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

[MisterPenguin]

I can only see BH6 as a simulator ride.

Imagine riding Baymax in a FoP type of simulator...

 

[IMDREW]

Tokyo is getting...bleh....a Big Hero 6 themed version of Alien Swirling Saucers....a bit disappointing to me.

I don't think they'll have a Big Hero 6 themed area there, but I wonder about the replacement for Star Tours in DHS

Oh I know their use of the IP is dissappointing, but I’m afraid anything going into the old Stitch building will be dissappointing with the limited space they have. Big Hero 6 just seems like the best fit imo for Tomorrowland atm.

 

[ChrisFL]

I can think of a few things they could do with the Stitch space, including VR experiences.

Also: Star Tours being Indy bound, so they're going to tear it down and build a Forbidden Eye like ride?

 

[rle4lunch]

Also: Star Tours being Indy bound, so they're going to tear it down and build a Forbidden Eye like ride?

Don't take this as gospel, I just think that's the most economical (and latest Disney trend) way to do a "quick" add to a new miniland.

 

[halltd]

Looking at where they cut off the track and the trees that were left, it doesn't look like there will be a major change to the track.

The trees with the construction fencing around them don't appear to have been "left". They appear to have been transplanted there. Most of them appear to be right where the track was, so yes, the track would have to be amended.

 

[danlb_2000]

The trees with the construction fencing around them don't appear to have been "left". They appear to have been transplanted there. Most of them appear to be right where the track was, so yes, the track would have to be amended.

Unless they are going to do more demolition, it looks like this would be the new route which isn't much different then the old one.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Indian village update from yesterday

 

[GlacierGlacier]

With track on both sides of the Main Street station being gone (at some point along the path) the train up front right now is most definitely staying up front for a bit.

It amuses me that the train is kinda just stuck up there on it's own little island of track, not connected to any larger system.

 

[Tinkwings]

Tokyo is getting...bleh....a Big Hero 6 themed version of Alien Swirling Saucers....a bit disappointing to me.

I don't think they'll have a Big Hero 6 themed area there, but I wonder about the replacement for Star Tours in DHS

Ugh Alien SS.....don't abbreviate.........was the worst use of a fastpass I ever made.....jerky, short and just not a ride again ever in my book and I can't say that about anything else besides Stitch......

 

[ChrisFL]

Don't take this as gospel, I just think that's the most economical (and latest Disney trend) way to do a "quick" add to a new miniland.

The only problem I see is that it still puts crowds on that section of the park, and the only other new thing, Runaway Railway is in the middle of the park, not too far from there. They really could use something new on Sunset Blvd.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Thursday, February 28, 2019. Ground level view of the Tomorrowland Speedway road removal. The overpass bridge is on the right side of the photo, behind the trees.

 

[NateD1226]

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Here’s an update from the WDWRR.

Expect Roger to be here for another 3 or so weeks before Lilly comes back out. Walter is expected back around Spring - Summer. Roger is most likely next for a refurb in Strasbourg with Roy as a possibility.

 

[eeyore_isno1]

You know, I've built lots of model trains in my day, and I'm pretty sure whoever snapped those track pieces together didn't have the little doohickeys lined up.

 

[Kman101]

Unless they are going to do more demolition, it looks like this would be the new route which isn't much different then the old one.
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Such a short version overall.

Look, I know kids love it and there's nostalgia about it, but that space could really be better used.

 

[TongaToast21]

If it has to stay, at least give it a Cars retheme ?

 

[Kman101]

If it has to stay, at least give it a Cars retheme ?

Supposedly it will be TRON related, but time will tell if they actually do it. That helps. But it just seems like a waste of space for such a small track that basically circles around and you're done. Disneyland and Paris have superior tracks that to me are worth keeping around. Tokyo, I believe, was similar to ours and there's likely a reason it's gone

 

[EricsBiscuit]

The speedway isn’t large enough to be a fun speedway but it’s a big enough plot of land to build some attractions on. It’s time to bulldoze it and build an e ticket dark ride or something.

 

[RSoxNo1]

The speedway isn’t large enough to be a fun speedway but it’s a big enough plot of land to build some attractions on. It’s time to bulldoze it and build an e ticket dark ride or something.

The move should have been weaving a speedway style attraction in and around Slinky Dog. It would have moved a C ticket to a park in need of those types of attractions and opened up a significant chunk of land in the Magic Kingdom adjacent to Fantasyland.

 

[tomast]

Unless they are going to do more demolition, it looks like this would be the new route which isn't much different then the old one.
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It does not change that much...