News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

Dranth

Dranth

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bhg469 said:
As much as people gush over spiderman, I really think Mummy topped it. Spideman is still great but it is #3 in my book behind Hagrids and Mummy in those parks
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Hagrid's is no doubt number one but I would be hard pressed to pick between Mummy and Spiderman for two and three. It likely would just depend on how I am feeling that day.
 
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Touchdown

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ToTBellHop said:
I do love me some Revenge of the Mummy. It always struck me as the type of coaster Disney should have built at DHS. It’s highly themed and not all that intense or fast. It has a bit of thrill but honestly, everyone in my family agrees that it’s just a lot of fun.

Also, FIRE!!
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Always my first and last ride of any Universal Vacation. Just a great time all around.
 
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J4546

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DCBaker said:
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love seeing the landscaping progress so quickly! All the trees really make the new tron landscape look much better. Just a little bit more concrete walkways left to be poured in front of ride and around the store and then it looks like concrete work is pretty much done! Just some electrical/lighting, signage, props, and landscaping and its done...such a long journey finally nearing the finish line lol


i do kinda wish they had those square cut trees like in paris, in this new tron area....i think it would look really cool to have boxy trees along the curved canopy...but thats just me
 
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Vanderperre

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J4546 said:
love seeing the landscaping progress so quickly!
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Agree. Nice to have transformative visible progress over a short timeframe. This whole project has moved at such a snail’s pace. It was a story of the most minimal incremental additions following each other. The only time I remember stuff moving fast was when they installed the track portion of the gravity building. That went up fast. But since, it has been like watching paint dry…
 
Coaster Lover

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cranbiz

cranbiz

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Coaster Lover said:
As a fan of model railroading (especially G-gauge), I had to do a double take thinking this was just faked using an image of stacked G-gauge track... but nope... 100% real...
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No different than just about any RR. Amtrack does this all the time as well. Norfolk Southern just rebuild a lot of line in Danville, VA with sectional track. New concrete ties for the mainline ties as well.
 
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TDLFan

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Take this for what it is, but heard last night this thing is already plagued with technical issues, thus why no date was given. #hotmessincoming
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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TDLFan said:
Take this for what it is, but heard last night this thing is already plagued with technical issues, thus why no date was given. #hotmessincoming
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We have been told by members with Ph.D.s in Architecture from the University of YouTube that it is exceedingly simple to build a clone of an existing ride. We actually have one member of the community who has already built a TRON Lightcycle/Run in his back yard. It opened in 2019.

No. More. Excuses. Paycheck!
 
SpectreJordan

SpectreJordan

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bhg469 said:
But on the other side of the coin, when they do attempt something like a themed coaster... Why is the mummy still better than the half billion dollar Guardians ride?
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The physical sets in Mummy are great, but the thrill is very lacking; I rode it again last week & it feels so slow to me. Guardians is much more thrilling & fun, but yeah it's just a bunch of screens in a dark building. It's sort of the opposite of what Universal & Disney usually do tbh.
 
bhg469

bhg469

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SpectreJordan said:
The physical sets in Mummy are great, but the thrill is very lacking; I rode it again last week & it feels so slow to me. Guardians is much more thrilling & fun, but yeah it's just a bunch of screens in a dark building. It's sort of the opposite of what Universal & Disney usually do tbh.
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Mummy has supposedly been purposely slowed down since the refurb. The dark ride scenes were extended so you could get more of the effects. The coaster parts are definitely more intense than Guardians though. Way more G's and the launches are seemingly way faster to me. The coaster parts are just broken up between the scenes.. I sort of wish the guardians ride had more show scenes like the beginning launch so the story wasn't only loud music and muffled shouting.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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bhg469 said:
Mummy has supposedly been purposely slowed down since the refurb. The dark ride scenes were extended so you could get more of the effects. The coaster parts are definitely more intense than Guardians though. Way more G's and the launches are seemingly way faster to me. The coaster parts are just broken up between the scenes.. I sort of wish the guardians ride had more show scenes like the beginning launch so the story wasn't only loud music and muffled shouting.
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I agree but I think they wanted to match the frenetic pacing of the films. Slowing down mid-course isn’t how the stories are really told.
 

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