Sky Ride

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Sky Ride

Name Sky Ride
Category Family Ride
Type Ski Lift
Park Area Bavaria
First Year 1975
Riders 2
Dispatch Rate 14
Ride Duration INFO NEEDED
About the Ride Info Box

Sky Ride (aka Sky Seats when it opened) is a ski lift ride with stations located in Bavaria and next to County Fair. It opened in 1975. The current clock queue building in Bavaria was not added until 1976. Opening year photos show just the metal frames holding up the cable pulley system.

In 2009, the exit of the Bavaria station was change to make it more accessible for those with special needs.

Trivia

1974 World's Fair

The Sky Ride formerly operated in Spokane, Washington at the World's Fair in 1974.

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