Disney Closes TRON Identity Program at Magic Kingdom
Disney Closes TRON Identity Program at Magic Kingdom
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News Disney Closes TRON Identity Program at Magic Kingdom
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LindseyDisney
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MarvelCharacterNerd
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I REALLY wanted to do this and am sad to have missed it as it's been a few years since I've been to WDW and no idea if/when I'll ever get back. 
Fighterkit
New Member
Big Tron fan and go to WDW often. Did not even realize this existed...
Casper Gutman
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This wasn’t great but it was SOMETHING. With the closure of this, the Avatar version, and the D-Tech in Tomorrowland, it’s pretty clear Disney’s not interested in offering unique retail experiences even with an immediate and demonstrable ROI.
Casper Gutman
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Awesome job not understanding what I wrote.
Animaniac93-98
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The Magic Kingdom used to have a number of stores that either operated at a loss, or offered specialty items for display
Olde World Antiques - D23
Olde World Antiques - Shop in Liberty Square in the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World; opened in March 1972 and closed January 30, 1996.
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To this day there's still things like the all crystal replica of Cinderella Castle on Main Street for so many thousands of dollars that probably doesn't sell that often, if ever.
I'm not saying the Tron identity program is the same kind of thing, but there is a long precedent of Disney theme parks having items if not whole stores that are there primarily to be part of the experience rather than generate a high margin of sales
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Animaniac93-98
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But it still follows the principle of having something primarily for show vs for sale
Crystal Arts knows everyone will stop to look at it, take pictures, and be further incentivized to go into the store and browse
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Understood, was just providing additional context. When I was a contractor for Disney in 2007-2008 they were one of the stores I helped out with (POS terminals) and I was friends with several people that worked there. They also have the Crystal shops in the Mexico and Germany pavilions at EPCOT and several of the global parks.
IIRC when I asked the CM's back then, they said they'd sell 1-2 of those Cinderella Castles per year
They really need a better acronym for those things...