Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow. On your left are restrooms…and nothing else.
In the mid-50’s, Walt Disney had a dream. That dream was to purchase what amounted to a ski lift and use it on level ground to transfer people from one corner of Disneyland to the other. Then, in the late 50’s, Walt’s next dream was to build a mountain around said ski lift, and use magic to have the lift go through it, not up it.
Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo
In 1971, with the opening of Walt Disney World, Walt’s further dream of building a skyway that takes a turn halfway through was fulfilled. Walt’s greatest dream, to build a building with restrooms on the first floor and an attraction on the second floor, was also his greatest achievement.
Just a dream away.
After the Skyway closed in 1999, the Tomorrowland Station stood there for years (The Fantasyland Station stood there for years too, but that’s another story).
Suddenly, in 2009, the Tomorrowland Station got attention from bulldozers and other manly pieces of heavy equipment. What was coming to Tomorrowland? Maybe a new Circle-Vision Theater, or even more exciting, maybe a new Alien Encounter. Oh, the anticipation!
Maybe a new carousel?
What actually replaced the Skyway was even better: Nothing! Well, nothing more than the removal of the attraction part, leaving only the restrooms, the best part, behind.
Servicing all of Tomorrowland’s outlying areas.
Nestled in the back of Tomorrowland, between the Carousel of Progress and Space Mountain and beyond the PeopleMover, this restroom is in a prime spot but is strangely rather quiet. With restrooms at the Tomorrowland Terrace, Mickey’s Star Traders, and Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe, Tomorrowland is flush with places to spell relief. Couple that with the relatively hidden nature of the Skyway restroom building, and there you go.
Empty Pet Stop
So, I suggest you make a stop here in the morning, then for your afternoon break, take a walk through Fantasyland to the Western Terminus of the old Skyway at Rapunzel’s place. What better way to remember Walt’s dreams?
Couldn’t have said it better myself.