape From Dino Island&#8217; theater is now.&nbsp; The Texas Station was located near what is now the picture center for the Texas Giant. At various times the ride was two-way, allowing guests to return to their starting terminal, and one-way, requiring they exit and the opposite terminal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/confideracy\/images\/cfastro1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/texas\/astro\/txlift1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/texas\/astro\/txlift2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> While the ride originally traveled across the park, by the time it was removed, expansion placed the Modern station more towards the middle of the park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/texas\/astro\/txlift4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Built by the Von Roll Co. of Berne, Switzerland, the ride cost $300,000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Astrolift was one of the original rides at the park&#8217;s opening in 1961. The ride was a suspended cable car ride similar to rides at the Texas State fair, the San Antonio Zoo, and other amusement parks. The 25 cars provided guests a panoramic view of the park as they traveled up to 55 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/usasection\/astrolift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Astrolift Ride&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,30,31,29,28],"tags":[84,4,32,3,33],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/952"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}