That about sums up my thoughts on it too. It is not thrilling enough or long enough to be a coaster person's coaster, and it is a neat aesthetic, but not themed enough or story placement enough to be evoking a theme for many tastes.
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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That about sums up my thoughts on it too. It is not thrilling enough or long enough to be a coaster person's coaster, and it is a neat aesthetic, but not themed enough or story placement enough to be evoking a theme for many tastes.
corran horn
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UNCgolf
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Yeah -- Horizons was really the only ride that fits this description. Maybe Living With the Land if you want to stretch.
Beacon Joe
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I thought you were exaggerating so I watched POV videos of both. TRON is ~ 1:45 in length... With the final :30 being a long, slow brake run. So it's effectively about 15 seconds longer than Goofy. I'll admit, that's pretty goofy when you think about it. Now you just bummed me out on the TRON coaster.
If you want to discount a long brake run, then you should also discount the slow clanky drag up a hill when comparing ride times.
Launch coaster are always going to be significantly shorter than coasters with a chain slowly pulling you up a hill. But the thrill part of the rides tend to be comparable.
Beacon Joe
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That's all true. Won't argue there.
Yeah sorry. It does fall flat there for me too. Facts are facts. Just think about how much shorter that is than Slinky Dog! Bummer.
Beacon Joe
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Probably an average of 120 minutes of wait time and millions of individuals' 8AM anger when learning that FastPasses for it are unobtainium for the next 5-6 years.
jaxonp
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Like that’s stopped WDI before
jt04
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SM could get reimagined some day to be more family accessible so the rides would better compliment each other. Just one possibility.
I'm guessing we'll see Boarding Groups for the first six months or so...
Animaniac93-98
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Despite how much, it's still not enough to get a custom track layout and show building, unfortunately.
corran horn
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It's not about cost/seconds of entertainment for Disney. If it was they'd never cut on-stage performers as much as they do.
It's about 'wow' and merch and billboards and commercials. TRON will deliver that in spades.
It's about 'wow' and merch and billboards and commercials. TRON will deliver that in spades.
Surferboy567
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I’m excited for it. The ride delivers on something I’ve always wanted to do ride a light cycle.
Sure, it’s short but the gimmick is good enough for me. I’m also biased because I get excited over every little scrap of TRON news we get.
Sure, it’s short but the gimmick is good enough for me. I’m also biased because I get excited over every little scrap of TRON news we get.
Beacon Joe
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I have yet to tell this forum my tale and observations from my RoTR Boarding Group experience the other week. At least we were able to get on the thing. My brother is down there now and wasted a whole day at Hollywood Studios trying to get on that ride. I guess the silver lining if you're correct is that people actually enjoy going to the Magic Kingdom so they won't be upset if they cannot ride TRON for a while.
corran horn
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I love TRON and I was amazed they made a sequel and I was amazed they made the ride in Shanghai and I'm amazed it's coming to WDW.
Three brake runs. No one is discounting a final brake run that every coaster needs. But three in a span of less than two minutes is oddly paced and much more than most launch coasters with such a short durration.
Objectively against your claim, are multiple rides in the same state. Going from just the average time a ride starts in durration after the chian, most large coasters at regional parks are still longer even not counting their pauses.
If you are excited about it that is fine. Facts are facts.
Brer Panther
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I love seeing Disney billboards while on my way to Disney.
I don't want to derail the thread, but I have a question... are there billboards for Disney all over Florida, or just in Orlando?
Surferboy567
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As a fellow billboard lover...I agree.
Don’t think I’ve seen lots of billboards when not in close proximity to Disney or Uni. I think they have them though, albeit in a limited fashion.