News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[azox]

I have to agree with one of the twitter posts. The view from the flyover walkway just before you enter the ride is going to be horrible. You will be seeing all kinds of back stage stuff. They worked so hard to keep things looking great at the entrance, but what will it look like at the top? Maybe they can plant more trees?

 

[JoeCamel]

I have to agree with one of the twitter posts. The view from the flyover walkway just before you enter the ride is going to be horrible. You will be seeing all kinds of back stage stuff. They worked so hard to keep things looking great at the entrance, but what will it look like at the top? Maybe they can plant more trees?

A couple of good sized DVC kiosks will block those views nicely.....

I think the blue circles will be planted as well

 

[James Alucobond]

I'm assuming you won't be able to see off the flyover there, just like you can't see off the back toward the show building. The standard railing stops before that point, and it converts to a higher wall-like railing. I'm guessing what's up there now will have an opaque backer.

 

[fgmnt]

This is probably my biggest issue with it.

I don't think TRON is an especially good ride and it's definitely not what the MK needs -- it needs a long, people eating attraction, not a 60 second long ride with average at best capacity -- but hey, it's a new attraction at the MK that isn't a replacement, so that's not a bad thing.

But the placement just doesn't make any sense, especially with the canopy and plaza. That canopy is supposed to be a centerpiece, not something tucked back into a corner that's only visible from a couple of places. If TRON was going to go there, they should have made more significant changes to the design so it would be a better fit. It almost feels lazy.

DL and MK were built with the towers and the flanking show buildings as the focal point of the land. TDL and SDL were built with their coasters as the focal point. Tomorrowland in both of these parks are overdue for a some fundamental redesigns that they will not receive any time soon.

I think if they replaced the P&L building with a smaller building, replaced the Speedway with a smaller attraction and water feature (Aquatopia?) and made the rest a plaza... a whole lot of ifs to get it to work better.

Think of how much better this would have fit if you tore down the UoE building and put this down as the anchor of the Digital Frontier pavilion, and built a Guardians ride in the South TL building and into the old Galaxy Palace Theater space.

Oh well. Thanks Bob!

 

[Coaster Lover]

For some period of time, sure -- I don't think it will be solely VQ for too long, though. I assume Tiana will become the VQ attraction once it opens.

Tiana Mountain will open (easily) a full year after Tron opens. Has any WDW ride utilized VQ for more than one year? I don't think so, but I'm not sure. Regardless, Tiana Mountain taking the VQ from Tron wouldn't be in any way unprecedented or a surprise if/when it happens.

Also, elite park goers will take the WDRR at the entrance, to Fantasyland, and then the 'secret' path to TRON!

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but wouldn't that take (substantially) longer than just walking straight from the entrance of the park through Tomorrowland? Just trying to understand what the benefit to this would be... unless you are implying that MK would use this path as an extended queue for Tron after it comes off VQ (much like they used the bridge back towards Africa at AK as an extended queue for Flight of Passage). In which case, yeah, the train might be an option.

The first time I visited MK as an adult I remember the long walkway from Storybook Circus to Space Mountain and thought it was really strange that they basically had this undeveloped portion of the park.

There used to be places in each of the park where (no matter how busy the park was), you could go and find a relatively empty/quiet area where you could escape the crowds and just chill for a few. This path used to be one of those places, the pathways around the tree of life, the back portions of several of the pavilions in EPCOT, certain areas around Streets of America... sadly, these "quiet" areas are slowly disappearing...

 

[1990sWDW]

The placement would certainly work better if they would have leveled the gift shop. Maybe when they get to the Autopia redo they can showcase the area better.

 

[rle4lunch]

Man that placement is terrible. The being said, I wish it was doing previews January 21-28th, lol.

 

[danlb_2000]

Man that placement is terrible. The being said, I wish it was doing previews January 21-28th, lol.

Come on, I am sure that spent at least 15, maybe as much as 20 minutes look at Google Earth before they chose the site for it.

 

[J4546]

I think its looking great! Cant wait to see this in person next year. Hopefully they update the speedway soon after this is done

 

[EricsBiscuit]

It’s in Disney’s interest to keep VQ around as long as possible. If you want to ride twice, your only option is to pay for LL+

 

[MisterPenguin]

It’s in Disney’s interest to keep VQ around as long as possible. If you want to ride twice, your only option is to pay for LL+

Hmmm... then why aren't they using it for more than one ride in all four parks?

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Hmmm... then why aren't they using it for more than one ride in all four parks?

Why haven’t they gotten rid of it when it is clearly not needed? Perhaps a better way to phrase it is Disney has a financial interest in keeping it around, even if it’s not in their (or their guests’) best interests.

 

[celluloid]

Hmmm... then why aren't they using it for more than one ride in all four parks?

Guardians was the first ride in Disney's history to set the precedent of only being able allowed to ride it once a day. That would be quite a large shift without a pilot program.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

In photos from Shanghai (I haven’t been), their version has a grand approach—it almost reads like a TRON plaza—with tiled pathways, trees, and access along the width of the attraction’s front face.

But this (and I know it isn’t complete yet), because it’s tucked into that spot as it is, seems to only have one single point of access? Maybe I’m missing something. And, like you said, the approach isn’t a grand reveal, but almost a hidden corner. Strange.

Been there and you got it. Tron is sorta like a futuristic island of technology. You walk on for the ride level and if I am remembering right you end up kind of lower, sort of like Rockefeller center. Its definitely its own space. That said, the ride is nothing to get too excited about.

 

[mm52200]

Guardians was the first ride in Disney's history to set the precedent of only being able allowed to ride it once a day. That would be quite a large shift without a pilot program.

Rise of the Resistance was the first, followed by Remy and now Guardians to have virtual queue.

 

[rle4lunch]

Come on, I am sure that spent at least 15, maybe as much as 20 minutes look at Google Earth before they chose the site for it.

15.5 minutes.

 

[celluloid]

Rise of the Resistance was the first, followed by Remy and now Guardians to have virtual queue.

Lightning Lane/Genie Plus did not exist with those at the time with the one day rider rule. That was the point of my post.following the conversation on what makes this situation a first.. That is what makes it different.

 

[ohioguy]

I know one thing: the whole area needs a good power wash.

 

[doctornick]

Lightning Lane/Genie Plus did not exist with those at the time with the one day rider rule. That was the point of my post.following the conversation on what makes this situation a first.. That is what makes it different.

IIRC Ratatouille was exactly the same when it opened since it started right when Genie+ did - you could ride once a day virtually or have the option to buy LL as well. So I'm not sure you are right about Cosmic Rewind being the first.

But as mentioned limiting people to one ride a day already happened with both RotR and Ratatouille (and WDW) and DLR even had it going on at the same time with RotR and Spider-Man.

 

[Elizabeth Swann]

IIRC Ratatouille was exactly the same when it opened since it started right when Genie+ did - you could ride once a day virtually or have the option to buy LL as well. So I'm not sure you are right about Cosmic Rewind being the first.

But as mentioned limiting people to one ride a day already happened with both RotR and Ratatouille (and WDW) and DLR even had it going on at the same time with RotR and Spider-Man.

Ratatoullie opened before G+ debuted. We went in late September into October of 2021 and the only way to ride was with a VQ