News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[danlb_2000]

The photos show that it is a rather small building.

Yeah, you can see the pad it is going to sit on here:

 

[SteveAZee]

Yeah, you can see the pad it is going to sit on here:

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DVC Kiosk?

 

[J4546]

maybe a tron themed bar like from the movie?

 

[mikeymouse]

Supports for the train track. We were wrong all along; it's not a going in a tunnel, it's going over the coaster via ramp.

Definitely wouldn't make it at that grade.

 

[MisterPenguin]

DVC Kiosk?

Close. It's the building the ride stops in and you'll be asked if you want to renew your extended warranty on your light cycle.

 

[celluloid]

Close. It's the building the ride stops in and you'll be asked if you want to renew your extended warranty on your light cycle.

That would at least give the ride a scene and extra length.

 

[Otamin]

This has been asked countless times I'm sure, but are there any plans to hide the show building from Storybook Circus?

 

[Phicinfan]

You should…because they have built things as part of a “celebration” and opened them before…

ever seen this:

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It’s really not that hard…build ride, staff ride, soft open ride. Then promote it for 5 years like they are going to anyway.

and this “for the 50th” is perhaps the dumbest thing in the history of wdw as a reason…

they would lose no business by opening a trackless (3rd of 3…none very interesting) early and will gain none by waiting. It’s not Disneyland…you don’t get spur of the moment crowds that will show up months early…and that was before travel planning was destroyed by the plague

it’s just saving a few bucks on staff. Nothing more.

don’t stick your head in the sand on this…

Okay lets be fair here....
Had they opened it sooner, there would be as many or more here ranting that this was not part of the October celebration. One reason I am not as hard on them as some here.

That said I agree with you that what they are offering for 50th is pathetic. Even with shut down for Covid.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Okay lets be fair here....
Had they opened it sooner, there would be as many or more here ranting that this was not part of the October celebration. One reason I am not as hard on them as some here.

That said I agree with you that what they are offering for 50th is pathetic. Even with shut down for Covid.

You have a point…people would complain.

as far as “the 50th” goes…it’s not at all surprising.

they don’t do “that” kinda thing in Orlando anymore. There’s no money in it…or it would have happened in the last 15 years.

I got to see the effect of advertising and promo during 2000…that moved the needle. I’m assured that the market and media has changed and it doesn’t anymore.

which is why the “celebrations” have been abandoned.

 

[JohnD]

Any chance someone could show the route the MMRR will take thru TRON?? Please and Thank you.

Now that is something to see! I'm sure you meant MKRR. Not MMRR.

 

[JohnD]

Won't that kind of destroy the theming if you have a steam engine chugging through a futuristic digital landscape?

You mean like the steam engine chugging along in front of Space Mountain previously?

 

[G00fyDad]

You mean like the steam engine chugging along in front of Space Mountain previously?

Fair point but it did not drive right through the middle of the building destroying the theming.

 

[Fear]

Definitely wouldn't make it at that grade.

Not with that attitude!

 

[Phicinfan]

Fair point but it did not drive right through the middle of the building destroying the theming.

I am pretty sure this will be in a tunnel, so not visible to the ride or visa versa

 

[Fear]

This has been asked countless times I'm sure, but are there any plans to hide the show building from Storybook Circus?

Maybe that's what this mystery construction is?

 

[G00fyDad]

I am pretty sure this will be in a tunnel, so not visible to the ride or visa versa

That's what I asked before and I think that someone said that there was no tunnel dug before Tron started so no tunnel can be dug now. I think it will be ridiculous to have a steam engine pumping through a futuristic "city" of Tron.

 

[G00fyDad]

Definitely wouldn't make it at that grade.

They just need a few of these bad boys and they'll be fine.
(if someone does not know what these are then they need help)

 

[dmw]

They just need a few of these bad boys and they'll be fine.
(if someone does not know what these are then they need help)
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Too funny! I was thinking of the train from Back to the Future III in regards to the post about a train in the futuristic city of Tron.

 

[GimpYancIent]

That's what I asked before and I think that someone said that there was no tunnel dug before Tron started so no tunnel can be dug now. I think it will be ridiculous to have a steam engine pumping through a futuristic "city" of Tron.

How about a faux tunnel like a tube?

 

[JohnD]

The outdoor portion is there because Disney thinks Chinese people are idiots who wouldn‘t be able to figure out the idea of an indoor roller coaster.

World of Motion had an outdoor portion of it's omnimover ride too. Guess Disney thought it's guests were idiots who couldn't figure out it was an indoor omnimover.