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((Short description|Utility tunnel system at Magic Kingdom))
((More citations needed|date=January 2023))
((Infobox building
| name                = Disney Utilidor System
| logo                =
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| image               = Disney_underground_utilidor.jpg
| image_size          = 
| image_alt           = Disney Utilidor underneath the Magic Kingdom, with a cast member dressed as Mickey Mouse walking away from camera
| image_caption       = Image of the utilidor system taken by [[The Walt Disney Company]] along the tunnel underneath [[Cinderella Castle]]
| alternate_names     = Utilidors
| etymology           = '''<u>Utili</u>ty Corri<u>dors</u>'''
| status              = Operating
| building_type       = [[Utility tunnel|Utility tunnel system]] 
| location            = [[Walt Disney World]]
| address             = Magic Kingdom Drive
| location_city       = [[Bay Lake, Florida]]
| location_country    = United States
| coordinates         = ((coord|28.420965|-81.581347|region:US|display=inline,title))
| altitude            = 
| start_date          = 1967
| opened_date         = 1971
| cost                = 
| client              = [[Walt Disney Imagineering|WED Enterprises]]
| owner               = [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| affiliation         = [[Disney Experiences]]
| height              = 
| architectural       = 
| roof                = [[Magic Kingdom]]
| top_floor           = ((Convert|107|ft)) 
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| grounds_area        = ((convert|9|acre))
| architect           = WED Enterprises
| developer           = WED Enterprises
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| known_for           = Management and operations of Magic Kingdom
| parking             = West Clock
| public_transit      = ((bus icon|12px|Local Transit)) [[File:LYNX transportation logo.svg|50px|Lynx|link=Lynx (Orlando)]] 56, 300, 303 at West Clock
))

In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[theme park]]s, the '''utilidor''' system is a system of some of the world's largest [[utility tunnel]]s, mainly for [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Magic Kingdom]] in [[Florida]].  The utilidors, short for '''utility corridors''', are a part of Disney's "backstage" (behind-the-scenes) area. 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 [[suspension of disbelief|the illusion]] that is being created.

These tunnels were first built for Magic Kingdom. Smaller utilidor systems are built under the central section of [[Epcot]]'s Future World, primarily beneath [[Spaceship Earth (Epcot)|Spaceship Earth]] and [[Innoventions (Epcot)|Innoventions]], and formerly at [[Pleasure Island (Disney World)|Pleasure Island]].((Citation needed|date=January 2021)) [[Disneyland]], in California, also has a small utilidor system running throughout [[Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)|Tomorrowland]].

==History==
((More citations needed|date=January 2024))
According to modern legend, [[Walt Disney]] was bothered by the sight of a [[cowboy]] walking through [[Disneyland]]'s [[Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)|Tomorrowland]] en route to his post in [[Frontierland]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg030911mg |title=Betcha Didn't Know (World View) by Mark Goldhaber on September 11, 2003 |publisher=Mouseplanet.com |date=2003-09-11 |access-date=2010-06-07))</ref> He felt that such a sight was jarring and it detracted from the guest experience. Since Disneyland was small, such a tunnel system could not be feasibly implemented. When the new Florida Disney park was being planned, engineers designed utilidors to keep park operations out of guests' sight.((citation needed|date=July 2020))

==Magic Kingdom utilidor system==
((More citations needed|date=January 2024))
The largest system of utilidors is beneath Walt Disney World's [[Magic Kingdom]], but they are not a [[basement]], contrary to popular belief. Because of an elevated [[water table]], most of these tunnels were actually built at ground level, and the Magic Kingdom was built above that. All the guests of the park see streets that are elevated by one story. Parts of [[Fantasyland]], including the [[Cinderella Castle]], are at a third-story level. The ground's incline is so gradual that guests tend not to realize they are ascending to the second and third stories. The Magic Kingdom is built upon soil which was removed from what is now the [[Seven Seas Lagoon]].((citation needed|date=July 2020))

The utilidors are built on ((convert|9|acre)), and the floor plan is a circle with a path down the middle; the tunnel walls are color-coded to make it simple for cast members to determine their location. The utilidors can be accessed from a main tunnel entrance located behind Fantasyland, or through unmarked doors throughout the theme park. Magic Kingdom cast members park about ((convert|1|mi|km)) away, at West Clock parking lot, nearby [[Disney University]], and are transported from the parking lot to the tunnel entrance via [[Disney Transport]] buses. Some shops, restaurants and attractions have direct access to the utilidors.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>

Cast members navigate the tunnels on foot or in [[battery electric vehicle|battery-powered vehicles]] that resemble [[golf cart]]s. Gasoline-powered vehicles are not allowed in the utilidors, with the exception of [[armored truck|armored cash pickup trucks]] and, in extreme emergencies, [[ambulance]]s.<ref name=wdwforgrownups>[http://www.wdwforgrownups.com/articles/below-it-all-utilidors-magic-kingdom Below It All: Utilidors Of The Magic Kingdom], Walt Disney World for Grown-Ups, published 2014-02-01.</ref>

Guests are not allowed in the utilidors, unless they purchase the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour.<ref name=wdwforgrownups/>

==Functions==
The utilidors have been referred to as an "[[underground city]]", the functions of which include:<ref name="Sim 2014">((cite web | last=Sim | first=Nick | title=15 Things That are Hidden Underground at Disney's Magic Kingdom | website=Theme Park Tourist | date=2014-04-14 | url=http://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20140414/17536/15-things-are-hidden-underground-disneys-magic-kingdom | access-date=2015-09-10))</ref>

* '''Waste removal''': The Magic Kingdom uses an [[automated vacuum collection]] (AVAC) system for waste removal. Custodians remove trash from the park twenty-four hours a day, then dump it into AVAC system processors throughout the park. The trash then travels through [[pneumatic tube]]s to a central location where it is processed and compressed for transfer to a landfill or recycling plant.<ref name="Sim 2014"/><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/WDW/MagicKingdom/Secrets/General/Underground.html#AVAC |title=Fun Facts of Magic Kingdom's Underground Complex |publisher=Hiddenmickeys.org |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-date=2009-12-28 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091228040009/http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/wdw/magickingdom/Secrets/General/Underground.html#AVAC |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* '''Electrical operations:''' The park's computer system, the Digital Animation Control Systems (DACS), is operated and monitored from control rooms in the utilidors. This system monitors everything in the park, from sound systems to attractions, [[Audio-Animatronic]] figures to parades, fire prevention and security systems to cash registers.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>
* '''Deliveries and storage warehouses''': Deliveries are received, processed, and stored at the utilidors until use. This ensures that guests do not see delivery trucks, nor do they see cast members carting merchandise through the park.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>
* '''Food service''': The park's cooking and prep kitchens are housed in the utilidors.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>
* '''Costuming''': For years, the park's costuming department (for cast members and Audio-Animatronic figures) was located in the utilidors. Over 1.2 million costumes were housed here, making it the largest operating wardrobe department in the world. In 2005, Disney replaced this facility with a larger location in the cast members' parking lot, West Clock. The only costuming operations that remain in the utilidors today are for costumed characters.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>
* '''Cast member services''': Separate locker rooms for men and women are located in the utilidors, as well as cast member cafeterias. There is also a check cashing service, an employee hair salon called "Kingdom Kutters", rehearsal rooms, and administrative offices.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>
* '''Emergency services''': Two medical carts are housed in the utilidors and are deployed whenever there is a medical emergency in Magic Kingdom.<ref name="Sim 2014"/>

==See also==
*[[Dartford Cable Tunnel]]
*[[Underground city]]
*[[Utility vault]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.solarius.com/dvp/wdw/mk-tunnels-large.htm Disneys Magic Kingdom Utilidors Map]
* [http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/WDW/MagicKingdom/Secrets/General/Underground.html#AVAC Fun Facts About the Utilidors] ((Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091228040009/http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/wdw/magickingdom/Secrets/General/Underground.html#AVAC |date=2009-12-28 ))

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