News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[FigmentFan82]

Looking good! I'm there Sept, and while I def don't think it'll be open it'd be great to see the landscaping get closer to finish

 

[DCLcruiser]

Looking good! I'm there Sept, and while I def don't think it'll be open it'd be great to see the landscaping get closer to finish

What is the current assumed opening? I am going in Nov/Dec '22.

 

[JoeCamel]

What is the current assumed opening? I am going in Nov/Dec '22.

Maybe

 

[Schweino]

Also hoping for an opening by 11/30 myself...

 

[UpAllNight]

I'm thinking this will be a 2023 addition purely for marketing purposes.

This looks a fun ride, it's just the coaster next to a coaster vibe I'm mentally struggling to get onboard with. Feels a short sighted unplanned, impulse decision when so many other potential options are out there.

Still, MK's first E-Ticket since Splash. Shouldn't grumble.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

I'm thinking this will be a 2023 addition purely for marketing purposes.

Disney's 2023 begins Oct 1.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Disney's 2023 begins Oct 1.

Correct. Granted I could see a marketing benefit to holding this until CY2023...I just hope not.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Correct. Granted I could see a marketing benefit to holding this until CY2023...I just hope not.

AFAIK it will open during calendar year 2022. They can certainly market it in 2023, though. They don’t really need to convince people to visit at Christmastime but might as well push this in movie theater promos in January like they were doing for Cosmic Rewind in May.

 

[Homer fan]

Is it possible we get the WDWRR open in a couple weeks?

 

[Rteetz]

Is it possible we get the WDWRR open in a couple weeks?

Couple months sure...

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Couple months sure...

It's absolutely possible. I don't think it will though.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Is it possible we get the WDWRR open in a couple weeks?

For what it is worth, Jim Hill said he has heard they are hoping the RR is running by Labor Day, what is that? About 6 weeks?

 

[Andrew M]

Is it possible we get the WDWRR open in a couple weeks?

It's definitely possible. They can finish pouring the retaining wall and have the track laid by the end of next week if they wanted to.

I'd say mid-August is probably a little more realistic for getting the remaining track laid, then another week or two of testing, so I wouldn't say Labor Day is unrealistic. It's just a matter of exactly how quickly Disney/the Contractor wants it done.

 

[MisterPenguin]

For what it is worth, Jim Hill said he has heard they are hoping the RR is running by Labor Day, what is that? About 6 weeks?

Jim Hill doesn't have reliable insider sources.

 

[azox]

I really hope that we get some fun water features at the entrance. I keep watching the construction hoping a couple of those oddly shaped structures will turn into something other than just a planter

 

[Disstevefan1]

For what it is worth, Jim Hill said he has heard they are hoping the RR is running by Labor Day, what is that? About 6 weeks?

I hope for a lot of things at WDW...

 

[celluloid]

Good news, for those who were born when Tron Lightcycle Run was announced at WDW, by the time it opens many of those children will be tall enough to ride, the Velocicoaster at Islands of Adventure!

 

[Patcheslee]

Good news, for those who were born when Tron Lightcycle Run was announced at WDW, by the time it opens many of those children will be tall enough to ride, the Velocicoaster at Islands of Adventure!

And here I was worried in 2017 DD9 wouldn't be tall enough by the time it opened.

 

[JoeCamel]

And here I was worried in 2017 DD9 wouldn't be tall enough by the time it opened.

Now the question is if her arthritis will allow her to assume the bike position......

 

[BuzzLIghtYear2010]

I doubt a train would run while construction is going on. The lawyers would go ballisti.