My mom worked “underground” in the 70s when I was a toddler and she took me down there to get her paycheck... she worked in character costumes and I saw the big bad wolfs head... it scared me and I’m surprised I was allowed down there 🤦♀️🤷🏻♀️
Took the "Keys To The Kingdom" tour back in 2006. Best $60 bucks I had spent in a long time!! Tour started around 9 AM and went to almost 3:30 PM!!! We spent a good 20 minutes in the "Tour Section" of the utilidors. Thanks for the memory refresh!!
The design of the layout, service being subterranean, the garbage Shute, this is classic EPCOT era Disney thinking. It’s nice his dream lived on in a way.
I worked as a Park Greeter at Magic Kingdom in the College Program (2021-2022) and had to spend a good bit of time before and after work in the utilidors. Its certainly an interesting place. Great video!
I was in the DCP in 2013/14 and first day we walked down underground and I thought it was just the most unreal thing. They promised anybody who had their phones out and took pictures would not only be terminated, but a lawsuit would be coming, and that’s back when social media was hitting its prime, I couldn’t imagine how it would be now. Really great experience glad I was able to work there at some point of my life
When I was on the DCP in 1992, we didn't have phones unfortunately. Actually none of it is underground. The utilidors (not tunnels) are on the ground level or first floor. The front of the castle is on the second floor, and it and behind it are on the 3rd floor.
I’m looking forward to starting in the DCP on February 7th. I found out the other day that my role will be photopass in Magic Kingdom! Your videos have given me great insight on what to expect.
I took the Keys to the Kingdom tour in November 2003 ... it was THE COOLEST TOUR EVER!!! We actually met one of the former Snow White face characters that was often on TV (she had a very touching story as to why she decided to stop being Snow White), she was at that time doing tours. What a great experience.
Way back in the 90s, I was in Magic Music Days and had the incredible opportunity to go down into the utilidors to get to our performance area. It was a very surreal experience.
I remember seeing Michael Jackson briefly in the Park then he was shuffled off by handlers through a door. I imagine the Utili-doors were used a lot for famous people visiting.
I almost crashed into Miley Cyrus party in them- was headed off by another cast member around the corner. And there were a couple of other times I saw groups down there. But I think (not sure- different department) that they didn't really want to bring them down there because it is definitely less magical than up above.
When I worked at wdw in 2007 & 2008 (in IT), I went down there a few times and explored them. I saw Tigger walking around without his head, Mary Poppins in her bloomers, and Snow White smoking a cigarette. Working there can really burst the 'magic' bubble for you..
07 & 08 when you worked there did you hear about this happened, It's still going in 22' FYI Jul 14, 2014 - Robert Kingsolver is one of at least 35 Disney employees arrested since 2006 on charges of sex crimes involving children. Behind its meticulously curated self-image, Disney has had a long-standing problem with child predators gaining employment within the company and exploiting minors. Since then, three Disney employees have been arrested for soliciting sex with minors, two have been arrested on 40 total counts of child pornography, and four more were arrested earlier this month in a sting operation targeting “human trafficking, child predators, and prostitution.”
That is too awesome you working and seeing behind the magic. Just wicked. Utilidors is an interesting place too visit . I've noticed. On the top left shelf , there's a picture of the entrance of Texas cyclone 🌀 ride. You must be a Houstonian. I miss Astroworld
Not a Houstonian, but I did get a chance to visit Astroworld a couple of weeks before it closed. That pic is one of my favorites that I took on that trip. Classic coaster. Sad what happened to the park.
Fun fact, a lot of hospitals have similar tunnels under the buildings. Often, entire departments are belowground. Departments like the morgue and material services. Materail services is fun stuff because you get to freeroam the gtounds because that job includes stocking the tool and medications machines at nurses stations, stocking the red Crash carts, janitorial work, and sometimes even assist discharged patients out of the building. One way to tell material services employees apart from the CNAs and doctors is they'll be dressed down in jeans and a clean t-shirt, and wearing a dark blue coat with and id lanyard. At least, that's the dresscode for St Rae's in New Haven, CT. Your own local hospitall's dresscode for their material services department might vary. Also, it'd be no small exaggeration to say that without the material services department, the doctors and CNAs working on the patients wouldn't have the tools they need for their jobs and the hospital rooms themselves would most likely be left for long periods without being cleaned due to the doctors and CNAs just not having the time to make the runs down to the basement for meds, tools, and other stuff.
Cool video - I was in the "underground" a few years after the Kingdom had opened. My company sold all the coin counting machines used in Cash Ops, and I spent a couple of days installing and training their maintenance people. Got the cook's tour and it was really impressive and a stroke of genius for the use of space.
We took the keys to the kingdom tour back in 2006. Loved it. It was interesting and fun. We didn't get to see a lot of the utidoors but it was special. We used elevators to get down but I don't remember if it was elevators or stairs coming back up. I do remember we got yo have lunch at the Columbia House restaurant. Prior to that I didn't know about the upstairs dining room. I would like to take the tour again someday.
Not sure if they currently still offer it, but if you can do it, try the Backstage Magic Tour. I've done it several times, it's not cheap, but I still think it's worth the money. I'ts a fully day tour. We went backstage and the utilidors at Magic Kindom, drove all around the back of Epcot and visited below stage at the American Adventure show and saw the control room for Mission Space. At the studios, we visited the costuming workshops and each guest got to keep a card that contained all fabrics for some characters parade costumes. I got Arielle and I never realized how many layers of different fabrics those costumes consist of. We went backstage at Star Tours and saw the simulators in motion, it looks really wild. Then we had lunch at Mama Melroses, it as a nice sampler menu where they brought out all the stuff they had on the menu on huge plates and everyone could take as much as they liked. We were joined by a Streetmosphere character, playing the tourguides overbearing mom. It was so funny. She then came back to the bus with us and broke character and talked about her job. The last part was the workshops behind the MK where they repaint the carousel horses and a glimpse into the storage for christmas decorations.
It's interesting but I'm curious about how long it would take you to walk from one side of the park to the other? It seems pretty huge. I know disneyland has a very small system but I don't know if you can tour it
In the utilidors you could expect it to take 10-20 minutes, depending on where it was exactly you were going. It was suggested that you wanted to be getting off of the cast shuttle bus around 30 minutes before your shift started, and our "base" (where we clocked in and started) was under main street while the utilidor entrance was in the far back of the park. Now if you were doing that same walk in the park when it was open it could easily take you 30-45 minutes because of weaving through crowds and having to stop and answer questions.
Utilidors still have a mystery about them until you see them. I took the Behind The Magic Tour that finishes with the Utilidors. Not a very magical place. Somewhat cluttered underneath Main Street. Especially right under Casey’s. How do I know it was Casey’s. Racks of hot dog buns. I was glad to have visited them knowing they were there for so long. Behind the Magic Tour is fun. More fun for those who didn’t already know how what we visited worked though. Only suggestion, never take that tour in July. Disney supplied plenty of Dasani to keep you hydrated.
I worked in the Park in 1978/1979. I worked on Main Street and hated the LONG walk twice a day through the Tunnel System. After Parking in the middle of nowhere and taking a bus to the Tunnel Entrance under Fantasyland, I would go to Wardobe to get my Costume. Then the LONG walk to Main Street. Occasionally I got a ride on one of the carts. I miss working there but not those LONG walks.
The much smaller system at Epcot has an entrance by what will be Guardians of the Galaxy and runs in a half circle under the Communicore/ Innoventions area, including Spaceship Earth. The demolition actually exposed at least one of the stairways to it- one i used on a regular basis at Character Spot. It will be interesting to see what they do with it.
When I worked there, there was not a subway. Different areas with different selections. Walked the long hall many times. You could get lost. But it was color coded for each area. I'm sure much has changed since the late 80s and the 90s when I was a cm. But it is amazing down there.
Mousketeria was my favorite food spot so I didn't mind when I was assigned to drive a CM bus from The Westclock Staff car park to the back of the Castle.
I worked for the Disney Store in 1990... a different time, a different world. I had a chance to go on a tour there, but my parents didn't want me to do. I was crushed... but thankfully the internet has given me insight. I wanted to work in the park back in the day, but my social anxiety to move to Florida and live alone was too much for me. I love the old Disney ways... the conservative escapism and magic! The company I worked for was so strict. No jewelry, no tattos, no hair coloring, not even a fancy wedding ring. You had to iron your clothes with the steamer and shine your white shoes. What a trip!
Current CM, and been down in the tunnels more times than I can count. Unfortunately they do not give the tours in traditions any more and if you are off, you are not allowed down there unless you forget something. Also even with verizon, the reception can get very spotty, especially under the moat.
We used to have a piece of property in Davenport Florida, and our neighbor works for Disney World. I have always wanted to work for Disney world. I have heard it’s very hard to get in there. Is that true to all y’all who are working at Disney?
don't think of it as basement ceilings. Much of it is solid concrete or other materials like that, and the "ceilings" are several feet of construction material and packed earth. it functions more like a cave or tunnel built under ground, even though they were technically built at ground level and then the rest was filled in over and around them.
I worked the DCP a long time ago. I worked in the laundry department and sometime would finish work at 2am in the morning. Not really fun walking home to the college dorm apartments in the middle of the night.
The pictures look actually quite grim and factory like. Couldn't they cheer up the place a little? Or wasn't it as grim as it looks like? Also love your shirt.
The utilidors sounded so creepy and mysterious to me, but it's actually something really useful and not that scary lol. Would you change anything besides the smell? Is it really cheaper for the cast members to eat there?
I saw a video on here of a couple of guys that snuck a camcorder down there and this was back when the security wasn't as tight as it is today and they were walking and I faintly heard 98.9 WMMO as well as journey's don't stop believin song playing so they run regular radio station music down there.
I saw a video of Tinkerbell getting some fan art from a young guest. She only slightly opened the door to what was supposedly her home to slip it in (she said her home was a mess right now). I'm guessing that door was one of the entrances to the Utilidoors.
Not a utilidor entrance. There aren't so many entrances that they are all over the place. More than likely it was a door to her dressing room or a utility room that led to her dressing room.
The access point in fantasyland, you said you’re not gonna tell people where it is, my friend knows exactly where that is, and he mentions it on his videos all the time. 😃👍
Honestly, I think all of this is so much cooler than the surface section of the park. This whole system of logistics, maintenance, and transportation are so cool, as if allows the park to run seamlessly and quietly.
Is it true that when guests are given tours of the utilidors, cast members have to put on their costume fully on? So if the guy who plays Mickey was in it, he would have to put on the Mickey head. If the actress for Princess Aurora isn't naturally a blond, she has to put on her blond wig? Is there also something that lets Disney workers know guests are coming through? A flashing red (green, blue, purple, or some color) light?
Not true. It may have been at one time, when they very first started those tours. But if there had been a warning, it would have simply been a "keep your eyes open". You're told and warned before the tour starts that there is a chance you may see a character- or a few- not ready to meet guests. And then told again before you go down below. And I would imagine it's one reason the tours don't go by the main cafeteria (besides it being a very high traffic area since it is near the main entrance to the utilidors)
There really isn't much to see. The murals in the bottom entryway (I do have photos of those), Cinderella's Royal Table restaurant on the second floor, which I only saw when I worked there a couple of times (oh, those steps from teh basement...), the royal suite they created for the Year of a Million Dreams, whcih I never saw at all, and that's about it.
the utilidors weren't places that you would normally see characters. They have their own break rooms and dressings rooms, so about the only time you might see them would be if they were going to eat at the cafeteria, or if they were starting or ending their day. and in all of those cases they wouldn't normally be wearing their costumes.
I'm assuming that's a joke. LOL but for those that believe this (and there are some) - the rumor is that he's frozen at Disneyland, not WDW, since he died before WDW had started construction - Disneyland doesn't have underground tunnels - Walt died before anyone had been cryogennically frozen. nothing had even been built to try it - Walt almost surely didn't even know about it. his daughters have attested to that numerous times - He was cremated. You can visit the grave where his remains were buried today.
How would you enter the park form the wardrobe picture at 3:47? do you have to walk to the nearest utilidor at the park? or is their utilidors in the wardrobe? but even then, it seems like a far walk.
technically you're only supposed to be in them if you have some sort of at least semi-official reason to be in them, even if that's visiting the Disney learning center, getting a bite to eat at the cafe, or something like that. :-)
Ever since I was a kid I was fascinated with the whole Disney Park. As an adult I love learning all about the history, secrets and how it all worked.
My mom worked “underground” in the 70s when I was a toddler and she took me down there to get her paycheck... she worked in character costumes and I saw the big bad wolfs head... it scared me and I’m surprised I was allowed down there 🤦♀️🤷🏻♀️
Took the "Keys To The Kingdom" tour back in 2006. Best $60 bucks I had spent in a long time!! Tour started around 9 AM and went to almost 3:30 PM!!! We spent a good 20 minutes in the "Tour Section" of the utilidors. Thanks for the memory refresh!!
06? 60buck? It’s prolly 200 now to do the tour you did
@@RamsayboltonSnow The tour recently restarted and it costs $114 + tax.
@@JeffFrmJoisey that’s not bad at all
Lmao it’s 114 bucks now wish it was 60
More like 6,000 bucks now
Love your displays behind you 💜
Thanks for the informational video George. Hopefully one day we can take the tour to go down there.
The design of the layout, service being subterranean, the garbage Shute, this is classic EPCOT era Disney thinking. It’s nice his dream lived on in a way.
Walking those utilidors as a castmember was awesome, AND CONFUSING AT FIRST. Then getn used to walking down there for breaks.
From a former Cast Member, that was my favorite part was getting to walk in the Utilidors all the time as a Cast Member
Excellent presentation. You explained everything so well and at a comfortable pace. Fascinating!
I worked as a Park Greeter at Magic Kingdom in the College Program (2021-2022) and had to spend a good bit of time before and after work in the utilidors. Its certainly an interesting place. Great video!
I was in the DCP in 2013/14 and first day we walked down underground and I thought it was just the most unreal thing. They promised anybody who had their phones out and took pictures would not only be terminated, but a lawsuit would be coming, and that’s back when social media was hitting its prime, I couldn’t imagine how it would be now. Really great experience glad I was able to work there at some point of my life
When I was on the DCP in 1992, we didn't have phones unfortunately. Actually none of it is underground. The utilidors (not tunnels) are on the ground level or first floor. The front of the castle is on the second floor, and it and behind it are on the 3rd floor.
@@kurtsims thanks for ruining the magic lol
I love your kind energy. ❤😂😊 Thank you. 🎉😊
MINDBLOWING!
Another SirWillow winner. Love the behind the scenes!
I’m looking forward to starting in the DCP on February 7th. I found out the other day that my role will be photopass in Magic Kingdom! Your videos have given me great insight on what to expect.
I took the Keys to the Kingdom tour in November 2003 ... it was THE COOLEST TOUR EVER!!! We actually met one of the former Snow White face characters that was often on TV (she had a very touching story as to why she decided to stop being Snow White), she was at that time doing tours. What a great experience.
Way back in the 90s, I was in Magic Music Days and had the incredible opportunity to go down into the utilidors to get to our performance area. It was a very surreal experience.
That's actually more interesting to me than anything in the parks. They should consider offering tours.
They do. Look for the Keys to the Kingdom tour, part of which goes into the utilidors.
I remember seeing Michael Jackson briefly in the Park then he was shuffled off by handlers through a door. I imagine the Utili-doors were used a lot for famous people visiting.
I almost crashed into Miley Cyrus party in them- was headed off by another cast member around the corner. And there were a couple of other times I saw groups down there. But I think (not sure- different department) that they didn't really want to bring them down there because it is definitely less magical than up above.
I bet Michael got to see Walt.
Bet alot of little boys saw Michael too. Very magical place
Very cool, I'd want to call the stairways to doors... "Portals". :0) Nice video, thank you!
Took the tour down there. It was amazing. Highly recommend the 'Keys to the Kingdom' tour for anyone wanting to peek behind the curtain.
Maybe i will try that if i visit disney world
Interesting. Sometime when I'm there I would like to do The Keys To The Kingdom Tour. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for explaining this underground system
When I worked at wdw in 2007 & 2008 (in IT), I went down there a few times and explored them. I saw Tigger walking around without his head, Mary Poppins in her bloomers, and Snow White smoking a cigarette. Working there can really burst the 'magic' bubble for you..
...Eeyore doing meth, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell having sex...
@@scottmoore1614 in my experience working for Disney, Aladdin was more Peter Pan's type
07 & 08 when you worked there did you hear about this happened, It's still going in 22' FYI
Jul 14, 2014 - Robert Kingsolver is one of at least 35 Disney employees arrested since 2006 on charges of sex crimes involving children.
Behind its meticulously curated self-image, Disney has had a long-standing problem with child predators gaining employment within the company and exploiting minors.
Since then, three Disney employees have been arrested for soliciting sex with minors, two have been arrested on 40 total counts of child pornography, and four more were arrested earlier this month in a sting operation targeting “human trafficking, child predators, and prostitution.”
That is too awesome you working and seeing behind the magic. Just wicked. Utilidors is an interesting place too visit . I've noticed. On the top left shelf , there's a picture of the entrance of Texas cyclone 🌀 ride. You must be a Houstonian. I miss Astroworld
Not a Houstonian, but I did get a chance to visit Astroworld a couple of weeks before it closed. That pic is one of my favorites that I took on that trip. Classic coaster. Sad what happened to the park.
Fun fact, a lot of hospitals have similar tunnels under the buildings. Often, entire departments are belowground. Departments like the morgue and material services. Materail services is fun stuff because you get to freeroam the gtounds because that job includes stocking the tool and medications machines at nurses stations, stocking the red Crash carts, janitorial work, and sometimes even assist discharged patients out of the building. One way to tell material services employees apart from the CNAs and doctors is they'll be dressed down in jeans and a clean t-shirt, and wearing a dark blue coat with and id lanyard. At least, that's the dresscode for St Rae's in New Haven, CT. Your own local hospitall's dresscode for their material services department might vary. Also, it'd be no small exaggeration to say that without the material services department, the doctors and CNAs working on the patients wouldn't have the tools they need for their jobs and the hospital rooms themselves would most likely be left for long periods without being cleaned due to the doctors and CNAs just not having the time to make the runs down to the basement for meds, tools, and other stuff.
Excellent video------Thank you!
Really enjoyed this video. Love learning about the little secrets about Disney!!
Love this! Thank you!!
Former Navy surface engineer and current construction business owner here. Conduit carries electrical wires and is never plural. Pipes carry sewage.
Cool video - I was in the "underground" a few years after the Kingdom had opened. My company sold all the coin counting machines used in Cash Ops, and I spent a couple of days installing and training their maintenance people. Got the cook's tour and it was really impressive and a stroke of genius for the use of space.
Excellent video...and extra points for Tom Baker!
We took the keys to the kingdom tour back in 2006. Loved it. It was interesting and fun. We didn't get to see a lot of the utidoors but it was special. We used elevators to get down but I don't remember if it was elevators or stairs coming back up. I do remember we got yo have lunch at the Columbia House restaurant. Prior to that I didn't know about the upstairs dining room. I would like to take the tour again someday.
Not sure if they currently still offer it, but if you can do it, try the Backstage Magic Tour. I've done it several times, it's not cheap, but I still think it's worth the money. I'ts a fully day tour. We went backstage and the utilidors at Magic Kindom, drove all around the back of Epcot and visited below stage at the American Adventure show and saw the control room for Mission Space. At the studios, we visited the costuming workshops and each guest got to keep a card that contained all fabrics for some characters parade costumes. I got Arielle and I never realized how many layers of different fabrics those costumes consist of. We went backstage at Star Tours and saw the simulators in motion, it looks really wild. Then we had lunch at Mama Melroses, it as a nice sampler menu where they brought out all the stuff they had on the menu on huge plates and everyone could take as much as they liked. We were joined by a Streetmosphere character, playing the tourguides overbearing mom. It was so funny. She then came back to the bus with us and broke character and talked about her job. The last part was the workshops behind the MK where they repaint the carousel horses and a glimpse into the storage for christmas decorations.
Going to the DCP Program this May, this is super interesting and something I'm stoked to see first hand!
It’s fascinating.
answered alot of questions for me as I am staring there soon!
Awesome achievements in engineering,planning and administration
At 5:59, were you purposely trying to avoid saying, “It’s a WHOLE NEW WORLD!” 😂
4:10 This shot looks so surreal and creepy, as does the following.
Dark Lord Mickey in his underground lair...
Loved the video thank you so much!!!!
History Channel did a 2 hour Modern Marvels episode about WDW. The Utilidors were one of the things featured.
worked in the basement of a major hospital for a decade. i find it fascinating how similar they are haha
It's interesting but I'm curious about how long it would take you to walk from one side of the park to the other? It seems pretty huge. I know disneyland has a very small system but I don't know if you can tour it
In the utilidors you could expect it to take 10-20 minutes, depending on where it was exactly you were going. It was suggested that you wanted to be getting off of the cast shuttle bus around 30 minutes before your shift started, and our "base" (where we clocked in and started) was under main street while the utilidor entrance was in the far back of the park.
Now if you were doing that same walk in the park when it was open it could easily take you 30-45 minutes because of weaving through crowds and having to stop and answer questions.
Utilidors still have a mystery about them until you see them. I took the Behind The Magic Tour that finishes with the Utilidors. Not a very magical place. Somewhat cluttered underneath Main Street. Especially right under Casey’s. How do I know it was Casey’s. Racks of hot dog buns. I was glad to have visited them knowing they were there for so long. Behind the Magic Tour is fun. More fun for those who didn’t already know how what we visited worked though. Only suggestion, never take that tour in July. Disney supplied plenty of Dasani to keep you hydrated.
I worked in the Park in 1978/1979. I worked on Main Street and hated the LONG walk twice a day through the Tunnel System. After Parking in the middle of nowhere and taking a bus to the Tunnel Entrance under Fantasyland, I would go to Wardobe to get my Costume. Then the LONG walk to Main Street. Occasionally I got a ride on one of the carts. I miss working there but not those LONG walks.
There is also a small tunnel under Space Ship Earth. I love the Key to the Kingdom tour. I've done it twice. It cost a little more than it use to.
The much smaller system at Epcot has an entrance by what will be Guardians of the Galaxy and runs in a half circle under the Communicore/ Innoventions area, including Spaceship Earth. The demolition actually exposed at least one of the stairways to it- one i used on a regular basis at Character Spot. It will be interesting to see what they do with it.
Yeah I used to use that stair way to go to the break room for lunch.
Very awesome video!
If you have ever been on a naval vessel that has been at sea for a period of time, you will immediately recognize the smell!
That would be a great tour!
When I worked there, there was not a subway. Different areas with different selections. Walked the long hall many times. You could get lost. But it was color coded for each area. I'm sure much has changed since the late 80s and the 90s when I was a cm. But it is amazing down there.
Nothing sinister to see here
Amazing 👏
We took the tour, and the utilidors were very cool, but I think you need to go a few times to really get the feel of them
It's been nearly two decades, and I can still smell the utilidoors. LOL
Great description 😃
We used to joke as kids stomping our foot and saying (fix it) or (get back to work) if a ride was broke down etc to our family member that works there
Ha!! That's great
Mousketeria was my favorite food spot so I didn't mind when I was assigned to drive a CM bus from The Westclock Staff car park to the back of the Castle.
Always a great day with a video from Sir Willow! ❤️
I got to visit the utilidors when I got to stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite
Great information thank you😊
I worked for the Disney Store in 1990... a different time, a different world. I had a chance to go on a tour there, but my parents didn't want me to do. I was crushed... but thankfully the internet has given me insight. I wanted to work in the park back in the day, but my social anxiety to move to Florida and live alone was too much for me. I love the old Disney ways... the conservative escapism and magic! The company I worked for was so strict. No jewelry, no tattos, no hair coloring, not even a fancy wedding ring. You had to iron your clothes with the steamer and shine your white shoes. What a trip!
Thank you this is great
Current CM, and been down in the tunnels more times than I can count. Unfortunately they do not give the tours in traditions any more and if you are off, you are not allowed down there unless you forget something. Also even with verizon, the reception can get very spotty, especially under the moat.
We used to have a piece of property in Davenport Florida, and our neighbor works for Disney World. I have always wanted to work for Disney world. I have heard it’s very hard to get in there. Is that true to all y’all who are working at Disney?
Awesome
I wonder what the load rating is for the basement ceilings. Surely they have heavy service cranes and other equipment for maintenance drive on it.
don't think of it as basement ceilings. Much of it is solid concrete or other materials like that, and the "ceilings" are several feet of construction material and packed earth. it functions more like a cave or tunnel built under ground, even though they were technically built at ground level and then the rest was filled in over and around them.
I worked the DCP a long time ago. I worked in the laundry department and sometime would finish work at 2am in the morning. Not really fun walking home to the college dorm apartments in the middle of the night.
If you can tell me, what ride did that Tomorrowland stairwell come up into? Always been interested in the tunnels.
I really cant for a variety of reasons. It wouldnt be appropriate. Sorry. :-)
It smells the same as the NYC subway system.
Stale piss and body odour? Damn, thought Disney was cleaner than that
The pictures look actually quite grim and factory like. Couldn't they cheer up the place a little? Or wasn't it as grim as it looks like?
Also love your shirt.
I love this content
The utilidors sounded so creepy and mysterious to me, but it's actually something really useful and not that scary lol. Would you change anything besides the smell? Is it really cheaper for the cast members to eat there?
The kids when they meet the characters “ why do you stink?”
I saw a video on here of a couple of guys that snuck a camcorder down there and this was back when the security wasn't as tight as it is today and they were walking and I faintly heard 98.9 WMMO as well as journey's don't stop believin song playing so they run regular radio station music down there.
If the just played “It’s a small world after all” on an endless loop, people would snap.
@@DeflatingAtheism I actually like the music WMMO plays. A lot of songs they play I know.
I use to walk through the magic kingdom utilladoor to My job at crystal palace
I saw a video of Tinkerbell getting some fan art from a young guest. She only slightly opened the door to what was supposedly her home to slip it in (she said her home was a mess right now).
I'm guessing that door was one of the entrances to the Utilidoors.
Not a utilidor entrance. There aren't so many entrances that they are all over the place. More than likely it was a door to her dressing room or a utility room that led to her dressing room.
The access point in fantasyland, you said you’re not gonna tell people where it is, my friend knows exactly where that is, and he mentions it on his videos all the time. 😃👍
Very cool😀😀😀😀😀
Honestly, I think all of this is so much cooler than the surface section of the park. This whole system of logistics, maintenance, and transportation are so cool, as if allows the park to run seamlessly and quietly.
I heard another youtuber say there’s a subway restaurant down there, I guess that could be the small eaterie place you mentioned about?
No. The small eatery is a snack bar. Subway is in the main cafeteria which is near the opening into the utilitors. Different places
@@SirWillow thanks for your reply. Are there other restaurants down there too like a McDonald’s?
No. Subway is the only one and only as a counter in the employee cafeteria, which has a few sections. Grill, salads, and things like that.
Is it true that when guests are given tours of the utilidors, cast members have to put on their costume fully on? So if the guy who plays Mickey was in it, he would have to put on the Mickey head. If the actress for Princess Aurora isn't naturally a blond, she has to put on her blond wig? Is there also something that lets Disney workers know guests are coming through? A flashing red (green, blue, purple, or some color) light?
Not true. It may have been at one time, when they very first started those tours. But if there had been a warning, it would have simply been a "keep your eyes open". You're told and warned before the tour starts that there is a chance you may see a character- or a few- not ready to meet guests. And then told again before you go down below. And I would imagine it's one reason the tours don't go by the main cafeteria (besides it being a very high traffic area since it is near the main entrance to the utilidors)
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Great video. Is there any chance you can do a complete tour of Cinderella’s Castle?
There really isn't much to see. The murals in the bottom entryway (I do have photos of those), Cinderella's Royal Table restaurant on the second floor, which I only saw when I worked there a couple of times (oh, those steps from teh basement...), the royal suite they created for the Year of a Million Dreams, whcih I never saw at all, and that's about it.
SirWillow Thank you, I’ve watched videos of the Cinderella Suite, I just thought the rest of the castle would be elegant.
Have you seen the Epcot center utilladoor? It's being torn down to make the new water attention for Epcot
Did you ever get to see rare characters in the utilidors? Like Darkwing Duck, the Three Little Pigs, Stromboli, Jafar, etc;?
the utilidors weren't places that you would normally see characters. They have their own break rooms and dressings rooms, so about the only time you might see them would be if they were going to eat at the cafeteria, or if they were starting or ending their day. and in all of those cases they wouldn't normally be wearing their costumes.
You spoke about Magic Kingdom in Disney World. What about other parks?
there is only one other Disney park that has utilidors- Epcot, and they are much smaller, only under a portion of the front part of the park.
Is the audio in the park controlled in the utilidors? If so, have you been in the room where they do it? How big is the room and what's in it?
Yes it is. No I haven't. Pretty big and lots of stuff. ;♧
do they still do the keys to the kingdom tour
Yes they do. You can find what tours are available and the costs on the Disney website
Where do they keep Walt frozen??
I'm assuming that's a joke. LOL
but for those that believe this (and there are some)
- the rumor is that he's frozen at Disneyland, not WDW, since he died before WDW had started construction
- Disneyland doesn't have underground tunnels
- Walt died before anyone had been cryogennically frozen. nothing had even been built to try it
- Walt almost surely didn't even know about it. his daughters have attested to that numerous times
- He was cremated. You can visit the grave where his remains were buried today.
@@SirWillow It was a joke...admittedly in bad taste! Apologies..
But, it does address a persistent rumor that’s been around for quite some time!
I'm curious if you ever worked with a dear friend of mine who has since passed. His name was Paul Christopherson
Does the other florida parks have secret access rooms
What would happen to employees that had an accident that took of the mask/ clothing of the costume?
That person would probably “disappear” somewhere in the Florida Everglades.
Can anyone confirm is the barber shop is still there???
I can't read your shirt. I did eventually figure out that the center is Dr. Tom, but the words don't look like English to me.
"Would you like a jelly baby?"
@@thoughtengine ah, ok. Thanks.
how can i get a tour of the disney world underground
Look for the Keys to the Kingdom tour
He for sure hid some bodies down there.
How would you enter the park form the wardrobe picture at 3:47? do you have to walk to the nearest utilidor at the park? or is their utilidors in the wardrobe? but even then, it seems like a far walk.
As a cast member you would get on the bus that's right there by the wardrobe and ride it into the park. That area is not open to guests
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How does the Disney parks deal with trash removal? ;-)
One trash can at a time
If you work at another park at Disney can you go to the utiladoor just to see it? They changed traditions and arnt giving that tour anymore.
technically you're only supposed to be in them if you have some sort of at least semi-official reason to be in them, even if that's visiting the Disney learning center, getting a bite to eat at the cafe, or something like that. :-)
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