Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover | Disney World

Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover | Disney World Description

Take off from Rockettower Plaza for an elevated ride into the world of tomorrow. Ascend a conveyor belt to an open-air loading dock and board a moving PeopleMover tram for a leisurely outdoor and indoor voyage through Tomorrowland.

The Tour
During your breezy, narrated 10-minute tour, go behind the scenes of some of Tomorrowland’s most popular attractions, including:

• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, home to a galactic battle between Buzz Lightyear and Emperor Zurg
• Space Mountain, where the darkest regions of space and time collide on a rip-roaring rocket ride
• Mickey’s Star Traders retail shop, offering a supernova of one-of-a-kind, Disney space collectibles
• Early architectural models of Progress City, a conceptual predecessor of Epcot

Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover | Disney World Fun Facts

• The attraction—originally called the WEDWay PeopleMover—opened on July 1, 1975 and was based on the PeopleMover at Disneyland park.
• The ride has had 4 narrators over the years: Jack Wagner, ORAC-1, Pete Renaday and Mike Brassell.
• The ride averages a speed of 10 feet per second except in the loading and unloading area where it moves at 2.7 feet per second.

Related Song(s):

• Nation on Wheels (Song)

Related News:

• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover Refurbishment Unexpectedly Extended Again Until May 2021, April 1, 2021
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover refurbishment extended into late November, September 7, 2020