Post #464527 by Tom Slick on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 10:34 AM

Liz is partially right, the Skyway was closed based on how many cast members it took to operate, but only a few people know that there was two bigger deciding factor's for the attractions fate. ADA(American Disabilities Act) mandates required that all attractions be handicapped friendly, and building an elevator to accommmodate wheel chairs that would be non-obtrusive, just wasn't going to work with the current floorplans of both stations, not to mention the buckets themselves were not big enough to accommodate wheelchairs, so newer buckets would have had to be invented.

Secondly, guest's safety below was also a big deciding factor. Kids were becoming more rebellious, and really started to lose respect in the 80s and 90s. Where spitting from, yelling obscenities, throwing gum, pennies, popcorn and the 80 feet high club were a unruly normal behavior. Disney execs knew updating the ride would be more for less, and in November of 1994, the Sky Way in Disneyland was closed forever.