News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[larryz]

Call me a nitpicker ... but I didn't invent the concept of theme parks with integrated, thematic skylines and sightlines both inside and outside the parks ... Disney did.

That was so 20th Century Disney.

Welcome to the 21st Century, Mr. Hendy!

 

[NobodyElse]

The Navy tried that back in WWII. Helps break up the profile of a really large building -- or destroyer -- and makes it look less imposing.
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This manufacturer has their headquarters in my area, so I see them trying the same thing often.

(Apologies in advance for the poor quality of this one.)

 

[danlb_2000]

If people will go willingly into an overcrowded park at $150 per day, they'll go if there's a big blue box behind a ride.

An there in lies the problem.

 

[larryz]

An there in lies the problem.

 

[biggy H]

Only one tower crane left now. They have been taking the 2nd one down whilst we are having brunch at CG.
We also had to take the diversion route to the CR and had a close look at the construction as we drove past.

 

[tparris]

Only one tower crane left now. They have been taking the 2nd one down whilst we are having brunch at CG.
We also had to take the diversion route to the CR and had a close look at the construction as we drove past.

I’m assuming they took down the one that was inside the building?

 

[biggy H]

I’m assuming they took down the one that was inside the building?

Looked like it. Probably why the where using the other one to do it.

 

[N2dru]

So the ride blg will be Grey in color instead of blue like in Shanghai?

 

[Movielover]

So the ride blg will be Grey in color instead of blue like in Shanghai?

With as much as people are hating on it the building has every right to be blue...

 

[JEANYLASER]

I hope Tron:lightcycle run will have single rider.

 

[Movielover]

I hope Tron:lightcycle run will have single rider.

Disney hopes it will have much more than a single rider...

 

[MisterPenguin]

I hope Tron:lightcycle run will have single rider.

Each cycle holds one person. It's not like there's a bench seat that holds three people and they need a single rider to join a couple. Thus, it's highly unlikely there will be single rider. It'd be like having single rider for a carousel.

 

[corran horn]

It's similar to Jurassic Park River adventure except that attraction is in the farthest corner of the park, and if storytelling matters, the building has a reason to exist.

The "Jurassic Park has a huge building" is an awful comparison to make for either this or the Guardians ride at EPCOT.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Each cycle holds one person. It's not like there's a bench seat that holds three people and they need a single rider to join a couple. Thus, it's highly unlikely there will be single rider. It'd be like having single rider for a carousel.

It would be like having single rider on California screaming.. which they did. (Not sure if it still exists in the incredicoaster days).

 

[Josh Hendy]

The "Jurassic Park has a huge building" is an awful comparison to make for either this or the Guardians ride at EPCOT.

"Awful comparison" meaning ... ?

Three major attractions, three gigantic show buildings which are highly visible from outside the park.

 

[The Pho]

Each cycle holds one person. It's not like there's a bench seat that holds three people and they need a single rider to join a couple. Thus, it's highly unlikely there will be single rider. It'd be like having single rider for a carousel.

Tron is no different than Rockin Rollercoaster or Everest. It’s a coaster with 2 per row seating in designated seats. The single rider line fills the seats for odd numbered groups when there’s a gap, it certainly wouldn’t be strange. Or it could just be handled as Seven Dwarves or Slinky do it.

 

[BatStang2000]

It would be like having single rider on California screaming.. which they did. (Not sure if it still exists in the incredicoaster days).

It still existed and I happily used it when I was there in May 2019. Also, in California, Splash Mountain has a single rider line, but you have to search for it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

It would be like having single rider on California screaming.. which they did. (Not sure if it still exists in the incredicoaster days).

Ok, seems strange to me that they would since the cycles are so separated from each other, tho side by side.

And upon further research, TLC in Shanghai does have a single rider line.

 

[tparris]

I was thinking, what’s that pattern gonna look like from under the canopy? In Shanghai, you can see the top right corner of the show building where the trains enter. However, in Shanghai, the building is a shade of blue similar to Guardians in EPCOT. Seen here:

 

[FigmentJedi]

If storytelling mattered to Disney, the Tron Box would look like a PC cabinet in the movie ... whatever that looked like. I mean they go inside a computer to ride light cycles, does the computer have a case or cabinet?

Or just slap a big ENCOM sign on the side of the building to present it as one of their facilities.