Former Ride // updated 1987.06.01
Tomorrowland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Closed as 'If You Had Wings' after Eastern Air Lines withdrew its Walt Disney World sponsorship amid financial troubles; the attraction reopened days later (June 6, 1987) as the reskin 'If You Could Fly' with all Eastern references removed and new theme music, retaining the original sets and films.
Opened in Tomorrowland as a two-person Omnimover dark ride sponsored by Eastern Air Lines, carrying riders past film-and-set scenes of Caribbean and travel destinations served by Eastern, finishing in a surround-projection 'Speed Room'; free with park admission during the ticket-book era.
Per the documented record, If You Had Wings at Magic Kingdom opened on Jun 5, 1972.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for If You Had Wings is dated Jun 1, 1987: Closed as 'If You Had Wings' after Eastern Air Lines withdrew its Walt Disney World sponsorship amid financial troubles; the attraction reopened days later (June 6, 1987) as the reskin 'If You Could Fly' with all Eastern references removed and new theme music, retaining the original sets and films.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 1, 1987): Closed as 'If You Had Wings' after Eastern Air Lines withdrew its Walt Disney World sponsorship amid financial troubles; the attraction reopened days later (June 6, 1987) as the reskin 'If You Could Fly' with all Eastern references removed and new theme music, retaining the original sets and films.
2 documented changes, dating back to 1972 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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