Originally Posted By wonderingalice For the fun of it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twakh87amak" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Twakh87amak</a> The video begins AFTER the 'waiting room.'
Originally Posted By familyguy The ONE TIME I rode it while it was still in existence was at night in the front row......after a VERY LONG wait. It was pretty fun. Watching that video above reminded me of how annoying the sound of those things were. BUT, if those were still there rather than an empty track it would be cool. I hate seeing that empty track....it breaks my heart avery time...
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I hear ya, FG... Here's something to really tug at your heartstrings: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uaLlkg4Dhk&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =3uaLlkg4Dhk&mode=related&search=</a>
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki Awww, the old skyway, very cool video. The video and backround music almost brings a lump to my throat! --RIP Skyway--
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle I'm just saying, I remember the Peoplemover in its dying days and how NO ONE rode that thing. Walk on any second of the day. You can say this is because of high capacity, but Pirates has I think even higher capacity and you wait in line to get on that one. I'll admit, Rocket Rod's technical problems didn't help anything, but people still went back again and again. I remember seeing a lot of people come off of that ride smiling. I don't believe it was unpopular at all; I believe it unfortunately was the easy place for everyone who hated TL98 to point and complain about what went wrong. When they started running away from the TL98 ideas, that's when it suddenly became cool to trash the rods. Bottom line, all I'm saying is that the Rocket Rods have been blown up into a much bigger "disappointment" than they actually were.
Originally Posted By monorailblue ^^^ Actually, Pirates has significantly lower capacity than PeopleMover had. PeopleMover could accomodate about 4000 people per hour, to Pirates' approximately 3000. The #23 post YouTube video was heard wrenching not just for those who miss the Skyway, but PeopleMover and Rocket Jets, too. Sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Ditto, monorailblue and tiki tiki tiki... So many wonderful memories for this child of the '60s, too. Having visited regularly both before and after 1967, I distinctly remember the 'hunger pangs' for the PeopleMover (Disneyland did an awesome PR job back in those days, too. And I remember the disappointment I experienced when we arrived that morning in 1967... not long after the "New" Tomorrowland opened... full of anticipation... to find that both the PM and Pirates were having birthing pains. They never opened that day. Thankfully, we came back again... and again... and again. ;-)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Argh! Hear that high-pitched squeal? It's like being at the dentist...
