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OCTOBER 9, 2015 BY ORLANDO INSIDER VACATIONS
The Secret Underworld of Walt Disney World
Not as sinister as it sounds.
And Actually not quite so secret!
….Creating the Disney Underworld Tunnels
The resulting Disney Utilidors are today 9 acres of underworld tunnels in the form of a circle with spokes leading off in various directions. There’s a central path right down the middle.
The tunnel walls are color coded to make it easier for Cast Members to navigate their way underneath the park to their desired location.
Walt didn’t want his errant cowboy suddenly appearing next to Mister Depp or one of his Caribbean Pirates, hitching a ride on Aladdin’s Magic Carpet or poking his ten gallon head round Space Mountain.
The main entrance to the Disney Utilidors is behind Fantasyland or through doors known only to cast members dotted throughout Magic Kingdom.
Main entrance for Cast Members to Utilidors
Cast members park about a mile away and are transported to the tunnel entrance by Disney buses. There, they make their way to their place of work either on foot or are driven on battery operated electric vehicles resembling golf carts.
The moment they step out of the hidden Magic Kingdom tunnels into public view, that’s them “on stage” and on best behavior with big smiley welcomes for all.
So what goes on in this underworld Disney?
So what goes on in this underworld Disney?
So what goes on in this underworld Disney?
So what goes on in this underworld Disney?
Cast Member Services: This is where Cast Members go about their business away from public peepers. Banking services, dining, transportation, grooming, locker rooms, rehearsal areas and administration
DACS: The the powerhouse of Disney. The nerve center that operates the Magic Kingdom. DACS (Digital Animation Control System) is responsible for making sure audio-animatronics characters are on cue for attractions, controls when stage doors open and close, stages elevate and lower and curtains raise and open. The immense park lighting is optimized for peak performance by this incredible system that monitors over 70,000 functions a second. It oversees sound systems, fire prevention, equipment failure, power loss and knows instantly if anything goes wrong anywhere inside the Magic Kingdom.
Trash Talk:
Trash Talk:
Trash Talk:
Can you imagine the amount of trash that must be generated by the Magic Kingdom? No amount of pixie dust could make all that trash disappear in a puff of glitter smoke. AVAC does that instead. The Automatic Vacuum Collection System is a Swedish garbage disposal system that zooms waste along vacuumed tubes at 60 miles an hour. Whoosh. It’s gone. 23 tons of trash is then gathered, sorted, compressed or recycled behind Splash Mountain.
Hidden Deliveries:
Hidden Deliveries:
Hidden Deliveries:
Hidden Deliveries:
You’ll never see a delivery truck anywhere inside the Magic Kingdom. Walt would never have the magic shattered by such mundane occurrences. Instead all deliveries are done at service entrances and everything is transported underground on electric vehicles. The only gas powered vehicles allowed in the Disney Utilidors are armored cars to collect cash and ambulances to attend to emergencies.
Can the General Public View These Disney World Tunnels?
Hell Fucking No.
DeSantis' Florida Department of Law Enforcement ("FDLE") has a security cordon around the Disney Tunnel Complex tighter and more secure than the Russian one around the Azovstal Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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