Goofy's Sky School Ride at Disneyland, California Adventure for Weathervane Wednesday

 Today's weathervane was photographed by Don Smith at Disneyland, California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California.

Our friend Don Smith travels a lot, and sometimes he sends me some great weathervane photos from his travels.  I have featured some of those weathervanes here on Weathervane Wednesday - including what may be the highest weathervane in the world HERE on top of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. 

This two dimensional metal weathervane can be found atop the watertower at the Goofy's Sky School roller coaster inside Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, California.  This ride used to an attraction called Mulholland Madness, but it was rethemed and reopened on 1 July 2011. It is based on a 1940 short cartoon called Goofy's Glider. The ride is full of gags from this movie and other cartoons featuring Goofy. 

If you have visited Walt Disney World in Florida you might have seen the similar ride called The Great Goofini's Barnstormer inside Fantasyland. This is a junior roller coaster for young children. 

In the 1920s and 1930s barnstormers were itinerant pilots who traveled around the country doing aerial stunts with their plans, and offering plane rides.  Did you know Charles Lindbergh started his career in the air as a barnstormer? 

This weathervane is two dimensional, and it shows a hapless Goofy flying his little plane while being chased by a lightning bolt and an ominous cloud.  The weathervane is a preview of the wild ride just beyond the watertower. 

For the truly curious:

Goofy's Sky School ride at the Disneyland website:   https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disney-california-adventure/goofys-sky-school/

Weathervanes from Switzerland with photos from Don Smith:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/09/weathervanes-in-switzerland-for.html   

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To cite/link to this blog post:   Don Smith and Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Goofy's Sky School Ride at Disneyland, California Adventure for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 16, 2025, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/goofys-sky-school-ride-at-disneyland.html: accessed [access date]).