Tomorrowland Skyway station now partially demolished (WARNING graphic photos)

[hrcollectibles]

I hope not. If anything it would be a cool little preview into what is to come...

As for the graphicness of the photos, at least the demolition of the old skyway station won't make you cry like those Horizons photos...

They would probably put plywood up so you cannot see what they are doing inside Space Mountain...

And another piece of my Childhood is gone.....

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Taken Jul 18 just a few days before they started gearing up for demolition. Can send you full size if you want.

Awww.:lol:


I liked that fountain...Shame they can't save it. Hopefully something worthy for the SM queue goes in it's place.

 

[magicmaya]

Where exactly would this have been taken? And you gotta love the old ODF costume on that PC vendor in the background.

Look at donald's legs :lookaroun:lol:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Look at donald's legs :lookaroun:lol:

Wow, bad show....:ROFLOL:

 

[magicmaya]

Wow, bad show....:ROFLOL:

It looks like a little boy wearing sperrys! :ROFLOL:

 

[PhotoDave219]

Wow, bad show....:ROFLOL:

You're complaining about the legs but not the pickup truck?

 

[ttalovebug]

One of these will be installed in the skyway's former location.:drevil:

:lol:

This picture is hilarious, with that lone family standing there. It really shows this attraction's demise in a nutshell. :ROFLOL:

 

[mayoki]

Anyone have any old school(70's-80's) pics of the Tomorrowland Skyway station in its full glory?

Also, I remember riding the skyway and I don't recall a "bad show" so they must have done a good job "plus-ing" the rooftops and hiding backstage from that height.

 

[Rob562]

It was, for a time, Ursa's Major Minor Hat Shop - where you could get mouse ears embroidered and the like.

I think it pretty much never opened after the Skyway closed (and even when the Skyway was still in operation, its opening was rather sporadic). The exit stairs from the Skyway dumped you right into that area, so it was kind of the "post-ride gift shop" for the skyway.

It wasn't all that big, just an open-air counter from all I recall, perhaps a few mobile display stands that could be moved within the doors when they closed. (I'd compare it to the little gift stand across from Midway Mania) The doors pretty much enclose the entire area of the "shop". It didn't go any farther back or to the side.

-Rob

 

[hrcollectibles]

Oh I know the theater could never be the Icon, but ever since that hat went in the Earful Tower has lost alot of attention. It used to be all over the maps and commercials. I haven't seen a recent map so it may be back on it but the hat has kinda taken it's place as the new "focal point" of Studios.

The hat will go down in the same book with the Epcot wand. Some people love it, some hate it. I hate it. Not as much as the HSM show though. lol

Well the hat does serve a great purpose... To sell Pins.. I mean that is the only place in Disney's Hollywood Studios to buy the over produced over priced "collectible" :lookaroun

 

[Space Mountain]

Anyone have any old school(70's-80's) pics of the Tomorrowland Skyway station in its full glory?

Also, I remember riding the skyway and I don't recall a "bad show" so they must have done a good job "plus-ing" the rooftops and hiding backstage from that height.

Youtube is your friend

 

[hrcollectibles]

I want one of the Sky Buckets

 

[hrcollectibles]

Were those dark tinted windows and pay phones really under the Skyway Station?!? Wow. I guess I have never ventured under there, in all my 26 years of visiting.

What was behind those windows?

I was thinking the same thing. Also what amazes me is that there will be a generation that has never used a pay phone or a polaroid camera....

 

[vonpluto]

I think it pretty much never opened after the Skyway closed (and even when the Skyway was still in operation, its opening was rather sporadic). The exit stairs from the Skyway dumped you right into that area, so it was kind of the "post-ride gift shop" for the skyway.

It wasn't all that big, just an open-air counter from all I recall, perhaps a few mobile display stands that could be moved within the doors when they closed. (I'd compare it to the little gift stand across from Midway Mania) The doors pretty much enclose the entire area of the "shop". It didn't go any farther back or to the side.

-Rob

Timeline:
Skyway Station Shop 10/71 - 1997
Ursa’s Major Minor Mart 1997 - 9/01

Skyway 10/71 – 10/99

 

[mhcueball2]

Once again, my heart is broken. For the sake of progess, I will stay optimistic and hope for a great outcome (ignoring Stitch's stage).

 

[jt04]

Once again, my heart is broken. For the sake of progess, I will stay optimistic and hope for a great outcome (ignoring Stitch's stage).

It really is a good thing. And you have Martin to keep your memories safe and archived.

 

[TheBeatles]

 

[Foolish Mortal]

I'm sorry to say, I ignored Steve's warning and allowed my son to see it. He's crying in his room right now.

So am I and I'm 42

 

[marni1971]

It wasn't all that big, just an open-air counter from all I recall, perhaps a few mobile display stands that could be moved within the doors when they closed. (I'd compare it to the little gift stand across from Midway Mania) The doors pretty much enclose the entire area of the "shop". It didn't go any farther back or to the side.

That`s just how I remember it too.

Anyone have any old school(70's-80's) pics of the Tomorrowland Skyway station in its full glory?

Note the signs change from 1971 to 1994:

 

[Jasonflz]

Shame to see it go, however, the building looked very out of place in New Tomorrowland. That and the fact that it sat empty for nothing.