They had to take the bulbs to ship out to the Concession sign of MRRR at DL.
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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They had to take the bulbs to ship out to the Concession sign of MRRR at DL.
Surferboy567
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I’m just happy to see some more TRON representation, as someone who thinks TRON Legacy is very under appreciated. Definitely a fan of the franchise and seeing this is cool. Excited to try this out soon, if I can muster up enough courage to get on a lightcycle.
And only more than 45 years apart, more resources and right next to it.
How do they do it?!
As a fat man, walking in shame from a test seat in view of hundreds is not really any less embarrassing than walking in shame from the ride where only the people next to you can see you.
That’s a good point. At FoP, until Covid, they gave people too fat to ride several paper anytime Multiple Experience FastPasses. Not sure those exist anymore.
A test seat doesn’t help if you have to buy before you even get back there. I think the make good will have to be a refund-and-something.
7DMT isn’t very accommodating to thick-thighed individuals either. I wonder if Disney might consider just hiring a fat guy to test their test vehicles during development. That’s 3 major rides in a decade that aren’t particularly good for various body shapes (and with no good reason on FoP)
JoeCamel
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Now they have a bike coaster it might be a bad idea to configure the seats to accommodate all larger guests. I forget if they strung nets over the walkways but even if they did a falling person might be too much for them and very bad show. Got to engineer for most not for all
ToTBellHop
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The only thing that surprises me here is that they didn’t install the lap bar seats on every train.
With a bike coaster, if they accommodate larger guests, 7-year olds will be falling out. Nature of the beast.
This is, however, reason #7342 why it was stupid going to paid Fastpass.
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blogmickey.com
I agree but the second solution is to have skinny seats and jumbo seats and never shall the two cross. It would not take much to laser measure guests and sort them accordingly. I’d prefer to be sent to the fat seats than to be sent to the Mickey bar cart.
PS I know they’ll never do this but they should.
Casper Gutman
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It’s real neat to see WDW giving up on one of the few areas in which they were clearly superior to Universal. Oh well, it’s not like Disney has a history of beloved coasters that can accommodate a wide variety of body types.
I’m also amused by the comments that assume innovation in the field of ride restraints is impossible, that Disney and Uni couldn’t develop more adaptable restraints if they felt it was profitable. Actually, we know Uni is trying to develop such restraints - whether they ever actually utilize them is another matter.
Jrb1979
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It's not that simple to just create a restraint so all guest sizes can enjoy an attraction. It's not as simple as Disney or Universal just creating a new restraint but the manufacturer of the coaster has to agree to it.
Marc Davis Fan
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This is the best footage/audio I've seen of the WDW version so far, posted a few hours ago:
I went on the version in Shanghai and thought it was OK but not great. Seeing this makes me think that understanding the language (I do not speak Chinese) goes a long way in making the experience more compelling... since, after all, you'll know what the heck is going on. I think the language barrier gave me an unfairly negative impression, without my realizing that it was a significant factor.
You still have to temper your expectations, because it is very short and very aesthetically/thematically simple.
Definitely sit near the back and ride at night, though. Trust me.
I went on the version in Shanghai and thought it was OK but not great. Seeing this makes me think that understanding the language (I do not speak Chinese) goes a long way in making the experience more compelling... since, after all, you'll know what the heck is going on. I think the language barrier gave me an unfairly negative impression, without my realizing that it was a significant factor.
You still have to temper your expectations, because it is very short and very aesthetically/thematically simple.
Definitely sit near the back and ride at night, though. Trust me.
I swear am I crazy or is the last stretch longer in this version vs the shanghai version? I just watched vids again and yes, the final tunnel leading to the unload platform is def longer in this version. So does that mean this isnt a "clone"?
Also that video is really really great, best ive seen for this ride
Also that video is really really great, best ive seen for this ride
Patcheslee
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Do they have any type of netting or such when the track is close to the walkway?
Remember incidents with Velocicoaster before they put up netting.