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The PeopleMover was an attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and remains open at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida as Tomorrowland Transit Authority.
The PeopleMover opened as part of New Tomorrowland in 1967. The attraction's vehicles were always in constant motion, and were accessible by a large turntable inside the station. The PeopleMover was presented by Goodyear. The trains were not powered by motors within themselves, but rather by rotating Goodyear tires embedded in the track, which the trains would pass over every nine feet. The cars were all red, blue, yellow, and green with white roofs until they were repainted all white with colored stripes in the 1980s. The PeopleMover closed in August 1995, and was replaced by Rocket Rods in 1998.
SuperSpeed Tunnel
In 1977, the SuperSpeed Tunnel was added to the PeopleMover. It was located in the Carousel Building, then housing America Sings. Race cars were projected on the walls all around the trains. In 1982, the scenes were changed to clips from Tron's light cycle race scene, and the tunnel was renamed Tron SuperSpeed Tunnel.
Deaths
The PeopleMover was always a popular attraction, despite the fact that it was unreliable, and took the lives of two guests, although the guests were at fault for jumping out of their cars, and were crushed by oncoming trains.
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