Flooding Issues at Magic Kingdom?

[Siren]

Does Disney need new drains or something?

Video(s) - http://hellogiggles.com/disney-world-flooded/

This was posted all over Twitter as Magic Kingdom's new gondola ride. LOL.

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[ItlngrlBella]

This was all over Facebook as well - I feel like I've seen these before though.

 

[Bolt]

First rain in nearly 5 months - I chalk it up as no one was smart enough to go check the drains prior to rainfall or checked to see if the drains were on the other side of construction walls and inaccessible if clogged.

 

[ItlngrlBella]

Wondering if this was a downpour just before or after the hurricane that came through this Fall (I already forgot the name of that one). Sometimes no matter how many drains there are - if it rains faster than it can flow-off, you have the above situation.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Wondering if this was a downpour just before or after the hurricane that came through this Fall (I already forgot the name of that one). Sometimes no matter how many drains there are - if it rains faster than it can flow-off, you have the above situation.

Matthew.

 

[flynnibus]

Same old same old...

 

[Horizons1]

Up charge for drains

 

[TimeTrip]

I remember there being flooding like this in the same area after a thunderstorm back in the 90s

 

[disney4life2008]

It rained alot that day but no more than the typical rain we experience in spring Florida. It looks like someone dropped the ball

 

[Goofyque']

That area floods and recedes pretty quickly. We have seen kids pretend to swim in it many times.

 

[ItlngrlBella]

"Rivers of the World" only during Limited Time Magic.

 

[Disney4family]

We experienced a huge cell one day in August 2015. We huddled under the awning by Guest Relations just outside of Magic Kingdom. Wicked lightning. Really wicked. Massive flooding. Water well over everyone's ankles.
After 45 minutes, we took our socks and sneakers off & put them in our clear, plastic backpack; stayed under protection as much as possible; and made a run for the monorail to get back to BLT.
People were still heading into the park. For most of them they said it was their first and only day to visit. So sad.

 

[Schneewittchen]

Last April I saw flooding like that in Tomorrowland during heavy thunderstorms. Rain up to my ankles. MK is a lot of pavement. If the rain is heavy enough, flooding is going to happen.

 

[Goofyernmost]

It rained alot that day but no more than the typical rain we experience in spring Florida. It looks like someone dropped the ball

Nobody dropped any ball. Nature is much more powerful then any human. It can rain so much that nothing can stop temporary flooding. Ask yourself how a town located on the coast of a major ocean can flood when it has all that mass of water to run into. Well, it's because it takes a bit of time for the water to run into it. When I was in Vietnam our home base had a large number of concrete ravines, 12 ft. wide and 8 ft. deep. It hardly ever rained there, but, when it did, during the monsoons, those huge ravines would fill up in just a few minutes, fill up to over-flowing. It was amazing to see. If you have ever been to WDW and had one of those famous sideways storms come rolling in you would understand. Those pictures were taken just at the end of the storm, I'd be willing to bet that if you had seen pictures of it 5 minutes later, it would almost be bone dry.

 

[disney4life2008]

Nobody dropped any ball. Nature is much more powerful then any human. It can rain so much that nothing can stop temporary flooding. Ask yourself how a town located on the coast of a major ocean can flood when it has all that mass of water to run into. Well, it's because it takes a bit of time for the water to run into it. When I was in Vietnam our home base had a large number of concrete ravines, 12 ft. wide and 8 ft. deep. It hardly ever rained there, but, when it did, during the monsoons, those huge ravines would fill up in just a few minutes, fill up to over-flowing. It was amazing to see. If you have ever been to WDW and had one of those famous sideways storms come rolling in you would understand. Those pictures were taken just at the end of the storm, I'd be willing to bet that if you had seen pictures of it 5 minutes later, it would almost be bone dry.

I live in Orlando. I do not disagree.

 

[ewensell3]

Does Disney need new drains or something?

Video(s) - http://hellogiggles.com/disney-world-flooded/

This was posted all over Twitter as Magic Kingdom's new gondola ride. LOL.

mike081020/Instagram

@ScottGustin/Twitter

@ScottGustin/Twitter

@ScottGustin/Twitter

Executive summary - Welcome to central Florida. It's flat. It rains very large amounts of water for very short periods of time. Some "puddling" may occur.

 

[JenniferS]

Welcome to central Florida. It's flat.

I've heard that recently. In reference to gondolas.

 

[marni1971]

Tomorrowland frequently floods.

 

[mikeymouse]

I remember Adventureland being flooded. Easy 4" in spots. In a matter of minutes after the rain quit, everything was fine.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

While you paupers stood there with water all the way up to your ankles, I did the $699 'Ariel Utilidor Scuba Adventure'. -_-