UPDATED - Magic Kingdom has reopened to all guests after closing earlier due to reaching capacity
Parking lot is now closed.
Parking lot is now closed.
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2014 Walt Disney World parks holiday season updates
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Wonder where they parked people before Epcot?
Or did they just send them home?
LL2WDW
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I believe that when they built the race car track, it removed a large chunk of MK parking. Though I could be wrong. I'm sure someone knows for sure.
So the race track used to be parking? I meant before Epcot opened.
PhilharMagician
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They parked in the MK (TTC) parking lot. The WDW Speedway wasn't built until 1995 so there were about 3 more rows of parking available prior to that which is not much, but a few hundred parking spots. Also MK wasn't seeing the massive crowds that is currently does today and the park simply did not have the capacity to hold todays guests (no not time to throw in obese jokes). There have been quite a few substantial additions to MK to increase it's daily guest capacity. I can see the TTC lot expanding in the next few years if attendance keeps increasing.
PhilharMagician
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The WDW Speedway was mainly put in a open field and only took about 3 rows of parking from the center section of the existing TTC parking lot. They lost a few hundred parking spots at the most.
FutureWorld1982
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The parking lot is open now.
Big C 73
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Bolt
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Yeah - it's why they have cops staged on World Drive to make sure cars don't camp out.
LL2WDW
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What a great photo, thanks for posting!
Horizons1
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And now it sits there and does nothing.
PhilharMagician
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Not really. Yes, there are no pro races held at the track in over 10 years, but the Richard Petty Driving Experience is done daily at the WDW Speedway. On occasion the track is leased by pro drivers for testing and practice. Also the WDW marathon uses the track during the race. At least it is not like River Country.
mimitchi33
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Seriously, I've never heard of this happening before on New Year's, and like the comic says, I've only heard of fastpasses running out at Tokyo Disneyland.
My reaction:
I know that the park just opened in 1971, but imagine how nuts it would have been! There would have to have been at least a seven or eight hour wait for one of the rides...
As of 11:00AM, we've got the Seven Dwarves Mine Train at a 95 minute wait being Magic Kingdom's highest. Epcot's highest is Soarin' at an 125-minute (2 hours and five minutes) wait. Hollywood Studios, meanwhile, gives us a 120-minute wait for Toy Story Mania!, and things aren't as nuts at Animal Kingdom with Primeval Whirl having a 50-minute wait. Also, Pooh has a 60-minute wait, and Figment now has a 35-minute wait. Let's see if it gets to over an hour...
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dgp602
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THANK YOU!!
mimitchi33
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Yeah. The wait times don't seem that nuts-that may be why...
TheRabbit
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Until the rain stops around 6 or 7...then here come the crowds!
