News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

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celluloid

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Andrew25 said:
It'll be interesting to see the public/media reaction to the attraction's duration. With Guardians/Hagrid being a ~2.5 minute long coaster, I'm sure there will be lots of "While Tron is fun, it pales in comparison to the other similar new additions throughout Orlando that are 2x as long."

It'll still draw crowds though since Disney does a heck of a job with marketing.
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More beneficial to Disney, it will draw a virtual queue waiting crowd which will have them spending money while they virtually wait.

I think Tron's short length will not only be more noticed(as it has been) by other riders, but also compounded by the fact that it is block break paced. More than a couple block brakes in the dark in under a minute. Not only is Velocicoaster longer, it covers more track with more speed for the thrill. So durration and track are much longer. Guardians and Hagrids are longer, arguably more thrilling and their block brakes are show scenes and a different environment than more dark.
 
Incomudro

Incomudro

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Andrew25 said:
It'll be interesting to see the public/media reaction to the attraction's duration. With Guardians/Hagrid being a ~2.5 minute long coaster, I'm sure there will be lots of "While Tron is fun, it pales in comparison to the other similar new additions throughout Orlando that are 2x as long."

It'll still draw crowds though since Disney does a heck of a job with marketing.
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It is a really short ride.
That's the only issue I have with any of it.
 
SplashJacket

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drizgirl said:
How about the ride vehicles on Hagrid's Motorbikes? Very cool ride vehicles, great theming, and 3 times as long.
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Tron’s seating arrangement makes Hagrid’s motorbike seat seem like a cheap knock-off.

Even then, riding in the motorbike is already a fly superior to the side-car.

Tron’s seats are awesome.

And while there has been tremendous buzz about excessive restricting seating, it’s far overblown. No different than FoP, but alternative seating options actually exist.

And even then, the experience is really only accomplished using this type of seating.

This is far from a Secret Life of Pets scenario where a slow-moving Omni mover is given limiting restrains without alternative for no apparent reason.
 
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TQQQ

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I'd say "quit your %&tchin'"

SDMT opened 9 years ago in 2014 and is still the hardest ride to get on in MK and thats short

Its a new ride in MK that desperately needed one..........

It changes the entire atmosphere at night in tomorrowland (and even beyond)

Short? Yeah, but so what........

Leaves you wanting to go back for more
 
Buried20KLeague

Buried20KLeague

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Piebald said:
They should open Sindbad from Tokyo to make up for the 5 second ride that is Tron!

(Kidding....or am I?)
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Then re-theme it to Brer Rabbit.

We've come full circle.

(Sindbad is the best ride in Sea. Hands down. A big part is which is because of where it's at and the care it receives. Imagine that ride in Florida.)
 
Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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TQQQ said:
I'd say "quit your %&tchin'"

SDMT opened 9 years ago in 2014 and is still the hardest ride to get on in MK and thats short

Its a new ride in MK that desperately needed one..........

It changes the entire atmosphere at night in tomorrowland (and even beyond)

Short? Yeah, but so what........

Leaves you wanting to go back for more
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You can’t see it from most of Tomorrowland.

What MK desperately needs is capacity, and this ain’t it. In fact, it’s horrible placement shuts off one of the most attractive expansion opportunities in the park, a big area that COULD have been used to meaningfully increase capacity.
 
Marc Davis Fan

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There are interesting aesthetic differences between this version and Shanghai's including:
  • The narrow hallway upon entering looks like a circuit board instead of moving light patterns (cooler in Shanghai, IMHO)
  • The light pattern at final brake run is different (nearly a tie, but IMHO the Shanghai version works slightly better
One thing haven't heard definitively, though, is whether there are differences in the "disappearing wall" pre-show. In Shanghai, it's not really a pre-show, but just a room in the queue where you might catch the effect or might not. Sometimes, at least in the early days, apparently it was more like a pre-show because they filled the room, let the effect happen, and then opened the exit doors (but I've never seen footage of it working like this, and it didn't happen when I was there). Might the reported differences in the pre-show be that this one works more like an actual pre-show? A "real" pre-show would make it feel slightly more like a complete experience...

EDIT: Indeed, based on the Mickey Views queue video, the pre-show seems to be improved in exactly the way I'd hoped! See here:
 
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