I've been going to disney since 1989 and i never knew why but.....could someone tell me why they took the skyway down...was it because of 9-11??
Noooo- it went in November 1999. Many reasons crop up; maintainence, safety of guests riding, safety of CMs, safety of guests on the ground...
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I seem to seem to remember reading on here that it was partly due to a maintainence worker falling to his death
"In Febuary 1999, a part-time Cast Member, who wasen't wearing protective equipment or a safety harness, accidently fell to his death while working in the loading area."
rumors have also been around that the OLD computer system that ran skyway was not y2k ready & eisner didnt want to spend $$ on this classic attraction. could this be one reason it closed so late in 99??
i heard from skyway cms many times that if the computer got struck by lightning or something else happened that they doubted eisner would spend the $$ to get it fixed. although it was not a complex system it was supposed to be a rather expensive one. the safety issues, along with it ceasing to operate after 12/31/99 i belive led to its end. either way i miss it, may have been bad show, idiots throwing stuff below, seeing roof tops, or backstage areas, & SOOOOOOOOOOO SLOW loading, was still fun.
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