News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Coaster Lover]

It's funny, but it screams 2007 to me, LOL - it has that whole iMac/Nintendo Wii look to it.

Super Nintendo World missed a great opportunity not naming their restrooms that... Nintendo Wii...

 

[Incomudro]

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.

It is a really short ride.
That's the only issue I have with any of it.

 

[celluloid]

It is a really short ride.
That's the only issue I have with any of it.

Obviously the budget would have doubled at least, but it would have been a great Disney's first dueling coaster given the premise.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Please. It’s a box with some wavey bits.

That's how my wife describes me as well.

 

[larryz]

Someone just rode TRON and it was 14 seconds from launch to brakes.

14 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!11

I can ride that ride in 12 seconds!

 

[FigmentFan82]

I can ride that ride in 12 seconds!

I'll do it in 10!

 

[Piebald]

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

(Kidding....or am I?)

 

[Casper Gutman]

I meant the interior will probably look different -- that outdoor section will probably still look pretty bad; I'm not sure what they can do to fix that.

You don’t like the parking garage aesthetic?

 

[Casper Gutman]

It’s a pretty light installation. They should have attached a ride to it.

 

[SplashJacket]

How about the ride vehicles on Hagrid's Motorbikes? Very cool ride vehicles, great theming, and 3 times as long.

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.

 

[TQQQ]

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

 

[wdwmagic]

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

Leaves you wanting to go back for more

Which you won't be able to do, because it will be one ride per day thanks to Virtual Queue and Lighting Lane

 

[Buried20KLeague]

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

(Kidding....or am I?)

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.)

 

[Buried20KLeague]

It’s a pretty light installation. They should have attached a ride to it.

And they should have faced the whole thing the right direction.

 

[TQQQ]

Which you won't be able to do, because it will be one ride per day thanks to Virtual Queue and Lighting Lane

you can ride 2x, as long as you PAY UP!

 

[Hawg G]

Legacy is a direct sequel to Tron, so it's all Tron. Everything in film 2 is built upon what was created for film 1.

And nothing but the TRON 2 light cycle appears in this ride. 2 movies of cool things, and we get neon hexagons.

 

[Casper Gutman]

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

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]

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:

 

[FigmentFan82]

And nothing but the TRON 2 light cycle appears in this ride. 2 movies of cool things, and we get neon hexagons.

i didn't make it

 

[lewisc]

Which you won't be able to do, because it will be one ride per day thanks to Virtual Queue and Lighting Lane

3 times some days
VQ
$LL
VQ for deluxe extended evening hours