SilentWindODoom
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In the middle of a concrete roof... completely unshielded in the Florida sun all day...
*shudder*
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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In the middle of a concrete roof... completely unshielded in the Florida sun all day...
*shudder*
EricsBiscuit
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What it shows is Disney has no vision. In 2/3 years EC was under construction economy was in free fall. They opened Space Mountain during an oil crisis. Big Thunder opened in a recession year. Uni on the other hand is showing foresight and projecting confidence by going forward with Velocicoaster. EU is not comparable because it wasn’t far enough along. Disney can and should finish Tron ASAP. How do they expect anyone to show up if they don’t try to draw them back?
lazyboy97o
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Universal Creative is a ghost town. Hardly a sign of confidence.
UNCgolf
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Considering the parks are filling to capacity, seems like consumers have told Disney they don't need to be drawn back.
Archie123
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You are wrong again lol.
Magic Feather
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Honestly, it shows that they have vision. While it was the result of a backlog caused by MM+, the 2019-2022 schedule was dense and aggressive. There was already set to be a comparative lull after. Now that tourism has significantly slowed, Disney is pacing out their additions to be more spaced out as tourism builds. Instead of having something new every 3-6 months, now you get something new every 6-12 months. Plus, hopefully wit this batch of additions spaced out, we won't see the originally planned lull.
Seanual757
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Disney does but the share holders rule corporate America and the bottom line is share holders (big ones) care about 1 thing and 1 thing only that is Money. Right now Disney is hurting for money and in order to keep profits going in these tough times they will preserve any cash flow that they can.
Moving forward with the SW hotel IMHO was dumb I would have delayed that project and continued with Tron but Disney feels they an make much more trying to fill that small hotel more then they can with a new ride.
They are filling the parks without Tron so they figure build the hotel hold off on Tron and when they can fully open towards the fall\winter 2021 they can move forward and the guests will come.
Universal yes they have 1 coaster that is moving forward but EU is on hold and no clue when it will move forward it could be 2-3 years before they decide to start construction.
doctornick
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Yeah, that's the thing. It seems that both Uni and WDW are operating in a very similar fashion. It seems Uni might build Nintendo within the existing parks in the shorter term (as opposed to in EU) in order to fulfill their contract and bring it to Florida, but otherwise they are the ones who are shutting things down more than WDW due to the pandemic. Every major thing announced for WDW is still being built, even though some are being drawn out. (Granted, small stuff like Mary Poppins and the festival building seem to be cancelled, though the former probably wasn't due to COVID.)
Animaniac93-98
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The worst thing about TRON being delayed is having the reopening of the RR delayed too.
TrainsOfDisney
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Agreed. It’s been over 2 years now. My memory popped up on Facebook from riding the Roy’s final trip.
EricsBiscuit
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Au contraire (have to learn my French to enjoy Rat), they should open the expansions or at least continue construction now so when tourism does pick up, they are ready.
Jones14
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But that’s not what they want. They don’t want people to make one trip in a year from now to see everything.
What they want is for them to come next year, ride Rat, see that Guardians is coming soon, and then book another trip for the next year. Then, they’ll see Tron is almost done, and book another one, or at least Disney hopes they will.
I understand your sentiment, but theme parks rely on staggered openings of new attractions to continually pull people back. It’s the business model, and has been for ages.
doctornick
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Right. And to build in that, MMRR and even RotR opened not that long before the shutdown and COVID limitations. There’s a ton of potential guests who still haven’t even experienced those yet.
Seanual757
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The only good news is that site works continues at EU and concrete is being poured on the site.
ChewbaccaYourMum
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Hell, because of the boarding groups there's even people who've been to Hollywood Studios since RotR opening and STILL haven't been on the ride LOL!
Bocabear
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I have been back to the park 3 times since ROTR opening and have not been able to get on the ride... The boarding groups sell out way too fast... I imagine it will be years before this is actually accessible to the average guest... The park still needs more attractions...
And with the Halcyon Project still on the horizon, there's no incentive for WDW to fix the issue... in fact, just the opposite.