steel plate on Main St at MK

[teebin]

I will be shocked if anyone here knows the answer to this but here goes...
Why is there a huge 4 ft by 20 ft steel plate bolted to the middle of Main St at the MK? it actually covers a small part of the trolly track making part of it unuseable. It looks like it might have been there for a while. Has it?

 

[WDWCMAmanda]

I will be shocked if anyone here knows the answer to this but here goes...
Why is there a huge 4 ft by 20 ft steel plate bolted to the middle of Main St at the MK? it actually covers a small part of the trolly track making it unuseable. It looks like it might have been there for a while. Has it?

Actually the trolly track is still completely useable...in fact it was running the other day.
I have no idea why that plate is there though....sorry

 

[vmkaddict]

I saw that there on the 16th.......no idea what it is......it was definitly covering the rails though......maybe they use it as a bridge of sorts to roll something accross the tracks.

 

[Chape19714]

I have no idea why it was there, but I do agree it was there. It could simply be some re-surfacing underneath. The trolly has to be usable for the Trolly show and for the barbershop quartet. HOWEVER, both of these groups have a back up show which utilizes the double-decker bus as an alternernative to the trolly.

 

[TTATraveler]

My guess is the steel plate is associated with burried utilities?

 

[majortom1981]

is it bolted to the street?

Is it bolted to the street or is there something udnerneath it?

 

[niteobsrvr]

Is it bolted to the street or is there something udnerneath it?

anyone have a pic of it?

 

[cullama213]

i work for the large power company in central florida, and i can tell you that a large steel plate in the ground usually does signify a "pull box" with cables in it... i will be at the MK tomorrow and i will take a look at it...

 

[Chape19714]

It's not perminant, it's temporary.

 

[rbrower]

That is interesting!

 

[theRIOT]

If it is temporary they really can't make their minds up about how long. It has been there for quite some time. I know it was there in march of 05. I've also seen it on my many trips since then, about every 6 motnhs or so.

It might just be Walt buried under there ...

Sorry. Someone was going to say it. Right?

 

[SGT623]

Must be an off and on thing, as I've seen the trolly used since 05

 

[jrobinson424]

It's the entrance to the new Harry Potter ride also located in the the new park.

 

[Bill Smugs]

Maybe they replaced the Concrete under it and put it there so no one steps in wet concrete. When I was down in febuary i saw a similar site in fronterland. They moved it for the parade and then returned it after.

 

[clarkstallings]

I've always thought that that plate covered some of the mechanics for the trolly passing switch there in the middle of Main Street.

 

[The Mak]

Maybe they replaced the Concrete under it and put it there so no one steps in wet concrete. When I was down in febuary i saw a similar site in fronterland. They moved it for the parade and then returned it after.

When I was down last week, a section of Main Street was in fact, repaved. The section of street was roped off and 2 cast members were directing traffic around it.

 

[Tim G]

I will be shocked if anyone here knows the answer to this but here goes...
Why is there a huge 4 ft by 20 ft steel plate bolted to the middle of Main St at the MK? it actually covers a small part of the trolly track making part of it unuseable. It looks like it might have been there for a while. Has it?

One of the new missile silos...

 

[LudwigVonDrake]

I always thought it was the covering of a trapdoor that would enable them to have characters "appear" in the street :lookaroun

 

[majortom1981]

sounds dumb

Thats why I was originally asking but then I looked at a video I took of me walking down mainstreet from my recent trip and it is inbetween the trolley tracks and is not very wide.

 

[Chape19714]

I've always thought that that plate covered some of the mechanics for the trolly passing switch there in the middle of Main Street.

The trolly rails have no moving parts, the simply direct the horse to the proper side and the trolly follows. Pretty simple.