Map of underground rides???

[MickeyNikiNaka]

Is there such a thing? When we were in DL DBF noticed that there were vents where you sit to watch F! and he swears that they have to be for Pirates, which would make sense. But I wanted to know exactly where that and Indiana Jones run!


Thanks!!!

 

[marsrunner]

Is there such a thing? When we were in DL DBF noticed that there were vents where you sit to watch F! and he swears that they have to be for Pirates, which would make sense. But I wanted to know exactly where that and Indiana Jones run!


Thanks!!!

No, I don't believe so. Those show buildings are both outside the park on the other side of the railroad tracks. No idea what those vents might be.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and Indiana Jones all go underneath the train berm, and the actual rides are outside the parks.

There is a site that has a diagram of the rides in the ride buildings.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

If you view DLR on google earth the show buildings are nowhere near where you think they may be. The pp's are right...they are quite a ways back. Just think of that long line at IJA and all that walking until you finally board your vehicle! Anyway...I will look for these vents. I think I might know which you are talking about but I am not sure what they are for.

 

[mechurchlady]

Not sure what the vents are for. Toontown, Splash Mountain, Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Indiana Jones are outside the train tracks. Toontown is a whole land and the others are a tunnel then you enter a ride building outside the tracks. All head away from the Rivers of America. It may have been for drainage.

Pirates is a where you have the big drop that sends you under the tracks.
Haunted Mansion has a stretching room that lowers you to the area under the tracks.
I cannot remember Indy.
Splash is where you are at the show boat scene and you look up to see the train tracks.

 

[Sherwin]

If you view DLR on google earth the show buildings are nowhere near where you think they may be. The pp's are right...they are quite a ways back. Just think of that long line at IJA and all that walking until you finally board your vehicle! Anyway...I will look for these vents. I think I might know which you are talking about but I am not sure what they are for.

This is true.

If you take a look at the satellite images (or wikimapia), you'll see three very large warehouse like buildings on the southwest corner of the park, outside NoS and Adventureland. PoTC, IJA, and HM all occupy those buildings. It's actually quite fascinating. Ever wonder why the queue for IJA is so long? Well, there's your answer.

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

I can give you at least some of a clue on the venting. E Ticket magazine did an article about this quite a number of years ago (Issue 18) - "On Disneyland's Waterways" - the "Dark Water" system in the park.

Basically, most of the original attractions with water in and around them are connected and filter through from on to the other to keep the waters from stagnating. This water system was designed by Colonel Fowler - the man that oversaw the building of the Panama Canal - and who Fowler's Harbor (the dry dock for the Rivers of America) is named for.

It was a pretty fascinating article. I'll have to dig it up, but there is quite the drainage system below the park. The article even had it "mapped out".

For those interested in the E Ticket, the magazine is ending and copies will not be available for purchase anymore, once this is officially over - http://www.the-e-ticket.com/

 

[glendalais]

Those vents basically serve as exhaust points for the underground portions of New Orleans Square.

Underneath New Orleans Square lays the New Orleans Main Kitchen, which, among other things, serves as the Kitchen for Blue Bayou, Cafe Orleans, French Market, and the Royal Street Veranda. The vents allow the heat and exhaust from the ovens, fryers, stoves, and whatnot to vent out and not pool up underground.

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

My fellow colleague would definitely know about the exhaust systems! Well done Glendais!

Still - the water systems is a cool read.... Lots of good imagineering interviews and old historical photos from their personal collections, too, in those issues.