News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[KikoKea]

Photo update as of Saturday, September 21, 2019. Status of terraced landscaping outside the railroad tracks at the Magic Kingdom. Not sure this is completely finished, there is still some bare ground and construction vehicles. Appears to be just large trees and grass. I was expecting more, perhaps seasonal flowering plants.

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I agree- it looks very bland and dull. Saw it last week and DH asked, "Are they finished? Aren't they going to fix it up more?"

 

[Moka]

The placement does actually feel really odd. Not that it’s In Tomorrowland.. it just feels... behind everything. Not that it’s hidden, you can definitely see it while in the park. But yeah it just looks like a weird place to put it.

 

[KikoKea]

The placement does actually feel really odd. Not that it’s In Tomorrowland.. it just feels... behind everything. Not that it’s hidden, you can definitely see it while in the park. But yeah it just looks like a weird place to put it.

See, that's what I've been thinking. Had they taken out the go carts and made a nice Tron entrance with a water feature and flyover entrance, I think it would look a whole lot better and grander. As it is, it's wedged in behind the go carts and SM.

 

[lazyboy97o]

See, that's what I've been thinking. Had they taken out the go carts and made a nice Tron entrance with a water feature and flyover entrance, I think it would look a whole lot better and grander. As it is, it's wedged in behind the go carts and SM.

Then you’d have a warehouse looming over Fantasyland.

 

[KikoKea]

Then you’d have a warehouse looming over Fantasyland.

I didn't mean put Tron closer, just open up the front area so it wouldn't look like it was squeezed in behind 2 other rides. I wish they could have put the warehouse further back, and maybe dug out the area for less height.

I'm wondering how people are going to get to it since there's not a huge pathway between SM and the go carts. And, if there's a flyover, it'll be a raised walkway over smelly lawn mower carts. Bad enough walking by them.

 

[Chris767]

This may have been addressed already in this forum, but what is their plan to make the show building non-visible from StoryBook Circus? And I don’t mean the dome, cuz you can see space mountain from the circus, but like the side of show building not getting themed closest to train station. High Birm there?

 

[lazyboy97o]

This may have been addressed already in this forum, but what is their plan to make the show building non-visible from StoryBook Circus? And I don’t mean the dome, cuz you can see space mountain from the circus, but like the side of show building not getting themed closest to train station. High Birm there?

Factory applied Kynar 500 finish in blue.

 

[larryz]

Photo update as of Saturday, September 21, 2019. Status of terraced landscaping outside the railroad tracks at the Magic Kingdom. Not sure this is completely finished, there is still some bare ground and construction vehicles. Appears to be just large trees and grass. I was expecting more, perhaps seasonal flowering plants.

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[Next Big Thing]

Do we know if they will be putting a berm in (with trees on top ala SWGE) to try and hide this building at all from Storybook circus?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It would have been neat if they extended the PeopleMover track to go through the TRON ride or under the canopy.

 

[Horizons '83]

It would have been neat if they extended the PeopleMover track to go through the TRON ride or under the canopy.

That was my hope as well but such an added cost without much ROI is not Disney's thing.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Do we know if they will be putting a berm in (with trees on top ala SWGE) to try and hide this building at all from Storybook circus?

A berm would require water management. It would be on the published site plans.

 

[Jonathan Wang]

Will the load area be under a different building or under a canopy that covers the building, too?

if i remember correctly they said the building was going to be exactly like shanghai, if so there is quite a bit of the line thats going to be inside, and a pretty large outside line but thats gonna be covered by that LED structure thats outside also. It looks amazing at night. and cool to see the trains shoot out of the launch pad.

 

[Next Big Thing]

A berm would require water management. It would be on the published site plans.

This thing is gonna be an absolute eyesore from the area I mentioned then. Yeeesh.

 

[raymusiccity]

This thing is gonna be an absolute eyesore from the area I mentioned then. Yeeesh.

From just about any angle, I think it already is! (Photo 09/08)

 

[Incomudro]

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You mean they're leaving it like this?!

 

[jmuboy]

Then you’d have a warehouse looming over Fantasyland.

It already is looming over FL. Have you seen the FL TRain Station views? its awful. Another giant box of doom looms over a Disney park (looking at you GotG!). Not sure how they will cover this up and make it look good.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From yesterday

 

[lazyboy97o]

It already is looming over FL. Have you seen the FL TRain Station views? its awful. Another giant box of doom looms over a Disney park (looking at you GotG!). Not sure how they will cover this up and make it look good.

Kynar 500 hides any box. Kinda. Not really.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

That was my hope as well but such an added cost without much ROI is not Disney's thing.

I know this has been beaten to death, but...

Whenever there’s a situation where we observe Disney seeming to think this way (likely including the one describe here), it’s amazing to remember that the entire company’s success was built on their NOT thinking this way.

They’re standing on the shoulders of those who thought holistically and long-term, and then, not.