Disney utilidor system

Disney Utilidor System
Image of the utilidor system taken by The Walt Disney Company along the tunnel underneath Cinderella Castle
Alternative names	Utilidors
Etymology	Utility Corridors
General information
Status	Operating
Type	Utility tunnel system
Location	Walt Disney World
Address	Magic Kingdom Drive
Town or city	Bay Lake, Florida
Country	United States
Coordinates	28°25′15″N 81°34′53″W / 28.420965°N 81.581347°W / 28.420965; -81.581347
Construction started	1967
Opened	1971
Client	WED Enterprises
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Affiliation	Disney Experiences
Height
Roof	Magic Kingdom
Top floor	107 feet (33 m)
Grounds	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	WED Enterprises
Developer	WED Enterprises
Known for	Management and operations of Magic Kingdom
Other information
Parking	West Clock
Public transit access	56   300   303  at West Clock

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. 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 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 and Innoventions, and formerly at Pleasure Island (now The Landing section of Disney Springs).^[1][2] Disneyland, in California, also has a small utilidor system running throughout Tomorrowland.