Epcot almost sunk. (Part of it)

[ABQ]

I think that if there is any part of the problem that might be called into question it would be the part about outside sources hitting and breaking the water main. Those things, quite often don't, need any help. If the water can find an escape, which I would imagine are plentiful around the Disney Property, then it would just erode away under the sod and wouldn't be hugely evident until a weight was placed above it and it would then collapse. The water might not even find it's way to the surface until something opened it up.

Seems sort of like the olden days before coffins were put in concrete containers. When the coffin rotted it would collapse due to the weight above it and all of a sudden you have this big "dent" in the ground.

Or worse yet:

 

[FigmentJedi]

Or worse yet:

Oh hey, it's the family from Horizons!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Or worse yet:

A similar picture came to my mind when I was typing it. Is that a bad thing?

 

[danlb_2000]

I was over at Epcot yesterday evening and took a photo of the area in question. Apologies for the low quality.

Not showing up for me.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I knew those butterflies were up to no good.

 

[Adam5897]

This is CLEARLY part of the plan to bring Journey to the center of the earth from TDS to Epcot.

 

[danlb_2000]

Try again, I uploaded it as an attachment instead

OK, that picture makes this looks like something much bigger, some heavy excavation equipment there. Any idea what the object at the left of the picture is? Looks like it might be the end of a cargo container.

 

[Clamman73]

OK, that picture makes this looks like something much bigger, some heavy excavation equipment there. Any idea what the object at the left of the picture is? Looks like it might be the end of a cargo container.

Looks like it...from another picture that shows the extent of the fence to the left, it looks like the total area is something like this...

 

[Over the Horizon]

We were at Disney a couple of weeks backs for the 7DMT opening and it was a big mess. We didn't know what it was at the time.

 

[The Visionary Soul]

Looks like it...from another picture that shows the extent of the fence to the left, it looks like the total area is something like this...
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It's much much larger than that. The entire pathway is closed off in that area and it extends into the hill north of that where you see the (well, they used to be there) brick pathways.

 

[The Visionary Soul]

Here are some photos I found that show the site. My apologies to whomever took them, these were sent to me and I don't quite know the original photographer, so I can't give them the proper credit.

Just shows you actually how big of the project this is to clean up.

 

[jensenrick]

I was over at Epcot yesterday evening and took a photo of the area in question (I think this was the right spot). Apologies for the low quality.

Wow, that is a huge mess

 

[Cesar R M]

Here are some photos I found that show the site. My apologies to whomever took them, these were sent to me and I don't quite know the original photographer, so I can't give them the proper credit.

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Just shows you actually how big of the project this is to clean up.

that's definitively not a "small" area.. at least not for me D:

 

[Clamman73]

Here are some photos I found that show the site. My apologies to whomever took them, these were sent to me and I don't quite know the original photographer, so I can't give them the proper credit.

View attachment 56510View attachment 56511 View attachment 56512
Just shows you actually how big of the project this is to clean up.

Wow...Let's try this again

 

[rangerbob]

I've never seen them repair a sink hole or washout using a liner first. They have showed the repairs before on the news locally and it is normally just fill it with a special grout that will stabilize the area. Could they be adding a new water feature in that area but then again why would they make it so deep. That is a really big hole there though.

 

[Cesar R M]

I've never seen them repair a sink hole or washout using a liner first. They have showed the repairs before on the news locally and it is normally just fill it with a special grout that will stabilize the area. Could they be adding a new water feature in that area but then again why would they make it so deep. That is a really big hole there though.

they could be just fixing the broken water pipes.

 

[Goofyernmost]

they could be just fixing the broken water pipes.

That would be too simple and would not contain enough conspiracy theory's to make it a worthy discussion.

 

[Victor Kelly]

Water main breaks are no joke. They can create sink holes anywhere they break. Water will seek the path of least resistance and destroy anything in its path. Even governments bring massive resources to bear on a problem like this and it can take weeks or months to repair properly.

 

[DizPunk]

Sinkhole: The Ride!

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Wow, that is a huge mess

Agreed, the Innoventions plaza area, with its new paint, is quite a mess these days... Oh, you meant the giant hole in the ground.

That is quite a large construction zone right now. Just proves how powerful water can be.