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

[lazyboy97o]

Now I feel like you might be misunderstanding both of us. I don't think their implication was that the TRON side had OSHA violations that Train riders might witness if it came though.

It’s been suggested before.

News - Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

For the WDWRR? There will be a crowd of crying fanboys and fangirls stretching from the park entrance to the TTC, I’m sure. Thank goodness they built those bridges. First rider:

forums.wdwmagic.com

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

It’s been suggested before.

News - Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

For the WDWRR? There will be a crowd of crying fanboys and fangirls stretching from the park entrance to the TTC, I’m sure. Thank goodness they built those bridges. First rider:

forums.wdwmagic.com

I see. Weird.

 

[bcoachable]

Why would Disney want to help a contractor skimp on safety regulations? Disney is paying them to follow those rules.

Why would they want us snooping around any closer than the people mover?
I’m sure Disney does their due diligence- and the contractors too! But that one time that someones helmet was forgotten, and we saw it and reported it? Next thing you know, legislators are questioning Reedy Creeks ability to oversee things

 

[Andrew M]

That crossing is long gone due to the construction, and unfortunately, I don’t think they’re planning to build a new one, though I hope I’m wrong.

Wow, I'm really out of the loop! Glad you're still paying attention haha.

Though there's no reason they couldn't just build a temporary one with ballast just to get across. The fact that they already laid out the rails in the tunnel makes me think they'd want to get the loop closed ASAP

 

[UpAllNight]

How on earth are Disney, one of the most politically / socially sensitive companies in the world, still pumping gas fired cars around their theme park in 2022

Guess everything has it's price!

We care for the environment, but capacity is capacity. Meanwhile, please book a Genie+ to watch our show on the destruction of earth, Awesome Earth, over at Epcot.

 

[JoeCamel]

How on earth are Disney, one of the most politically / socially sensitive companies in the world, still pumping gas fired cars around their theme park in 2022

Guess everything has it's price!

We care for the environment, but capacity is capacity. Meanwhile, please book a Genie+ to watch our show on the destruction of earth, Awesome Earth, over at Epcot.

If they cared for the environment the place would still be a cow pasture. That ship sailed many years ago

 

[UpAllNight]

If they cared for the environment the place would still be a cow pasture. That ship sailed many years ago

In which case can we accept that the aspirational message of Epcot that people pine for, which amongst other things, brought topics of protection of the earth & seas to the forefront was based on false premise, and was actually...just another theme park (Happens to be one of my favourites), but let's be consistent.

 

[JoeCamel]

In which case can we accept that the aspirational message of Epcot that people pine for, which amongst other things, brought topics of protection of the earth & seas to the forefront was based on false premise, and was actually...just another theme park (Happens to be one of my favourites), but let's be consistent.

Sure, it was all marketing but they used cool ways to do it. Now its just a food court

 

[UpAllNight]

Sure, it was all marketing but they used cool ways to do it. Now its just a food court

Disagree partially - I think it's a fun theme park. The food and drink is good too though, but who doesn't like those things!

The place needs more rides for sure, but I could argue that's the case for every Disney park in the world other than Disneyland.

 

[James Alucobond]

If they cared for the environment the place would still be a cow pasture. That ship sailed many years ago

Aren’t cow farts a major source of methane? If they really, really cared, they’d be executing cows in Liberty Square.

 

[JoeCamel]

Aren’t cow farts a major source of methane? If they really, really cared, they’d be executing cows in Liberty Square.

Not as bad as what comes out of casey's, matter of scale

 

[DCBaker]

The moveable planters have been removed by the Fantasyland train station -

Some work happening on the water tower -

 

[SpectroMan93]

The Tron show building being so visible right next to the train station should be a crime.

 

[Andrew M]

The Tron show building being so visible right next to the train station should be a crime.

It looks like some decent sized trees should be able to cover that up over time, atleast when looking straight at the station building. But I agree right now it's not good.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It looks like some decent sized trees should be able to cover that up over time, atleast when looking straight at the station building. But I agree right now it's not good.

Where would they be planted? The other side of the tracks goes down to a pond.

 

[UNCgolf]

The Tron show building being so visible right next to the train station should be a crime.

Even I was surprised by how awful it looks and I've been complaining about the TRON box for quite a while. It immediately jumps out at you.

It's so incongruous with the surroundings in that photo that it almost looks photoshopped in.

 

[Andrew M]

Where would they be planted? The other side of the tracks goes down to a pond.

The trees infront of the platform are big enough, and looks like there's the same amount of space there between the tracks & the lake, so it should definitely be doable.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Any new rumors of when this will reopen? Perhaps a D23 announcement? This December marks four years since they closed it.

 

[fgmnt]

Some work happening on the water tower -

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no time like the present!

 

[Andrew M]

Any new rumors of when this will reopen? Perhaps a D23 announcement? This December marks four years since they closed it.

There's been absolutely nothing credible since Disney posted they were training cast members.

They could easily get the track completed within a week, however there doesn't seem to be any real rush to do so.