DLR Construction Update

It was reported by MousePlanet that Disney has filed a permit to demolish the Fantasyland Skyway Building.

Disney has filed a permit to demolish the Fantasyland Skyway Building @DisneylandToday

— MousePlanet (@MousePlanet) May 15, 2016

Personally i didn't notice this during my trip to disneyland back in 2014 but i do know a bit about the abandoned attraction.

The skyway was a gondola type attraction that took guests from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland and vice versa. It opened June 23, 1956.

PC: Yesterland

 In 1959, a major renovation added the Submarine Voyage, the Disneyland Monorail, the Matterhorn Bobsleds (now part of Fantasyland), and the Motorboat Cruise, but when the Matterhorn was planned, it was designed to be built right in the path of the Skyway, so without a single closure of the Skyway, the Matterhorn Bobsleds was built around the Skyway. During the Fantasyland renovation at Disneyland in the mid-1980s, the Skyway made only roundtrips from Tomorrowland.

The Disneyland Skyway permanently closed on November 9, 1994.due to stress cracks in the Matterhorn Bobsleds roller battery supports, as well as a lack of ADA-Compliance. At Disneyland, the Fantasyland Skyway station remains but is off limits to guests and completely empty (no machinery) . the Tomorrowland Skyway station has been turned in to an Autopia shop. The holes in the Matterhorn were partially filled in and the Skyway support cables were dismantled within weeks.

PC:Yesterland

I have found a video of the abandoned attraction and the video itself is almost 10 years old.
Skip to 1:10 for the actual footage.

Many Nostalgics on twitter moaned and groaned about the news but personally i feel there is no point in keeping an empty building here that hasn't been used in 22 years. Change is necessary for progress to happen.