WDW to Build New North Entrance to Property

[anoldtruthteller]

Are they going to leave it unthemed like that and hope that go-away-grey solves all problems?

Huh? What problems?

 

[halltd]

I’m a bit surprised they didn’t plant anything in the median. Normally new roads are pretty well landscaped.

 

[Next Big Thing]

I’m a bit surprised they didn’t plant anything in the median. Normally new roads are pretty well landscaped.

It’s sort of in line with the Western Way entrance though. Both are pretty pedestrian entrances and used mainly by locals.

 

[MisterPenguin]

It’s sort of in line with the Western Way entrance though. Both are pretty pedestrian entrances and used mainly by locals.

Funny, I didn't see any sidewalks.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Funny, I didn't see any sidewalks.

adjective
adjective: pedestrian

1. 1.
   lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.

 

[Movielover]

Funny, I didn't see any sidewalks.

I did feel a couple large bumps though...

 

[Rteetz]

 

[Rteetz]

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Sunday, March 14, 2021. For several weeks now, concrete pilings for the new Floridan Way overpass have been in work. This overpass connects Floridan Way south to World Drive south, near the gas station south of the Magic Kingdom parking lot. The view in the below photographs is looking south on Floridian Way. The new road leading to the overpass already has curbs.

The top of Spaceship Earth can be seen in the below photograph, just above the trees on the left.

 

[Bill in Atlanta]

The top of Spaceship Earth can be seen in the below photograph, just above the trees on the left.

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Seeing the top of SSE above the trees is still as cool to me today as it was when I was 5 years old.

 

[Robbiem]

Seeing the top of SSE above the trees is still as cool to me today as it was when I was 5 years old.

That’s my very first memory of WDW. From a meers bus in 1989

 

[castlecake2.0]

Photo update as of Sunday, March 14, 2021. For several weeks now, concrete pilings for the new Floridan Way overpass have been in work. This overpass connects Floridan Way south to World Drive south, near the gas station south of the Magic Kingdom parking lot. The view in the below photographs is looking south on Floridian Way. The new road leading to the overpass already has curbs.

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The top of Spaceship Earth can be seen in the below photograph, just above the trees on the left.

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I hope we don’t lose that cool intersection at seven seas and Floridian way.

also I hope they continue to add some landscaping around these projects so it doesn’t look so barren

 

[Lilofan]

I hope we don’t lose that cool intersection at seven seas and Floridian way.

also I hope they continue to add some landscaping around these projects so it doesn’t look so barren

You mean that weird intersection where each car guesses who will go first? I won't miss it .

 

[maxairmike]

I hope we don’t lose that cool intersection at seven seas and Floridian way.

also I hope they continue to add some landscaping around these projects so it doesn’t look so barren

That thing was the bane of my existence for several years, and it can't go away soon enough. It's great if you're going south on Floridian Way or west on Seven Seas, but if you have to go north on Floridian or left onto Seven Seas during park hours...

 

[castlecake2.0]

That thing was the bane of my existence for several years, and it can't go away soon enough. It's great if you're going south on Floridian Way or west on Seven Seas, but if you have to go north on Floridian or left onto Seven Seas during park hours...

I guess it’s because I’m usually driving through there at off peak times. I just always thought it was a cool design you’d never see anywhere else lol. Also the intersection isn’t as busy now that you can go south on world drive on the auto plaza side.

 

[drnilescrane]

I guess it’s because I’m usually driving through there at off peak times. I just always thought it was a cool design you’d never see anywhere else lol. Also the intersection isn’t as busy now that you can go south on world drive on the auto plaza side.

That's the problem though - the geometry of the road means you can't see who is coming towards you from Seven Seas when driving north, you just know that they potentially won't stop (even if they are probably turning right). Now that movement is rarer I wish they'd turn it into a stop until it is rebuilt completely.

 

[DCBaker]

 

[wedenterprises]

sorry if this has been asked - so this new road means you won't have to cut across the TTC to get to the GF when heading north?

 

[peter11435]

sorry if this has been asked - so this new road means you won't have to cut across the TTC to get to the GF when heading north?

Correct

 

[DCBaker]