Is the one in the north the space they are clearing above where b&b are going to be on google earth
and are you 100% shore that this is happening and if so how do you know (what is your source)?
and why is this the only areas with a retention pond?
can you move retention ponds?
(im asking so many questions just so i know how much space will be left in mk for future attractions)
Yes, there is a new pond north of Beauty and the Beast (the dirt area north of the park on Google), and they're significantly enlarging the one across the tracks from the Toontown train station (the mossy green rectangle to the right and up a bit from the station). It's already big, and they're making it huge.
I'm 100% sure. I do this stuff for a living. My sources....aren't important, but others will back me up.
You can move retention ponds, but only after significant amounts of paperwork and filing with the local drainage board. Water management is EXTREMELY important at WDW, hence the miles of canals all over property.
There are retention ponds all over property. Just around the MK, there's one up by the cooling towers, a huge one alongside Space Mountain, a little one north of the Contemporary, and of course, Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake (which collect a significant amount of storm water runoff). Plus the canals and several other ponds and lakes on property.
As for expanding the park, it's pretty much landlocked to the north after this expansion. There will be a nice plot between Space Mountain and the enlarged pond to the east.
People say they could move the pond to the south of Space Mountain, but I strongly disagree.
To the west, they're landlocked unless they relocate all of their backstage facilities. They could get rid of the Rivers of America and free up a huge piece of land in that corner of the park, but I don't foresee that happening. It's more likely that they'd convert Tom Sawyer Island into something more entertaining and accessible.
