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Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom Walkway
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JoeCamel
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Faster than an alligator?
Movielover
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You don't need to swim faster than the gators... just faster than your swimming buddy!
FutureCEO
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this is Disney we're talking about here
ToTBellHop
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I know. It’s a walkway that reduces demand for buses, monorails, and boats.
kgoose23
Active Member
I do have to also say, and maybe I am missing something, but isn't the construction currently on sugarloaf key? Which is not necessarily near the walking path? I could walk out the lobby and by the convention center to get to the path if they didn't want people walking from the center of the resort to the path. Seems to me this was more an issue for the boats no?
ToTBellHop
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Yeah I don’t get this at all.
vikescaper
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I don’t get it either. Especially with what they have done with the temporary walkway in between the Grand Floridian and Polynesian.
bpiper
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Looking at the satellite view, the end of the Sago Key is right next to the path. I could see scaffolding blocking access to the path. They could make a temporary connection further down the driveway but that would expose the back of the house of the convention center to view.
Weather_Lady
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Is there anything to prevent people from simply walking to and around the convention center, crossing the road, and accessing the path further down? Or will Disney rotate the swing arm bridge so it doesn't connect, making guests choose between foregoing advertised amenities, and possible drowning? 
(I mean, it's the next logical decline-by-degrees, after the classic dilemma, "do I choose to have housekeeping at my $600/night hotel, or a $20 gift card?").
(I mean, it's the next logical decline-by-degrees, after the classic dilemma, "do I choose to have housekeeping at my $600/night hotel, or a $20 gift card?").
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Tha Realest
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It’s also the surest way to get to the front for rope drop.
kgoose23
Active Member
Are they working on sago key? My understanding was they were only on sugarloaf at this point. I would agree work on sago key would make it make a bit more sense, but as others mentioned the way they have people walking from the poly right now would make me think they could have come up with some way to keep the path open
FutureCEO
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making guests choose between foregoing advertised amenities, and possible drowning?
I mean if people do that...it's their own fault.
Weather_Lady
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I was employing hyperbole. Unfortunately, there's no emoji to warn readers.
TheGuyThatMakesSwords
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Well - that walkway lasted darn near a year 
James Alucobond
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As of this morning, they’re digging up the majority of the landscaping around Sago Cay along and near the walking path.
JoeCamel
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They decided Tron needed more bushes after Bob's recent visit.......
Andriadisney
Member
I agree! What am I not understanding? How does this warrant closing an entire walkway? Something is amiss. I called twice about this and was given two different responses from cast members. The first one said the entire path is closed. You cannot walk to Magic Kingdom. I said, why can’t I walk to the poly and then walk from there? They said no you can’t do that. Then I called back two days ago and said I will be there. We want to walk to Magic Kingdom. The cast member said just walk to the Polynesian and you can walk from there. I said why are they closing the entire walkway and she responded I don’t know there’s construction and I said on the walkway?
So I guess I’ll find out when I get there in a few days. I’ll take some photos and let you guys know.
James Alucobond
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I don't think anything's amiss. They were pulling out landscaping around Sago Cay just two weeks ago, so they're obviously moving on to that building soon. Closing the path gives them more direct access throughout the day to some of the materials they're using, which seemed to be staged in a separate fenced area across the bridge along the path just outside of Sago. Doesn't help that some bloggers complained about how close you could get to the construction as well.