A Look at the Utilidors
The First Coast News website has two interesting videos about the Utilidors (short for “utility corridor”) in Walt Disney World underneath the Magic Kingdom.
Trying to keep the real world away from the magical world, pictures of the Utilidor are scarce making this a special treat for those Disney fans that have not been able to visit the Utilidors in “The World” (like me)
You’ll get to see some of the hallways, the arrows and signs they use, Cast Members talking about their job in the Utilidors and more.
The tunnel under the Magic Kingdom is set up as a loop that goes around the outside edge of the park, plus a wide passageway that leads down the middle. Scattered all over the park are stairwells and elevators that lead up to the public areas. (First Coast News)
The second movie clip has some extra footage of the costume department.
It’s the largest walk-in closet on Earth: the Costuming building outside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Row after row of clothing racks, labeled by category and sorted by size, stretch off into the distance inside the vast building (First Coast News)
May 15th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
I worked at WDW back in 2000 on the College Program, while I was at disney/mgm studios (rock n roller coaster) I did get down in the utilidors during traditions, the disney training everyone goes through. Very neat.
May 28th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
As a fan from the UK this is very interesting to see. You hear about the corridors, but even after seeing the video it’s hard to believe they’re there.
Guess that’s down to Disney’s theming - it’s very easy to believe you’re in Fantasyland or Tomorrowland, but very difficult to believe you are walking around a theme park operated by a major corporation with utility corridors running underground.
Magic!