Can you explain (or point to a website that explains) how band members got onto the (Tomorrowland Terrace) stage before it came up? I googled this but could not find anything concrete about a tunnel to backstage. This seems likely to me and there should be a map somewhere that shows the “other” exit from the tunnel. It would be great to see the exit from google maps, satellite view.” Well I had never thought of this question before. I know there was a way down but never gave it much thought. So I decided to enlist some Disneyland experts in the Micechat.com Forum! I got many great responses so let me summarize them for David. Yes, there is a tunnel! It starts near the old Alpine Gardens (near the Yeti footprint) and ends behind Innoventions. That’s how bands get from backstage to the TLT onstage area, and how the Jedi Training Academy CM’s and characters get to Pixie Hollow. There are also dressing rooms and showers down there. Word is when the trash compactor overflows it ends up in the tunnel that then has to be mopped out! The access tunnel is also how the Coke syrup used to be pumped to Coke Terrace when Coke sponsored it. A big stainless steel tanker truck, not unlike the trucks hauling milk, would squeeze into the access area behind innovations and hook up hoses and deliver the syrup through pipes mounted to the ceiling of the tunnel.
Per David’s request I have made a map of the tunnel based on eye witness reports. If anyone has corrections to this map or photos of this area please let me know.
The tunnels have the same vibe and feel of their bigger cousins at WDW. The WDW tunnels under Main Street look very similar but are much larger both in height and width. Even the layout is similar electrical rack on the bottom right, water supply (most likely cold water for a/c) on the right mid level and top right HVAC and tubes for the trash.
The backstage entrance behind what was then America Sings was next to the cargo elevator that was used to get large pieces of equipment into the tunnel such as electric carts, trash compactor receptacles for the trash compactor under the Tomorrowland Terrace, supplies, etc. From the tunnel, there was a way to get up into the underbelly of the carousel theater. There was quite a bit of space under the Tomorrowland Terrace, as described in more detail by your source. The pictured doors in this latest post, are not the termination point of the tunnel at the old Circlevision building. During the years I worked there, the door to the right was an emergency exit out of administration offices, the double-doors in the center were an emergency exit out of the Circlevision Theater, and the door to the left was a stairwell up to the CircleVision Projection room. Instead, the western termination point was at the north west corner of that building on the west side behind a single unmarked door.
“I worked in the Tunnel for 9 Years, it had two bends in it. The opposite end from the Freight Elevator had a stairway that led upstairs to an outside door to a walkway that surrounded the Matterhorn, their was also a large room at that end with a bunch of pipes, probably for water circulation for the Matterhorn. The tunnel also provided a way to deliver goods for the Tomorrowland Terrace facility, we also used to store about 10 ea pallets of supplies in the tunnel until we got the refreigerated goods away and could store the paper goods. I used to clean out the coke tanks and change them over via a valve when one would run out. The tanks were in a locked room just behind inovations. They were about 2000 gallons in size ea and all stainless steel. A stainless steel pipe ran the length of the Tunnel to Tomorrowland terrace to supply the syrup for our most popular drink “Coke”.
Unrelated tunnels for the Rocket Rods which connect Little Green Men store
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