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The Skyway was an aerial lift attraction at Disneyland, at the Magic Kingdom, and at Tokyo Disneyland. Since all versions of this attraction took riders back and forth between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, the route from Tomorrowland was called Skyway to Fantasyland, and the route from Fantasyland was called Skyway to Tomorrowland.

In 1959, a major renovation added The Submarine Voyage, the Disneyland Monorail, the Matterhorn (now a Fantasyland Attraction), and the Motorboat Cruise, but when the Matterhorn was planned it was designed to be built right in the path of the Skyway, so without a single closure of the Skyway, they tunneled through the Matterhorn.

One day a passenger on the Skyway stood up in his bucket, struggled with his door, finally managing to open it, fell from the ride, landing in a tree outside of the Alice in Wonderland attraction and survived.

The Disneyland Skyway was removed in November 1994 because it was too costly to make safety upgrades. Also, people would throw objects and spit off the buckets as they went over head. At Disneyland, the Fantasyland Skyway station remains, but the Tomorrowland station has been mostly removed and was at one point a service station for the 1998 attraction Rocket Rods. In 1998, Tokyo Disneyland closed their Skyway attraction and the Fantasyland station was removed to make room for Pooh's Hunny Hunt, while the Tomorrowland station was remodeled into a candy store. At the Magic Kingdom, the Skyway was removed in 1999. The Tomorrowland station is off-limits to guests, while the Fantasyland station is now used for stroller parking. When the Disneyland Skyway closed, the holes in the Matterhorn were filled in and the supports were dismantled within weeks.

Attraction facts

Disneyland

Grand opening: June 23, 1956
Closure date: November 9, 1994
Designer: WED Enterprises
Ticket required: "D" (One-way)
Ride system: Aerial gondola ride

Magic Kingdom

Grand opening: October 1, 1971 (Opened with Magic Kingdom park)
Closure date: November 10, 1999
Designer: WED Enterprises
Ticket required: "D" (One-way)
Ride system: Aerial gondola ride

Tokyo Disneyland

Grand opening: April 15, 1983 (Opened with Tokyo Disneyland park)
Closure date: November 3, 1998
Designer: WED Enterprises
Ticket required: "D" (One-way)
Ride system: Aerial enclosed gondola ride with automatic loading and unloading

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