News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[ToTBellHop]

Any delay past spring 2022 would be outrageous.

 

[erasure fan1]

This project could have been handled so much better and even with the pandemic, this has been painfully slow.

I am going to go out on a limb and say, just about every project Disney has done in modern times, could have been handled better. Lol

It's really kind of sad.

 

[Surferboy567]

Any delay past spring 2022 would be outrageous.

Guardians is supposed to open first? If that is true then Guardians will open before spring 2022?

 

[jpinkc]

At Disney speed GotG will be fall or winter 22 and Tron will be 23. They have no will or desire to get things done. This has been there MO when building anything. It will take 3 times what Disney promises. Look at building Avatar and SWL. Those were whole lands and each was way behind schedule.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Guardians is supposed to open first? If that is true then Guardians will open before spring 2022?

No. GotG was fall 2022 last I’d heard.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Any delay past spring 2022 would be outrageous.

But not unexpected at this point.

 

[DCBaker]

Guardians is supposed to open first? If that is true then Guardians will open before spring 2022?

See here from @Magic Feather -

Guardians is first half of 2022. TRON is second half. Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised to see those dates hit around Memorial Day and October 1st, but that part is merely conjecture.

If Disney had attached a season to it, they would have likely said summer. Perhaps they are holding off to see if they can change that month to be spring.

 

[ToTBellHop]

So they are basically swapping Tron and GotG? I guess the net impact is nil and I can understand triaging Epcot ahead of MK. It desperately needs it.

It also reveals to us just how willing Disney is to hold back finished rides. Yuck.

 

[Magic Feather]

So they are basically swapping Tron and GotG? I guess the net impact is nil and I can understand triaging Epcot ahead of MK. It desperately needs it.

It also reveals to us just how willing Disney is to hold back finished rides. Yuck.

So far as I’ve known, Guardians was always first.

 

[Disney Analyst]

So they are basically swapping Tron and GotG? I guess the net impact is nil and I can understand triaging Epcot ahead of MK. It desperately needs it.

It also reveals to us just how willing Disney is to hold back finished rides. Yuck.

I am wondering if GotG is hitting the same timeline, late 2022, and Tron is pushed back to 2023? I think Tron was impacted more by the shutdown then GotG.

 

[ToTBellHop]

So far as I’ve known, Guardians was always first.

Interesting. I had been hearing spring 2022 for TRON for awhile now. Granted this would explain why they are showing off Guardians now.

 

[Coaster Lover]

What's the closest time that Disney has opened two rides (not including rides intended to be together as part of a new themed land)? Originally, I would have said at least 6 months between Tron and GotG, but then again, didn't MMRR and Rise open like 3 months apart?

 

[ToTBellHop]

What's the closest time that Disney has opened two rides (not including rides intended to be together as part of a new themed land)? Originally, I would have said at least 6 months between Tron and GotG, but then again, didn't MMRR and Rise open like 3 months apart?

They did. I think they will want TRON during some part of the 50th and they need Wonders of Xandar (WoX?) ASAP. So the issue is being forced.

 

[FeelsSoGoodToBeBad]

They did. I think they will want TRON during some part of the 50th and they need Wonders of Xandar (WoX?) ASAP. So the issue is being forced.

I agree that they could be pushing to get SOMETHING open up there. I hated all the construction walls in EPCOT over Spring Break. It felt depressing and oddly crowded since in some areas you walked quite a bit before you could see anything OTHER than walls. Probably not good for the guest feedback during the 50th and with TWDC anticipating/hoping for larger crowds and pricing out a larger segment of the population (or at least people having to decide to take fewer trips because of budgets), they'd better be sure they provide something ppl WANT to come back to. Had this last trip been our first to EPCOT, I would have absolutely no desire to come back any time soon.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I agree that they could be pushing to get SOMETHING open up there. I hated all the construction walls in EPCOT over Spring Break. It felt depressing and oddly crowded since in some areas you walked quite a bit before you could see anything OTHER than walls. Probably not good for the guest feedback during the 50th and with TWDC anticipating/hoping for larger crowds and pricing out a larger segment of the population (or at least people having to decide to take fewer trips because of budgets), they'd better be sure they provide something ppl WANT to come back to. Had this last trip been our first to EPCOT, I would have absolutely no desire to come back any time soon.

They will also want the ride to sell Genie+ there, I’m sure. MK sells itself.

 

[JoeCamel]

I think the US build screwed up. If you look to China you can see the netting was green, here blue
Must be the reason for the delay......

 

[britain]

if it was going to open anytime within the next 6-9 months they would have said so. I’m guessing Midsummer or later.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From yesterday. Threw one in of the castle for fun!

 

[Rich Brownn]

Sounds very ..... synergistic.

Disney+ seems to be the place for neglected sequels. Disenchanted is going there too.

 

[Giss Neric]

How can the new ride which is supposedly one of the longest indoor rollercoaster open before a ride that is a clone of an existing ride and it's not even a long coaster. This is now very obvious that they are not really a priority cause these rides are not even dark rides with complicated ride systems. They are just well themed rollercoasters.