News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Crunchie9]

Animal Kingdom is the only one I know of.

 

[Zipadeelady]

Is Tron going to be identical to the Shanghai Tron? I've been wondering this since about 200 pages ago but never asked and haven't followed the thread closely enough to see if it's been mentioned. I don't know anything about architecture or engineering but seeing the track and building as it's been being build seems so small and hard to imagine that it would last around three minutes like Shanghai does.

 

[CastAStone]

Walt Disney World has a railroad?

The last time I was at a Disney park (world or land) and the railroad was open was 2013. I don’t go infrequently!

 

[lazyboy97o]

Is Tron going to be identical to the Shanghai Tron? I've been wondering this since about 200 pages ago but never asked and haven't followed the thread closely enough to see if it's been mentioned. I don't know anything about architecture or engineering but seeing the track and building as it's been being build seems so small and hard to imagine that it would last around three minutes like Shanghai does.

Yes it will be identical and it does not last three minutes in Shanghai.

 

[J4546]

the ride last 1 minute.

 

[TTA94]

No news on the WDRR.

Can’t believe they won’t try to have this open in October. How hard is it to build construction walls, safe enough, around Tron? Heck they could build a cement tunnel so nothing potentially falls on the track or train. Where there’s a will there’s a way I guess like many other things lol.

 

[ToTBellHop]

the ride last 1 minute.

It's about as marketable for a coaster as it is on a Match.com profile.

 

[Zipadeelady]

Yes it will be identical and it does not last three minutes in Shanghai.

the ride last 1 minute.

Well that's disappointing. I looked up Shanghai on youtube and the video made it look like it was a lot longer. I guess you can't believe everything on the internet.

edit~ I watched the video a second time. It looks like they pieced together a few different videos to make one longer one.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Can’t believe they won’t try to have this open in October. How hard is it to build construction walls, safe enough, around Tron? Heck they could build a cement tunnel so nothing potentially falls on the track or train. Where there’s a will there’s a way I guess like many other things lol.

Concrete (which is made with cement) is not indestructible.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

I have not been following Tron and anything WDW nearly as much as I used to, but these pics make Tron look so close to Space Mountain, The Barnstormer, and the Speedway. Looks like it is crammed into the space like many lesser parks do(Six Flags and the like). Hope I am wrong, but that way from the pics. Also does the WDWRR go behind the building or through it in a tunnel?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I have not been following Tron and anything WDW nearly as much as I used to, but these pics make Tron look so close to Space Mountain, The Barnstormer, and the Speedway. Looks like it is crammed into the space like many lesser parks do(Six Flags and the like). Hope I am wrong, but that way from the pics. Also does the WDWRR go behind the building or through it in a tunnel?

Plenty of room...

 

[Disstevefan1]

I have not been following Tron and anything WDW nearly as much as I used to, but these pics make Tron look so close to Space Mountain, The Barnstormer, and the Speedway. Looks like it is crammed into the space like many lesser parks do(Six Flags and the like). Hope I am wrong, but that way from the pics. Also does the WDWRR go behind the building or through it in a tunnel?

I think the RR will go through a tunnel of sorts. Don’t worry, it gonna be just fine when it’s completed in two or three years from now.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

I have not been following Tron and anything WDW nearly as much as I used to, but these pics make Tron look so close to Space Mountain, The Barnstormer, and the Speedway. Looks like it is crammed into the space like many lesser parks do(Six Flags and the like). Hope I am wrong, but that way from the pics. Also does the WDWRR go behind the building or through it in a tunnel?

using a zoom makes it tough to tell.

 

[MisterPenguin]

using a zoom makes it tough to tell.

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When did they move Space Mountain into Seven Seas Lagoon?

 

[PlutoInOrlando]

There are no less than 11 cranes - all with someone welding today.

 

[SplashJacket]

Undoubtedly this has been mentioned at one point or another in this thread, but I was snooping around animal kingdom lodge on google earth and found this batch of track. It is in November 2018. At this time none of Tron's track had been assembled, but by a year later, the coaster track is gone from the field, and Tron's track is constructed so I assume it was for Tron and not Guardians.

 

[Walt d]

So, no changes to the Speedway then? It's going to stick out even more.

Does this mean Speedway changes were cut at the last minutui

I don't get the hate behind this ride. Sure, it's not Pirates or Mystic Manor, but I mean they didn't have to give us anything. I understand why some people are upset, but c'mon! It's flipping TRON. I watched Legacy this morning and I am PUMPED. and the dig about the small fan base- we may be small, but we are dedicated. Also, there's more of us than you'd think.

tldr; stop complaining, it's not like they're putting GOTG in Epcot. Oh wait...

the imagine should still change out the cars on speedway for light cycles it would be perfect for all the little kids that can’t ride light cycles, due to height restrictions...

 

[jaxonp]

Well that's disappointing. I looked up Shanghai on youtube and the video made it look like it was a lot longer. I guess you can't believe everything on the internet.

edit~ I watched the video a second time. It looks like they pieced together a few different videos to make one longer one.

well as someone who’s ridden it, I can tell you three things.

1 - it’s beautiful to look at, especially at night
2- yes it’s short but it packs a punch
3- that said the seating position isn’t the most comfortable so I’m always glad to get off

 

[larryz]

When did they move Space Mountain into Sea Seas Lagoon?

They used the Star Trek Telephoto... er, Teleporter.

 

[Zipadeelady]

well as someone who’s ridden it, I can tell you three things.

1 - it’s beautiful to look at, especially at night
2- yes it’s short but it packs a punch
3- that said the seating position isn’t the most comfortable so I’m always glad to get off

Thanks for the input. I've not looked into it much but you're the first that I've heard give it any sort of review. I'll keep an open mind until I've actually seen it and ridden it.