MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread

[Epcot82Guy]

If they are literally demolishing the island and every structure on it and leveling the entire area, why is there a separate permit for demolition on Aunt Polly's? Will there be an individual permit for the Mystery Mine, Injun Joe's Cave, The Wind mill, the water mill, the fort, the raft dock etc? I was under the impression they were literally scraping the land and leveling everything....

Just guessing, but it may have to do with the original permitting and the use case. A food service location will often require different permits than other non-food structures (inspections and the like). So, it maintains a parallel approval track beyond general demo.

 

[Bocabear]

that makes sense...I would have just thought since they are scraping the land, that it would all be on one permit...unless they are not actually scraping the land and just reconfiguring the river but retaining the basic island topography....who knows?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I saw from a fan on social media there are now orange construction markers in the graveyard by the entrance doors of haunted mansion.

Not sure if they mark where a construction wall goes or what.

 

[tparris]

I saw from a fan on social media there are now orange construction markers in the graveyard by the entrance doors of haunted mansion.

Not sure if they mark where a construction wall goes or what.

I was in the HM queue this past Sunday, and from what I saw, the orange markers were basically there to mark to what point the construction walls will eventually be. The last orange marker seemed to be close enough to the mansion show building itself that guests will be unable to see practically any of the demo/new construction from the queue.

 

[SpectroBro]

Disney Files Permit to Demolish Former Aunt Polly's for Piston Peak Expansion at Magic Kingdom​

Disney Files Permit to Demolish Former Aunt Polly's for Piston Peak Expansion at Magic Kingdom

Disney Files Permit to Demolish Former Aunt Polly's for Piston Peak Expansion at Magic Kingdom

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Maybe they can name a new snack stand after her?

 

[Advisable Joseph]

 

[JoeCamel]

Maybe they can name a new snack stand after her?

And keep it shuttered 364 days a year.....

 

[John park hopper]

SAD

 

[brettf22]

The SFWMD permit shows it all being filled in.

The entire bottom of RoA is concrete, correct? Due to water management issues, I assume this means not just dumping dirt on top of the concrete, but rather removing the concrete first. If so, that’s a whole lot of loud demo work.

 

[Garyjames220]

It’s sad to see all the river going

 

[JoeCamel]

The entire bottom of RoA is concrete, correct? Due to water management issues, I assume this means not just dumping dirt on top of the concrete, but rather removing the concrete first. If so, that’s a whole lot of loud demo work.

They may just break it up in place but it depends on what they build on top

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

the water around the splash turnaround - is that already separated from the ROA? Like is there a dam where the bridge is?

I was just looking at the plans and does everyone realize that all of the water around big thunder will be gone?

Potentially to be replaced with new pools of water?

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

the water around the splash turnaround - is that already separated from the ROA? Like is there a dam where the bridge is?

I was just looking at the plans and does everyone realize that all of the water around big thunder will be gone?

Potentially to be replaced with new pools of water?

I think the Splash water is already separate. And yes, the effect on BTM will be huge.

I honestly don’t see how it can reopen when they still are doing major construction right next to it, unless they plan to demolish and build faster than they ever have in the next five months. I could see it reopening in May, perhaps.

 

[JohnD]

So the site that shall not be named is posting that construction markers are going up in the HM graveyard then adds, in clickbait fashion, "Could Be Demolished for Magic Kingdom Expansion."

 

[electric]

Do fish live in that water? Other wildlife?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Do fish live in that water? Other wildlife?

Based on the resident great blue heron (who looked sad on the last day of riverboat operations….. as if he knew) I would say there are fish!

And definitely turtles. I’ve seen many of them.

Don’t worry… they will be dead soon… just like Walt!

 

[gerarar]

Was at MK last Thursday (7/17). So sad seeing the walls everywhere almost blocking all views of the RoA as this will be the views for the next few years.

Here's some pictures I grabbed. Mainly from the HM queue since I was staring at it for like 15 mins.

The walls seem to be screwed directly onto the retaining wall for the HM queue. Probably will be replaced eventually from the looks of it.

Bunch of props on TSI are marked with red tags (destroy). But a few yellow and green tags, probably means archive and keep, respectively?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

So the site that shall not be named is posting that construction markers are going up in the HM graveyard then adds, in clickbait fashion, "Could Be Demolished for Magic Kingdom Expansion."

Not really clickbait… it’s very likely that graveyard or a portion of it will be demolished.

 

[danlb_2000]

The entire bottom of RoA is concrete, correct? Due to water management issues, I assume this means not just dumping dirt on top of the concrete, but rather removing the concrete first. If so, that’s a whole lot of loud demo work.

I believe only a small section to hold the track is concrete.

 

[danlb_2000]

Do fish live in that water? Other wildlife?

It's likely something is living in the water and I am sure Disney has a way to handle them. This is not the first time the river has been drained.