A Behind the Scenes and practically underground Tour of Disney World By a previous Disney Cast Member

Ok, Ok, so you've been to Disney World about 87 times.

But how would you like an exclusive, hidden tour to see Walt Disney World as few ever will? As a old Disney World Cast Member I have volunteered to be your tour guide straight through the behind-the-scenes world of what makes Disney World so magical.

The Topiary

You'll have fun learning about a variety of backstage locations. We'll also take a peek under the Magic Kingdom Park and see Cast Member costuming, wardrobe, the so-called tunnel system, Disney's nursery and tree farm, waste treatment facilities and other aid areas.

A Behind the Scenes and practically underground Tour of Disney World By a previous Disney Cast Member

Let's start at the end, with sludge. Sludge from the water treatment installation is everybody's enterprise dried out and then used on the grounds for fertilizer. Reclaimed tinkle water is used for watering grass and plants. The water valves are labeled "Reclaimed Water - Do No Drink" Thanks for the heads up, Mickey!

Now we'll visit the plant nursery. Remember all those cool and cute topiary designs nearby the park? Well, this is where Disney Cast Members grow and shape the topiary critters. All this coolness takes time; about seven to eight years to grow a singular topiary character. One of my personal favorites is a smiling Mickey Mouse keeping a Disney Vacation Club [http://www.edisneytimeshare.com] sign near the entry to the Wilderness Lodge Hotel.

Then there is the parade storehouse area behind Splash Mountain. The back of Splash Mountain has many doors labeled, for example, "Access to Scene 31". Here you'll see Mickey Mania, Spectromagic, and the galvanic Water Parade paraphernalia. You can walk nearby and look at the parade pieces all you want. But no photos please. The Spectromagic floats are made of mesh, so the driver can see out, and are covered with small Christmas-type lights controlled by computers. There is also a small fan to cool down the driver. If you or the kids have always wanted to look inside the Sea Witch float from The tiny Mermaid, this is your big chance.

When I was a Disney cast member I strolled the tunnels on my breaks and dined in the hidden cafeterias. Very romantic. Actually, the tunnels are fake. Since the water table is very high in Florida it would be precious to keep real tunnels dry. Disney thus built a neat theory of utility corridors at ground level and then covered them with dirt. This made a new ground level one floor higher. The Magic Kingdom was built on top of this. Therefore, Main street Usa is honestly on the second floor.

The "Utilidors" make a circle nearby the park connecting all of the Lands and rides. There is also a utility corridor under Main street Usa connecting the entry to Cinderella's Castle. All of the Magic Kingdom utilities are nestled within the Utilidors. There is water, electricity, fiber optic cable, and the ultra-cool Vacuum Trash System.

The Disney World Vacuum Trash theory has come to be a model for some other very large buildings, and even parts of cities and municipalities. The theory uses pipes about two feet in diameter to suck all the trash to a central variety point.

Another unusual gismo in the Utilidors supplies the discrete odors to distinct parts of the park. There is one under the bakery that releases chocolate cookie smell into Main Street. Mickey wanted to use real cookie smell, as I recall. But, alas, there was no way to produce non-stop chocolate chip morsels. So, these odor producer machines are used for cookies and that just-right smell in many other places; smoke, orange groves, and so forth

The Utilidor also has discrete Cast Member services like a reputation Union, a 2-Hour Film Developer, cafeterias, and lockers. Costuming and wardrobe is also located down here. When I worked there I was always amused to see my beloved characters wandering nearby half dressed or carrying their heads. The walls of the Utilidors are color coded. There are also many maps and directional signs to help lost Cast Members (like me).

So when you visit Disney World for your 88th trip, keep an eye peeled for a sudden and magical character appearance. Mickey or Minnie may just pop out of a hidden door foremost from the Utilidor below. And you'll know their secret!

A Behind the Scenes and practically underground Tour of Disney World By a previous Disney Cast MemberLet's Play Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo! (Part 3) Video Clips. Duration : 12.75 Mins.

Yep, I'm finally back to making Let's Play videos again after a hiatus! This time, it's "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo," the first Putt-Putt game made in the new animation style. Watch as Putt-Putt attempts to save six "baby" animals, listens to three topiary creatures sing in unusual voices, vomits at a chuck-wagon, hears a corny moose-related joke told by two toucans, explores a Lion King-esque grassland, does an endless-loop dance cycle with some penguins, and more! "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo" © 1995 Humongous Entertainment

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