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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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JEANYLASER
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The new concept of Tron/Lightcycle run is awesome!
Homer fan
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I didn’t realize the train tunnel went that far
G00fyDad
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I thought that was the exit for the ride. Is it doubling as a walkway to and from circus?
James Alucobond
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You enter and exit from the same ramp. The path that passes underneath the flyover is only a path to Storybook, nothing else.
MrPromey
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Seems like a pretty long tunnel for the train. Wonder what the narration will be during that part of the trip and if there will be anything at all visual or if it'll just be dark tunnel with on-train lights.
G00fyDad
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Completely pitch dark and for those that failed to give Disney more $$ by skipping the Genie+ purchase you will be randomly smacked as you pass through the tunnel.
GimpYancIent
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My suggestion for fueling diesel engines has been and still is to use the proven technology of recycled vegetable oil. So, the exhaust smells like French fries what's wrong with that?
No Name
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Yeah I guess that’s like the one difference, otherwise it’s pretty similar in shape to this one:
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Always a neat idea that will keep getting looked into I am sure.
Not that it is likely for TDO, but an expensive conversion would have to take place to do it again like they did with certain engines at DL, and Vegetable oil still smokes, so there would still be burn residue and soot, and when it does reach a point of fire, it is a nightmare of a fire to fight compared to Disel.
corran horn
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I always thought this but now that it's laid bare...oof.
EricsBiscuit
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One of the things I’m very excited for is the Tron soundtrack by Daft Punk. It would be very wizard to include in a future fireworks show!
I always presumed the final plan would actually have this path be the exit, and that is the reason the building remained, as it will serve as Tron's Giftshop as well as Space Mountain's exit shop. That is an odd way to enter the area if it is the only one.
Even so, they don't really care. They will just virtually queue it and control the flow for a while until it is not that big of deal anymore. Disney is not in the caring business of such things anymore.
lazyboy97o
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The poor logistics of the entry path and the long skinny tunnel for the train are just more evidence of how this project was just dropped down somewhere it could physically fit. It wasn’t carefully designed to fit here.
Par for the course in a lot of areas of recent sadly. There is nothing asthetically nice about that path for a main entrance either. It was designed to be an alley of sorts you discover or shortcut, never to be a path leading to something of a main attraction.(preaching to the entire choir I know) This is why I thought it was an exit path, which from a financial standpoint could have brought in more foot traffic to the TL Light and Power shop building. It should have been the exit path.
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Patcheslee
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Had to rewind to make sure I heard correctly "Several months later" they'll be clear for ridership?
Yes. I stated this a few pages back. It will take months of cycling and the handing off to operations after that for it to be ready for ridership. In the video after several months, it only begins allowing ride team. But likely not by the end of this year outside of that as Disney will control the grand opening to beneficial after the 50th fuss.
ToTBellHop
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Yep. Humans on board by fall.
It could open by Christmas if they want it to. I don’t know when they want to open it, though. I doubt they’ve decided. GotG is the current focus.
