September 23, 2026
Peter Young built his own ride with Opus 5.5: 30 seconds of flight
On September 22, Peter Yang built his version of the Soaring attraction with Opus 5.5: the video runs for 30 seconds. He asked the model to fly over the Alps, the Northern Lights, the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, and nighttime Paris with fireworks. In a separate video, Yang breaks down 3D scenes, computer use, UX, and video editing.
Peter Yang
@petergyang
I went to Disneyland with my children three times, and one of our favorite rides there is Soaring. I asked Opus 5.5 to make its own version: a flight over the Alps, the Northern Lights, the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, and nighttime Paris with fireworks. Watch the clip below, then my new video, where I show how I did it: https://youtu.be/UhBqorWNwlU
With Opus 5.5, I think @claudeai is finally back. Here’s my new video with my honest take and live demos on: → Can Opus rival Astra at building 3D scenes like the Golden Gate Bridge? → How does Opus handle computer use, UX design, and video editing? → Does it finally feel good to talk to again? This is the most excited I’ve been about Opus since 4.6. Watch my video to understand why: https://youtu.be/UhBqorWNwlU
· 8.7K views
Opus 5 previously cost $5 per 1 million input tokens and $25 per 1 million output tokens. Anthropic now charges $4 and $20, while prompt cache reads fell from $0.50 to $0.20 per 1 million tokens.
For Claude Code. Version 2.1.280 or later is required. Update with `claude update`. The model can be pinned by its full name, `claude-opus-5-5`.
Room to spare per task. Opus 5.5 has been available on Claude Platform, AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure since September 22. Its context window holds 1 million tokens, maximum output is 128 thousand tokens, and the beta Batch API accepts up to 300 thousand tokens per response.
Reasoning is enabled. Adaptive thinking is always on in Opus 5.5, while reasoning depth is changed with the effort parameter.
Sean Heinz of Clio reported that Opus 5.5 ran a task across six repositories for more than 18 hours unattended and required less follow-up work than Opus 5.
