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SOURCE: (top b&w) © Science Digest, Vol. 54 No. 6, December 1963 SOURCE: (bottom) &COP National Geographic, Vol. 12 No. 4, April 1965 Several elaborate models of The Magic Skyway were constructed by WED Enterprises to perfect the show elements and provide a guide to construction of the actual sets. Comparing this model setting of the primeval world at the left with the actual setting below it shows just how detailed the models were that Disney used to create the ride. Note the convertible passing by the dioramas. Some of the dinosaurs were over two stories high!