Testing for the Magic Skyway Ride, 1962-1963

THF148052 / Testing for the Magic Skyway Ride, 1962-1963

Artifact Overview

For its pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company brought in Walt Disney to design a "unique and memorable entertainment adventure" that would outshine its competitors. This became the Magic Skyway ride, in which guests sat in Ford convertibles through a Disney-designed show. To test the ride-track system, Disney Imagineers first built a prototype track.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

1962-1963

Collection Title

New York World's Fair Records Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

72.300.1109.101

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in

Keywords	Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Amusement rides Automobiles Exhibitions Lincoln Continental automobile Testing World's fairs WED Enterprises, Inc. New York World's Fair (1964-1965)