I think this would have been much better received by the nerds if it opened in 2019. I think the public will welcome it.
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Vegas Disney Fan
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When I read this my initial thought was all the complaints from splitting up groups and families: plus size parent… row 10, 8 year old son… row 2, 14 year old daughter… row 6. Everyone rides but no one would be very happy about it.
The people who ran the drop tower down the street tried modifying seats to be more plus size friendly and the result was deadly. It sucks when people can’t ride but parks should never modify safety restraints, that’s what ride engineers are for.
ToTBellHop
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How is there still no area loop recording?! How am I supposed to get through a workout like this?!
Think we are waiting for concrete and coatings to fully cure - its only been finished for a few days.This is bugging me way more than it should but can someone please throw some flowers in this thingView attachment 696761
Disone
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I got the chance to ride Tron today. It's more plus size friendly then I had expected. My friend and I both had room to spare. I'm 220 and big boned and my friend is less then 220 but shorter and a little wider then myself and for both of us It was no challenge to lock in the seat.
I can not believe it goes 70mph! Maybe they meant kmph??? J/k. But seriously did not feel like that fast. To me RNRC, and test track both feel faster. Was fun, smooth but way short. So very short.
***** spoiler alert******
Do not continue reading if you don't want to know what the inside portion is like.
The inside portion felt very much like rock and roller coaster complete with brake runs that you enter with a right hand turn and then dive out of with a left hand turn. And even the props... Instead of going through a donut or under a freeway sign, you're going through something in the world of Tron but really If guardians of the Galaxy is Space Mountain 2.0 then this is rock and roller coaster 2.0.
The finale is cool where you get to race side by side with the yellow team quickly causing them to crash.
I can not believe it goes 70mph! Maybe they meant kmph??? J/k. But seriously did not feel like that fast. To me RNRC, and test track both feel faster. Was fun, smooth but way short. So very short.
***** spoiler alert******
Do not continue reading if you don't want to know what the inside portion is like.
The inside portion felt very much like rock and roller coaster complete with brake runs that you enter with a right hand turn and then dive out of with a left hand turn. And even the props... Instead of going through a donut or under a freeway sign, you're going through something in the world of Tron but really If guardians of the Galaxy is Space Mountain 2.0 then this is rock and roller coaster 2.0.
The finale is cool where you get to race side by side with the yellow team quickly causing them to crash.
ToTBellHop
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I believe it’s 60 mph.
To be well received by enthusiasts, its original problem needed resolving - ride length. v2.0 with longer ride would have satisfied most I think.
yep 59mph
yensidtlaw1969
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I would have even been pleased if the slow portions at the beginning and end had featured more show elements than in Shanghai - that long stretch at the end where you're just being rolled through an empty corridor seems like such a waste. There are so many cool things to look at in the world of TRON, just show us some of them! Especially because it's hard to get a really good look at anything during the fast portion.
But that's just if I'm trying to be *reasonable* - I absolutely agree the ride should have been longer.
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Disone
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Thanks. I'm not sure why I thought I read it was 70. It is clearly not that fast. But it didn't feel like 60 either. Again I would say both rock and roller coaster and test track felt faster. I guess test track is at 65 mph. So good reason for that
And while technically, it edges out rock and roller coaster, it genuinely feels like rock and roller coaster is faster.
I find guardians a little bit more fun and definitely longer. And felt just as fast.
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Of course they will welcome a new ride to nibble on crowds.
Will they tell their neighbors how awesome the ride is? Yeah, no.
lentesta
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I'll say that the outdoor architecture looks really, really good once you're under it.
Also, they're handling groups inside the same as at Guardians: odd-numbered groups go to one line, even-numbered groups to another. This is to try to fill every seat without using a single-rider line. (Because two odd numbers added together is always an even number, and two even numbers added together is always an even number, too.)
Also, they're handling groups inside the same as at Guardians: odd-numbered groups go to one line, even-numbered groups to another. This is to try to fill every seat without using a single-rider line. (Because two odd numbers added together is always an even number, and two even numbers added together is always an even number, too.)
AEfx
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Alright, I'll be the one - I can't believe Disney spent THIS much time and THIS much money on...that.
I do have to admit though, at least Disney is being up front about it - they posted a full POV video that lasts a whole 50 seconds - and that's including the launch. The actual "roller coaster roller coasting" is like 40 seconds. And they STILL skimped on the theming with much of it empty!
I'm sorry, but that's just embarrassing. Forget what the "Disney nerds" feel about it - I just don't see the general public being happy going through all you have to go through just to get on the thing, and the entire experience is less than a minute long.
I haven't thought much of the project, period (the theme choice, the placement - one indoor coaster next to another, the overall dated "white means future" design), but I at least was expecting the ride itself would be decent.
I'm honestly just floored that the MK gets it's first mountain in 30 years, and...this is what it is.
I do have to admit though, at least Disney is being up front about it - they posted a full POV video that lasts a whole 50 seconds - and that's including the launch. The actual "roller coaster roller coasting" is like 40 seconds. And they STILL skimped on the theming with much of it empty!
I'm sorry, but that's just embarrassing. Forget what the "Disney nerds" feel about it - I just don't see the general public being happy going through all you have to go through just to get on the thing, and the entire experience is less than a minute long.
I haven't thought much of the project, period (the theme choice, the placement - one indoor coaster next to another, the overall dated "white means future" design), but I at least was expecting the ride itself would be decent.
I'm honestly just floored that the MK gets it's first mountain in 30 years, and...this is what it is.
Andrew25
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The public will love it since it goes they haven't been looking at construction updates for years now. Most of them will probably not realize it's been open for several years now in Shanghai.
Not sure what people were expecting, we've known for years this is just a coaster in the dark with a few helixes and the occasional projection effect. (That's why so many of us have been complaining about its ridiculous construction timeline)
Vegas Disney Fan
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I think even us nerds will quickly forget how long it took to build this once it’s open.
I followed the Cosmic Rewind build from announcement to opening and didn’t think about the build time once when I finally rode it.
With all the ride time comments I’m more worried this will be like 7 dwarfs, every time I get off that ride I’m grinning but simultaneously wishing it had been twice as long, a good addition that could have easily been great had they made it just a bit longer.
gorillaball
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Really? It's getting shorter and shorter by each post. A minute... under a minute, now we are down to 40 seconds.
ToTBellHop
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Someone just rode TRON and it was 14 seconds from launch to brakes.
14 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!11
14 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!11
AEfx
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That's not why I think the general public is not going to be impressed with this. It has nothing to do with the other reasons the project is so baffling - it has to do with the fact that the ride is less than a minute long, and it's pretty bland at that.
ToTBellHop
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It’s a 2 minute ride from dispatch to unload, which is how civilized people measure coaster length.
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AEfx
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Just watch the video Disney posted.
The video is 50 seconds long, and it starts part way through the mid-launch and it is coming to it's final stop as the video ends.
So yes, the actual "I'm on a roller coaster" part is around 40 seconds long if you are counting actual "coasting" time.