Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom Walkway

[danlb_2000]

Looks like work is moving ahead.

bridge GF to MK

If it ever happens I'll be more than happy to come back here and eat my fair share of crow, but I'd like to point out that Disney has filed many a permit for projects that never came to fruition, so I'll stand by the statements I've made until such time as they're proven conclusively wrong...

www.disboards.com

 

[trainplane3]

Looks like work is moving ahead.

bridge GF to MK

If it ever happens I'll be more than happy to come back here and eat my fair share of crow, but I'd like to point out that Disney has filed many a permit for projects that never came to fruition, so I'll stand by the statements I've made until such time as they're proven conclusively wrong...

www.disboards.com

I didn't grab any pictures but yep, workers were active at the site yesterday as well. If I punish myself and go back to MK then I'll grab pictures.

 

[danlb_2000]

I am really surprised this didn't require a South Florida Water Management District Permit.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I am really surprised this didn't require a South Florida Water Management District Permit.

Since it’s a project that has been on and off before it’s definitely possible the new impervious area is already accounted for in the water management plans.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Since it’s a project that has been on and off before it’s definitely possible the new impervious area is already accounted for in the water management plans.

Either that or Disney’s just testing to see if anyone’s watching them. Phase 2 is to have Spider-Man stand on the bridge. Phase 3 is a Stark Tower DVC behind Adventureland.

 

[Creathir]

I am really surprised this didn't require a South Florida Water Management District Permit.

Is it possible it’s not needed due to the nature of the improvement or possibly due to the body of water it is interacting with?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Hmmm... would a bridge count as non-permeable?

 

[danlb_2000]

Hmmm... would a bridge count as non-permeable?

The bridge itself probably wouldn't matter since water would just run off into the canal, but it has to have supports on either end. Also, the path from the canal to GF appears to be just gravel at the moment, so I assume they would be paving that.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Is it possible it’s not needed due to the nature of the improvement or possibly due to the body of water it is interacting with?

Yes. The most likely reason is that the storm water is already accounted for in existing water management plans. Another possibility, that seems less likely but could go in hand with existing capacity, is a design that is considered permeable or minimally permeable to stay within existing capacity.

 

[Rteetz]

 

[jrogue]

 

[SeaCastle]

I am really surprised this didn't require a South Florida Water Management District Permit.

I'm wondering if the bridge was covered under the initial permitting for Walk Around the World when they first built the path and they secured a permit extension since then. Also, SFWMD ERD permits have exemptions for certain categories of pedestrian paths, e.g. those less than eight feed wide without wetlands. There is some subaqueous vegetation in the canal but not wetlands to my eye, or anything that would require stormwater management. I'm not as familiar with Florida but linear projects like this in other places are exempt from permitting or have much less stringent requirements.

 

[danlb_2000]

I'm wondering if the bridge was covered under the initial permitting for Walk Around the World when they first built the path and they secured a permit extension since then. Also, SFWMD ERD permits have exemptions for certain categories of pedestrian paths, e.g. those less than eight feed wide without wetlands. There is some subaqueous vegetation in the canal but not wetlands to my eye, or anything that would require stormwater management. I'm not as familiar with Florida but linear projects like this in other places are exempt from permitting or have much less stringent requirements.

Do you know when that was built? Might be able to dig up the permit.

 

[SeaCastle]

Do you know when that was built? Might be able to dig up the permit.

Circa 1994 according to this article https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1994-06-27-9406270121-story.html

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Funnily enough, one of the construction workers working on the site has been posting videos / photos to the public "SnapMap" on Snapchat. If you open that up and tap on the location, you can see this very exciting Disney parks construction from a worker's perspective.

 

[trainplane3]

Funnily enough, one of the construction workers working on the site has been posting videos / photos to the public "SnapMap" on Snapchat. If you open that up and tap on the location, you can see this very exciting Disney parks construction from a worker's perspective.

That's...wow. Poor "AustinB" is going to have a rude awakening when the mouse/boss/etc finds out he's messing around on his phone on a active construction site.

 

[larryz]

That's...wow. Poor "AustinB" is going to have a rude awakening when the mouse/boss/etc finds out he's messing around on his phone on a active construction site.

Unless he was hired to blog the construction...

 

[monothingie]

From today

 

[gdrj]

Running path...I’m happy

Still will need to stop for security.

 

[MAGICFLOP]

I think this is a great idea..

heck I always walked the path from EPCOT to DHS..