News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[DisneyRoy]

The architects and engineers have to read them in order to redraw and rewrite them as required by law. You and many other say you are annoyed but provide no actual basis for that annoyance. The major construction that actually encompasses the coaster and its box is around 2 years, not the 3 or 4 that encompasses the entire project and the claims of taking too long.

I know. It's the 2 years that's annoying. I can watch Cedar Fair or Busch or Sea World throw up a coaster in a box in 6 months - 1 year. That's why Disney is annoying with their 2-4 year time frame.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I know. It's the 2 years that's annoying. I can watch Cedar Fair or Busch or Sea World throw up a coaster in a box in 6 months - 1 year. That's why Disney is annoying with their 2-4 year time frame.

The TRON coaster track will be completed under a year.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I know. It's the 2 years that's annoying. I can watch Cedar Fair or Busch or Sea World throw up a coaster in a box in 6 months - 1 year. That's why Disney is annoying with their 2-4 year time frame.

This isn’t just a coaster. It’s also a very large box with everything else that goes into a building plus stuff like show controls systems and show lighting. It also has a very complicated canopy out front.

 

[DCLcruiser]

What box? Isn't TRON all under an inflated canopy?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

What box? Isn't TRON all under an inflated canopy?

Only a section of it. The rest is in an enclosed building.

EDIT: I'm not sure the canopy is inflated? (It may just look that way.)

 

[eddie104]

What box? Isn't TRON all under an inflated canopy?

It has a show building because majority of the coaster is indoors.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Only a section of it. The rest is in an enclosed building.

EDIT: I'm not sure the canopy is inflated? (It may just look that way.)

It has a show building because some parts of the coaster are indoors.

Thank you both. I just used Google Maps to look at the Shanghai version and I see the building. Pictures online made it look like the entire ride was just under a canopy.

 

[tparris]

Thank you both. I just used Google Maps to look at the Shanghai version and I see the building. Pictures online made it look like the entire ride was just under a canopy.

Everything that is built as of now is all of the indoor portion. The only track left to be installed is the loop under the canopy.

 

[peter11435]

Thank you both. I just used Google Maps to look at the Shanghai version and I see the building. Pictures online made it look like the entire ride was just under a canopy.

Only a short section is under the canopy. The canopy is not inflated.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The canopy hides the big box.

From a certain point of view.

 

[Movielover]

I know. It's the 2 years that's annoying. I can watch Cedar Fair or Busch or Sea World throw up a coaster in a box in 6 months - 1 year. That's why Disney is annoying with their 2-4 year time frame.

Yeah I've worked at a Cedar Fair park before, you can't really call what they put their indoor coasters in as a "building"... More of a fully enclosed shed to be honest. Whats going in Disney's buildings are much more complicated...

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. At the redesigned railroad embankment, the retaining walls have been painted and large items of landscaping are being installed. This work began as part of the enlargement of the retention pond when the Tron roller coaster was started. I don't think there is another place to post this, and I have posted progress on this area in this thread before.
The railroad track is along the orange fencing near the tree line.

 

[azox]

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. At the redesigned railroad embankment, the retaining walls have been painted and large items of landscaping are being installed. This work began as part of the enlargement of the retention pond when the Tron roller coaster was started. I don't think there is another place to post this, and I have posted progress on this area in this thread before.

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Thanks for posting this I was wondering how this was progressing. I keep wondering if they are going to put some sort of welcome to the magic kingdom sign in here. It almost seems like too much work just to have a retaining wall.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. At the redesigned railroad embankment, the retaining walls have been painted and large items of landscaping are being installed. This work began as part of the enlargement of the retention pond when the Tron roller coaster was started. I don't think there is another place to post this, and I have posted progress on this area in this thread before.
The railroad track is along the orange fencing near the tree line.

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Are the dinosaur dioramas going to be peeking around those trees?

 

[Buried20KLeague]

Only a section of it. The rest is in an enclosed building.

EDIT: I'm not sure the canopy is inflated? (It may just look that way.)

It’s not inflated. It’s bubble style glass/plexiglass panels or something similar.

 

[es135]

Are the dinosaur dioramas going to be peeking around those trees?

"Secret D23 Project" confirmed! Haha

 

[larryz]

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. At the redesigned railroad embankment, the retaining walls have been painted and large items of landscaping are being installed. This work began as part of the enlargement of the retention pond when the Tron roller coaster was started. I don't think there is another place to post this, and I have posted progress on this area in this thread before.
The railroad track is along the orange fencing near the tree line.

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What retaining walls?

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From today.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Only a short section is under the canopy. The canopy is not inflated.

They wanted it to be, but they hired Tom Brady, so...

Plan B.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

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