Skip to content
FastestThings

Walt Disney World

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

EPCOT's indoor spinning coaster. RCDB and Coasterpedia say 60.3 mph. planDisney rounds the same ride to 60 mph. The launch is LSM, run backwards.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind reaches 60.3 mph (97.0 km/h), a verified measurement.

Also known as Cosmic Rewind
Post on X (opens in a new tab)

Ride speed

Published as 60.3 mphPublished as 60.3 mphPublished as 60.3 mph

Operating speed of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT, Walt Disney World. RCDB says 60.3 mph and a track length of 5,577.4 ft, with an LSM launch. Coasterpedia says 60.3 mph and the same length. planDisney, a Disney planning answer dated July 20, 2025, says the ride blasts off at 60 mph and calls it the second-fastest ride at Walt Disney World, behind Test Track. The figure is 60.3 mph. 60 mph is the rounded Disney answer, not a second speed.

VerifiedRCDB (opens source in a new tab)

In context

  • 2.6× Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record paceSourced · Usain Bolt, 100 m in 9.58 s. World Athletics, Berlin 2009. Averaged over the race
  • 93% of a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • A football field in 3.4 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

Quick answers

People also ask

How fast is Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind?

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind reaches 60.3 mph (97.0 km/h), a verified measurement.

Is that figure claimed or verified?

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is labeled Verified. Independently measured and published, for example in a peer-reviewed study or with certified timing.

What is the source?

The figure cites RCDB, “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.”

Where does Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind rank?

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is 2nd of 12 on Fastest Rides in Walt Disney World.

Mechanism

Why it's so fast

Cosmic Rewind is fast because linear synchronous motors launch the train backward indoors, and both coaster databases say 60.3 mph.

Speed
60.3 mph
Launch
LSM, backward
Track
5,577.4 ft

  1. Reverse LSM launch

    Linear synchronous motors push the train without a chain lift. The train leaves backward, which is the show, not a second speed. RCDB says an LSM launch, 5,577.4 feet of track, and 60.3 mph.

  2. The tenth of a mile

    Coasterpedia says 60.3 mph and the same length. planDisney rounds the ride to 60 mph and calls it second at Walt Disney World behind Test Track. The comparison keeps 60.3. No single 0-to-speed clock is published, so there is no launch-time row.

Faster on the resort, and not a coaster, is Test Track. The next coaster is TRON Lightcycle / Run.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 97.0km/h60.3mph27.0m/s52.4knRanked figure

    Operating speed of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT, Walt Disney World. RCDB says 60.3 mph and a track length of 5,577.4 ft, with an LSM launch. Coasterpedia says 60.3 mph and the same length. planDisney, a Disney planning answer dated July 20, 2025, says the ride blasts off at 60 mph and calls it the second-fastest ride at Walt Disney World, behind Test Track. The figure is 60.3 mph. 60 mph is the rounded Disney answer, not a second speed.

    planDisney says 60 mph. Coasterpedia says 60.3 mph. The comparison keeps the tenth.

    Verified
    RCDB (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Resort
Walt Disney World
Park
EPCOT
Ride type
Roller coaster
Speed
60.3 mph
Launch
LSM, backward
Track
5,577.4 ft

Context

Background

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is a roller coaster in World Discovery at EPCOT. RCDB says 60.3 mph, a 5,577.4-foot track, no inversions, and an LSM launch. Coasterpedia says 60.3 mph and the same length, and says the ride opened May 27, 2022. A planDisney answer says it blasts off at 60 mph and is second at Walt Disney World behind Test Track's 65 mph. The figure is 60.3 mph, qualifier verified. The 60 mph line is the rounded Disney answer.

The launch is linear synchronous motors, and the train leaves backward. No page says one 0-to-speed clock, so The launch time is this 60.3 mph and leaves the seconds off. Test Track's 65 mph is a slot-car loop on the Walt Disney World ride list, not a coaster row here.

Spot a wrong number?

Every report is read by a person, and corrections are dated on the page.