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Tunnel between Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary
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MaElStRoMROCKS
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i like your idea!!!!
I like your idea because if tehy build a tunnel between the magical kingdom and the comptemporary hotels then every time i stay at one of those hotels i can walk to the magicl Kingdom EVEN IN THE RAIN!!! Tell Disney to build it so they know we want it done and support it for them!!!!!
I like your idea because if tehy build a tunnel between the magical kingdom and the comptemporary hotels then every time i stay at one of those hotels i can walk to the magicl Kingdom EVEN IN THE RAIN!!! Tell Disney to build it so they know we want it done and support it for them!!!!!
niteobsrvr
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Ok, I am not saying anyone is right here and anyone is wrong just passing on a thought or two.
I dont recall anything in particular looking like it might head to the contemporary. However, I beleive it could be possible that a more crude maintenance type tunnel could possibly run across to the the chilling Unit that sits near the contemporary. I am by no means an engineer but that chiller is quite large and I am not sure that the contemporary uses all of its output. just a thought but no one will probalby ever no for sure because it probalby heads out of the back of a manitenance area off the utilidors if it exists.
As for tunnels in general, The Magic Kingdom is childs play compared to the systems that run beneath The Ohio State University main campus in Columbus, Ohio. They were built for the heating and cooling systems pipes to travel through and run all over the campus. The only differences between these and the ones at Disney are that they are much older, not brightly painted, and no one cleans them. Oh, and they aren't really just a bunch of basement hallways but real live utility corridors. If you can find anything on the net about them, they are quite interesting and filled with urban legends too.
I dont recall anything in particular looking like it might head to the contemporary. However, I beleive it could be possible that a more crude maintenance type tunnel could possibly run across to the the chilling Unit that sits near the contemporary. I am by no means an engineer but that chiller is quite large and I am not sure that the contemporary uses all of its output. just a thought but no one will probalby ever no for sure because it probalby heads out of the back of a manitenance area off the utilidors if it exists.
As for tunnels in general, The Magic Kingdom is childs play compared to the systems that run beneath The Ohio State University main campus in Columbus, Ohio. They were built for the heating and cooling systems pipes to travel through and run all over the campus. The only differences between these and the ones at Disney are that they are much older, not brightly painted, and no one cleans them. Oh, and they aren't really just a bunch of basement hallways but real live utility corridors. If you can find anything on the net about them, they are quite interesting and filled with urban legends too.
jmarc63
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Niteobserver.....Yes that chiller is quite large. If you consider the Grand Canyon Concource, Which is a huge Atrium, Would require a huge CFM rate to cool in the warmer months would need a chiller of that size to cool the Tower atrium effectivly. It also supplies the cooling to the rest of the structure as well as the garden wings. Based on this I think it supplies cooling to just the Contempoary.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
I heard this tunnel was dug by fanatical pool hoppers determined to gain access to the MK for free. As is their right.
Hey guys,
Funny I was freiends on my Disney team about this just today when we were at contemp for lunch and he had never heard of it. So I went to research it and found this post. The funny thing is I am the guy who build and still runs OrlandoRocks.com, LOL. The site is still around but has not had a discussion board for years. This original post is 10 years old and I happen to pull it up as the first reference, and it came from me. Wow! Anyway from what I know it is true, but the tunnel was never used. First Walt died before the park opened, and second, the tunnel was way too hot and damp and had no AC and was deemed unsafe. When I first lerned about it was back in 1999 while working at Disney and talking with one of the maintenance guys that had been working at contemp since it opened. At that time, he pointed to an area of the parking lot that had been repaved in a circular pattern. Apperently part of the tunnel had started to collapse when constuction equipment had recently driven over it. So they filled it in a patched the asphault. Later they repaved the entire lot, so this new / dark area is long since gone.
Anyway take it for what you will, but this was the head maintenance guy for contemp.
Rasvar
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The only items underground in that area I am aware of are utility tunnels for power, drainage, water and also for the Chiller plant. It would not surprise me if there is a utility passage way that connects MK to Chiller Plant to Contemporary but it is not one that would be easily passable like a "secret tunnel" would seem to indicate.
Mouse Detective
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There actually IS a tunnel between the Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary Resort. But it's not a pedestrian tunnel that runs from the park to the resort, it's a road tunnel that carries vehicle traffic on the northern part of World Drive under the canal that connects the Seven Seas Lagoon to Bay Lake. Since it is located "between" MK and CR, maybe that's how this rumor got started.
Interestingly, there are just 3 underwater road tunnels in Florida. One is on US 1 in downtown Fort Lauderdale but the other two are located at Walt Disney World!
Interestingly, there are just 3 underwater road tunnels in Florida. One is on US 1 in downtown Fort Lauderdale but the other two are located at Walt Disney World!
Nope. What you describe is south of the resort.
AVAC originally went from the CR to the MK though.
Anyway, why are we replying to a TEN YEAR OLD thread??
Jimmy Thick
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Here to celebrate the bumping of a ten year old thread that has no merit.
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Cheers!!!
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sweetpee_1993
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I don't know why we're replying to a 10 year old thread but I thought it'd be fun to do it so I could say I had.
BTW, what's AVAC an acronym for?
CaptainShortty
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Nope, as others have said, no such tunnel exists. It may have been considered at one time but was never constructed.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
A decade ago, and Pumbas wit is still sharp as a tack.