News Tomorrowland Speedway and Walt Disney World Railroad to be impacted by TRON construction at the Magic Kingdom

[GlacierGlacier]

What will the speedway route look like? How much is getting cut off?

This is not known. We only know the area that is currently demolished for construction. It is possible there are no changes made and the road appears where it once was, just with a bit of Tron above it. It is also possible they just cut the route down to nothing. At this point, we know pretty little about the future of the speedway.

 

[danlb_2000]

It's very clear in the permits that they're expanding the retention pond. It's been mentioned before in this thread. I posted it on bioreconstruct's Twitter account.

It's info that doesn't seem to want to stick in people's mind every time they see the construction there.

Correct...

 

[JoeCamel]

Correct...

To add detail to the area, you can see the highest flat spot next to the tracks

 

[SteamboatJoe]

It would've made too much sense to plus an attraction while it was down for an extended period of time. That said, as much as I like the dioramas at DL and appreciate their history, thematically speaking, it's an odd juxtaposition of themes.... Tomorrowland Station, Grand Canyon, dinosaurs, Main Street USA. Quiet the gamut.

 

[CalebS]

Still holding out hope they demolish the speedway and replace it with 2 quaint dark rides.. but probably not

 

[jt04]

Still holding out hope they demolish the speedway and replace it with 2 quaint dark rides.. but probably not

Next refurb after the 50th should bring an upgrade (electric) or replacement such as a dark ride. IMO.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Next refurb after the 50th should bring an upgrade (electric) or replacement such as a dark ride. IMO.

And your source for this is?

 

[CalebS]

And your source for this is?

I believe he meant it as an opinion

 

[cjkeating]

An upgrade to an electric speedway isn't happening any time soon.

It is simply much hard to do and maintain than ICE vehicles.

Weren't the Hong Kong vehicles electric?

 

[Bocabear]

Weren't the Hong Kong vehicles electric?

Yes they were...I was thinking the same thing years ago when they mothballed the speedway there...but they never showed up here... I am hoping they will change to electric and add set decor to the route to make it really an attraction....

 

[marni1971]

An upgrade to an electric speedway isn't happening any time soon.

It is simply much hard to do and maintain than ICE vehicles.

Yes they were...I was thinking the same thing years ago when they mothballed the speedway there...but they never showed up here... I am hoping they will change to electric and add set decor to the route to make it really an attraction....

The fact Tokyo’s cars are in Orlando sadly says electric in WDW wont be in the short term.

 

[DisAl]

I would only be happy with electric cars if they had hidden speakers blaring engine noise and smellitizers spewing exhaust fumes.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

I ate dinner in Tomorrowland tonight. Outside. In peace.

The speedway being gone makes sitting outside a good experience in Tomorrowland.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I ate dinner in Tomorrowland tonight. Outside. In peace.

The speedway being gone makes sitting outside a good experience in Tomorrowland.

Unless there's a dance party, or you're sitting underneath the PeopleMover hearing the same line repeated over and over again.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Unless there's a dance party, or you're sitting underneath the PeopleMover hearing the same line repeated over and over again.

Speaking of which, Stitch wasn't mentioned on the People mover. Nor Monster's Inc. And I'm pretty certain they didn't mention the speedway either. It was quite odd.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I ate dinner in Tomorrowland tonight. Outside. In peace.

The speedway being gone makes sitting outside a good experience in Tomorrowland.

So does the February “heat wave” with temperatures around 80 degrees.

 

[JohnD]

Tom Bricker is speculating via Bioconstruct that a dinosaur diorama (the dinosaurs from UoE) is being installed at MK because tracks are being flattened out.

 

[danlb_2000]

Tom Bricker is speculating via Bioconstruct that a dinosaur diorama (the dinosaurs from UoE) is being installed at MK because tracks are being flattened out.

I think this rumor gained legs because of construction on the other side of Space Mountain, but we know that is for storm water control. The water management permits would need to show a new building, which they don't. This is just a wild guess by Bioreconstruct, no evidence to support it.

 

[montyz81]

The fact Tokyo’s cars are in Orlando sadly says electric in WDW wont be in the short term.

Tokyo's cars are the ones being used now or about to be used? (Sorry for my ignorance, this is one ride I can say I haven't spent a great deal of time learning about its history.

 

[Mat Cauthon]

Unless there's a dance party, or you're sitting underneath the PeopleMover hearing the same line repeated over and over again.

I'm sitting at my desk at work eating a sandwich for lunch, we had freezing rain last night and it's currently 18 feels like 7 outside. I will gladly trade all of that for MK Dance Party and repeated PeopleMover lines.