The WDW Skyway

xtina72

xtina72

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For what reason DID they get rid of it?

I remember as a teenager, a million years ago...*ehem*....my cousins and I were on the skyway and they were spitting over the side....ahhh children.


I remember always being fearful (as a kid) that a bad parent would have a toddler and not be paying attention and the baby would fall out. So as a kid I would walk with my head up watching out for falling babies. lol
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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Multitude of reasons....But I'm glad it's gone. Never looked good or fit in any land it graced, and was never that unique.

Basically, the same way I feel about the Tomorrowland Speedway. I wish it would go the same way.
 
xtina72

xtina72

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EPCOT Explorer said:
Multitude of reasons....But I'm glad it's gone. Never looked good or fit in any land it graced, and was never that unique.

Basically, the same way I feel about the Tomorrowland Speedway. I wish it would go the same way.
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The speedway certainly needs an update but I hate to see all the originals go away....Im still 20,000 leagues under the sea bitter. lol


Nosmo King....you are probably right. :lol: Goodness if the thought even came across my kids heads to do that I would smack it right out....but meanwhile my cousins were those terror kids. *shiver* I hated going ANYWHERE with them.
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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xtina72 said:
The speedway certainly needs an update but I hate to see all the originals go away....Im still 20,000 leagues under the sea bitter. lol


Nosmo King....you are probably right. :lol: Goodness if the thought even came across my kids heads to do that I would smack it right out....but meanwhile my cousins were those terror kids. *shiver* I hated going ANYWHERE with them.
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I don't really even think of it as a "Original"...There's nothing Disney about it, to me. It looks like something at a local youth fair.

I'm Horizons bitter, but I feel the 20K pain, too. :o;)
 
marni1971

marni1971

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xtina72 said:
For what reason DID they get rid of it?

I remember as a teenager, a million years ago...*ehem*....my cousins and I were on the skyway and they were spitting over the side....ahhh children.
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Well, your cousins were one of the main reasons. Plus upkeep and parts that were becoming obsolete.
 
Rob562

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EPCOT Explorer said:
I don't really even think of it as a "Original"...There's nothing Disney about it, to me. It looks like something at a local youth fair.
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Well, by the time it was built in Florida it was pretty common. Out in Anaheim, though, it was a fairly novel "technology" when Walt built the original Skyway... And even Florida's had the distinction of that mid-course "turn".

In addition to the other reasons given in this thread, you also can add in non-handicap accessibility, and the fact that it took a physical toll on the CMs who had to heave the buckets around in the stations.

Combine all of the reasons together, and you get the answer. It wasn't one specific reason.

-Rob
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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Rob562 said:
Well, by the time it was built in Florida it was pretty common. Out in Anaheim, though, it was a fairly novel "technology" when Walt built the original Skyway... And even Florida's had the distinction of that mid-course "turn".

In addition to the other reasons given in this thread, you also can add in non-handicap accessibility, and the fact that it took a physical toll on the CMs who had to heave the buckets around in the stations.

Combine all of the reasons together, and you get the answer. It wasn't one specific reason.

-Rob
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Right. It seems painfully dated.


And again, I am talking about the Speedway, too.
 
Tar Heel

Tar Heel

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I remember thinking even as a kid that the skyway didn't fit at MK. It kind of seemed like something that belonged at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion more than WDW. I was so ed when I was 8 and got in one of the cars at the sppedway and realized you weren't really driving, it really surprises me that it hasn't been replaced yet.
 
raven

raven

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xtina72 said:
I remember as a teenager, a million years ago...*ehem*....my cousins and I were on the skyway and they were spitting over the side....ahhh children.
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At Cedar Point you'd be lucky if it was just spit. Teens there usually throw whole cups of soda on people below. :fork:
 
Disneylover1302

Disneylover1302

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This is from Wikipedia so dont blame me if anything is wrong!
"On February 14, 1999, a 65-year-old part-time custodian was killed when he fell off a gondola. He was cleaning the Fantasyland Skyway station platform when the ride was accidentally turned on. He was in the path of the ride vehicles and grabbed a passing gondola in an attempt to save himself. He lost his grip, fell 40 feet and landing in a flower bed near the Dumbo ride. He died shortly after arrival at a local hospital. The Skyway ride, which had been scheduled to be closed before the accident occurred, was permanently closed on November 10, 1999.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Disney_parks#cite_note-73 As a result of the accident, OSHA fined Walt Disney World US$4,500 for violating federal safety codes in that work area."
 

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