Tips and Tricks for Becoming a Galactic Hero on Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

The updated Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom has officially reopened, and with a brand-new scoring system and interactive targets, there are more ways to earn a high score and become a Galactic Hero.

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin Scoring

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin score ranks

The new ride vehicles have video monitors in front of guests displaying their real-time score, which no longer stops at 999,999. The coveted Galactic Hero rank remains, now for any score of 1,000,000 or higher.

+1,000,000 | Galactic Hero
600,001 – 999,999 | Cosmic Commando
300,001 – 600,000 | Space Ace
100,001 – 300,000 | Planetary Pilot
10,001 – 100,000 | Astro Aviator
1,001 – 10,000 | Solar Navigator
0 – 1,000 | Star Flyer

High Score Tips

Guests ride Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom

The upgraded interactive targets have lighting effects when hit so guests know when they’ve made the shot. Make sure to aim for the center of a target for the best chance of scoring.

The new handheld blasters make aiming easier and have always-on lasers, plus lighting, sound, and vibration effects. Each vehicle has a red blaster and a green blaster. This color will also appear on a target whenever you hit the center so you know you were successful.

Zurg targets on Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom

Many of the attraction’s “secret” high-value targets remain in addition to new ones. Their values have decreased because the new blasters make them easier to hit, but they still provide a boost. Harder-to-hit targets, like those further away from the vehicle, are also worth more.

But any target could also become a high-value target when they light up in a special way.

Targets on Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom

Targets that randomly illuminate with a white outer ring are worth double their normal value. They stay that way until they’re hit.

You may also see a multicolor ring instead of white. This is the rarest and most valuable target. It appears at random, in only one location at a time, and if it isn’t hit within a few seconds, it vanishes and reappears somewhere else.

When you do hit a multicolor-ringed target, you and all guests in the vicinity enter a limited-time bonus mode. All targets in the scene are worth significantly more points for a brief period. The bonus period starts to end when the outer ring counts down by extinguishing counterclockwise.

At the end of the ride, a score bonus is distributed based on the number of distinct targets you hit. Hitting more unique targets creates a bigger score bump.