News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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Disney Analyst said:
Okay, so we all get it, it has taken a crazy length of time. Now tell the rest of the story, why did it take so long?
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Because Disney wanted it to. This ride should have been open before the pandemic and only ran into it because WDW dragged its feet so much. Remember, this was intended to be one of a wave of rides open BEFORE the 50th, with another wave opening during it.

On another note, if it weren’t for the glowing wheels, nothing in that PR image WDW just released would indicate it was of a Tron ride. Theming!
 
JEANYLASER

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WDWmagic has an error in the article of Tron: lightcycle run they misspelled expect wrong and I saw it. I can't wait for Tron:Lightcycle/run at the magic kingdom.
 
SplashJacket

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MisterPenguin said:
Launch coasters usually are much shorter timewise due to cutting out the slow clanking up a hill. The attraction is riding a coaster in a bike position.
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Generally, coasters are measured with "prime ride time," so you'd only start the clock once the ride goes off the lift hill. But yes, overall ride time is generally lower.
 
MisterPenguin

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bhg469 said:
My wife begs to differ. She's terrified even looking at the bike position. Having the extra sense of safety that the side car provides means she will re ride it. Meanwhile I'll gladly take the biker seat.
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As was mentioned above, the whole point of this rather not-long coaster is the bike position. It's training wheels for Hagrid's.
 
TrainsOfDisney

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Henry Mystic said:
Coasters are set out to accomplish different things and Guardians being a mile-long indoor coaster that rotates is unlike anything else.
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Seven dwarves mine train is also unique in that it “swings” - that doesn’t make it better than Big Thunder.

What makes rewind better as a coaster than rock n rollercoaster? (Legit question I haven’t been on it yet)
 
Club Cooloholic

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bhg469 said:
My wife begs to differ. She's terrified even looking at the bike position. Having the extra sense of safety that the side car provides means she will re ride it. Meanwhile I'll gladly take the biker seat.
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Totally agree, my daughter didn't want to sit on the bike, she preferred the sidecar. If the bikes pivoted a little on Tron it would be cooler alas it's not all that amazing once you experience it.
My final thought, Shanghai Disney...the WHOLE park, was build in 5 years, and yet this Tron coaster alone is creeping towards that timeline. Im kinda tired of hearing about its "progress", its funny because I barely heard the same buzz for Cosmic Rewind and it's a MUCH better ride.
 
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Casper Gutman

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Henry Mystic said:
Honestly, just go in surprised. What do you have to lose?

FWIW it's a controlled rotation and not remotely comparable to SDMT's not really present swinging. Comparisons to Crush's Coaster's random spinning in Paris were also made but CR is equally different. RNRC is also a simple off-the-shelf coaster in a box which is fun don't get me wrong, but also not comparable.

The scale of CR is also astronomical with the track well over a mile long. The Gravity Building alone is over 2x the volume of Spaceship Earth and it is fully used with even some sets but mostly massive (I mean massive) projections along the walls.

No inversions, but it's easily the best coaster Disney has built and like Hagrid's, it wouldn't benefit from them for what it sets out to do. The rotational motion is also used to make curves more intense in such a unique way in addition to the novelty of turning sideways or flipping the direction of travel. There is absolutely nothing like it and it's definitely a groundbreaking attraction. Even the pacing is phenomenal.
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Cosmic Rewind is just as much an "off-the-shelf coaster in a box" as RnRC - its literally a pre-existing concept Disney bought from Vekoma, which also designed the coaster. Experts can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a version of the tech is already in use in Phantasialand.
 
lazyboy97o

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Casper Gutman said:
Cosmic Rewind is just as much an "off-the-shelf coaster in a box" as RnRC - its literally a pre-existing concept Disney bought from Vekoma, which also designed the coaster. Experts can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a version of the tech is already in use in Phantasialand.
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Cosmic Rewind is not an off-the-shelf coaster. Rock-N-Rollercoaster uses a layout that Vekoma offered for sale to others and was built once outside of a Disney park. Cosmic Rewind’s layout is unique and custom designed for the project.

The rotation technology is based on technology Vekoma developed for their latest version of the flying coaster, and did conceive of it being used for storytelling, it was not sold as a flying or seated coaster.
 
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Casper Gutman

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lazyboy97o said:
Cosmos Rewind is not an off-the-shelf coaster. Rock-N-Rollercoaster uses a layout that Vekoma offered for sale to others and was built once outside of a Disney park. Cosmic Rewind’s layout is unique and custom designed for the project.

The rotation technology is based on technology Vekoma developed for their latest version of the flying coaster, and did conceive of it being used for storytelling, it was not sold as a flying or seated coaster.
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I'm happy to be corrected. Out of curiosity, where was the RnRC design used outside of a Disney park?
 
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