Former Ride // updated 1989.01.04
Tomorrowland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
Also known as If You Had Wings.
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Closed permanently after about 19 months to make way for a fully re-themed successor; Delta Air Lines took over the ride system and it reopened as Delta Dreamflight in June 1989.
Reopened as "If You Could Fly," an unsponsored reskin of Eastern Air Lines' "If You Had Wings" (closed June 1, 1987) with all Eastern branding removed; the original sets and film scenes were retained.
Replaced Buddy Baker's original theme song ("If You Had Wings") with a new generic ambient soundtrack when Eastern-branded audio was removed.
Per the documented record, If You Could Fly at Magic Kingdom opened on Jun 6, 1987.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for If You Could Fly is dated Jan 4, 1989: Closed permanently after about 19 months to make way for a fully re-themed successor; Delta Air Lines took over the ride system and it reopened as Delta Dreamflight in June 1989.
The latest documented change (documented Jan 4, 1989): Closed permanently after about 19 months to make way for a fully re-themed successor; Delta Air Lines took over the ride system and it reopened as Delta Dreamflight in June 1989.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1987 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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