
Themed Entrance Installed for TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom
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Mildew?Will the renovations include a good power washing of the mildew off?
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Themed Entrance Installed for TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom
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I am sure this has been asked and answered a million time but what is the opening estimation time frame?
I've heard October 2022 passed around a bunch (not sure if that is still accurate). Also possible that it may be ready by October, but they could delay opening to early 2023.
Why would you want it delayed?
Every single time they have a brand new rode opens the parks are flooded with people. If this ride is delayed then there's just that many more people that may hold off on a trip until it opens. I have no desire to ride this thing. For all I care it can wait until 2024.Why would you want it delayed?
Are people surging to Epcot to ride GotG? Wait times seem to have fallen, if anything. As usual going into Mustafar-but-with-Rain season.Every single time they have a brand new rode opens the parks are flooded with people. If this ride is delayed then there's just that many more people that may hold off on a trip until it opens. I have no desire to ride this thing. For all I care it can wait until 2024.
I know it's an unpopular opinion but I just really hope that they hold off.
As someone who hasn't ridden Guardians but has ridden Tron, it sounds like, from reviews, that Epcot finally has a "knock your socks off" headliner attraction, but I can assure you, Tron won't deliver that when it comes to Magic Kingdom, and that's a shame.
Each park has a modern headliner (from my point of view)
But Magic Kingdom doesn't. I realize Magic Kingdom doesn't need more draws, but I feel that each Disney park around the world needs one showstopper attraction that makes people think "wow, that alone made this whole trip worth it."
- Flight of Passage (Animal Kingdom)
- Rise of the Resistance (Hollywood Studios)
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Epcot)
Tron is a solid ride, but far from a headliner. Would I take it over, Everest? Probably not.
I would have rather the Tron money be spent on several new Fantasyland-style dark rides (and not necessarily all placed in Fantasyland). Other Disneylands have more and they add a lot to the park without creating a big draw or huge lines.MK still has 7DMT which is a very in demand ride and relatively new. And Tron will counter/balance that well, plus add more kinetic energy to the parks, etc
I get you point that it, on its own, is probably not to the level of those other three, but MK didn't really need that ... I could argue it doesn't even need Tron and it would still be better to put Tron in a different park
I would have rather the Tron money be spent on several new Fantasyland-style dark rides (and not necessarily all placed in Fantasyland). Other Disneylands have more and they add a lot to the park without creating a big draw or huge lines.
But, Tron will be fun, I'm sure. Maybe not worth the headache to ride, though. By most accounts, it seems Cosmic Rewind is a better coaster with higher capacity in a park with fewer guests (and, therefore, far easier to secure a BG or ILL for). Tron will be a challenge to ride, I imagine. At least it has a high (for Disney) height requirement.
From yesterday. Spot the monorail in one pic plus some bonus SM pics.
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Am I correct to assume they still need to build the remaining railroad track in the new tunnel, continuing through the temporary orange mesh walls?
I truly don't know if today's Disney and WDI is capable of doing those anymore, at least not without a large plot of land and $300 million to spend. Look at DL's FL - An incredibly efficient use of space. That won't happen in the swamps.I would have rather the Tron money be spent on several new Fantasyland-style dark rides (and not necessarily all placed in Fantasyland). Other Disneylands have more and they add a lot to the park without creating a big draw or huge lines.
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