News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Seanual757]

A ride that should've been finished before the shutdown is now looking at another year and a half? This is just ridiculous and awful.

I agree we were full steam ahead and then delays before the pandemic and finally the pandemic.

 

[Horizons '83]

It makes sense why the delay between business hits and wanting to let the 50th and Rat be enough for a rebound year, but it does not change the fact that the Tron sect of fandom and that much general expectation of the public who go to high caliber theme parks are going to be dissapoonted in the wait by the time opening actually comes.

True, but if TRON 3 actually does come to fruition, the timing could be adventitious if the TRON light cycle run opens a few months before the theatrical release of TRON 3. Synergy I believe is the word

 

[Goofnut1980]

Glendale is the problem. My friend is in Imagineering and has been with the company 40 years.. and was just let go. It's crazy. He was in another division before Imagineering and made the company MILLIONS of dollars. But that doesn't matter now.

 

[trainplane3]

At least someone can reference their sources correctly:

Rumors Point to 2022 Opening Dates for TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

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And if I recall correctly, @Seanual757 was also reliable when it came to various milestones for the MK swing bridge (before and during construction). There may be more but I can't recall them.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

At least someone can reference their sources correctly:

I think I know someone who could use a course on that. (cough, cough, Tom, cough, cough)

 

[CJR]

Tron WILL NOT open fall of 2021. The exterior will be completed to clean up the area (still tons of work to be done). December will end the construction on this project and it will be suspended until October 2021. The outdoor canopies will continue to go up during the winter and into 2021. Depending on how the economy and attendance goes construction will pick back up fall of 2021. Plan on Spring/Summer 2022 for an opening.

Any chance of the RR finishing up?

 

[LAKESHOW DVCER]

At least someone can reference their sources correctly:

Rumors Point to 2022 Opening Dates for TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Walt Disney World news, photos, and reviews! We provide you with daily news from the Walt Disney World theme parks and beyond

blogmickey.com

And if I recall correctly, @Seanual757 was also reliable when it came to various milestones for the MK swing bridge (before and during construction). There may be more but I can't recall them.

Is the MK swing bridge you mentioned the Grand Floridi walkway? When will this be ready to use and walk from GF to MK?

 

[monothingie]

All of the "Jessica is Tom" conspiracy theories always make me laugh. (And for the record, it's comedically untrue).

So Tom’s pen name must be her cat then.

Regardless, even if it’s comedically untrue, they still shamelessly rip off this site and the information presented here.

Must be a total coincidence how things mentioned here become breaking news there very shortly thereafter.

 

[Seanual757]

At least someone can reference their sources correctly:

Rumors Point to 2022 Opening Dates for TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Walt Disney World news, photos, and reviews! We provide you with daily news from the Walt Disney World theme parks and beyond

blogmickey.com

And if I recall correctly, @Seanual757 was also reliable when it came to various milestones for the MK swing bridge (before and during construction). There may be more but I can't recall them.

Any chance of the RR finishing up?

I do not see Disney spending the $$ to complete this anytime soon... I suspect early 2022 seeing how projects are going on hold and pushed back.

 

[GimpYancIent]

we are not part of the track replacement but I do not see Disney spending the $$ to complete this anytime soon...

Tron is on hold for various reasons, Fine! WDW needs to get the MK steam train track laid and the train running. It is a classic that needs to be operating. That classic train has more meaning and is more integral to the MK history than Tron can ever be.

 

[Ldno]

Who is Magic Kingdoms 50th anniversary celebration?

 

[NelsonRD]

Does this further delay any Space Mountain Refurbishments? I thought when Tron opened, Space went down?

 

[GimpYancIent]

Who is Magic Kingdoms 50th anniversary celebration?

Historic background is that on October 1st, 1971 Walt Disney World resort, hence, The Magic Kingdom (the first of the WDW parks) first opened to the public.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Does this further delay any Space Mountain Refurbishments? I thought when Tron opened, Space went down?

I can’t figure out why space is still running. You’d think Disney would have learned from big thunder.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I do not see if they still need to put down the new tracks for the train and any expense they can put off they will. With zero International Travelers able to come and from what it looks like Disneyland may not open until 2021. WDW is going to be in for a world of hurt financially for the rest of 2020, 2021, and well into 2022....

Except we've seen that to whatever reduced capacity the parks are set at... people will fill it (mostly) to capacity. Which means that, God willing, when a vaccine is widely distributed by Summer, then the Summer quarter will be making nearly a billion in profit again.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Does this further delay any Space Mountain Refurbishments? I thought when Tron opened, Space went down?

That was a fan wish, not a reported plan by Disney as per our insiders.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

That was a fan wish, not a reported plan by Disney as per our insiders.

I thought Martin had hinted there was a plan, but it wasn’t to rebuild space. But it wasn’t to keep space operating as is either?

 

[celluloid]

True, but if TRON 3 actually does come to fruition, the timing could be adventitious if the TRON light cycle run opens a few months before the theatrical release of TRON 3. Synergy I believe is the word

Lol.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I do not see Disney spending the $$ to complete this anytime soon... I suspect early 2022 seeing how projects are going on hold and pushed back.

Does that include the changes to Splash Mountain?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Does that include the changes to Splash Mountain?

The sooner they close it the sooner they can send those cm’s home and not pay to maintain all those AA’s.