Papercraft replica of the Disneyland skybuckets

Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 17, 2008 6:41 PM | permalink

The Disney Experience's papercraft replica of the dear departed Disney skybucket ride is fantastic -- so cool to have a replica of this notorious widowmaker from the Happiest Place(s) on Earth. Link (Thanks, Mike!)

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#1 posted by Antinous , April 17, 2008 7:17 PM

Why? Why isn't there a kitten in it?

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#2 posted by jamesgyre

, April 17, 2008 9:31 PM

i'm boycotting disney because of abc's totally wack debate moderation. pathetic waste of an opportunity to help our withering democracy.

but enjoy your papercraft anyway, seriously.

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#3 posted by eniksleestack , April 17, 2008 9:59 PM

Skybuckets the "notorious widowmaker"? I had always heard that the more benign-seeming People Mover was actually the most dangerous of Disneyland rides, mainly because their slowness and boringness were so off-putting that people (kids) acted stupid and got crushed and other nasty things. Even the Monorail killed more than the Skybuckets. My understanding was that the Skybuckets were removed specifically because of earthquake concerns and the 30+ years of wear and tear to the complicated machinery. Which was a shame really, because they were best way to get from one side of Disneyland to the other quickly.

Way cool papercraft pieces, though.

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#4 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , April 18, 2008 5:38 AM

In an earlier era (the 80s), long before the "war on terrrrr", my wifey and I rode the sky ride right at the very end of the evening. The super cool Disney cast members then let us do the full loop without getting off at the other end several extra times even after closing the ride and as they began to put away the other skybuckets. We caught Tinkerbell's flight and the fireworks from up there and had the best seat anywhere.

Like I said, this is long before the "war on terrrr". If the sky ride was still open, imagine the security hysteria now ('Look up there! No one should still be on the sky ride, OH MY GOD TERRORISTS!!!').

That was an opportunity that will never happen again for anyone else, unfortunately, even if the ride was to reopen.

So I am thankful I had a chance to have a very memorable experience on that ride and miss those pre-national irrational fear days.

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#5 posted by TK

, April 18, 2008 6:42 AM

Why is Corey so obsessed with Disney?

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#6 posted by Keneke

, April 18, 2008 8:34 AM

The problem with this is that every park and its mother had a skybucket ride. I never thought it was anything too horribly bad when Disney took them down.

Now, if someone could papercraft the ship-shaped hanging buckets of the Peter Pan ride, that would be awesome!

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#7 posted by Antinous , April 18, 2008 10:23 AM

Why are you so obsessed with Cory's obsession with Disney?

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#8 posted by standard_grey , April 18, 2008 1:54 PM

Google: Thomas Demand

A papercrafter so 1337, he's made a contemporary art career out of it.