bama_ed
It's kind of fun to do the impossible-Walt Disney
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- Sep 23, 2004
Folks,
Leveraging a thread on the DIS Rumors forum, http://www.disboards.com/threads/mk-toll-plaza-set-to-change-quite-a-bit.3509827/
new details have come out regarding the previously announced construction work around the MK Toll Plaza. I guess the idea is to only direct people intending to park in the MK lot through the toll booths - those headed to the resorts (GF and Poly to the left and WL and CR to the right) will bypass the toll booths which will probably involve ramps, flyovers, and elevated construction. Also employees/Cast Members coming to work can go around as well.
Here is a good drawing/picture of the area and work to come. For orientation, World Drive headed towards the MK is on the right side. I have circled in red the MK Toll Plaza. The Car Car Center/Hess is the blob of buildings in the middle.
Note there will be a new exit ramp off World Drive BEFORE the MK Toll Plaza to Vista Boulevard that we can take as we approach the Fort from this direction. No more taking your life in your hands trying to go through the MK Toll Plaza with a trailer and then immediately trying to get over to the far right to make the current right hand turn. I think that was where the bus/taxi lanes were which made life a little too exciting at times.
I think most folks, when arriving initially at the Fort, come in this way to avoid coming in from the Port Orleans/Golden Oaks end of Vista Boulevard and making a tight 180-degree turn into the Fort front entrance. So this will be good news when it finally all shakes out (although there will probably be a lengthy construction period).
Bama Ed
Leveraging a thread on the DIS Rumors forum, http://www.disboards.com/threads/mk-toll-plaza-set-to-change-quite-a-bit.3509827/
new details have come out regarding the previously announced construction work around the MK Toll Plaza. I guess the idea is to only direct people intending to park in the MK lot through the toll booths - those headed to the resorts (GF and Poly to the left and WL and CR to the right) will bypass the toll booths which will probably involve ramps, flyovers, and elevated construction. Also employees/Cast Members coming to work can go around as well.
Here is a good drawing/picture of the area and work to come. For orientation, World Drive headed towards the MK is on the right side. I have circled in red the MK Toll Plaza. The Car Car Center/Hess is the blob of buildings in the middle.
Note there will be a new exit ramp off World Drive BEFORE the MK Toll Plaza to Vista Boulevard that we can take as we approach the Fort from this direction. No more taking your life in your hands trying to go through the MK Toll Plaza with a trailer and then immediately trying to get over to the far right to make the current right hand turn. I think that was where the bus/taxi lanes were which made life a little too exciting at times.
I think most folks, when arriving initially at the Fort, come in this way to avoid coming in from the Port Orleans/Golden Oaks end of Vista Boulevard and making a tight 180-degree turn into the Fort front entrance. So this will be good news when it finally all shakes out (although there will probably be a lengthy construction period).
Bama Ed
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