News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[azox]

145 pages in and no sign of a coaster in site. I guess if it's just a clone they could whip it up within a few months. I bet they don't start on this for another year while they are working on getting all the other stuff moving along

I keep checking around hoping for some more photos of the area to see some sign of progress, but noone has been taking photos lately. All of the other projects have photos but not this one.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

I keep checking around hoping for some more photos of the area to see some sign of progress, but noone has been taking photos lately. All of the other projects have photos but not this one.

This plot has been consistently a dirt lot for the past few months. Not much to take photos of, but when they are taken, they're very similar.

As soon as work gets underway something tells me photos will increase in regularity

 

[nickys]

I keep checking around hoping for some more photos of the area to see some sign of progress, but noone has been taking photos lately. All of the other projects have photos but not this one.

@EricsBiscuit is our “resident” photographer on this, usually taken from the train. The obvious vantage point, and I think he pretty much rides it once a week.

Any more photos Eric?

 

[justintheharris]

Kinda dark but from the top of the contemporary. Still not much going on...

 

[EricsBiscuit]

@EricsBiscuit is our “resident” photographer on this, usually taken from the train. The obvious vantage point, and I think he pretty much rides it once a week.

Any more photos Eric?

Haven't been to MK in a two weeks. I've been going to the Edison and Ford Estates and a couple other museums on the west coast of FL lately to change things up a little.

 

[Rinx]

On the steam trains tour they said during a certain part of construction they will have to reroute the railroad near Space Mountain. Has there been a timeline for this?

 

[lazyboy97o]

145 pages in and no sign of a coaster in site. I guess if it's just a clone they could whip it up within a few months. I bet they don't start on this for another year while they are working on getting all the other stuff moving along

Just because it’s a clone doesn’t mean there is no work to do before vertical construction can start.

 

[rle4lunch]

Eh, they're ain't any cranes to be had...

 

[Dunston]

The comparison between flying coasters and the bike coaster has me thinking. I wonder if this will hurt male riders' knutts as much as, say, Superman in Six Flags Great Adventure does.

 

[marni1971]

On the steam trains tour they said during a certain part of construction they will have to reroute the railroad near Space Mountain. Has there been a timeline for this?

I imagine they’ll have to run shuttle again as opposed to physically moving track. Last time they did this I think was for Splash.

 

[doctornick]

I imagine they’ll have to run shuttle again as opposed to physically moving track. Last time they did this I think was for Splash.

If they do, while they are at it, it would be nice if they can add some show scenes along the train route. I know of some unused dinosaur AAs that could make for a nice Primeval scene...

 

[Timothy_Q]

Theming the access road overpass behind Fantasyland would also be great. It's been almost 50 years

 

[nickys]

If they do, while they are at it, it would be nice if they can add some show scenes along the train route. I know of some unused dinosaur AAs that could make for a nice Primeval scene...

Umm, wrong theme for Tron surely?

Nice idea for somewhere else, just not quite sure where!

 

[Bairstow]

Umm, wrong theme for Tron surely?

Nice idea for somewhere else, just not quite sure where!

Seems to work in California.

 

[DVCOwner]

The comparison between flying coasters and the bike coaster has me thinking. I wonder if this will hurt male riders' knutts as much as, say, Superman in Six Flags Great Adventure does.

I rode it several times in Shanghai and had no problems at all. No one in my group complained about any problems. Loved the ride and can not wait to ride again at Walt Disney World.

 

[trainplane3]

If they do, while they are at it, it would be nice if they can add some show scenes along the train route. I know of some unused dinosaur AAs that could make for a nice Primeval scene...

If they make it out of UoE without crumbling apart (the rubber skin). @marni1971 mentioned a while back they were in pretty rough shape except for the smaller ones (let me guess, they were demoed?). Besides, most of them were pretty large and would need a decent sized show "tunnel".

 

[peter11435]

If they make it out of UoE without crumbling apart (the rubber skin). @marni1971 mentioned a while back they were in pretty rough shape except for the smaller ones (let me guess, they were demoed?). Besides, most of them were pretty large and would need a decent sized show "tunnel".

Some of the smaller ones have already been sent to Disneyland.

 

[trainplane3]

Some of the smaller ones have already been sent to Disneyland.

Right, poor phrasing on my part...like usual. Some of the snails and centipedes made it out within a month of closing.

 

[Mike S]

Some of the smaller ones have already been sent to Disneyland.

Really?

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Really?

Yep