You won't miss the stars if your dolphin is straight vertical spinning and then just as soon as you hit it hit up and you'll fly upwards.
I came down from hitting Pluto and hit the ground and as the dolphin hit the sand it flew up and out of the water and hit three boost rings and he flew up to the second planet. So awesome. Beat that!
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