News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[MagicHappens1971]

Different names for different locations. People just used the Shanghai name as a placeholder.

Gotcha! Thanks I hadn’t seen Disney or anyone else refer to the MK version as such until recently

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think those bars might be something else like sprinklers.

Also... I wasn’t expecting this tunnel to have windows! Interesting.

Yeah, the fixtures above don’t seem like they would provide much light given the way they are angled. Whatever it is is much more robust than typical sprinklers, but a more robust system would make sense if you’re trying to extinguish a locomotive.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Yeah, the fixtures above don’t seem like they would provide much light given the way they are angled. Whatever it is is much more robust than typical sprinklers, but a more robust system would make sense if you’re trying to extinguish a locomotive.

I was also thinking the boxes might be fans to help ventilate? Just a guess though.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I was also thinking the boxes might be fans to help ventilate? Just a guess though.

I though about that too, but the way they’re off to the sides is odd for that purpose as the middle, right where the exhaust is centered, is still wide open.

 

[Unbanshee]

I’ve noticed that several articles have referred to this attraction as Tron Lightcycle/Run instead of Tron Lightcycle Power Run. Has the name or stylization of the name been changed?

Disney has been using that naming convention since 2019

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[Casper Gutman]

I’ve noticed that several articles have referred to this attraction as Tron Lightcycle/Run instead of Tron Lightcycle Power Run. Has the name or stylization of the name been changed?

For clarity’s sake, I’d have named it Tron: Cosmic Rock n’ Roller-Track Mountain. That really captures the experience.

 

[solidyne]

For clarity’s sake, I’d have named it Tron: Cosmic Rock n’ Roller-Track Mountain. That really captures the experience.

That's so fun!

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Tron: A Cycle Adventure

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

TRON: Flynn's Enchanted Wish

 

[bhg469]

TRON: Phoning it in like an old school modem.

 

[larryz]

Tron: A Cycle Adventure

More like "Tron's Lightcycle Adventure."

 

[Glasgow]

TRON: Lite Cycle Energy Savers, Sponsored by GE

 

[Pancho]

Tron: 60 seconds, 3 hour wait, aren't you glad you waited 5 years for this, run

 

[JoeCamel]

Tron Lyte: an adventure

 

[MisterPenguin]

TRON: An Ellen's Computerized Adventure

 

[BrianLo]

So do I. But it has to be admitted that, while it’s theming is absolutely spectacular, Gringott’s lacks some physical thrills - if you’re expecting a conventional coaster-in-the-dark, it doesn’t deliver. That’s always been a legitimate criticism of the ride. It’s become more intense recently, however, because WDW is in the process of opening two (incredibly expensive) rides that excel as coasters-in-the-dark but have decidedly lackluster theming that poorly represents their related franchise, so that balance has to be celebrated and the lampooning of the alternative (great theming, lackluster coaster) intensified. All of a sudden theming doesn’t REALLY matter that much.

Of course, had Gringotts had the theming/ physical thrills balance of Cosmic Rewind, the ridicule among Disney fans would have been even MORE intense - after all, the emphasis on thrills over narrative has been a long-standing criticism of Universal.

I really don’t think that is a fair thing to conclude about what people HERE have to say. I don’t care about some other weird demographic of the internet. Most of the criticisms here are not lobbied at velocicoaster and especially Hagrid’s. People want Universal to be on Disney’s level (and it is), but get upset when we apply the same criticisms against it as we do Disney.

Universal needs more variety, but don’t try and dilute the overtly thrill rides to achieve that.

Particularly when it comes to Diagon Alley that built an extremely wonderful and in many ways extremely book and movies accurate attraction with the Hogwarts Express. An attraction I think is superior to the headliner because it understood its mandate so well.

Gringotts fails most of all because it misses the point. Not having ridden Mario Kart, I think that applies likely there too. I am hopeful though that the broader EU comes from the more recent mindset that created Velocicoaster and Hagrid.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Gringotts fails most of all because it misses the point. Not having ridden Mario Kart, I think that applies likely there too. I am hopeful though that the broader EU comes from the more recent mindset that created Velocicoaster and Hagrid.

Mario Kart and Gringotts absolutely fall into the same trap. You are correct.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I was also thinking the boxes might be fans to help ventilate? Just a guess though.

Blog Mickey is referring to it as ventilation

 

[danlb_2000]

Blog Mickey is referring to it as ventilation

This is a clearer picture, and definitely looks like some sort of ventilation.

 

[JoeCamel]

Blog Mickey is referring to it as ventilation

This is a clearer picture, and definitely looks like some sort of ventilation.

Now they can make wind and flash the lights to simulate speed, move over F&F you ain't got nuttin' on the old railroad....