Looking through this site's news archive I found the following bits about the Skyway closing...
From Nov 9 1999:
"We have word from a good source that the Skyway at Magic Kingdom will cease operation today - for good. More details as we have it."
Then the following day:
"It's part of our ongoing efforts to phase out some of the older attractions and introduce new things to keep our parks exciting for our new and repeat visitors," Walt Disney World spokesman Diane Ledder said Tuesday. "It's just something whose time has come."
"Certainly, it was one of the older rides," Ledder said. "This was based on our guest evaluations and our desire to renew things and keep them fresh."
Disney has plans to make use of the space taken up by both the Fantasyland station, and the Tomorrowland stations - but what are they?"
Who would have guessed those "new things" would be bathrooms for BOTH stations back then? Or that it would take over a decade to make that happen?
These photos were taken November 14, 1999, almost exactly 20 years ago:
From Nov 9 1999:
"We have word from a good source that the Skyway at Magic Kingdom will cease operation today - for good. More details as we have it."
Then the following day:
"It's part of our ongoing efforts to phase out some of the older attractions and introduce new things to keep our parks exciting for our new and repeat visitors," Walt Disney World spokesman Diane Ledder said Tuesday. "It's just something whose time has come."
"Certainly, it was one of the older rides," Ledder said. "This was based on our guest evaluations and our desire to renew things and keep them fresh."
Disney has plans to make use of the space taken up by both the Fantasyland station, and the Tomorrowland stations - but what are they?"
Who would have guessed those "new things" would be bathrooms for BOTH stations back then? Or that it would take over a decade to make that happen?
These photos were taken November 14, 1999, almost exactly 20 years ago:
The closed Skyway stations - Photo 4 of 6
The closed Skyway stations - Photo 4 of 6
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