News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

TrainsOfDisney

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bpiper said:
I suspect that a Significant amount went into that large building. With the size of that building, the wind loads on it would be tremendous during a hurricane. The normal outer columns would have to be significantly larger. They not only have to hold the vertical weight of the building but have to handle the lateral forces of the wind. Think large steel I beam used for a floor turned vertical. That a lot more money. Then you have to have all the lateral cross bracing to keep the building from racking (twisting in the wind.) Don't forget the concrete slab. I remembered Disney doing a time lapse video of the continuous pour of the concrete floor for the guardians building.

That foundation pour took 17 hours, with the help of 300 workers, and included 80 miles of rebar, 960 truckloads or 9260 cubic yards of concrete, and covered 72000 sq ft.
Just the cost of that concrete alone never mind the rebar would be over a million dollars. That's over 3 feet of concrete thick. To support all that weight, you would have to drive a lot of friction piles into the ground. That isn't cheep either.
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How much did it cost to built the building for Trasnformers?
 
lazyboy97o

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bpiper said:
I suspect that a Significant amount went into that large building. With the size of that building, the wind loads on it would be tremendous during a hurricane. The normal outer columns would have to be significantly larger. They not only have to hold the vertical weight of the building but have to handle the lateral forces of the wind. Think large steel I beam used for a floor turned vertical. That a lot more money. Then you have to have all the lateral cross bracing to keep the building from racking (twisting in the wind.) Don't forget the concrete slab. I remembered Disney doing a time lapse video of the continuous pour of the concrete floor for the guardians building.

That foundation pour took 17 hours, with the help of 300 workers, and included 80 miles of rebar, 960 truckloads or 9260 cubic yards of concrete, and covered 72000 sq ft.
Just the cost of that concrete alone never mind the rebar would be over a million dollars. That's over 3 feet of concrete thick. To support all that weight, you would have to drive a lot of friction piles into the ground. That isn't cheep either.
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The winds loads are not different than other buildings in Florida. There are plenty of steel structures around the area. Even being a Risk Category III only pushes the ultimate wind load requirement up an additional 10 mph, well within safety factors for Risk Category II structures.

Floor slabs are not 3’ thick. They’re mats slabs and going to be in the range of 6” thick. The foundations for the columns are separate from the slab. The single pour at Guardians was also a bit of a flex, it’s more than possible to do multiple pours and tie everything together.

The whole building is similar to a warehouse. It’s not that crazy.
 
CntrlFlPete

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couple of photos

tron1.jpg


tron2.jpg
 
No Name

No Name

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RSoxNo1 said:
Seems like between $350-450

News - Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

Any reasonable reason why these 2 projects are so expensive? Or is it just Disney being Disney? The canopy for TRON ate up a huge chunk of the original’ budget. Even then, it’s a lot of Disney being Disney.
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That looks like it’s referring to Cosmic Rewind. There was some confusion over the price of the Tron coaster and this is the latest I’ve heard: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...irmed-for-epcot.929265/page-902#post-10182406
 
No Name

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RSoxNo1 said:
My understanding was that the price point for Tron was between Shanghai Pirates ($350) and Cosmic Rewind ($450)
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Apparently Shanghai Pirates was $450 not $350. I was looking for a comment to back that up, and it turns out it’s from… uhhh… you! 😂
RSoxNo1 said:
Tom Morris said Shanghai Pirates clocked in at around $450 mil. Tron would have to be less than that, right? Are you sure your numbers don't involve both coaster projects (the Captain America coaster for DCA?)
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UNCgolf

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Casper Gutman said:
Can we trade GotG for Shanghai Pirates? Like, right now? What if I promise to visit whatever park they put it into three days on my next trip instead of spending that time at Uni?
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I'm not as enamored with Shanghai Pirates as other people -- I think it has some significant flaws and there are better attractions -- but it still looks like a very good ride, and more importantly, I can understand where the money went. It looks like an expensive attraction; Guardians looks like it should have cost less than half of what it cost.
 
michaelmickey

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A dozen?
It shows they are very active then.. it's good sign!
You can notice that they now have ALL the spotlights at the top of the left hand curve working (you can notice as each spotlight create a small dot on the canopy).

Regarding the day time works left to be done, it looks like all the last walls (in the back next to the hangar, new foundations running along the people mover to link with tunnel and the little curved portion in the middle) are only awaiting wooden frame for concrete to be poured.
They left just an opening large enough for vehicle to enter/exit the zone.. after that.. should only be matter to finish the slab of the entire plaza and start the grass and co. before closing the last part of wall. And so, finish the railroad for good.

On the other side at the ride entrance, they are adding plastic parts on sides of the metal white structure of the canopy, which should be the last step before installing the "inside" canopy.. however they take a lot of time doing it.. only few of them have been done so far..

Regarding the small building, they have added couple of layers of sheets (black, white, black again..).
Should be just a matter of installing the cladding/decor to it..

Final is painting and installation of the railing along the paths.
Not sure if there will be adding decorative flooring on top of the slab, as in Shanghai..

It could be done within a few months.. but it is going pretty slow...
What is very worrying is how slow they are working on the Tomorrowland Light & Power building.. Which should be pretty quick now, if it is just a modification of the facade..

Sorry in advance for my vocabulary.. Im a frenchie. :)
 
michaelmickey

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UPDATE from my previous post.

posted some new pictures: https://*****.com/2022/06/more-themed-elements-added-to-tron-lightcycle-run-entrance-in-tomorrowland-at-magic-kingdom/

You can see many workers at the back, near the hangar.
They might certainly work on the wooden frame to pour concrete for this wall.

The centre shaped wall on the plaza received its concrete.
They should be done and remove the wooden frame by next week.

The foundation for the wall circling the plaza up to the tunnel has now received concrete too.
They should be able to build the wooden frame on it for the wall by next week too.

The wall from the tunnel as yet to receive concrete.

You can see a bit better the plexi installed on the canopy frame of the entrance..

On Tomorrowland building, at the back of the building, it looks like the white sheet is curving on the inside of the building..
I wonder if they start to open up the wall for a future entry/exit....
 

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