Attraction Skyride

[GAcoaster]

That may be one of the sheds they added for backup generators. In 1988 as part of the safety sweep they added flood lights to each of the Skyride towers and generators in sheds at the base of each one. The Parachuter's Perch also had them added. Any time power goes out to the park they all kick on. I assume that's why the towers have not been fully removed as well. When things would "get bad" during Fright Fest they would also turn them on.

 

[The Master]

Attention Guests: We have heard your complaints about the condition of The Shed loud and clear. We take matters like this seriously and are working to beautify it. Thank you for your patience.

Now if only they could fix the skyride itself.

 

[ThemeParkRider]

I'm sorry you never got a reasonable reply. Perhaps things were still up in the air when they received it. I know there were a lot of people talking about the ride as local radio stations picked up on it. The park has to know people loved the ride.

Regardless, it will be missed. It's definitely sad seeing the ride's supports without the wheels on top and slowly being shrunk down.

I always knew we weren't going to bring any new information to the table that the company didn't already know. My best hope was that maybe this could escalate things to an individual with power that wasn't as involved. We tried.

Attention Guests: We have heard your complaints about the condition of The Shed loud and clear. We take matters like this seriously and are working to beautify it. Thank you for your patience.

On another note, this made me chuckle. You have a good sense of humor @Great Adventurer.

 

[paintervision]

Sad to see these cut-down towers in person.

 

[Great Adventurer]

It's been long enough. The people want, nay, demand, a shed update.

All kidding aside, the surroundings are actually shaping up quite nicely.

 

[Zachary]

Doesn't look like much now, but landscaping like this will pay dividends in the years ahead.

 

[Krusty]

Seeing the posts of the Skyride cars in the Boneyard made me wonder, will the park ever invest in another Skyride/transportation type attraction? It's an incredibly spread out park, and the layout would lend itself well to a train or another gondola circuit, but I remember hearing there's been issues in the past with construction impacting the woods around the park, and insuring attractions like a Skyride in particular.

 

[michaellynn4]

I doubt such a ride can generate the ROI needed to justify it in today's world of short-term driven, publicly-traded corporation management.

 

[harry580]

I wonder if the cars can be reused for photo ops similar to what happened with rolling thunder trains

 

[horsesboy]

I wonder if the cars can be reused for photo ops similar to what happened with rolling thunder trains

More likely they will be sold off eventually to souvenir serkers and such. See Le Scoots logs, Nessie cars, the Lemas cars as examples that there is a market for such items

 

[MikeGS6789]

Some people were talking about the skyride in another thread and I thought I'd share photos I took from one of the last times I rode it.

 

[GASM]

Genuinely the biggest loss of 2024 chain wide to me, even if it wasn’t a 2024 closure. Really wanted to blindly hope that the merger (and therefore not legacy SF) would give it a chance at survival, but I also wasn’t surprised that the damage was already done.

I was the one who originally posted about its removal from the 2023 map on Reddit, and was optimistic when it randomly reopened later that year. A lot of that optimism faded when it didn’t reopen in 2024.

 

[GASM]

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So long, Skyride.

 

[Nitro230]

Thanks I hate it

Think this the removal that hurts the most for me. Not only was it a park original but it was a relocation from the New York World’s Fair.

Plus this park is brutal to walk across now without it

 

[harry580]

but, I wonder if the park will remove the footers for the skyway, I know the footers in bugs bunny national park is gonna be a wild card in case that area gets a makeover

 

[warfelg]

My dark theory is despite people hating transport rides being removed, parks secretly like it because it forces you to walk everywhere and potentially spend money you wouldn’t have.

 

[GAcoaster]

My dark theory is despite people hating transport rides being removed, parks secretly like it because it forces you to walk everywhere and potentially spend money you wouldn’t have.

Not exactly a secret-- between increasing foot traffic to games/shops/food and reducing costs in maintenance and insurance, it's a win-win for the park operators, but a HUGE loss for the guests.