Replacement for Tomorrowland Speedway?

[Dan Deesnee]

It's very possible that all these sites are just repeating what has been posted on a single site. One site starts the speedway replacement rumor and everyone else just runs with it.

More than likely that is the case.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Wowha woah what?

Tron Cycles in MK should be an exact clone. Same length as Shanghai.

Oops. Sorry, I thought this post was you indicating it would be longer...

Like 100% longer.

 

[xdan0920]

You need to visit more forums than this one. I've read many "worst attractions" threads and watched / listened to plenty of pod casts discussing the worst attractions at MK. Nearly always it's in the bottom tier.

HAHAHAHAH

Guys. This Dan impostor has read many threads. MANY!!!!

How dare you question him?

 

[uncle jimmy]

How do you figure 220 is Sugar Rush?

Blood sugar level... Its a High Blood Sugar level, when you eat too much... i.e. like martin saying he's hungry
My comment was guesses like many others

 

[lazyboy97o]

Screamscape.com is claiming that the glass roof over the outdoor portion was nixed... (though Screamscape is hearing this from people that are writing to them, so who knows how reliable the sources really are).

That would not be surprising. The roof structure sucked up a lot of resources.

 

[Princess Leia]

It's very possible that all these sites are just repeating what has been posted on a single site. One site starts the speedway replacement rumor and everyone else just runs with it.

I just really want to be the person who says "I told you so" to my friends, but I'm biting my tongue until it's announced.

 

[larryz]

A broken clock can be right every once in a while. Jim was right a couple times.

A broken clock is right exactly twice each day. Can you say the same for Mr Hill?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

It's very possible that all these sites are just repeating what has been posted on a single site. One site starts the speedway replacement rumor and everyone else just runs with it.

Like that old saying "They tell two friends and they'll tell two friends and so on and so on..."

 

[larryz]

Like that old saying "They tell two friends and they'll tell two friends and so on and so on..."

That was a shampoo commercial...


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[azox]

As the coaster is a copy and paste job, the more provocative issue at this point is placement and effect on the surrounding area.

Also maybe they could upgrade the sound of tomorrowland by playing the futuristic sounds of BT's tomorrowland BG music from Shanghai.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

That was a shampoo commercial...


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I thought about that.

 

[TiggerDad]

That would not be surprising. The roof structure sucked up a lot of resources.

In Orlando, the roof structure would also soak up a lot of rain, especially late afternoon summer thunderstorms. Do we know if the ride would need to shut down in the rain (like TT) if it is not covered?

 

[TabulaRasa]

Oops. Sorry, I thought this post was you indicating it would be longer...

I think @marni1971 was expressing that the ride needed to be 100% longer.

 

[flynnibus]

This was some of our go karts last night. Just to show how neglected speedway has been for ages

(Those cars had led headlights... and under car lighting too). And all that lighting was color changing

 

[Incomudro]

You need to visit more forums than this one. I've read many "worst attractions" threads and watched / listened to plenty of pod casts discussing the worst attractions at MK. Nearly always it's in the bottom tier.

I cannot tell you the elation and joy I felt upon first reading this rumor that Speedway was finally, FINALLY being destroyed and replaced.
I am praying that Marni is wrong and Tron is not going simply behind the speedway.

I hate the Speedway with every fiber of my being. It is a borderline carnival attraction that can be found at every 2-bit backwater theme park in the US. I go to Disney for experiences I can't have elsewhere and I would wager that's why most others go as well. It is the ride equivalent of sitting in traffic. The awful gas fumes waft around that area of the park making you feel like you're at the worlds largest gas station. Then there is the noise. Who DOESN'T love the sound of go-karts!!! BRRRRRRPRPRBRBBRBRRRRRRRRRRRRBRBRB-BRBRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. So much better than listening to the nice music they play, the sounds of laughter and hoots and hollers of people on Mine Train. Give me the sound of 10 engines puttering around a track any day!

Now you might be saying "Yeah but replace it with electric cars and it's all good mannnnn." Stop it, it isn't all good, it's still awful. Consider the footprint, this piece of asphalt-garbage-crap-trash eats up a massive amount of space. The cars also go about 7 mph which is actually slower than the handicapped scooters. Hell make that a ride, let your kid rent a scooter for 20 minutes and just scoot around the park. Even with electric cars and some theme elements added it is STILL 1 tiny, minuscule step above what can be found at any other theme park.

This is a long post, look at all that text, but you know what this "attraction" deserves every word I said above.

I hate the Speedway.

While I don't quite agree with all of this, I love this post!
Yes, I had a lot of fun on the Speedway with one of my son's driving me in one car, and my other son driving my wife in another car.
But, as I said in another post - the ride was lame, crude, and out of place when I first drove one of these cars in 1974!
The ride doesn't fit Disney and it really doesn't fit in a Tomorrowland.
Let alone a Tomorrowland that's getting a Tron coaster behind it, over it, or wherever.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

That would not be surprising. The roof structure sucked up a lot of resources.

I don't think there's any way Tron gets built without the outdoor portion and light package. That's the whole deal with TRON in Shanghai.

Beyond that, if I look from it from a bean counter's perspective... The smaller the building, the less ongoing heating/AC and maintenance I've gotta do on that building. That might not be huge, but I could see TDO factoring that kind of BS in.

It's all already engineered. The plans have already been drawn up. That's probably a LARGE portion of the resources it consumed during design/construction for Shanghai. The cost for a second glass canopy would be much less than Shanghai.

If there's a cost/design problem with the Shanghai design, it would be the multi-level setup of Shanghai. But Martin has suggested TRON would majorly change sightlines, which would suggest the multi-level design sticks.

@marni1971??

I don't see it happening... But if they pass THIS up in favor of a warehouse... It would be another lasting memory of TDO's ineptitude.

 

[Incomudro]

In Orlando, the roof structure would also soak up a lot of rain, especially late afternoon summer thunderstorms. Do we know if the ride would need to shut down in the rain (like TT) if it is not covered?

The roof structure is beautiful.
I certainly hope we get it.
It "makes" the ride if you will.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

In Orlando, the roof structure would also soak up a lot of rain, especially late afternoon summer thunderstorms. Do we know if the ride would need to shut down in the rain (like TT) if it is not covered?

The point of the Shanghai structure is to divert rain so riders don't get wet.

That would be exactly what Florida would need.

 

[Incomudro]

The point of the Shanghai structure is to divert rain so riders don't get wet.

That would be exactly what Florida would need.

Plus it's a tremendous visual draw.
Draws you to the ride, makes the whole area more beautiful.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

Plus it's a tremendous visual draw.
Draws you to the ride, makes the whole area more beautiful.

And those are both understatements.

There's no way they build TRON without the canopy and light show. There's just no way. It calls to you from all the way back in the hub at Shanghai.

Without that, it's a decent, and incredibly SHORT, bike coaster.

The launch into the outdoor portion was the best part of the ride, IMO.