The Magic Kingdom is built upon soil which was removed from what is now the Seven Seas Lagoon. The ground's incline is so gradual that guests tend not to realize they are ascending to the second and third stories. Parts of Fantasyland, including the Cinderella Castle, are at a third-story level. All the guests of the park see streets that are elevated by one story. Because of an elevated water table, most of these tunnels were actually built at ground level, and the Magic Kingdom was built above that. The largest system of utilidors is beneath Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, but they are not a basement, contrary to popular belief. When the new Florida Disney park was being planned, engineers designed utilidors to keep park operations out of guests' sight.
Since Disneyland was small, such a tunnel system could not be feasibly implemented. He felt that such a sight was jarring and it detracted from the guest experience. Disneyland, in California, also has a small utilidor system running throughout Tomorrowland.Īccording to modern legend, Walt Disney was bothered by the sight of a cowboy walking through Disneyland's Tomorrowland en route to his post in Frontierland. Smaller utilidor systems are built under the central section of Epcot's Future World, primarily beneath Spaceship Earth and Innoventions, and formerly at Pleasure Island. These tunnels were first built for Magic Kingdom. They allow Disney employees ("cast members") to perform park support operations, such as trash removal, and for costumed characters to quickly reach their destinations on the surface out of the sight of guests to avoid ruining the illusion that is being created. The utilidors, short for utility corridors, are a part of Disney's "backstage" (behind-the-scenes) area. In Disney theme parks, the utilidor system is a system of some of the world's largest utility tunnels, mainly for Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida. Management and operations of Magic Kingdom
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