I would not consider 97 minutes for Astro Orbiter to be an aberration. I have waited 30 minutes for it (before Fastpass Plus) and I have seen the line more than twice that long (whereupon I decided not to get in the line then).
It's very low capacity and slow loading, so it doesn't take much of a crowd to create a substantial wait. I could see it being over an hour quite easily.
For several years this was the most thrilling attraction our DD was willing to ride. In the days before FastPass of any kind we made a bee line for Star Jets/Astro Orbiter at rope drop. It only takes a few dozen people in line to push the wait times up to an hour.
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