News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[SplashJacket]

Just curious, why are you down on Tron? It certainly looks the part. And the POV I've seen was very cool other than probably being a minute too short.

It’s a solid coaster. Very cool. Very scenic. But like you mentioned, it’s too short. It’s a solid ride, but it isn’t mind blowing. I’d take the Everest ride experience over Tron everyday of the week.

The best part of Tron is the canopy and overall aesthetic, not necessarily the ride experience. Contrast this with Rise, where there’s nothing to look at from outside the attraction, but the actual attraction experience id phenomenal.

People will love Tron in WDW. It’s a solid ride and a great addition. It’s not what the park needed, but still an addition I’m excited about. It’s just not the best thing since sliced bread, but it’ll likely get treated as such. I was excited for Ratatouille coming to Epcot, but it’s the same story there. Solid attraction that I’m exciting is coming closer to home, but by no means a game-changer

 

[DisneyfanMA]

I do think Tomorrowland desperately needed attention. I still think they should either really update the speedway experience and look or rip and replace. The current attraction seems dated to me and it's got a huge footprint. Maybe others do like it though. If keeping they could retrofit a new look, update the cars and sell the whole "green" electric vehicle thing. I won't delve into that any more but it's an obvious option.

 

[Bocabear]

Don't they have an entire fleet of electric cars from Hong Kong Disneyland's Autopia?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Don't they have an entire fleet of electric cars from Hong Kong Disneyland's Autopia?

I don't know what happened to them - but having ridden that version it is by far my favorite. No bad smell and the cars had onboard audio and made fun noises when you accelerated, etc - it felt like a fun, somewhat futuristic ride (at least compared to what we have stateside)

If they brought those over and updated the look of them and the track to fit in with a Tronish theme, I think it would be great

 

[No Name]

So are you going to be able to walk through it to the other side? Or will it be sealed off?

Huh? That is the entrance to the ride you’re looking at.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Don't they have an entire fleet of electric cars from Hong Kong Disneyland's Autopia?

Those won’t work. They drive on the left side of the road in Hong Kong.

 

[No Name]

Those won’t work. They drive on the left side of the road in Hong Kong.

The steering wheels are on both sides in Magic Kingdom. But the Hong Kong cars are ugly anyway.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

It would be a great addition to DHS.

It would actually probably fit well in Echo Lake. I don't want anything on that side of the park to go, but if it must... You don't even have to remove the classic. It can just be The Adventures of Jack... Sp... Oh.

 

[doctornick]

It would be a great addition to DHS.

Shanghai POTC in DHS and convert MK POTC to pre Captain Jack state would be perfect.

Now with the ruling of the court case I think Depp is back to being okay in the entertainment world

 

[J4546]

New Potc would be great if they built an entire area like treasure cove around it.

 

[Schweino]

Tron by December!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Tron by December!

as someone visiting in December.... I hope you are right!

I think by mid-November .... but we shall see

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[SpectroMan93]

All the children behind them:

 

[DCBaker]

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

as someone visiting in December.... I hope you are right!

I think by mid-November .... but we shall see

End of Nov / start of Dec please!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

End of Nov / start of Dec please!

If we go from when ride vehicle testing was first seen at Guardians to when that opened and apply the same duration from when the ride vehicles first spotted testing at Tron brings you to about mid-September

Now, that is in the middle of Halloween Party season so not sure they want to open it during there so that only some dates would have access. Plus the outside still seems like it needs quite a bit of work and the train tracks, etc

So early/mid-November puts it past the Halloween party and will be another way to justify charging more for the Holiday Party

So logic to my estimation

(Also somewhat with my heart as we are at MK on Dec 10th )

 

[strictfoo]

End of Nov / start of Dec please!

You're all saying "October 1st" wrong ... I'll be there in mid/late October

 

[DisneyCane]

If we go from when ride vehicle testing was first seen at Guardians to when that opened and apply the same duration from when the ride vehicles first spotted testing at Tron brings you to about mid-September

Now, that is in the middle of Halloween Party season so not sure they want to open it during there so that only some dates would have access. Plus the outside still seems like it needs quite a bit of work and the train tracks, etc

So early/mid-November puts it past the Halloween party and will be another way to justify charging more for the Holiday Party

So logic to my estimation

(Also somewhat with my heart as we are at MK on Dec 10th )

Would they really want to open it just before the Holiday season which will already be very busy and not need an additional draw? I don't know if they would wish to deal with new ride teething problems on top of an already busy period.

It would make more sense to open in February and have some time before spring break to work out any operational kinks.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Would they really want to open it just before the Holiday season which will already be very busy and not need an additional draw? I don't know if they would wish to deal with new ride teething problems on top of an already busy period.

It would make more sense to open in February and have some time before spring break to work out any operational kinks.

That's definitely possibly - though feels like that would be holding it a lot longer than they would need too. Also, they opened Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland on Dec 5th so they have shown open to opening new rides during that time

Plus I am trying to be optimistic