The view from the top of the castle

[Honda Enoch]

The train station?! Have you ever seen Tinkerbell fly?

The cable goes from the Castle, over the Tomorrowland Noodle Station and ends at a backstage tower where Tink lands. I don't know if it would be possible for a cable to stretch as far as the train station and still be able to carry the weight or have the necessary angle to keep her moving. There's also nowhere around the train station she could land without being seen by thousands of guests.

Yes I have seen tink fly thousands of times. HAVE YOU?!

You see a little colored dot and cant tel where its going.

Why the hell would it go to Tomorrowland? That makes no sense at all.

Would kinda ruin the illusion if Tink did a face-plant into the side of the building.

No one said she had to hit the building. What does she hit in Tomorrowland???

[Shorty82]

Yes I have seen tink fly thousands of times. HAVE YOU?!

You see a little colored dot and cant tel where its going.

Why the hell would it go to Tomorrowland? That makes no sense at all.

I have seen her fly a number of times plus I have seen the tower she lands on. She's no dot, you can definitely tell it's someone up there and the direction she's flying. If you've seen it so many times you'd know she doesn't even fly at the right angle to go anywhere near the train station.

I guess she goes to Tomorrowland (or actually more of between Tomorrowland and Main Street) as that is the only building low enough for her to fly over plus there was the space backstage to build the landing tower. On the other side even if the buildings were low enough there's no room backstage for the tower. The tower she starts from is on the right side of the Castle, closest to Tomorrowland anyway.

[CptnSkippy]

No one said she had to hit the building. What does she hit in Tomorrowland???

IIRC from the KTTK tour... it's a mattress.

[Honda Enoch]

I have seen her fly a number of times plus I have seen the tower she lands on. She's no dot, you can definitely tell it's someone up there and the direction she's flying. If you've seen it so many times you'd know she doesn't even fly at the right angle to go anywhere near the train station.

When standing directly on the compass in front of the castle its really hard to see what direction she is going. And sorry but she is just a green dot in the sky. Disney could save money and just make an automated light bulb on a wire and no one would know the difference.

I guess she goes to Tomorrowland (or actually more of between Tomorrowland and Main Street) as that is the only building low enough for her to fly over plus there was the space backstage to build the landing tower. On the other side even if the buildings were low enough there's no room backstage for the tower. The tower she starts from is on the right side of the Castle, closest to Tomorrowland anyway.

Its not hard to have the cable go through an upper window of the train station and she fly right in therefor making the train station itself the landing tower.

[Honda Enoch]

Looking on Google earth.
I am guessing this is the landing?



It looks like its a lot shorter flight then to go to the train station.

[Main Streeter]

IIRC from the KTTK tour... it's a mattress.

Still a mattress???? I thought those were all replaced in 05 with something better as for Tink's landing. Honda, FYI, not a wise idea to challenge Shorty.

[BRWombat]

Actually, the cable is visible on the aerial view of Google Maps (green circle). I'm guessing that the location circled in red is the LZ. This would seem to match the angle from the photographs.

When standing directly on the compass in front of the castle its really hard to see what direction she is going. And sorry but she is just a green dot in the sky. Disney could save money and just make an automated light bulb on a wire and no one would know the difference.

Love ya, H.E., but how long since your last eye exam? I've watched the fireworks from the Polynesian Beach and can tell that Tink is a real person. If you're standing at the castle and she's only ~160 feet above your head, there's something wrong if all you see is a dot.

[justafigment84]

Actually, the cable is visible on the aerial view of Google Maps (green circle). I'm guessing that the location circled in red is the LZ. This would seem to match the angle from the photographs.


Love ya, H.E., but how long since your last eye exam? I've watched the fireworks from the Polynesian Beach and can tell that Tink is a real person. If you're standing at the castle and she's only ~160 feet above your head, there's something wrong if all you see is a dot.

Yep BR the red is the LZ. She actually lands on top of the building that houses Buzz and Laugh Floor.

[Ho-say]

When standing directly on the compass in front of the castle its really hard to see what direction she is going. And sorry but she is just a green dot in the sky. Disney could save money and just make an automated light bulb on a wire and no one would know the difference.

I can see her very easily from various standpoints. Plus, an actual performer would have to be used in case a guest is taking pictures with a zoom or possibly using binoculars.

Its not hard to have the cable go through an upper window of the train station and she fly right in therefor making the train station itself the landing tower.

The first thing to take into consideration, is that guests may watch Wishes from the backside of the train station platform, overlooking Main St. USA - would be pretty hard to let her literally swoop right over folks' heads and land in what would be a guest area - that would be bad show at its finest (or at its worst? lol). This is not even factoring in that that there simply wouldn't be enough momentum for a flight from the castle, over the Hub and all the way down Main Street USA. That's a considerably longer flight than what Tink does now.

Besides, only Peter Pan can draw a new line in the sky for Tink ;)

[CptnSkippy]

Still a mattress???? I thought those were all replaced in 05

*disclaimer. I just realized it's been a few years since our tour. Information was from probably 2004/2005ish.