News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[yensidtlaw1969]

That green structure that has been there for decades is lucky it's not a big blue warehouse. Somebody might think you could see backstage.

It had been well hidden until TRON construction cleared out the greenery around it. Which is why we never complained.

It's also more comparable in size to a detached Garage than to an Airplane Hangar, which helps.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

The... the tree in the center that is not very large compared to the rest of the trees elsewhere in the park is close to covering the show building. It actually seems like it won't take as much as I thought.

The lack of depth perception makes it hard to tell, but that tree is bigger and older than it looks. It's probably been there since opening day. But hopefully they do replant similarly large trees along the area.

That's part of why I posted this picture from the Barnstormer queue - the combo of the queue grading up and the land outside the Train Tracks grading down makes it even harder to block the building. But I really do hope they make it happen.

 

[TikibirdLand]

The lack of depth perception makes it hard to tell, but that tree is bigger and older than it looks. It's probably been there since opening day. But hopefully they do replant similarly large trees along the area.

That's part of why I posted this picture from the Barnstormer queue - the combo of the queue grading up and the land outside the Train Tracks grading down makes it even harder to block the building. But I really do hope they make it happen.
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Building looks like something out at Cape Canaveral. Maybe just paint the NASA logo on its side and call it a day...

 

[Touchdown]

Sight lines by Barnstormer have always been problematic, it’s not new (there is a reason that path for years was the smoking path) if the building is only seen from there it might not be as bad as others thought it would in the park.

 

[corran horn]

Building looks like something out at Cape Canaveral. Maybe just paint the NASA logo on its side and call it a day...

*if* it is going to stay the way it is from park-view standpoint the *least* they could do is put an ENCOM on there.

 

[cjkeating]

*if* it is going to stay the way it is from park-view standpoint the *least* they could do is put an ENCOM on there.

I can't believe no-one has ever suggested that before. A great idea.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Sight lines by Barnstormer have always been problematic, it’s not new (there is a reason that path for years was the smoking path) if the building is only seen from there it might not be as bad as others thought it would in the park.

You can see the south elevation in Tomorrowland.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Sight lines by Barnstormer have always been problematic, it’s not new (there is a reason that path for years was the smoking path) if the building is only seen from there it might not be as bad as others thought it would in the park.

Sightlines by the Barnstormer have never shown naked, unthemed Backstage before.

Especially not that of a headlining E-Ticket investment.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

You can see the south elevation in Tomorrowland.

Where?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Where?

Rocket Tower Plaza

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Rocket Tower Plaza

Wow, I did not realize until looking into it now just how far over the canopy goes. The South elevation should be almost completely blocked.

The corner of the building poking out at the bottom of the canopy on the right is the lower elevation step that's half whitish and half blue.

Man, this keeps getting better.

I do think the ENCOM logo is a genius touch. Putting it on the center of the building so that it will show from what can be seen from the pathway and from the Astro Orbitor would be great.

EDIT: For clarification and full disclosure, the top picture is from this video of the Astro Orbiter being ridden last week.



Given that the video seems to be above the large blue globe's center, I believe this is the highest the ride goes. Any lower views are more flattering.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Sightlines by the Barnstormer have never shown naked, unthemed Backstage before.

Especially not that of a headlining E-Ticket investment.

I am anticipating plantings to hide this from many angles where it's not currently hidden. Although, I'm still waiting for them to hide the Pandora show building from the parking lot...

 

[doctornick]

I am anticipating plantings to hide this from many angles where it's not currently hidden. Although, I'm still waiting for them to hide the Pandora show building from the parking lot...

Disney of today treats in park "immersion" different from outside the parks. DAK in particular kinda had an intentional poor show outside the park to contrast with the lush inside the park environment.

I know we all have different levels of tolerance, but I'm not really bothered by seeing backstage stuff when I'm outside the parks. But the view of the Tron box from the circus does bug me. I do hope they are able to plant enough trees to obscure that (doesn't seem like it should be that tough to me even with limited land)

 

[CSJORDAN]

Disney of today treats in park "immersion" different from outside the parks. DAK in particular kinda had an intentional poor show outside the park to contrast with the lush inside the park environment.

I know we all have different levels of tolerance, but I'm not really bothered by seeing backstage stuff when I'm outside the parks. But the view of the Tron box from the circus does bug me. I do hope they are able to plant enough trees to obscure that (doesn't seem like it should be that tough to me even with limited land)

Are you referring to the view of the back of Pandora with DAK? If so, I agree for sure about the backstage view, but that's coming from someone who knows what it really is. Normal tourists/guests might not be as aware

 

[Surfin' Tuna]

The view from outside DAK is bad, but I think people are willing to give more leeway with regard to DAK vs MK. They went to great lengths to worry about sight lines at MK when opening. There is a reason they sank the roadway approaching the Contemporary. They now know people will come no matter what they do. This could have all been avoided by putting Tron in Epcot and Guardians in DHS.

 

[Kev1982]

Maybe the’ll surprise us with another huge expansion next to the Tron building so its hidden away

(For the 75th anniversary though)

 

[peter11435]

The view from outside DAK is bad, but I think people are willing to give more leeway with regard to DAK vs MK. They went to great lengths to worry about sight lines at MK when opening. There is a reason they sank the roadway approaching the Contemporary. They now know people will come no matter what they do. This could have all been avoided by putting Tron in Epcot and Guardians in DHS.

Unmmm... there were some awful sight lines around the MK in 1971 and some of them remain an issue to this day. Also the sunken road way has nothing at all to do with sight lines

 

[nickys]

Also the sunken road way has nothing at all to do with sight lines

Sink hole next to MK confirmed!

 

[RSoxNo1]

The view from outside DAK is bad, but I think people are willing to give more leeway with regard to DAK vs MK. They went to great lengths to worry about sight lines at MK when opening. There is a reason they sank the roadway approaching the Contemporary. They now know people will come no matter what they do. This could have all been avoided by putting Tron in Epcot and Guardians in DHS.

Everest is largely obscured from the parking lot now, but the tree growth only reached that point around the year that Pandora construction became visible. The Pandora building isn't overly tall and could easily be hidden by tree cover. The fact they haven't done it, is a tough pill to swallow.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Warning, unpopular opinion...

If I'm in a giant black-top asphalt parking lot surrounded by thousands of cars and bus depots and other infrastructure, I don't care what sort of themed or unthemed glimpses of the park I get from outside the park. I'm already in an unthemed wasteland.

So, the only park that I would care about outside-the-park theming is MK, which has endeavored making the approach to the park from very far away to be all nicely themed. Good idea in theory. In practice, it makes actually getting into the park a hassle having to cross a lake with huge crowds to do so. I wind up cursing this attempt at outside-the-park theming.

Mind you, I have experienced a pleasant approach to the MK when crowds were low and I wasn't jammed into the monorail or ferry. But we all know how overcrowded MK has become. And waiting for the next monorail/ferry, or the one after that, and getting packed in is not so much fun. At that point, I care little for how well themed outside-the-park is.