Former Skyway station restroom interior photo

[Mansion Butler]

My ads at the bottom: Porta Potty Rental and something for toilet partitions.

All kidding asside, the bathrooms are nice. I mean, it's bathrooms, boring news. But, still, very nice.

 

[Skyway]

So now you can ride Splash Mountain on either side of the park?

 

[trr1]

I wanted these instead!!!!
http://exelooeast.com/models/exeloo3.php
http://exelooeast.com/video/

would have been a better fit in tomorrowland

 

[Atomicmickey]

The thing about the bathrooms is that they're interactive.

Every flush is a refurb. :lol:

 

[sublimesting]

It's gorgeous.

 

[NewfieFan]

I wanted these instead!!!!
http://exelooeast.com/models/exeloo3.php
http://exelooeast.com/video/

would have been a better fit in tomorrowland

I want one of those in my house!!!

 

[uklad79]

These restrooms are ok but not as good as the ones next to auntie gravity's which are well themed for restrooms.

Now in keeping with wdwmagic tradtion I am going to have a moan. I want to see the paper towels removed from the restrooms and good quality handdryers added. The Dyson airblade would be great as it would save tons of of waste and in the long run save money.

 

[Atomicmickey]

Well, remember that BRAWNY paper towels is a big sponsor.
Of some of the parks, anyway.

I was just there a couple of weeks ago, and thinking about some of the signs that specifically say to dry your hands with paper towels.

But in the Animal Kingdom there are no paper towels, I think, it being the newest and most eco-friendly of the parks.

I thought that was interesting, probably with that sponsorship we won't be seeing many airblades for a while.

NOTE: This is a selective observation made by someone just enjoying the parks. I might be wrong about the paper towel situation, but I wondered about it.

Question:

What is the environmental impact of the construction of, and powering of, an air dryer, versus the environmental impact of a recycled paper paper towel? I wonder if it's as obvious as it seems at first blush? You'd think that paper towels=bad, air dry=good, but the equation might be more complicated than that.

Hmmm.

 

[bigbrian-nc.com]

I don't pay too much attention to the facilities (design wise) but i will say one of the most weirdest things i have seen is the mural in the men's room at pioneer hall...it is a tile painting of cowboys in various states of scratching themselves... I always figured the imagioneer drew that while watching Blazing Saddles....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbrian-nc/2702083629/

not my image but thanks for the use....

Thanks for posting the link, I got 120 some hits on that in the past few days, that is really cool, and if you want to see other photos of WDW restrooms while on flickr just search the tag TOTVKOTW which is short for "Thrones Of The Vacation Kingdom Of The World"

there are well over 200 photos with that tag in my account:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=totvkotw&w=all

 

[WDITrent]

These restrooms are ok but not as good as the ones next to auntie gravity's which are well themed for restrooms.

Now in keeping with wdwmagic tradtion I am going to have a moan. I want to see the paper towels removed from the restrooms and good quality handdryers added. The Dyson airblade would be great as it would save tons of of waste and in the long run save money.

They have those at Disneyland. :animwink:

I'm serious.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

They have those at Disneyland. :animwink:

I'm serious.

Really??? Unbelieveable. :dazzle: :brick:

 

[WDW1974]

Do we have any pics of people actually using the restrooms?

How do we know how well they actually work? Can't we get someone (maybe that Diva of DVC Construction pics?) to take 'action' shots?

 

[RandySavage]

Question:

What is the environmental impact of the construction of, and powering of, an air dryer, versus the environmental impact of a recycled paper paper towel? I wonder if it's as obvious as it seems at first blush? You'd think that paper towels=bad, air dry=good, but the equation might be more complicated than that.

Hmmm.

Short answer: Air dryers are far better for the environment.

It takes a certain amount of dirty (coal/oil/gas) energy to power the blowers, but paper towel production, even from recycled paper, is a dirty process in itself and energy intensive as well. Recycled pulp is typically mixed with fresh pulp, requiring continued use of tree plantations (which replace natural forests) and most used towels end up in landfills.

Life Cycle of the Paper Towel:
1. Natural forest - life sustaining, high biodiversity, structural diversity:

2. Logged. Trunks cut/sold for lumber, scraps sold to become paper pulp:

3. Former forested land planted with a fast-growing, pulp species. A tree plantation is born - as species-poor and chemicalized as a cornfield:

.

4. Pulp mill - pours effluent into sky and water:

5. Paper bleached and rolled into towels:

6. Discarded towels go to landfill:

 

[uklad79]

They have those at Disneyland.

I'm serious.

Well I should have expected that. California is a little more environmentally aware than other places and as the wdwmagic moaners would say they always get everything new and better than wdw :animwink:

 

[WDITrent]

^Or Disneyland is just cool like that. :shrug:

 

[DisneyLeo18]

They have those at Disneyland. :animwink:

I'm serious.

Local mall by me has em, I don't see much of a difference from the standard hand dryer.

 

[Rob562]

Local mall by me has em, I don't see much of a difference from the standard hand dryer.

Yeah, used one in Boston a couple weeks ago. Meh...

-Rob

 

[unkadug]

Short answer: Air dryers are far better for the environment.

It takes a certain amount of dirty (coal/oil/gas) energy to power the blowers, but paper towel production, even from recycled paper, is a dirty process in itself and energy intensive as well. Recycled pulp is typically mixed with fresh pulp, requiring continued use of tree plantations (which replace natural forests) and most used towels end up in landfills.

Life Cycle of the Paper Towel:
1. Natural forest - life sustaining, high biodiversity, structural diversity:

2. Logged. Trunks cut/sold for lumber, scraps sold to become paper pulp:

3. Former forested land planted with a fast-growing, pulp species. A tree plantation is born - as species-poor and chemicalized as a cornfield:

.

4. Pulp mill - pours effluent into sky and water:

5. Paper bleached and rolled into towels:

6. Discarded towels go to landfill:

Ahhh...the smell of money!

 

[EpcoTim]

Ahhh...the smell of money!

Wonderful isn't it?

Speaking of money, you'd think someone over at Disney, in their infinite wisdom, would have seen the massive piles of paper being handed over for much more worthless paper and decided to buy the driers.

It would also fit in with that BS "green" initiative they apparently have going on.