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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
1. Cast Members can get their hair cut here. Kingdom Kutters, a Cast Member salon, is located in the Utilidors. Disney has certain policies about Cast Member appearance and grooming, and Kingdom Kutters helps assure that Cast members are looking their best.
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
6. The Utilidor concept was borrowed from Walt Disney’s plans for EPCOT. Epcot was conceived by Walt Disney as EPCOT: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It was to be an actual city where residents would work, live, and play. One of Walt’s ideas was to create underground tunnels, allowing residents to pass through the city in a way that would help them avoid traffic. Although Epcot is
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
5. The Utilidors are truly massive! The tunnels run under nearly every area of the park, with the exception of the New Fantasyland area (formerly Toon Town). The tunnels span over 390,000 square feet. Photo Credit: Orlandoinsidervacations.com
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
I’ve got to be honest- I didn’t even know there was an “underground” element to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World until only a few years ago, but since discovering this truth I have been very interested in what exactly goes on down there. This area, known as the Utilidors, is a series of tunnels that makes it possible for Cast Members to move between lands and across the park in an efficient,
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
12. It’s actually not “underground”. This is a hard fact to wrap your head around, to be sure. The utilidors are not underground at all; rather, they are truly the “ground floor” of the entire Magic Kingdom Park. The area that we enjoy was actually built as a second floor on top of the Utilidors. In fact, cast members who are bussed in to work at the Magic Kingdom enter the utilidors from parkin
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
11. You can visit them! There are many backstage tours you can take at Walt Disney World, and a few actually give you a glimpse into the Utilidors. One such tour is the Keys to the Kingdom tour, an experience that takes guests into some “backstage” park areas, including a parade float storage area and the utilidors.
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
10. The entrances/exits are hidden in plain sight. The utilidor system spans almost the entire Magic Kingdom, and there are many entrances and exits throughout the park hidden in plain sight. You have probably never noticed them, but once you begin to look for them you can see them in plain view. Generally, the doors are typical looking, unmarked doors. Each door is painted either to blend seam
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
9. They play “regular” music down there- not Disney tunes! When you’re in a Disney park, you’re completely immersed in the themeing, right down the music playing everywhere (even in the restrooms). I was surprised to learn that in the Utilidors, they do NOT play Disney music. This space is considered a break space for Cast Members- a chance to “take off their heads”-literally- and feel human (ra
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
8. The walls are painted to guide Cast Members. Cast Members can find their ways through the Utilidors in two ways; by using a map, or by following the paint color system on the walls. As you begin walking under a new land, the color of the walls change, helping Cast Members find their way to the land they need to appear in. Photo Credit: themeparktourist.com
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12 Terrific Facts About The Magic Kingdom “Underground” Utilidors
7. Cast Members replenish their pins here. Have you tried Pin Trading yet? If not- I highly recommend trying this enjoyable hobby. The caveat here is that many people purchase pin lots on eBay and some of these pins, though tradable in the parks, are called “scrappers”- they are of lesser quality. Cast members often find their lanyards full of scrappers or otherwise less-desirable pins, so they
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