News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Buried20KLeague]

I still wish they had skipped the canopy/outside portion for our version. It might be a visual, kinetic weenie, but it really takes away from the themeing and immersiveness for me.

Perfect world, the entire attraction would have been enclosed with the show building themed as an ENCOM research center. Queue would be two parts (real world and computer world) separated by a preshow room where we'd be zapped into the computer world by the laser. Effect would be achieved either by a false wall or projection mapping.

Have you been on the ride? That's the only good part.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

Escalators break easily. Looking at the long term, much better cheaper to put a slightly angled pathway up to achieve the same result. This is Disney being smart on cost saving.

FTFY

 

[Ismael Flores]

In shanghai you can see the thing from EVERYWHERE. At ground level.

ETA: You can even see it from the Fantasyland area behind the castle in Shanghai. You know what's at a similar angle? The contemporary and the monorail approach. I'll put money on it you'll even be able to see it coming over on the ferry.

That building (and the canopy to a lesser extent) is gonna screw with Space Mountain's perspective. In a big way.

You have to remember that Shanghai Disneyland was purposely underbuilt on a much larger plot of land. As the park expands more of the now vacant areas will be built in and also landscape will fill in helping hide some of the site lines. Shanghai Disneyland also has more level variances than Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. That also makes the large show building even more visible. Tomorrowland itself in Shanghai is pretty barren

 

[Bartattack]

I found that the show-building was actually not THAT noticable in Shanghai. They did a pretty good job hiding it. The only place it was very noticeable was when walking from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland because that was an empty spot. (Toy Story land was not yet build).

 

[Buried20KLeague]

You have to remember that Shanghai Disneyland was purposely underbuilt on a much larger plot of land. As the park expands more of the now vacant areas will be built in and also landscape will fill in helping hide some of the site lines. Shanghai Disneyland also has more level variances than Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. That also makes the large show building even more visible. Tomorrowland itself in Shanghai is pretty barren

The building will be a problem from the contemporary and the monorail approach.

 

[DCLcruiser]

The building will be a problem from the contemporary and the monorail approach.

Is that really an issue? From those perspectives you are on vacation going to a park, not immersed in a story/world.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

Is that really an issue? From those perspectives you are on vacation going to a park, not immersed in a story/world.

It will dwarf the castle and Space Mountain. That's the problem, IMO. Screws up the perspective.

I mean, it is what it is... I just don't have to like it. Something that effects the skyline like that and is in such close proximity to a major icon (SM) should be fully themed and made to work WITH the perspectives of the other buildings it's near.

 

[Unbanshee]

In shanghai you can see the thing from EVERYWHERE. At ground level.

ETA: You can even see it from the Fantasyland area behind the castle in Shanghai. You know what's at a similar angle? The contemporary and the monorail approach. I'll put money on it you'll even be able to see it coming over on the ferry.

That building (and the canopy to a lesser extent) is gonna screw with Space Mountain's perspective. In a big way.

There's no way to hide it from Storybook Circus

 

[Buried20KLeague]

There's no way to hide it from Storybook Circus

 

[LieutLaww]

And Storybook Circus will play for it !!!!!

 

[tparris]

Due to budget deliberations, the wall will now be a fence. But it will be the most beautiful fence you’ve ever seen.

It really is a very nice fence. Incredible, really. And the people I have working on that fence, very nice people, very American, those people.

 

[marni1971]

Is that really an issue? From those perspectives you are on vacation going to a park, not immersed in a story/world.

Yes. Especially if you hold it to the standards that built WDW.

The same standards that built an expensive water bridge so not to mess with sight lines.

 

[trainplane3]

Yes. Especially if you hold it to the standards that built WDW.

The same standards that built an expensive water bridge so not to mess with sight lines.

I'm still kind of surprised how Avatar is completely visible from the bus entrance. But eh, I shouldn't expect much I guess.

 

[larryz]

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And make Shanghai pay for it?

 

[disneyC97]

I'm still kind of surprised how Avatar is completely visible from the bus entrance. But eh, I shouldn't expect much I guess.

I agree but considering how there was always an ugly backstage view coming in that way (chain link fence/gate, retaining pond, other BOH facilities) it's not surprising. Avatar just adds to it!

 

[solidyne]

Is that really an issue? From those perspectives you are on vacation going to a park, not immersed in a story/world.

Yes, it is an issue. When at the Contemporary or on the Monorail, you are immersed in a world ... DISNEY World. This view is different from the view from AK parking lot. It should be special. It will now be ruined.

 

[RoysCabin]

Yes, it is an issue. When at the Contemporary or on the Monorail, you are immersed in a world ... DISNEY World. This view is different from the view from AK parking lot. It should be special. It will now be ruined.

Kind of thought of something during my last trip that I think had been in my head going back a few years, but I hadn't quite found the words until recently: it sometimes feel like modern Disney management (you can go back a couple decades on this if you want to) tends to forget that the entirety of Disney World is part of "the show". Obviously there are some places and utilities that need to be where they need to be, but things as simple as sight lines when approaching a park, or not breaking up the visual unity of a resort with a new tower (hi, Contemporary and Grand Floridian) used to feel like a bigger consideration.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Yes, it is an issue. When at the Contemporary or on the Monorail, you are immersed in a world ... DISNEY World. This view is different from the view from AK parking lot. It should be special. It will now be ruined.

I get the idea, but in reality, you see parking lots and a lot of back-of-the-house facilities when on the Monorail. Also, the Contemporary doesn't really scream Disney magic (and it's my favorite hotel). Do they even still do the night-time light show in Bay Lake?

 

[Monorail_Orange]

I get the idea, but in reality, you see parking lots and a lot of back-of-the-house facilities when on the Monorail. Also, the Contemporary doesn't really scream Disney magic (and it's my favorite hotel). Do they even still do the night-time light show in Bay Lake?

Yes. See the GF Walkway thread. The Electrical Water Paegent seems as though it will continue. (I say this not because there have been any rumors of it's demise, but we never know anymore what's safe and what's going on the chopping block to budget cuts anymore.)

 

[RoysCabin]

I get the idea, but in reality, you see parking lots and a lot of back-of-the-house facilities when on the Monorail. Also, the Contemporary doesn't really scream Disney magic (and it's my favorite hotel). Do they even still do the night-time light show in Bay Lake?

Electric water pageant? I watched it while waiting for the resort monorail late last month.