News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

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DCBaker

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corran horn

corran horn

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Andy_0410 said:
It’s just frustrating as a uk visitor I took a gamble of booking for October a year after the 50th as was hoping they would complete all the plans by then. And now most things will open after I have been. With the value of the pound and the constant price hikes I don’t know when I can return just disappointing for a previously regular visitor
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My friend is going in May and he just about had kittens when they said 'Spring'.
 
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Vanderperre

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corran horn said:
My friend is going in May and he just about had kittens when they said 'Spring'.
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He’ll be fine. Am going end of March, and I hope to just manage it. Let’s face it: there is not 7 months worth of work left on this construction, even if you slow down progress massively. And once it’s ready, they’ll open it. There is no real marketing argument here between a March or May opening. The attraction is new and will pull in the crowds regardless. Plus it allows Disney to close Splash to start the conversion and start amortising the construction with ILL pricing.
 
Patcheslee

Patcheslee

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Vanderperre said:
He’ll be fine. Am going end of March, and I hope to just manage it. Let’s face it: there is not 7 months worth of work left on this construction, even if you slow down progress massively. And once it’s ready, they’ll open it. There is no real marketing argument here between a March or May opening. The attraction is new and will pull in the crowds regardless. Plus it allows Disney to close Splash to start the conversion and start amortising the construction with ILL pricing.
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50th ends March 31st, so they can more aggressively market the 100th after that.
 
Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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Dranth said:
Is great and one of my favorite rides in the Orlando area but still is a bunch of exposed track that takes away from the overall look. I forgive them a bit as it is relatively consealed from view and the more the tress and plant life grow the better it will look.

However, give me more of the Mummy type themed coasters.
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This is one coaster I think Disney could get away with, with launched coasters and tons of land there’s no reason Disney couldn’t build “exposed” coasters close to the ground out in the trees.

I’ve always thought a speeder bike Star Wars coaster was a no brainer, you’d just have to theme the station and the rest could be out in the trees where it wouldn’t be visible from inside the park, a Toads wild ride coaster would also work, with props along the track.

We all hate exposed track but there are ways around it.

I also think the “gift of size” would have been the solution to the Guardians cosmic rewind building, it’s a launched coaster so there’s no necessity to build upwards, they could have made the building twice as wide and half as tall and fit the same amount of track and props inside… and then concealed it with trees. I just don’t think they care about site lines anymore.
 
G00fyDad

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
This is one coaster I think Disney could get away with, with launched coasters and tons of land there’s no reason Disney couldn’t build “exposed” coasters close to the ground out in the trees.

I’ve always thought a speeder bike Star Wars coaster was a no brainer, you’d just have to theme the station and the rest could be out in the trees where it wouldn’t be visible from inside the park, a Toads wild ride coaster would also work, with props along the track.

We all hate exposed track but there are ways around it.

I also think the “gift of size” would have been the solution to the Guardians cosmic rewind building, it’s a launched coaster so there’s no necessity to build upwards, they could have made the building twice as wide and half as tall and fit the same amount of track and props inside… and then concealed it with trees. I just don’t think they care about site lines anymore.
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A Star Wars speeder bike coaster is exactly what GE needs. Two "bikes" (trains) launched at the same time with criss-crossing infront of each other at times. It would be amazing.
 
JoeCamel

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
This is one coaster I think Disney could get away with, with launched coasters and tons of land there’s no reason Disney couldn’t build “exposed” coasters close to the ground out in the trees.

I’ve always thought a speeder bike Star Wars coaster was a no brainer, you’d just have to theme the station and the rest could be out in the trees where it wouldn’t be visible from inside the park, a Toads wild ride coaster would also work, with props along the track.

We all hate exposed track but there are ways around it.

I also think the “gift of size” would have been the solution to the Guardians cosmic rewind building, it’s a launched coaster so there’s no necessity to build upwards, they could have made the building twice as wide and half as tall and fit the same amount of track and props inside… and then concealed it with trees. I just don’t think they care about site lines anymore.
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If they kept the location that would impinge on the number of $30 parking spots they have to sell.....
To satisfy guest sightlines?
 
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Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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JoeCamel said:
If they kept the location that would impinge on the number of $30 parking spots they have to sell.....
To satisfy guest's sightlines?
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The sad thing is looking at an aerial they cleared enough land to make the building about 5 times larger than it actually is. They could have made it twice the size without affecting parking or anything else anywhere near it. Concrete is expensive though so much “easier” to just build a big blue box that’s visible from the entire park.

Looking at the land they did clear it was likely preserved for “future parking”.
 
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celluloid

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Schweino said:
Pretty bold of you! Not sure I could say one is better than the other - they both were built to offer different experiences. Hagrids IMO is only cool if you are on the bike, not the sidecar. But Veloci is a great overall thrill coaster.
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I agree, different goals and atmosphere. The most important part is, the difficult to debate because both are of great quality, are coming from the same theme park within five years of each other.

That tells one all they need to know about current level.
 
lazyboy97o

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
The sad thing is looking at an aerial they cleared enough land to make the building about 5 times larger than it actually is. They could have made it twice the size without affecting parking or anything else anywhere near it. Concrete is expensive though so much “easier” to just build a big blue box that’s visible from the entire park.

Looking at the land they did clear it was likely preserved for “future parking”.
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The land was cleared for water management. If I’m recalling correctly it is a detention pond so it will not always have water in it.
 

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