Draining Tom Sawyer Island?

[hertamaniac]

May have missed it in a previous post, but at MK this AM and they appear to be building a temporary dam. Any ideas?

 

[rteetz]

May have missed it in a previous post, but at MK this AM and they appear to be building a temporary dam. Any ideas?

They are working on the track for the riverboat.

 

[hertamaniac]

Pics

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Actually, what they may be draining are the Rivers of America... not the island.

 

[maltdizzy]

There was a press release linked somewhere in the news thread, it said divers will do most of the work but they will dam off parts and drain where needed.

This is opposed to DL, where they have drained the whole river at once for track maintenance in the past.

 

[dwbrewster]

Why aren’t they listening to Pete? Stay out of the d___ lakes!

 

[Minnesota!]

Nope, don't want that job!!!

 

[Firebird060]

I wonder how many gators they find when they drain the rivers of america or at least part of it

 

[splash327]

I wonder how many gators they find when they drain the rivers of america or at least part of it

There was one spotted near the raft docks on the VI Passholder night a couple weeks ago.

 

[kandb]

We were waiting in line at haunted mansion this past Tuesday and there were three divers in the water doing something and another 4 men on the dock. Everyone was looking wondering what they were doing, maybe had something to do with this.

 

[geekzapoppin]

The riverboat had been dry-docked for repairs and had been scheduled to be back in operation around now. However, they discovered that the track that the boat travels along needed some repairs. The most efficient way of carrying these out was to dam up the RoA in order to lower the water level in the spots that needed repairs. This makes the job much easier. Still not easy, but easier.

 

[OSUZorba]

They were refilling this section of the river today. Looked like was almost back to the right level around 1 when I was by it.

 

[Thom72]

I know they have fish and wildlife in Rivers of America, does anyone know how they protected the fish? Were they transferred to the section not drained? And the other question was the drained water stored for replacement or was this just refilled from another source? Seems pretty amazing to me and was just wondering the process.

 

[rteetz]

I know they have fish and wildlife in Rivers of America, does anyone know how they protected the fish? Were they transferred to the section not drained? And the other question was the drained water stored for replacement or was this just refilled from another source? Seems pretty amazing to me and was just wondering the process.

Usually any water drained is stored.

 

[OSUZorba]

I know they have fish and wildlife in Rivers of America, does anyone know how they protected the fish? Were they transferred to the section not drained? And the other question was the drained water stored for replacement or was this just refilled from another source? Seems pretty amazing to me and was just wondering the process.

The water being pumped in appeared dirty, so I assumed it was being pumped from the other side of the dam. The pump was also right next to the dam. But I didn't confirm that.

I assume they did the opposite when they drained it, just pumped the water from inside the dam to the outside.

 

[a1tinkfans]

What? You mean there’s a Track and i’ve Not been on a Real River Boat???

 

[hakepb]

Usually any water drained is stored.

Isn’t Rivers of America connected to Seven Seas / Bay Lake? Do they need more storage than Seven Seas?

 

[rteetz]

Isn’t Rivers of America connected to Seven Seas / Bay Lake? Do they need more storage than Seven Seas?

Good point. In terms of water rides though that water is usually stored.

 

[StageTek]

This is what it looked like Sept 15

 

[hertamaniac]

Isn’t Rivers of America connected to Seven Seas / Bay Lake? Do they need more storage than Seven Seas?

That's a massive water storage "container".