Disney built a subway inside Houston's airport
The PeopleMover opened as an attraction in Anaheim's Disneyland in 1967. It was an open-air train-like system giving guests a tour of the park's Tomorrowland. It used linear induction motor technology to propel the constantly-moving vehicles along a track.
- ▪The PeopleMover opened as an attraction in Anaheim's Disneyland in 1967.
- ▪It was an open-air train-like system giving guests a tour of the park's Tomorrowland.
- ▪It used linear induction motor technology to propel the constantly-moving vehicles along a track.
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Disney built a subway inside Houston's airport Ruben Bolling 10:25 am Thu Sep 24, 2026 This week on the popular theme park podcast Disney Dish with Len Testa and Jim Hill, Disney historian Jim Hill tells the story of The Walt Disney Transportation Company and its one achievement: installing a PeopleMover in what was then called The Houston Intercontinental Airport (now The George Bush Intercontinental Airport). The PeopleMover opened as an attraction in Anaheim's Disneyland in 1967. It was an open-air train-like system giving guests a tour of the park's Tomorrowland. It used linear induction motor technology to propel the constantly-moving vehicles along a track.
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