Main Street U.S.A. hub redevelopment at the Magic Kingdom

[Goofnut1980]

I thought this draining was for the new outdoor seating area for Caseys Corner??

 

[Atomicmickey]

Is it over, yet? Just woke up. Should I go back to sleep?

Seriously. If anyone has any info, please PM me. This is freaking me out.
I won't tell. It's just me.

Thanks.

 

[BrerJon]

I know this is WDW and nothing good ever gets added without taking away lots of other good things at the same time, so this is unlikely, but could it possibly be installing World of Color-style fountains like they have in the castle at Disneyland Paris for the Dreams show?

 

[marni1971]

I know this is WDW and nothing good ever gets added without taking away lots of other good things at the same time, so this is unlikely, but could it possibly be installing World of Color-style fountains like they have in the castle at Disneyland Paris for the Dreams show?

No.

A Dreams type show was proposed for WDW two years ago. It was scrapped.

 

[Victor Kelly]

Pave it, pave it all! Fill in Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon, add more parking. Pay extra to park on the old lake.

 

[aladdin2007]

Pave it, pave it all! Fill in Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon, add more parking. Pay extra to park on the old lake.

sure feels that way doesnt it

 

[Victor Kelly]

Yeah it does

 

[ford91exploder]

Disney's Fine Art Photography were told the moat was going to be filled in to create a walkway.

Please be kidding, However it would not surprise me in the least if TDO filled the moat for a walkway

 

[wdwmomma10]

Hope it's filled by the time I get there end of March. Doesn't seem like it would have the same feel without the water.

Gonna be a pretty sad sight for us if this isn't done by the end of March! Fill em up!

When will you guys be there? We're going down the 23rd- 28th!

 

[RonAnnArbor]

A dreams-type water show is being installed at Animal Kingdom --- really, folks, this is just a regular clean up.

 

[Tim Lohr]

The next big press event is in early April, so they should probably be done fooling around with the moat by then

 

[unkadug]

The next big press event is in early April, so they should probably be done fooling around with the moat by then

Certainly not enough time to fill in the complete moat....perhaps we've been given a reprieve for now.

 

[KLinder7]

When will you guys be there? We're going down the 23rd- 28th!

March 28th to the 6th. Can't wait, moat or not!

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Reading my book and saw this

 

[Bryan W]

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Reading my book and saw this

Pardon me while I go do some quick math and begin to sob silently in the corner.

But honestly, oh well. My upcoming trip isn't my first and won't be my last. I'll make the best of it.
Thanks for the fun fact. BTW, which book is that?

 

[SeaCastle]

Whatever they're doing, it's looking to be pretty expansive. Say hasta la vista to the rose garden path and the old Swan Boats station!

 

[Tom]

Whatever they're doing, it's looking to be pretty expansive. Say hasta la vista to the rose garden path and the old Swan Boats station!

Hey stranger! PM me re: this

 

[Bryan W]

Whatever they're doing, it's looking to be pretty expansive. Say hasta la vista to the rose garden path and the old Swan Boats station!

Sorry if this has been extensively detailed in another post (I'm new here), but where is this map from? Obviously has to do with the MSUSA bypass.

 

[Sped2424]

Whatever they're doing, it's looking to be pretty expansive. Say hasta la vista to the rose garden path and the old Swan Boats station!

The rose garden path was my favorite :'{ I would walk there and just kinda be away from the crowds and hustle and bustle. This feels like sacrilege. Is there an older plan we can see to compare before and after cause I am not sure what I am looking at/for other than the hub. I see the new pathway going towards main street, but does this mean anything else? So it seems that hub reconstruction is a real thing.

 

[Cesar R M]

with a DVC booth on top

AND BATHROOMS??????

Splash Mountain down and Swan Boats out of action at the same time...

You know, I wonder if this year will be the "year of the refurbs".

Jimmy Hoffa's body?

Hey, MK opened in 1971. Hoffa disappeared in 1975.

I'm just sayin' ...

Or Walt's frozen head?
Or the corpse of the captain of the titanic?

ALL I SEE IS POSSIBLE CONCRETE SPACE

You know? would be interesting if they make the moats newer utility tunnels and put water on top of them. (making them more shallow)

Here's a screenshot from Bing map of the moat drained from whenever it was taken...

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Its funny how a simple thing removed can make

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I remember this back from 2010, that is all I have any knowledge of. It COULD be just a refurbishment, they have done this before and by the photo's posted it gets pretty narly down there. We've all seen the photo's of Rivers of America with Liberty Belle gone along with water during a rehab. Cars and trucks parked where water should be.

Now if I let my imagine run wild, based on Disney's desire to create more concrete, remove trees and basically remove all forms of vegetation from the hub and Main Street, most can't totally or 100% rule out Disney radically altering coveted areas in their parks let alone a moat. Yeah, if it needed major infrastructure updates, I could see Disney saying, Meh, fill her in. Iger would find some way to say it is being done to make the park "green."

There has been speculation over the last few years about JC being altered, removed along with an attraction being squished in between JC and Pirates. I remember the altered JC attraction speculation having something to do with portion of the moat that extends down that way. That whole segment of the moat has not had a real purpose since the boats to nowhere stopped floating down the channel. If Disney was to do something with that section of the moat in the future they would have to drain the entire moat to alter the infrastructure. And they are making major sidewalk adjustments on the one side of the moat that is close to Adventureland.

your post.. imho.. makes the most sense.

No, the castle is being moved to the other end of Main Street:

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I dont know if laugh, or cry