Josh Hendy
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Disturbing
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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lazyboy97o
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Well we know the DVC crowd loves big blank walls.
Josh Hendy
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No prob, just top it off with a giant green swan.
Or paint it blue with puffy white clouds like the guy who hides the great pyramid in Despicable Me.
Or paint it blue with puffy white clouds like the guy who hides the great pyramid in Despicable Me.
There’s a reason why the CoP and SM were themed on the backside.
Animaniac93-98
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Is it sad that I forgot Bay Lake Tower existed when I made my post?
Wishful thinking?
Perhaps they'll project clips from Tron and Son of Tron on the sides at night...
Animaniac93-98
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No, they'll show Toy Story 4 instead because it's a more important "Disney" franchise.
trainplane3
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doctornick
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Is there some reason why they can't/won't simply theme the Tron showbuilding all around? Seems like it would be fairly easy to do some circuitry or even just use the same type of covering as Space Mountain.
Animaniac93-98
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$$$
Not just in terms of materials, but coming up with a new design.
Remember, Tron is not a franchise Disney cares about. The ONLY reason MK is getting it is that it's already designed and tested thanks to SDL. Just plopping the Shanghai ride into the park with almost no changes makes it the easiest/cheapest E-ticket MK has ever built.
Gone are the days when Disney would alter the design of rides like Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain or Pirates to better fit one park.
Josh Hendy
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I thought Tron Shanghai is just a coaster wrapped in a stretchy, kevlar tent or shell like they use on bandstands and expo type show buildings and Olympic venues. I wouldn't have thought adding more tent would be a big issue.
Will be interesting to compare Epcot and MK internal and external sightlines after the completion of GotG and Tron respectively.
lazyboy97o
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And the part it makes easier accounts for at most the first 25% of the design process.
The canopy is only at the front and is very expensive. It is not a tensile fabric structure.
Josh Hendy
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Ok I get it now. I hope they plant some nice tall trees or something because the view towards Space Mountain and the Castle from the direction of Contemporary, monorail and the ferry is a very iconic part of the MK experience.
Likewise, messing up the view of Spacehip Earth with an industrial-looking GotG coaster warehouse would be a bit of a disturbance to the force.
RobWDW1971
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Well, to be fair, what they did to "alter the design" of Pirates when it went from DL to WDW was not an improvement.
solidyne
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Sure, BLT is an eyesore, but think about it this way: when you're in it, looking out at the CR and the MK, it's as if the BLT doesn't exist! Win-win.
Goofy213
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Had a question about the railroad. They started laying the new track at the front of the park and I know it is to travel under the canopy section of Tron. My question is, is the track inside an enclosed tunnel under the platform or wide open under the canopy? Seems as if it was in the open the smoke from the engine would create quite the problem? Does anyone have any info on this or perhaps a good photo of where the train is to pass under Tron?
Diesel oil doesn't create nearly the smoke that coal or wood would. If you're worried about the steam, it'll dissipate pretty quickly.
This video shows the trains to be relatively smoke-free. They can generate prodigious clouds of steam, but it appears that can be controlled.
Tunnel.