News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Patcheslee]

I don't believe that some blue trim would detract from or clash with Space Mountain.

Doesn’t People Mover have blue trim as well? I wonder if that was taken into consideration.

 

[Andrew M]

So it looks like they can't even finish the train tunnel until after that scaffolding is taken down. So even at the absolute earliest we probably won't see the WDW RR until a month after that.

 

[Moth]

I am a Gen Z'er who got their tiny brain blown by seeing Tron Legacy in theaters as a kid and... is it bad I'm more excited by the idea of more and new Tron merch than the actual ride?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Ignoring that the second photo looks to have been colorized in Photoshop, none of those photos really refute what I said. I never said there was no variance in the color, just that all the variations still looked silver (regardless of how much reflected color there was in them), and never appear as white as MK does.

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If you look at the above photo, you can see that the canopy looks much more grey/silver when compared to the white wall toward the entrance. If the canopy were white like MK's, then it should appear closer in color to that wall, which it doesn't.

I wonder how smog impacts natural lighting in Shanghai versus the beautiful, bright, blue skies Orlando will enjoy for another couple months.

 

[JAB]

I wonder how smog impacts natural lighting in Shanghai versus the beautiful, bright, blue skies Orlando will enjoy for another couple months.

It's not the lighting. Take a look at the photo I posted again. As I said, if the Shanghai canopy were white, and it was just the lighting making it look grey, then the white wall near the entrance would look similar to the canopy - it doesn't; it looks white.

The MK canopy is white. No amount of "bright, blue skies" could make a grey canopy look whiter than it is. That's not how color works. Could it look greyer in more overcast conditions? Sure; but that's not the point. The point is the MK canopy is white, and a photo of Shanghai showing a white surface and the canopy in the same shot (and therefore the same "smoggy" lighting) shows that the Shanghai canopy is not white.

They changed the trim from blue to white, so why is it not possible that they changed the color of the canopy as well?

 

[ToTBellHop]

It's not the lighting. Take a look at the photo I posted again. As I said, if the Shanghai canopy were white, and it was just the lighting making it look grey, then the white wall near the entrance would look similar to the canopy - it doesn't; it looks white.

The MK canopy is white. No amount of "bright, blue skies" could make a grey canopy look whiter than it is. That's not how color works. Could it look greyer in more overcast conditions? Sure; but that's not the point. The point is the MK canopy is white, and a photo of Shanghai showing a white surface and the canopy in the same shot (and therefore the same "smoggy" lighting) shows that the Shanghai canopy is not white.

They changed the trim from blue to white, so why is it not possible that they changed the color of the canopy as well?

I’m not saying it is impossible. It is certainly possible as they’ve changed other things for our ride. I just know these things look different in every picture.

I have not been to Shanghai. The best source would be a Floridian who went there and then came home and saw ours, but I assume it is difficult for Americans to go to SDL right now.

 

[JAB]

I’m not saying it is impossible. It is certainly possible as they’ve changed other things for our ride. I just know these things look different in every picture.

Which is why I specifically chose a photo that had a large white surface near the canopy to serve as a reference point.

 

[No Name]

I don't believe that some blue trim would detract from or clash with Space Mountain.

It would not, if anything white on white would just make it look weirder and more drab.

The canopy trim in Shanghai matches the repainted rocks almost perfectly.

 

[bcoachable]

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?

They are doing just this in Telluride with their free, city wide transportation busses! (To fancy a place for just regular fries, however.
It’s Truffle fries- the fumes smell like Truffle fries - haha)

 

[Bocabear]

I am a Gen Z'er who got their tiny brain blown by seeing Tron Legacy in theaters as a kid and... is it bad I'm more excited by the idea of more and new Tron merch than the actual ride?

You are the Bobs target audience...if they could get away with building a themed gift shop and skip the actual investment building an attraction, i think they would jump for joy. Let's not give them ideas...lol

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From today:

Looks like they were installing those panels today.

 

[ToTBellHop]

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Looks like they were installing those panels today.

Did Tom Brady inflate these panels during his month of retirement?

 

[JAB]

Did Tom Brady inflate these panels during his month of retirement?

They had the canopy panels inflated to the regulation PSI, but when Brady announced his return to Florida, they deflated them for him.

 

[azox]

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I think the blue rim but especially the tint on the underside of the canopy looks nice in Shanghai, does anyone care that that’s missing? Of course we’ll have to see how it comes together but I’m worried they managed to build a worse version of it here.

I agree. I think the blue would have looked great in the Orlando version. So far the white seems so bland. Even space mountain has some blue in it. Why not put some of it on Tron too? (considering the movie itself has a ton of blue)

 

[JoeCamel]

I agree. I think the blue would have looked great in the Orlando version. So far the white seems so bland. Even space mountain has some blue in it. Why not put some of it on Tron too? (considering the movie itself has a ton of blue)

It may end up yellow with all the pine trees they planted on property. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to mildew, better than space or not?

 

[Incomudro]

It may end up yellow with all the pine trees they planted on property. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to mildew, better than space or not?

We'll see if the canopy has non stick properties like Teflon.

 

[DCBaker]

Thrilldata posted a photo from Barnstormer that shows the status of the tunnel from the other side -

 

[raymusiccity]

I WANT THE SMOKE. It's more "authentic"!

Well, they could at least run the train whistle while under there to blast the cycles as they go by. It could be a game!

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[ToTBellHop]

Push-pull today if you’re in the park.

 

[Patcheslee]

Push-pull today if you’re in the park.

Do they have the clearance cages around the train?