News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[RSoxNo1]

I'm excited to ride. I do wish it was better integrated into the land though. It feels too far away for the kinetic energy to really be impactful. This is all the more reason to eliminate the speedway and bring Tomorrowland and/or Fantasyland closer to TRON.

 

[Bocabear]

I will say, the Shanghai version was fun...I would never deny that, and we went on it a bunch of times, because it was completely dead that evening...so I had a few times to be able to really absorb it. It is very pretty. The canopy is nice at night. The load is a little anxiety producing if you have never straddled a roller coaster before, and the speed at which they load...very brisk, but once you do it the first time, it is faster and easier. The interior once you are boarded is beautifully done... just like the last film. then the launch which is initially thrilling...and then you go outside.... which feels strange, completely takes you out of the story, and feels more like a shuttle to get you over to the show building. The lighting effects on the shanghai coaster that follow the train look great from the ground, but are not as perceptible to riders...and then you approach the show building and skid to a stop.... I have said all this before, this is a fun concept except for too many trim breaks, and the outdoor portion...which I think is really only for the pedestrians below... First ride felt like a wow...but I don't think I felt it was amazing...Fun... fast and over too soon...
But I am glad of us getting something new...and now hope they refurbish Space Mountain and add all the effects and audio it needs.... and it will still probably eclipse Tron.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I think one can understand the point of a marketer's job while still claiming specifically that the powers that be, and their lack of reinvestment back into the most profitable theme park they have, made marketing's job a lot harder.

A ride that already exists in Shanghai and a ride that was designed and built from scratch is the exact same thing to 99.9999% of Magic Kingdom attendees on any given day.

 

[Orange is the new Red]

I will say, the Shanghai version was fun...I would never deny that, and we went on it a bunch of times, because it was completely dead that evening...so I had a few times to be able to really absorb it. It is very pretty. The canopy is nice at night. The load is a little anxiety producing if you have never straddled a roller coaster before, and the speed at which they load...very brisk, but once you do it the first time, it is faster and easier. The interior once you are boarded is beautifully done... just like the last film. then the launch which is initially thrilling...and then you go outside.... which feels strange, completely takes you out of the story, and feels more like a shuttle to get you over to the show building. The lighting effects on the shanghai coaster that follow the train look great from the ground, but are not as perceptible to riders...and then you approach the show building and skid to a stop.... I have said all this before, this is a fun concept except for too many trim breaks, and the outdoor portion...which I think is really only for the pedestrians below... First ride felt like a wow...but I don't think I felt it was amazing...Fun... fast and over too soon...
But I am glad of us getting something new...and now hope they refurbish Space Mountain and add all the effects and audio it needs.... and it will still probably eclipse Tron.

Here's hoping they don't scrap SM, not that I have any authority to say that; however Tron being so close to SM, and the fact that it needs a huge refurbish makes me nervous.

I'm not on the board too ofter. Have any insiders shared this concern?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Gotta love how they are making this out to be a "groundbreaking" new ride... its existed for years Disney, this is just a copy and paste. Nothing groundbreaking here besides your absolute failure in getting this ride built in any reasonable timeframe.

Ground was literally broken, you fool.

 

[Bocabear]

Space Mountain is a landmark and actually architecturally important. The construction alone for the time that it was built was kind of epic. I would certainly hope they would not change it or shutter it when there is no real need to do so. It would certainly be nice to see it get a full and complete restoration and plussing though.

 

[UNCgolf]

Ground was literally broken, you fool.

Stop stealing my jokes!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Umm, actually, it's: copy, convert to imperial units, and paste.

 

[erasure fan1]

This will be a fun attraction. It's a nice addition to WDW (although it's placement next to Space Mountain is odd), will be beautiful at night, and will be a blast to ride.
Groundbreaking? I don't see that.

I agree. I'm looking forward to it for sure. It is 100% exactly what I would expect from modern Disney. Play it safe with a ride that people seem to like. That seems fun, has a cool ride vehicle but really doesn't push any new boundaries. Is it my most anticipated ride to try? No, but I'm guessing my daughter, son and I are going to have a great time trying it.

 

[celluloid]

A ride that already exists in Shanghai and a ride that was designed and built from scratch is the exact same thing to 99.9999% of Magic Kingdom attendees on any given day.

Not sure why you quoted me. My post had less to do with the ride being a clone and more the fact that this is the first major ground up ride at the most visited park in the world in nearly a decade. Clone or not. They are slacking.

And with that logic, it makes it even worse, because if going to many parts of Asia is even as close to that as the Shanghai comparison, we should be getting way better than something like Tron in The Magic Kingdom after 8 years of nothing new. We should be getting something on par with what Disney Sea has done, or even EPCOT of the 80s in terms of scale and scope by now. Not another coaster in the dark.

A fun ride can still be not as good as what SHOULD be being built.

 

[celluloid]

Umm, actually, it's: copy, convert to imperial units, and paste.

But not from Metric, it was actually designed in Imperialist*

 

[Incomudro]

Debbie Downers aside, I'm excited. It's a fun ride. Not going to blow everyone away but at night will be a blast and most people will love it. The launch is pretty cool by Disney standards. Gives it enough thrill while still keeping it within reasonable MK thrills standards.

Plus it's beautiful, and lends a sense of movement to Tomorrowland.

 

[J4546]

remember that originaly they were gonna redo the speedway when they built tron, hopefully that is still in play and will give expand that aesthetic even more

 

[TQQQ]

The real question is… have they finally paved that one spot?

No. They think Jimmy Hoffa could be buried there so they are going to excavate it.

 

[erasure fan1]

remember that originaly they were gonna redo the speedway when they built tron, hopefully that is still in play and will give expand that aesthetic even more

Yes it's still in play. Slated for a 2047 completion.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Way more exciting than a MMRR replica available in the same continent

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Do you think we’ll have a photo pass opportunity like this?? Would be glorious

 

[mysto]

Play it safe with a ride that people seem to like.

This is the way I see it. They know what it will cost and how it will be received, even how much downtime to expect. Yes technically a cut and pasted clone of a short pretty ride, but still worthwhile for the fans. Don't underestimate the aesthetic, the positive addition to the atmosphere so many here talk about so often.

Yes we want something new and different! Lots of new rides that are all innovative. But there are going to be big expensive boondoggles along the way, rides that break down a lot. Guardians seems to have very few issues, Rise not so much, both are new-ish concepts. There's nothing wrong with just building a ride sometimes.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Way more exciting than a MMRR replica available in the same continent

How did cramped DL get SWGE and MMRR without replacing anything other than a goat while “blessing of size” WDW was unable to build anything new at DHS without replacing an existing attraction? What use is the blessing of size if you don’t use it? WDW is a poor man’s Ron Jeremy.

 

[celluloid]

Laurels and reputation of the giants it stood on.

Also Mario Kart with Nintendoland was coming in to Universal Studios Hollywood and it was the best they could think to fit something new ground up in on a short time frame.


It is just sad that WDW has become what it is recently.