Skyway

"Enjoy a panoramic view as your Skyway bucket quietly passes over Tomorrowland and Fantasyland on this one-way ride. You’ll see the Richfield Autopia, the Goodyear PeopleMover, the military-gray submarines of the Submarine Voyage, and the tall masts of the Pirate Ship Restaurant."

The Disneyland Skyway opened on June 23, 1956 and was listed as two attractions, the Skyway to Tomorrowland and the Skyway to Fantasyland. The Skyway to Tomorrowland took riders from Fantasyland station to the Tomorrowland station and vice-versa giving riders a view of the park from above. When ticket books were in use prior to the early ’80s the ride was a “D” ticket ride. In between the two stations was a support tower located on Holiday Hill, in 1959 the Matterhorn was built upon Holiday Hill. The Matterhorn was directly in the path of the Skyway, so two large openings in each side of the mountain were created allowing it to pass right through the large mountain. In 1965 for the “Tencentennial”, the original round shaped cabins were replaced with rectangular cabins that were used until the ride closed down on November 9, 1994. For the final ride Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse made one last trip as guests watched below. The Fantasyland station is still pretty much intact to this day but the Tomorrowland station is just a memeroy and the holes in the Matterhorn were filled in almost immediately.










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