Golden Zephyr

{{Short description|Attraction at Disney California Adventure}}

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| name = Golden Zephyr

| logo = Golden Zephyr Logo.png

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| image = Golden Zephyr from Jellyfish.jpg

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| location = Disney California Adventure

| section = Paradise Pier (2001-2018)
Paradise Gardens Park (2018-present)

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| status = Open

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| opened = {{Start date|2001|02|08}}

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| manufacturer = Intamin

| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering

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| theme = Seaside Boardwalk, 1920s Era

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| vehicle_type = Rocket

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| duration = 1:30

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Golden Zephyr is an attraction at Paradise Gardens Park in Disney California Adventure Park built by Intamin.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-05-fi-31749-story.html|title=It's Back to the Drawing Board for Disney's Troublesome Zephyr|last=Reckard|first=E. Scott|date=2000-10-05|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-06-16}} Themed to the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon style rocket ships, it takes park guests on a relaxing trip. Unlike its cousins Dumbo and the Astro Orbiter next door in Disneyland, the Golden Zephyr rockets are controlled by centripetal motion over Paradise Bay and can not be automatically controlled to go up and down.

The Golden Zephyr's design comes from the Harry Traver Circle-Swing{{cite web

| title = Traver Circle Swing|url=http://www.flatrides.com/Ride%20Index%20Pages/circleswing.html

| publisher = flatrides.com

| access-date = September 12, 2011}} rides of the early 20th century, specifically the Aerostat / Strat-O-Stat ride that operated at Riverview Park in Chicago. In designing the ride, Disney engineers visited Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, England to examine the Captive Flying Machines, a similar, but much larger, ride designed by Sir Hiram Maxim, and which has operated there since 1904.

The ride cannot operate at constant wind speeds over {{Convert|10|mph}}, or gusts over {{Convert|15|mph}}. Neither this attraction, nor Jumpin' Jellyfish were removed or changed as part of the billion-dollar expansion.