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Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

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/* Creation in Walt Disney World */
===Creation in Walt Disney World===
[[Image:PeopleMover1975.jpg|400px|thumb|The WEDWay PeopleMover in 1975. Photo Credit: Disney.]]
Although the PeopleMover was opening day attraction, there were quickly plans to add the attraction to Disney World’s Tomorrowland. When the park opened in 1971, Tomorrowland was not yet complete, and as such there was a scarcity of attractions. To help finish the land, a version of the PeopleMover was constructed along with [[Space Mountain]]. The Disney World version of the attraction was named the WEDWay PeopleMover, and it opened on July 1, 1975. Instead of using GM tires as the Disneyland attraction did, the Walt Disney World version used linear induction motors (which were magnetically powered, and thus pollution free). Because the attraction no longer used GM tires however, General Motors decided not to sponsor the Florida version of the attraction. The WEDWay PeopleMover was instead sponsored by the Edison Electric Institute <ref> http://waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id219.htm </ref>. Another difference between the two attractions was that while the Disneyland PeopleMover featured ''covered cars with and uncovered track'', the Walt Disney World, WEDWay PeopleMover featured a ''covered track with uncovered cars''.