MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread

[Incomudro]

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.

That's what I'm wondering.
If they are going to dig the whole thing out?
I guess they have to even if they do go through with a waterway as pictured in the latest concept art.

 

[Incomudro]

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.

Lots and lots of tadpoles.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

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

Here’s a photo from this site during a refurbishment.

 

[MisterPenguin]

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.

Indeed.

Where was the mourning for the wildlife every other time the RoA was drained for refurbishments?

 

[Incomudro]

Indeed.

Where was the mourning for the wildlife every other time the RoA was drained for refurbments?

Got to be honest, it always bothered me to a degree.
I'm quite into nature, and I'm always looking into the water for living things.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Got to be honest, it always bothered me to a degree.
I'm quite into nature, and I'm always looking into the water for living things.

Does your reflection count?

 

[EeyoreFan#24]

Here’s a photo from this site during a refurbishment.

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For some reason I remember something about them moving all the dirt into piles off the bottom and then respreading over the concrete/clay(hard) base. Maybe I’m just misremembering them moving a bunch of dirt around.

 

[Goofyernmost]

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!

I've seen a lot of snakes swimming around in the RoA, but I would think the stuff the put in the water to hide tracks and other things would not be healthy for a fish. There are fish in the lakes and lagoons around MK, but I don't think those waterways are connected to the RoA except when they drain them and refill them.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

There are fish in the lakes and lagoons around MK, but I don't think those waterways are connected to the RoA except when they drain them and refill them.

It all used to be connected. ROA - Seven Seas Lagoon, and Bay Lake.

 

[lazyboy97o]

For some reason I remember something about them moving all the dirt into piles off the bottom and then respreading over the concrete/clay(hard) base. Maybe I’m just misremembering them moving a bunch of dirt around.

That was just sediment build up. The river bed is concrete.

I've seen a lot of snakes swimming around in the RoA, but I would think the stuff the put in the water to hide tracks and other things would not be healthy for a fish. There are fish in the lakes and lagoons around MK, but I don't think those waterways are connected to the RoA except when they drain them and refill them.

There was no dye in the water at Magic Kingdom. The Rivers of America was part of the water management system for Walt Disney World and directly connected to Seven Seas Lagoon.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Any lake quickly becomes repopulated and not only by animals able to walk on the land.

Flooding sometimes connects bodies of water.

Fish eggs sometimes 'pass' through birds and other animals.

That's why there's aqueous guests in RoA after the last drainage. Disney didn't restock the river.

 

[Goofyernmost]

It all used to be connected. ROA - Seven Seas Lagoon, and Bay Lake.

I think they must use those two to replenish the rivers after they are drained, but just like the old water park, River Country, it only looked like it was connected unless they wanted to open it up via dams, levies and pipes. That is just speculation on my part, I don't don't have first hand knowledge.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Where do you all think Columbia Harbour House gets its seafood? It will be forced to serve only chicken nuggets once the river has evaporated away in December.

 

[Goofyernmost]

There was no dye in the water at Magic Kingdom. The Rivers of America was part of the water management system for Walt Disney World and directly connected to Seven Seas Lagoon.

Just out of curiosity how do they prevent the track from showing up? It doesn't have the depth of the Lagoon that would make it out of sight.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think they must use those two to replenish the rivers after they are drained, but just like the old water park, River Country, it only looked like it was connected unless they wanted to open it up via dams, levies and pipes. That is just speculation on my part, I don't don't have first hand knowledge.

It was not just pipes. There is a set of locks because they kept the Rivers of America at a specific level. Liberty Belle was serviced at the dry dock on Bay Lake and would be towed there via the Seven Seas Lagoon.

 

[Bocabear]

There were times very early on you could kind of see it... barely...early 70s... But there was always enough sediment in the water...and getting stirred up with every pass of the boat, to keep it murky enough to hide it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Just out of curiosity how do they prevent the track from showing up? It doesn't have the depth of the Lagoon that would make it out of sight.

It’s literally swamp water.

 

[Bocabear]

I remember 7 Seas Lagoon was a beautiful Turquoise color when it was a newly dug lake and it was used for swimming and skiing and boating... no gator threat and it was beautiful... Not murky swamp water at all back then....

 

[ToTBellHop]

I remember 7 Seas Lagoon was a beautiful Turquoise color when it was a newly dug lake and it was used for swimming and skiing and boating... no gator threat and it was beautiful... Not murky swamp water at all back then....

You really think there were no gators at all?

 

[Bocabear]

I am sure there were some, but they also probably kept a better eye on it back then.... The water was definitely cleaner...