Water Bridge

Dean[AU] · Jul 16, 2003

Ehe.. a Water Bridge Ride would be WAY cooler

ArchiDanDisney · Jul 16, 2003

Originally posted by freaklarm
It is so fum when sometimes we have to take the Ferry Boat to Bay Lake and when going across the water bridge see all the cars and buses that stop in the middle of the road just to see that big boat going over them. BTW sometimes when I'm driving a cruiser I stop in the bridge just to see the reaction of the people in the road, they love it.

You can't possibly keep a good cycle if you are stopping in the middle of the water bridge..do the GSM's know about this?

trendymagic · Jul 17, 2003

I had never really payed attention to those bridges till I read this thread.

s25843 · Jul 17, 2003

Here is another overhead shot of the bridge area taken from the 12th Floor of the Contempoary

jmarc63 · Jul 17, 2003

Originally posted by Blizz

Also if you look under the bridges at WDW they have many pipes. Does anyone have a clue what they are?

I had always thought that it had something to do with the sump pumps located under the road way at the bridge to drain the road way after a hevy rain, but I couls bw rong, it seem that even when its dry theres always seems to be a wet spot under the bridge

freaklarm · Jul 21, 2003

Originally posted by ArchiDanDisney
You can't possibly keep a good cycle if you are stopping in the middle of the water bridge..do the GSM's know about this?

You seem to know a lot about watercraft, anyways, when you're piloting you're responsible for your boat, and sometimes it is necesary to stop the boats at the water bridge because of different reasons. Plus there is not really a guideline about a speciffic cycle. Thanks for your concern about the GSM, any other question just PM me...

CmdrTostada · Aug 3, 2003

I never knew that the bridge was for water. I think that is so cool, yeah I dont get out much lol

ArchiDanDisney · Sep 19, 2003

Freaklarm still never answered my question. You a CR, CT, or FullTime?

freaklarm · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by ArchiDanDisney
Freaklarm still never answered my question. You a CR, CT, or FullTime?

Sorry, When did you ask me this??? CT is the answer for you.

kal1484 · Sep 20, 2003

I love going under that bridge, although it scares the crap out of me. I have a fear of bridges...:-/

domincfh · Oct 15, 2003

so wait if your rent a boat fromt he poly. or one of the main hotels you can go over this? cause i used to rent those mouses and i never saw those bridges once.!!

s25843 · Oct 15, 2003

Originally posted by domincfh
so wait if your rent a boat fromt he poly. or one of the main hotels you can go over this? cause i used to rent those mouses and i never saw those bridges once.!!

Yep you can

Tom · Jan 27, 2004

Bridge Leak

Originally posted by donaldduck1967
i've always wondered what would happen if the bridge cracked? obviously water would leak but what if it was a really BIG crack. Is there some kind of system in place that would prevent the water from spilling out?

If the bridge cracked, they'd have to fix it. However, it's been there for over 30 years, and is in fine condition still. Thus, their original construction practices were adequate.

As a previous post stated, a Water Bridge does have "expansion joints" in it, so that it may expand and contract with the earth and changes in temperature. It does leak, a bit, currently. These joints prevent it from destroying itself. If for some reason it develops a sever crack, they'll have to repair it, or even replace it.

Kopp8699 · Feb 1, 2004

I have seen this many times, i had no idea this was a water bridge.... thats really really interesting

barnum42 · Feb 1, 2004

Re: Bridge Leak

Originally posted by edwardtc
If the bridge cracked, they'd have to fix it. However, it's been there for over 30 years, and is in fine condition still. Thus, their original construction practices were adequate.

In the UK we still have a good number of these water bridges (aqueducts) that were built in the 1800s and are still going strong. It would not surprise me to find that there are still Roman builts ones somewhere that are still in operation.

Bill · Feb 1, 2004

Personally, I hope it cracks, then they can drain Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon again. That's something that I'd love to see. Plus they could replenish the beaches, clean the water, & allow swimming again. :lol:

Tom · Feb 1, 2004

Originally posted by Bill
Personally, I hope it cracks, then they can drain Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon again. That's something that I'd love to see. Plus they could replenish the beaches, clean the water, & allow swimming again. :lol:

I don't think the bottom of Seven Seas Lagoon is very exciting, since they made it, heehee. As i'm sure many of you know, they built the utilidors first, then dug SSL and dumped that dirt on top of the utilidors and started building Floor 2 - what we see as the park. I was told once that they lined SSL with White Sand - which you can see on the beaches.

As for the pipes under the Water Bridges, my best guess would be that they are just utilities (sewer, water, steam, coolant, etc). You can see similar utilities when you're on the Train, heading around toward Toontown. You go under a bridge, which is actually the road from the Cast Member Parking Lot up to the Utilidor Entrance between the Small World and 20,000 buildings. Along that bridge is a gigantic pipe, and some others. These pipes are the Water Supply to the park from the treatment plant, and the others are Chilled Water, which is used to Air Condition the park -- it comes from the giant Cooling Towers behind the park.

Tim G · Feb 1, 2004

Originally posted by Bill
Personally, I hope it cracks, then they can drain Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon again.

Huh!! You want it to crack??

Hate to disappoint you..... it won't...

s25843 · Feb 1, 2004

Originally posted by edwardtc
I don't think the bottom of Seven Seas Lagoon is very exciting, since they made it, heehee. As i'm sure many of you know, they built the utilidors first, then dug SSL and dumped that dirt on top of the utilidors and started building Floor 2 - what we see as the park. I was told once that they lined SSL with White Sand - which you can see on the beaches.

As for the pipes under the Water Bridges, my best guess would be that they are just utilities (sewer, water, steam, coolant, etc). You can see similar utilities when you're on the Train, heading around toward Toontown. You go under a bridge, which is actually the road from the Cast Member Parking Lot up to the Utilidor Entrance between the Small World and 20,000 buildings. Along that bridge is a gigantic pipe, and some others. These pipes are the Water Supply to the park from the treatment plant, and the others are Chilled Water, which is used to Air Condition the park -- it comes from the giant Cooling Towers behind the park.

and you just know-it-all LOL

Tom · Feb 1, 2004

Originally posted by s25843
and you just know-it-all LOL

Hey now, no need to be sarcastic

I don't know it ALL, I just have gained a lot of useless trivia over the years. And, as far as I know, this is the place to purge all that trivia from my head, heehee. So I am. If someone asks a question, and I know the answer, I'll answer it!

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