News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Tha Realest]

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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And that’s without extensive R&D.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

What is everyone’s problem with Gringotts? I love gringotts

 

[Disney Analyst]

What is everyone’s problem with Gringotts? I love gringotts

I can tell you my issue is the expectations I had are not met. As a kid, you watch the films and read the books, and say "Wow! I want to ride on that mine cart through the bowels of the bank, cool!"

And then you get what they built...

 

[bhg469]

What is everyone’s problem with Gringotts? I love gringotts

My gripe is that the best effect is the one at the very end and there really isn't much more to it.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I can't believe there is still any hype around this. Universal has built two, better "coasters" since this was announced. Disney has really dropped the ball.

It's new and exotic because it was built for Shanghai first, a park most Disney fans will never get to visit.

Magic Kingdom hasn't had a new build ride in almost a decade now, nor has it ever had a coaster of this level of thrill.

People will go nuts over it when it first opens, but I doubt it will have the enduring appeal of what made so many other of the parks rides classics.

 

[Incomudro]

What is everyone’s problem with Gringotts? I love gringotts

Everthing that SplashZander said was 100% the way I felt about Gringotts.
To that, I'll add that due to those failings it's more reliant on people being knowledgable and into the movie for enjoyment.
Something Mummy doesn't suffer from.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

TRON has the right idea - who wouldn’t want to take a Light Cycle for a spin?

But it's also missing the race/game aspect that the TRON movies and arcade set up. Riding a motorbike is fun, but this was an obvious choice for a dueling coaster that could have made the exterior portion the "victory lap". Maybe better integrate the track layout with the rest of Tomorrowland too instead of sticking the whole thing in a corner off to the side.

Hagrid's understands the appeal of riding a flying motorbike, but that's only a part of the overall experience. Going on an adventure through the grounds and forest of Hogwarts and seeing various animals makes it so much more.

 

[Casper Gutman]

What is everyone’s problem with Gringotts? I love gringotts

So do I. But it has to be admitted that, while it’s theming is absolutely spectacular, Gringott’s lacks some physical thrills - if you’re expecting a conventional coaster-in-the-dark, it doesn’t deliver. That’s always been a legitimate criticism of the ride. It’s become more intense recently, however, because WDW is in the process of opening two (incredibly expensive) rides that excel as coasters-in-the-dark but have decidedly lackluster theming that poorly represents their related franchise, so that balance has to be celebrated and the lampooning of the alternative (great theming, lackluster coaster) intensified. All of a sudden theming doesn’t REALLY matter that much.

Of course, had Gringotts had the theming/ physical thrills balance of Cosmic Rewind, the ridicule among Disney fans would have been even MORE intense - after all, the emphasis on thrills over narrative has been a long-standing criticism of Universal.

 

[ToTBellHop]

So do I. But it has to be admitted that, while it’s theming is absolutely spectacular, Gringott’s lacks some physical thrills - if you’re expecting a conventional coaster-in-the-dark, it doesn’t deliver. That’s always been a legitimate criticism of the ride. It’s become more intense recently, however, because WDW is in the process of opening two (incredibly expensive) rides that excel as coasters-in-the-dark but have decidedly lackluster theming that poorly represents their related franchise, so that balance has to be celebrated and the lampooning of the alternative (great theming, lackluster coaster) intensified. All of a sudden theming doesn’t REALLY matter that much.

Of course, had Gringotts had the theming/ physical thrills balance of Cosmic Rewind, the ridicule among Disney fans would have been even MORE intense - after all, the emphasis on thrills over narrative has been a long-standing criticism of Universal.

If Gringotts had a 45-second coaster segment through caverns after the tilt-track drop, it would be one of the best rides on earth.

So close but not quite there. The theming of what was built is spectacular.

Meanwhile, you have Hagrid, probably my favorite ride at Universal. My only critiques there is that you lose a little bit of immersion because the one ride building is poorly disguised and that I wish the forest was a bit more forested, but that’s just nitpicking. It’s a joy to ride. And the forest should fill in with the Florida climate.

 

[DCBaker]

Disney has shared a new nighttime photo today on the 40th anniversary of the original TRON movie -

 

[iMax]

Its taking this carbon copy from Shanghai longer than it took to build the entirety of Shanghai Disneyland Resort.

 

[marni1971]

A week shy of the 5th anniversary of announcing it too.

Whatcha mean it’s not open yet?

 

[JoeCamel]

A week shy of the 5th anniversary of announcing it too.

Whatcha mean it’s not open yet?

I thought they are building a kinetic sculpture? There's a ride here?

 

[Disney Analyst]

Its taking this carbon copy from Shanghai longer than it took to build the entirety of Shanghai Disneyland Resort.

Okay, so we all get it, it has taken a crazy length of time. Now tell the rest of the story, why did it take so long?

 

[bhg469]

I thought they building a kinetic sculpture? There is a ride here?

Journey of water ought to be one heck of a ride in that case!!

 

[Casper Gutman]

Okay, so we all get it, it has taken a crazy length of time. Now tell the rest of the story, why did it take so long?

Because Disney wanted it to. This ride should have been open before the pandemic and only ran into it because WDW dragged its feet so much. Remember, this was intended to be one of a wave of rides open BEFORE the 50th, with another wave opening during it.

On another note, if it weren’t for the glowing wheels, nothing in that PR image WDW just released would indicate it was of a Tron ride. Theming!

 

[JEANYLASER]

WDWmagic has an error in the article of Tron: lightcycle run they misspelled expect wrong and I saw it. I can't wait for Tron:Lightcycle/run at the magic kingdom.

 

[Pancho]

so is this new coaster really only have a 60 second ride time? Seems like that via you tube vids. crazy.

 

[Bocabear]

it feels even shorter than that...

 

[MisterPenguin]

so is this new coaster really only have a 60 second ride time? Seems like that via you tube vids. crazy.

Launch coasters usually are much shorter timewise due to cutting out the slow clanking up a hill. The attraction is riding a coaster in a bike position.