Talk:List of Arrow Development rides

Arrow cable car?

Mullins.170 — I know you found a source for this, but I have doubts about its validity. Keep in mind the source is just an elaborate Disney fan blog. In all my years of researching Arrow I never heard any mention of the company manufacturing tram cars for Von Roll. I've also never heard of Von Roll subbing out portions of its aerial ropeways. The cars are detachable and the mechanism that attaches the car to the cable and rides along the guidewheels is absolutely crucial to the safety of the ride. I just can't see Von Roll trusting anyone else to manufacture those vehicles. I personally think the author was confused by the term "skyway." Disney designed the Ford Magic Skyway for the 1964-65 Worlds Fair. Arrow did design the method to move the vehicles on that skyway. I suspect the author may have heard Arrow and Skyway in the past and has drawn an incorrect conclusion about the Disneyland Skyway. Let's not put this back until we see other sources confirming this.—JlACEer (talk) 04:24, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

I reached out to the author of the Mouse Planet article and to a couple of contacts whom I consider experts on Arrow history. It will be interesting to see what they have to say.—JlACEer (talk) 18:13, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

JlACEer - Doubts are understandable and I somewhat question it too. To my understanding, Disneyland's Skyway was the first Von Roll sky ride with buckets. The earlier attractions had vehicles that looked more like suspended benches that faced outward. Considering how connected Arrow and Disneyland were at the time, it wouldn't be out of question for Disney to have Arrow create a more enclosed seating arrangement, while keeping the original attachment Von Roll mechanism that you referenced. This would also explain why Disneyland's buckets look different and more shallow than later sky ride buckets, if Arrow had made the first round and Von Roll took over for the later ones. But with doubts, it is questionable that there are almost no mention of Arrow's involvement anywhere (including in "Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers", which has a list of Disney rides that Arrow worked on that does not include Skyway). (Also small world - I believe we have a mutual contact that you must've reached out to, as I had previously asked him about this and he just mentioned someone else asking him too... hopefully we'll get a solid answer!) —Mullins.170 (talk) 14:27, 3 September 2020 (UTC)