Jim Hill: Animal Kingdom Draining Away

Captain Hank

Captain Hank

Well-Known Member
I find it funny that 2 out of 3 of his pictures show an Animal Kingdom waterway--as if the park was actively flooding as we speak.
 
DonickCo

DonickCo

Active Member
Yen_Sid1 said:
I can verify that AK has major plumbing problems. In fact, a section of the main drainage for the park, on the west side of the savannah just on the other side of the perimeter road, has been has dug up and repaired at least 5 times. It was just the cheap stuff, corrugated metal piping, which collapsed easily. Now it seems that they are finally replacing with concrete piping and this is the main drainage for the park. I'm talking about 8' foot pipes.

They had to totally rework the drainage system where Everest is going, in fact, it delayed a lot of the construction from starting on time. They had to reroute the perimeter road, a lot of detours and bumps, they were pumping water out day and night for months. The drainage system definitely needs to be replaced or repaired.

That's what happens when you try to save money and do it on the cheap. It will cost you a lot more money in the long run. But, of course, it will come out of a different budget then. But, I 'm not sure how that will affect the budget for new attractions, that remains to be seen.
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i too have seen some majoy drainage pipe relacement in the park, bif 4'+ sized pipes... near the back of the parkinglot and all the way to the gard shack to the back road. thats where they stoped me :brick: lol.... i have to see if i can dig up some of the pictures i took. i contributed it to new drainage for EE...

-DonickCo
 
Beany-Fantasmic

Beany-Fantasmic

Member
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Run for the hills!

AK is sinking bad!

:eek:

What shall we do? How shall we cope?

Anyone think i'm taking this just a tad too hard?

Sorry, I'm just bored!
So, how badly is it actually sinking? how much has it been proven?
 
Hakunamatata

Hakunamatata

Le Meh
Premium Member
Beany-Fantasmic said:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Run for the hills!

AK is sinking bad!

:eek:

What shall we do? How shall we cope?

Anyone think i'm taking this just a tad too hard?

Sorry, I'm just bored!
So, how badly is it actually sinking? how much has it been proven?
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Welllll alrighty then......
 
Beany-Fantasmic

Beany-Fantasmic

Member
Sorry

I appologise for my outburst earlier.

That is a result of pent up energy through lack of socialising. I've been stuck at this PC working all evening! Damn it!

:drevil: I'm not insane, I swear :hammer:
 
M

MickeyMan101

Member
Money shouldnt be a problem!

The only proplem is that 67 Million shouldnt be a big cost for Walt Disney World. They have so much money that you couldnt dream(so i have herd) the only problem is that there building Lites Moters Action and EE and those two rides/attrections would most likly be the cost to fix it! (what i want to kno is why it happened)

I might b wrong but i dont know.

Mickeyman101
 
Goodeone

Goodeone

Active Member
SpenceMan01 said:
How come I see visions of the "Magnum is sinking" hoax up at Cedar Point?
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Dangit, you got to that before I could. I was going to post

"Expedition Everest is Sinking! The Dippin Dots guy told me!"
 
AEfx

AEfx

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wdwmagic said:
I wouldnt believe everything you read on the Internet.
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Especially from Jim Hill...

Why for?

Speculation combined with psudo-insider knowledge, poor copy editing (I never heard of a "mute" point before, LOL), and a penchant for creating a story where none exists ("OMG! They changed a film between the time a script was written and the final product! Disney fans got robbed!"), that's "why for".

The child-like syntax is cute/clever the first few times you read it, but eventually you realize that without those little "trademarks" the content just really isn't there.

AEfe
 
Legacy

Legacy

Well-Known Member
If any of you are wondering if the truth behind the story, we do have a KSR driver who is an active member of these boards.

:wave: Hi Erik.

I'm sure if someone would be nice enough to ask, he can provide some first-hand insight into what is happening with this "sinking" thing.
 
Indy95

Indy95

New Member
Why would drainage problems come out of the Attractions budget? Shouldn't it come from Facilities? Or another such division? Or is Eisner just trying to screw Attractions any way that he can? (Sorry, cheap shot)
 
FigmentJedi

FigmentJedi

Well-Known Member
My theory is that a majority of the budget cuts are from the fact that Mikey and some disgruntled Imagineers are building an evil giant robot to destroy the world called the Mecha-Eisner, which will be equipped with numerous guns and lasers for perfect city destruction.
 
monothingie

monothingie

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Premium Member
Tahu said:
My theory is that a majority of the budget cuts are from the fact that Mikey and some disgruntled Imagineers are building an evil giant robot to destroy the world called the Mecha-Eisner, which will be equipped with numerous guns and lasers for perfect city destruction.
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I thought it was supposed to be a giant Stitch robot with the guns and lasers :lol:

But maybe Stitch has done enough damage already...:lookaroun


-ADN
 
Figment1986

Figment1986

Well-Known Member
Why would you weant to cut the budget and use material that is not rust prooof for piping for a park thatrs open 365 about days....

Shame on the project manager....

(i doubt this will mess up attractions..)
 
Tom

Tom

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What we have here is a perfect example of some rumors that were started by some CMs or guests who were ignorant on the subject of construction, and saw a galvanized steel corrugated culvert pipe that was smashed on one end because an elephant walked on it, or a truck drove over it - then they told their best friend Cletus who told his uncle-dad Jeb who told everyone down at the factory which eventually spread to Jim Hill's 3rd cousin, twice removed and then to Jim - who used some elaboration and "creative license" to fabricate a National Enquirer worthy story.

All joking aside, I'm fairly confident that this is what happened. I am a Project Manager for commercial construction project, and work with engineers and architects on a daily basis. No matter HOW BAD a client wants to cut money out of the budget, an engineer or architect will not put their stamp on something that will not hold up or is a violation of building code. Corrugated metal pipe is NEVER used or specified for subsurface drainage - only for culvert pipes that run over short distances (like under driveways). Concrete is the standard, with cast iron or thick-wall PVC as a distant alternate.

There are far too many holes in this story to actually be true. If there is any validity to it, it stems from people who saw them digging up one culvert pipe and over-reacted and assumed the WHOLE system was bad. So many people know so little about construction practices and materials, but assume they know it all, that mistakes like this are made all the time. Silliness :p
 

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