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Disney Files Permit to Expand Magic Kingdom Ferry Dock and Queue

A state permit details modest upgrades intended to improve ferry staging.

Overview

  • Walt Disney World submitted an application to the South Florida Water Management District for work at the Magic Kingdom side of Seven Seas Lagoon.
  • The filing cites minor hardscape changes, a dock expansion, and a required floodplain compensation area to offset shoreline impacts.
  • Plans indicate a narrow wooden dock of roughly six feet in width intended for operational staging of ferryboats, not a new guest loading zone, according to site plan reviews.
  • Documents suggest nearby bus security space could be reconfigured to create additional ferry queue capacity, though final layouts are not specified.
  • No construction timeline was announced, and the project follows earlier ferry upgrades, including added second docks in 2014 and second-level unloading in 2021.