News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

The Shanghai one also has those seats.

They added another just recently, and I've heard they are planning to add more.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm sure they have no enforcement of this but it's pretty rude. View attachment 702098

When just about every video game you ever played ended with "GAME OVER," did you think the game developers were being rude to you?

 

[UNCgolf]

I see Bob Chapek managed to make it to the Magic Kingdom for a ride! And they even let him sit in the front row!

 

[Hawg G]

I’ve brought it up here a few weeks ago but I don’t think anyone else here has. The worst offenders are the still art along the walls… way way too cluttered, with outlines around everything. Looks jarringly dated.

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Needs more hexagons

 

[Rider]

When just about every video game you ever played ended with "GAME OVER," did you think the game developers were being rude to you?

Not that part. The part that says to leave the park immediately. As if you are not allowed to do anything else at Magic Kingdom today.

 

[vikescaper]

Not that part. The part that says to leave the park immediately. As if you are not allowed to do anything else at Magic Kingdom today.

Could this have been mainly for the DVC preview?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I'm sure they have no enforcement of this but it's pretty rude. View attachment 702098

This was for CM previews. They probably forgot to remove it.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Could this have been mainly for the DVC preview?

It was for CM previews. They must've forgotten to remove it.

 

[vikescaper]

It was for CM previews. They must've forgotten to remove it.

That makes sense!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not that part. The part that says to leave the park immediately. As if you are not allowed to do anything else at Magic Kingdom today.

Oops, missed that part!

 

[JoeCamel]

Oops, missed that part!

In fairness you claim that every time they find you wandering around.....

 

[MisterPenguin]

In fairness you claim that every time they find you wandering around.....

"The pond isn't a communal bath??!"

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[SplashJacket]

Not really the issue. Tron’s average speed is much higher, so it would still be a shorter ride with a lift hill.

Coaster enthusiasts refer to “prime ride time” as in ride time excluding time spent on lift hills, and end of ride brake runs, so this wouldn’t change at all.

 

[J4546]

isnt thunder mountain way longer?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

isnt thunder mountain way longer?

Depends on if you’re talking length or duration.

Similar track length but slower ride so longer duration.

 

[lazyboy97o]

People don’t judge an attraction based on its statistics. It’s all about the experience. And as much as it creates kinetics, the launch (because of its clear view out) and that first block of track outside are disconnected from the setup and conceit of the attraction. That’s all times and experience that is something different and distinct. Even once inside, what’s there and isn’t that much. The whole thing never really delivers on being the fast, right race, especially if you’ve seen either movie.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Thoughts: Thunder is over three minutes, and it all counts thanks to the intricate theming that makes the experience as much a dark ride as a coaster.

There isn’t much disagreement that Dwarves is much too short. Tron is this the second in a pattern of short, underwhelming MK coasters.

Space IS short (and I don’t think it’s one of WDWs absolute top-tier classics) but it had a unique gimmick - being in the dark with lighting effects. Disney has gone back to that well over… and over… and over again. Tron is their fourth iteration of a not-particularly-versatile ride type - the second to open in a single year! Of course it’s going to face much more extensive scrutiny. It also doesn’t help that almost every aspect of Space, from the exterior structure to the queue to the ride experience, is superior to Tron.

The “cool launch” is more about looking neat from outside then it is about enhancing the ride experience - it’s a launch into brakes. It’s emblematic of the whole ride - something that looks cool from very specific angles but has no real substance.

 

[Skibum1970]

Thoughts: Thunder is over three minutes, and it all counts thanks to the intricate theming that makes the experience as much a dark ride as a coaster.

There isn’t much disagreement that Dwarves is much too short. Tron is this the second in a pattern of short, underwhelming MK coasters.

Space IS short (and I don’t think it’s one of WDWs absolute top-tier classics) but it had a unique gimmick - being in the dark with lighting effects. Disney has gone back to that well over… and over… and over again. Tron is their fourth iteration of a not-particularly-versatile ride type - the second to open in a single year! Of course it’s going to face much more extensive scrutiny. It also doesn’t help that almost every aspect of Space, from the exterior structure to the queue to the ride experience, is superior to Tron.

The “cool launch” is more about looking neat from outside then it is about enhancing the ride experience - it’s a launch into brakes. It’s emblematic of the whole ride - something that looks cool from very specific angles but has no real substance.

All that energy and then drain it off for nothing.

 

[donaldfan]

Did the AP preview on Saturday night and I loved the attraction.