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

[twilight mitsuk]

And yet during the construction of the ride that shall not be named the Hogwarts Express keeps running at all times

 

[PizzaPlanet]

And yet during the construction of the ride that shall not be named the Hogwarts Express keeps running at all times

That's a completely different situation.

 

[peter11435]

And yet during the construction of the ride that shall not be named the Hogwarts Express keeps running at all times

Not even remotely comparable

 

[twilight mitsuk]

Given the proximity to the construction

 

[Timothy_Q]

Given the proximity to the construction

Does the Hogwarts Express go under the construction of the coaster?

No? Oh ok

 

[peter11435]

Given the proximity to the construction

Not the same thing.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

They can't reverse back because the engine is in the front and would have to push all of the cars for a very long distance.

That’s not necessarily true. They ran in reverse when Splash was being built. And they wouldn’t be running the locomotives in reverse for a “very long distance”. Fantasyland Station to Frontierland Station would be the longest, and that’s still pretty short. (about 4 mins)

In order to reverse it they would basically have to have an engine on both ends of the train.

Once again, not necessarily true. But if it was, that’d be a no can do. Non of the locomotives have air hoses at the front.

 

[Kman101]

I love the Railroad too, but I think people are just going to have to accept it's probably going to be down for a while

 

[bigorangeandy]

Speedway is a ride that the youngsters and tweens seem to really like. I remember when my kids were not yet teenagers and they really enjoyed riding the speedway, it gave them a chance to drive, with no one with them. Check the wait time on the app and see where the wait for Speedway is, it might surprise you.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Makes taking the morning hello show from the train station and putting it at the castle a prescient move.

 

[larryz]

Makes taking the morning hello show from the train station and putting it at the castle a prescient move.

It's not hard to be prescient when you have access to the master plan...

 

[doctornick]

So, with the RR going down as has been expected, is there any chance that the ride will get some show scenes along the way? I feel like WDW1974 and others had implied that some improvements to the RR were coming as part of the plans for the 50th.

 

[Kman101]

So, with the RR going down as has been expected, is there any chance that the ride will get some show scenes along the way? I feel like WDW1974 and others had implied that some improvements to the RR were coming as part of the plans for the 50th.

Let's hope! I imagine it's going to be down quite a while so the opportunity is there. I hope they take it. But it could easily be seen by them as "unnecessary", too (when in reality, they should want to do these things because they can, not because they have to). I'm trying really hard to give them the benefit of the doubt but I still worry about their old habits which they can't quite seem to kick ...

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

So, with the RR going down as has been expected, is there any chance that the ride will get some show scenes along the way? I feel like WDW1974 and others had implied that some improvements to the RR were coming as part of the plans for the 50th.

Now that Universe of Energy is gone, I'd love to see the Primeval World scene come to the railroad. They could reuse a lot of those assets if they still have them.

 

[Rk2k5]

Wow that’s disappointing that the speedway is not getting its retheme.

I’m surprised too especially bc it showed a re-theme in the concept art of tron I thought it in it but maybe since then they have decided to like change their plans or something like that.

 

[RobotWolf]

Now that Universe of Energy is gone, I'd love to see the Primeval World scene come to the railroad. They could reuse a lot of those assets if they still have them.

I really did not like any of the Disneyland indoor railroad sequences. There's a lot of great lighting in there. But the scenes still come off as very flat.

I agree with the aesthetic that unthemed rollercoasters are bad. But on the opposite side of that spectrum is a highly themed steam locomotive that goes through a dinosaur scene.

 

[memethyst]

i don't care if they get rid of speedway or leave it. as long as they refurb/replace it with something that fits the theming of tomorrowland, i'll be fine.

 

[jbolen2]

Any insight on the dec closing date?

 

[marni1971]

They can't reverse back because the engine is in the front and would have to push all of the cars for a very long distance.
In order to reverse it they would basically have to have an engine on both ends of the train.

Hit play:

 

[Tim Lohr]

What are people expecting from a re-theme of the Speedway? adding lights to the track and maybe a new entrance building/queue area? That shouldn't take too long, and new cars would be coming from some where off site