The Skyfari Aerial Tram has been carrying San Diego Zoo guests high above the animals since 1969. The ride’s three stations and unusual triangular route still connect three areas of the park.Īround 90 miles south of Disneyland, there are still two sky rides operating in San Diego. “Busch Gardens: The Old Country” (now Busch Gardens Williamsburg) opened in 1975 with the Aeronaut Skyride. The park offered two different Eagles Flight sky ride routes, both sharing a station near the top of the park’s “mountain.” One route was removed in 1981 the other lasted until 1994. As with Disney’s Skyway rides in California and Florida, most of the other theme parks’ sky rides have disappeared from park maps.įor example, Magic Mountain (now Six Flags Magic Mountain) opened in 1971 in Valencia, California, as a joint venture between Sea World, Inc. Most of them included a sky ride similar to the Skyway.
In the 1970s, regional theme parks popped up all over the United States. Retired Skyway bucket as store decor in 2000 For example, if your show just ended atįantasyland Theatre, just hop aboard the Skyway and save wear and tear on your shoes.įor a history of the Skyway at Disneyland, see Skyway to Tomorrowland. It’s not just a lot of fun, it’s also efficient transportation. Matterhorn and Coca Cola Tomorrowland Terrace Lympany, circa 1959, courtesy of Chris Taylorįor really futuristic transportation, think about when you’ll be able to take a lunar vacation on TWA-as soon as Trans World Airlines is no longer limited to terrestrial destinations. Look at the futuristic Stephens-Adamson Speedramp, which goes to the platform of the futuristic Disneyland-Alweg Monorail. The Skyway isn’t the only futuristic transportation around here. The military-gray submarines of the Submarine Voyage, and the tall masts of the Your panoramic view includes the Richfield Autopia, View to the other side of Harbor Boulevard On this one-way ride, enjoy a bird’s-eye view of Tomorrowland and Fantasyland-and the agricultural lands of Anaheim beyond the park berm. The machinery that pulls the gondolas through the sky is over in the more picturesque Fantasyland station, but the Tomorrowland station has its own claim to fame-it’s where 35 thousand pounds of weight pull on the cables to keep them properly taut. Walk up the stairs to the Tomorrowland station of the Skyway ride. Welcome to the Tomorrowland attraction that has Fantasyland as part of its name.
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