Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 So I was jumping along today reading the history of some Disney rides, when I began to think about the staging. I looked at Splash Mountain, and MS noting their huge buildings behind the facade that form the basis for the ride. Then I thought maybe EE was like this as well. I looked on google earth and didnt see one, but I became interested in a patch of land about 1/3 the size of DAK that was completely cleared/barren slightly NW of EE. Does anyone know for sure that this is the Disney Dump/Landfill? or is this something else. I dont think that it can be another area considering there are service roads around, but I dont know. I also saw 12 red stains that could be rust stains of the late Nautilus subs, but yet again, speculation. In short, is this place Disney's Dump? Curiosity.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper The Disney landfill is near the Magic Kingdom. I do believe there are several large, unoccupied pieces of land around Animal Kingdom that were intended to be areas of expansion.
Originally Posted By dshyates this clearing? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dqkhf" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2dqkhf</a>
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 Oh, and I found the one with the Nautilae in it. Its North up the road behind Space Mountain before you get to the monorail barn. But still, what is that clearing for?
Originally Posted By dshyates What about this one. It is north of MK and has a formed lake. I think it the 5th theme park
Originally Posted By dshyates Sorry this one is the 5th theme park. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2cnuag" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2cnuag</a>
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 It looks like it might be off of Disney property. Im not really sure though. Looks like we need the help of a Spirit, or nbody, or a few others?! Although its probably not considering there is a residental community SE of it.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The clearing on Reams road in Post #8 is a new neighborhood moving in behind Disney. Used to be forested land back there, just recently cleared for construction. Most of the land immediately to the north of Reams Road is off-property, and developers are beginning to buy and build back there. There's a lot going on the west side of Disney as well. Someday the whole of Disney will be ringed. Thank goodness it's as large as it is and can maintain it's own buffers.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The big clearing next to DAK in Post #4 is more interesting. I thought at first you were looking at the Disney Tree Farm that's to the north of DAK. But the area in Post #4 is between Asia and the Conservation Station. It's where the new Yak and Yeti restaurant is going in? But this cleared area seems way too big to be just for the restaurant. What is the rectangular tank-like structure at the southern edge of the clearing? It looks like it's meant to hold water.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The clearing to the NE of Space Mountain in Post #6 is called the Pluto Parking lot. It's mostly CM parking, but it is also used to store construction equipment and such, and probably is being actively used that way for the Contemporary expansion. Interestingly, that flat space was part of the MK's original design. A themed resort was supposed to go on that spot, the Persian Resort. Some original plans even showed the monorail travelling further north after leaving the Contemporary to stop at that resort. The beam would then have curved back through the MK in Tomorrowland, and back out front to where the station is now.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The structures on the SE corner of the DAK clearling just look like your standard temporary structure. It's the same general style of construction as the Millenium Village in Epcot, but just a smaller scale. These types of buildings are used a lot for storage and stuff like that. For what it's worth, I just found a hidden Mickey crop cirlce. It's about the same size as the Magic Kingdom, so it's pretty big. It looks like it's off property, but it's pretty cool anyway. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2kq5om" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2kq5om</a>
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I bet artist Mary Blair flew over Texas a few times... <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2oslox" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2oslox</a>
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >> It's where the new Yak and Yeti restaurant is going in? But this cleared area seems way too big to be just for the restaurant. << Yak and Yeti is already open. Denise
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Yak and Yeti is already open << I understand. I wish we had a satellite image that was perhaps more recent. The cleared area in this photo might have been what the area looked like before the Yak and Yeti went in?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >> >> Yak and Yeti is already open << I understand. I wish we had a satellite image that was perhaps more recent. The cleared area in this photo might have been what the area looked like before the Yak and Yeti went in? << I don't know, I am bad at maps and satellites. (I didn't even bother looking, because I'd just be confused!) Denise
