sinkhole in the parks

Lord Pheonix

Lord Pheonix

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after the recent rash of sinkholes in florida, and the newest one this morning just 10 miles from the gate, i was wondering if the builders took into account this phenomena when they built the parks. im sure the magic kingdom is pretty safe due to the tunnels underneath, but the other 3 parks, resorts, waterparks, etc are vulnerable. are there any plans in place should a sinkhole pop up and swallow, lets say, spaceship earth or everest?


photoshoped pics of the parks are welcomed..........
 
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dkaudio

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Man it is pretty crazy to think that it happens so close to the world. Hope it never happens due to the amount of people there at all times.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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MK does not technically have tunnels underneath it. What you see in MK is actually the second floor of a 2 story building with the utilidors being the 1st floor. Pretty much all of Florida is at some risk of a sinkhole and some have happened on property. None have happened in a park to my knowledge, but there have been some inside of Disney's borders.

I do know that many of the large structures at WDW do have very deep footings (SSE being one of them) that would help to avoid problems with sink holes, but nothing is 100% immune from them.
 
SMS55

SMS55

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You can't compete with mother nature. It's definitely something that can happen although it's not as common as people think. These things happen when limestone underground collapses. Even at MK this could happen. You have to remember that all the concrete, rebar and beams that are laid out rely on the ground for support. If the ground under them goes so do they.
 
ddrongowski

ddrongowski

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Master Yoda said:
MK does not technically have tunnels underneath it. What you see in MK is actually the second floor of a 2 story building with the utilidors being the 1st floor. Pretty much all of Florida is at some risk of a sinkhole and some have happened on property. None have happened in a park to my knowledge, but there have been some inside of Disney's borders.

I do know that many of the large structures at WDW do have very deep footings (SSE being one of them) that would help to avoid problems with sink holes, but nothing is 100% immune from them.
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Just look at google earth at the WDW property.
 
Lord Pheonix

Lord Pheonix

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Killnme said:
Wonder if we could create and activate a sinkhole under SGE?
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now thats a nextgen addition id love to particapate in, lol

im also aware of the mk is the second floor, i just meen i doubt a sinkhole would just suprise everyone and swallow the castle since there are tunnels underneath that would give fair and advanced warning to such an event and provide ample time to evac the park. the lagoon however is open for destruction, as is a few other parts of mk, im sure tm and splash dont have the tunnels underneath.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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Lord Pheonix said:
now thats a nextgen addition id love to particapate in, lol

im also aware of the mk is the second floor, i just meen i doubt a sinkhole would just suprise everyone and swallow the castle since there are tunnels underneath that would give fair and advanced warning to such an event and provide ample time to evac the park. the lagoon however is open for destruction, as is a few other parts of mk, im sure tm and splash dont have the tunnels underneath.
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If a large enough sinkhole opened up under the utilidors located under the castle, (I am not even certain if the utilidoors are under the castle) I can assure you that the castle would follow and it could happen quite rapidly and without warning. It is highly doubtful that the entire castle would disappear up to the highest spire, but it would be just as destroyed as the resort in the article.
 
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WDW Monorail

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FettFan said:
I'd wager that magic kingdom is alright since the land was built up with topsoil pulled from seven seas lagoon.
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It doesn't matter. That's the same as taking water out of the deep end of the pool and dumping it in the shallow end to make it deeper.
This is a different situation but it reminds me of how many people complain about the project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to let taller ships pass under. The counter argument was to dredge the bottom of the waterway to allow the ships to magically go deeper and pass under the current height of the bridge.

Master Yoda said:
And then do what?
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He is probably expecting to see gaping holes in the earth. Actually two things can happen. Either the holes fill up with water or they are backfilled with earth and trees are planted in it. These circular areas can be seen in WDW.
 
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marni1971

marni1971

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FettFan said:
I'd wager that magic kingdom is alright since the land was built up with topsoil pulled from seven seas lagoon.
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Surely it'd take the topsoil too? The land around the MK and in particular Adventureland has a few existing holes. Epcot has several. In the lagoon, next to Odyssey, and under Energy. Horizons wasn't one of them.
 

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