Draining the Moat

s8film40

s8film40

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If you ride the monorail in the area to the right after you leave the Magic Kingdom station they have had a new bridge staged there for about a week or two. So I guess this is why they are draining it.
 
Atomicmickey

Atomicmickey

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So what, exactly are they going to do once it's drained?

What's the mission, just pick up trash, check for leaks, etc?
Or something else?
 
Tom

Tom

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Atomicmickey said:
So what, exactly are they going to do once it's drained?

What's the mission, just pick up trash, check for leaks, etc?
Or something else?
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It probably serves multiple purposes. Most importantly, they're beginning the refurb of the front facade of the castle, which will require significant scaffolding. They can't setup and work over a moat, so they decided to drain it.

While it's drained, I'm sure they'll do some scrubbing, patching, and cleaning.
 
wm49rs

wm49rs

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edwardtc said:
It probably serves multiple purposes. Most importantly, they're beginning the refurb of the front facade of the castle, which will require significant scaffolding. They can't setup and work over a moat, so they decided to drain it.

While it's drained, I'm sure they'll do some scrubbing, patching, and cleaning.
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Will they bring in Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs to handle the scrubbing and cleaning? :)
 
Atomicmickey

Atomicmickey

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Fair enough, scaffolding would be a good enough reason to drain, if that's necessary. For the castle refurb, what exactly are they doing?
Is it just repainting, or what additional types of work might there be?

Now that the back is open, I suppose one could see what they did
back there and extrapolate.

Does this mean no Dream Along With Mickey while they do this, as well?
 
NewfieFan

NewfieFan

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Atomicmickey said:
Fair enough, scaffolding would be a good enough reason to drain, if that's necessary. For the castle refurb, what exactly are they doing?
Is it just repainting, or what additional types of work might there be?

Now that the back is open, I suppose one could see what they did
back there and extrapolate.

Does this mean no Dream Along With Mickey while they do this, as well?
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I haven't seen this asked or answered yet! Does anybody know?

I will be a little disappointed as I've never watched a full show before. It's always been too hot for us to stand out in the sun and watch it b/c we go during summer. I was hoping to pause and watch this time around b/c I'm going first week of March!
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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NewfieFan said:
I haven't seen this asked or answered yet! Does anybody know?

I will be a little disappointed as I've never watched a full show before. It's always been too hot for us to stand out in the sun and watch it b/c we go during summer. I was hoping to pause and watch this time around b/c I'm going first week of March!
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Nor have I. Always have bad luck with it, like rain. If it's not TOO wet, they shoot off the pyro, though, so that's nice. :lol:
 
Exprcoofto

Exprcoofto

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Is there any reason to why the entire thing is being drained and not only a section like they did when replacing the Liberty Square bridge? :shrug:
 
unkadug

unkadug

Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Exprcoofto said:
Is there any reason to why the entire thing is being drained and not only a section like they did when replacing the Liberty Square bridge? :shrug:
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Because it's cheaper and more expedient to drain the whole thing at once than to dam up section then move to the next section.
 

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