Skyway/Utilidors

[Muskegon78]

When the skyway was in existance were you able to see the CM parking lots or the entrance to the utilidors behind PVH when you were riding from tomorrowland to fantasyland?

 

[Robo]

When the skyway was in existance were you able to see the CM parking lots or the entrance to the utilidors behind PVH when you were riding from tomorrowland to fantasyland?

You could see the 'non-magical" rooftops of the attraction buildings.

Not too much parking lot-wise. The lot behind 20,000 Leagues Subs was far below the "horizon."

 

[Muskegon78]

You could see the 'non-magical" rooftops of the attraction buildings.

Not too much parking lot-wise. The lot behind 20,000 Leagues Subs was far below the "horizon."

Have there ever been any spots in the park where those areas are visible? I know that wouldn't have been intended but I wondered if old attractions had area with gaps in trees or fencing where you could see that stuff

 

[goofyernmost]

Funny story...my X-wife discovered while on Skyway that the subs in 20K didn't really dive under the water. She said that it ruined it for her. Oh, well!

 

[Robo]

Have there ever been any spots in the park where those areas are visible? I know that wouldn't have been intended but I wondered if old attractions had area with gaps in trees or fencing where you could see that stuff

Ride the WDW Railroad around MK during the day and you can often see "too much."

During very busy times, the CM's will route guests BEHIND Main Street (gate is next to Tony's) to relieve some of the congestion along the street.
"Backstage" there looks like you're walking behind a conventional urban strip mall, with
the back doors marked as to the name of the store, and CM cars and service vehicles parked
in the lot over which you are walking.

 

[PAcpl]

Ride the WDW Railroad around MK during the day and you can often see "too much."

We took a ride on the people mover this past October and saw too much also. Some things are better left to the imagination.

 

[PeterPan09]

We saw those areas when we did the Backstage tour, but it didn't ruin it for me. Main Street is still just as magical for me even though I know it looks like a strip mall out back.

 

[Robo]

We saw those areas when we did the Backstage tour, but it didn't ruin it for me. Main Street is still just as magical for me even though I know it looks like a strip mall out back.

As a producer of stage and video shows, I love the backstage areas, myself.
(Kind of like my "briar patch" to quote Brer Rabbit.)
Of course it doesn't ruin the magic for me, either.

I just appreciate how good the finished product looks all-the-more.

BUT... some guests just don't like to see the "seamy side" of anything.
It wrecks the illusion.

It can be especially tough if they think their kids might see something that
they "shouldn't."

Disney is generally FAR better at maintaining the overall magic than any other attractions operator.
So, if there is even the slightest HINT of the "action behind the curtain" that can cause some guests to become upset.

Don't know what can be done about it.

 

[Feralpeg]

Not much to see. The parking lots look like any other parking lot. Some of them have a bus stop that takes CMs from the lot to the backstage of MK.

The entrance to the utilidors doesn't look like anything special. The one entrance resembles a loading dock. The others are just doors leading into the building. One of the entrances is next to the first aid station by Crystal Palace. You enter the door and get in an elevator to go down to the utilidor. The utilidors themselves are nothing special. They just look like wide hallways of any buidling.