News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[MadTeacup]

Ok in November they reconfirmed the previously communicated date. You caught me lacking absolute precision.

I'm only asking because the date on the Disney Parks Blog post hasn't been updated and still says 2022.

 

[bcoachable]

Some barely related to the Tron coaster news but I still bunch them together from this morning:

Daft Punk Break Up

The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris

pitchfork.com

Boooo Booooo, Bad Form...
(throws popcorn at the phone screen)

 

[DCBaker]

 

[iMax]

But I thought the construction site was being left alone until summer?

 

[wdwmagic]

Photos of TRON from today

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - March 8 2021

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - March 8 2021

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Horizons '83]

But I thought the construction site was being left alone until summer?

Interior work was halted until 2022.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

But I thought the construction site was being left alone until summer?

Construction isn't stopping on the canopy until it is complete. Everything else is paused.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Photos of TRON from today

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - March 8 2021

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - March 8 2021

www.wdwmagic.com

Permit me this one moment - not to rub anything in anyone's face, but just to show off how close I was!:

 

[corran horn]

That's always going to be an unforgiving angle. No question about it. That tree all the way to the right is about as much obfuscation as they can do in that space from ground-level. Barnstormer queue is quite a bit above that, though.

 

[JoeCamel]

Maybe they are capturing the incredible beauty of an osprey building a nest? Seems to be what they are focused on. Maybe a zoom meeting with a cameraman to discuss options?

 

[DCBaker]

 

[EricsBiscuit]

So Uni is restarting construction on a whole new park just 4 short years away and Disney is
Halting construction on this? The decision to pause construction grows dumber and dumber by the day. We will be done vaccinating enough people for herd immunity well before October and they halt it until 2022? Will it even be done in 2022? Good grief.

 

[GimpYancIent]

So Uni is restarting construction on a whole new park just 4 short years away and Disney is
Halting construction on this? The decision to pause construction grows dumber and dumber by the day. We will be done vaccinating enough people for herd immunity well before October and they halt it until 2022? Will it even be done in 2022? Good grief.

Just finish with what ever is being done to the MKRR and get it running properly again. Tron can come on line whenever.

 

[Giss Neric]

So Uni is restarting construction on a whole new park just 4 short years away and Disney is
Halting construction on this? The decision to pause construction grows dumber and dumber by the day. We will be done vaccinating enough people for herd immunity well before October and they halt it until 2022? Will it even be done in 2022? Good grief.

Their focus is not on the parks but on their streaming service. Universal doesn't have as many branches in their company to worry about.

I don't think it will halt construction and resume by 2022. With the progress going on, it could open DURING the 50th anniversary which extends until 2022.

I don't mind them not opening Tron as I am much more interested in Cosmic Rewind BUT I do want them to expedite the construction outside Tron so they could open the WDW Railroad ASAP. That has been closed for way too long.

 

[J4546]

all the construction sucks but look at the bright side. they are adding/have added a lot of new stuff! Hopefully in a year or so things will be back to normal but right now we are living in a period (+/- 2 years) of massive spending in the parks

 

[tparris]

Their focus is not on the parks but on their streaming service. Universal doesn't have as many branches in their company to worry about.

I don't think it will halt construction and resume by 2022. With the progress going on, it could open DURING the 50th anniversary which extends until 2022.

I don't mind them not opening Tron as I am much more interested in Cosmic Rewind BUT I do want them to expedite the construction outside Tron so they could open the WDW Railroad ASAP. That has been closed for way too long.

The 50th will last until April 2023

 

[HauntedMansion513]

Their focus is not on the parks but on their streaming service. Universal doesn't have as many branches in their company to worry about.

You're right, that tiny Comcast company has nothing else to worry about, so that's why they can build an entire theme park and Disney can't clone a ride in 5 years...

 

[corran horn]

This is a new one...that Disney cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.

 

[ToTBellHop]

This is a new one...that Disney cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.

They can. They’re cheap, lazy, and over-confident.

 

[Surferboy567]

Chapek again name dropped the galactic star cruiser, harmoniUS, guardians, and even gave an opening date for Rat. Didn’t even mention TRON.