News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Brian]

The short ride time is a common complaint among surveyed guests. I'd expect that to become even more common once the VQ goes away.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

Wow! A lot of TRON coaster haters.

Are the TRON coaster haters the same folks as the Mission Space haters?

I have not ridden TRON yet. I am looking forward to it, I hope its not as bad as the haters say it is.

I don't hate it. Just too short of a ride for the amount of time you wait. Takeoff and 1st turn is exciting but that's about it. RnRC and Velosicoster does it better. I just wouldn't wait long for it. Would be a nice LL pickup.

And I like Mission Space.

 

[SaucyBoy]

Are the TRON coaster haters the same folks as the Mission Space haters?

Yes

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

To me, TRON is fun, but it needs like 15 more seconds and one more thrill, like a drop. The feeling of a drop in that position on the bike would probably feel insane.

 

[Rich Brownn]

My two complaints: It feels like the portion from load to launch, and from end break to unload is longer than the actual ride and the fact it brakes so hard entering the show building. It's like it teases you outside with the visible launch and then you hit the brake and slow waaaaay down. It's almost like "ah-ha! fooled you. Ya thought it was all high speed coaster!"

 

[Unbanshee]

New character profiles added to the Team Green area recently

New Team Green Characters Introduced on First Anniversary of TRON Lightcycle Run

To celebrate the first anniversary of TRON Lightcycle Run, new Team Green members have been added to the Enterprise post-show

blogmickey.com

 

[GhostHost1000]

Tron looks cool in Tomorrowland, but the ride itself is just short and meh imo. Wish it wasn’t a cookie cutter attraction and was enhanced or expanded from the original.

 

[DonniePeverley]

Like every modern DIsney ride - way too short, rather than the epic attractions they once built. Probably with an eye on keeping the queues down, rather than building a ride that has legacy for all time.

If Jungle Cruise, Pirates etc were built today they would last a minute.

 

[tparris]

Like every modern DIsney ride - way too short, rather than the epic attractions they once built. Probably with an eye on keeping the queues down, rather than building a ride that has legacy for all time.

If Jungle Cruise, Pirates etc were built today they would last a minute.

Okay.

 

[Advisable Joseph]

It has a 4.3 on yelp.

For comparison, Space Mountain also has 4.3. So does Big Thunder.

Jungle Cruise has 3.7.

Haunted Mansion was better: 4.5.

EDIT: This article from Christmastime 2023 also gives context.

 

[dmc493]

No one told me I was supposed to be reviewing the rides on Yelp

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Okay.

ok

 

[gerarar]

Cross-posting to here, but Tron just had its worst day operationally since the ride opened, and it just celebrated its first anniversary/birthday last week!

Here are the top 3 days with the most downtime:

• April 9, 2024 (today) with 467 mins (~8hrs) of downtime
• July 12, 2023 with 392 mins (~7hrs) of downtime
• Sept 24, 2023 with 370 (~6hrs) mins of downtime

Tron usually has very good uptime and reliability, so these kind of bad days are very rare. Today's problems stem from yesterday (4/8) where it shut down around 4pm and never reopened for the rest of the day.
That continued 'til today until it finally reopened at 1pm, but then went down again for another 3 hours. Only 100 BGs were called today.
Good news (kinda) is MK doesn't seem to be that busy as the morning and afternoon VQ windows lasted for minutes today, which is longer than the norm.

Final Day 386 Stats (4/9):
7am: 55.1 secs
1pm: 508.3 secs, or ~8 mins

BG 100 (-24) is the last BG called for the day at 4:20pm.

Notable stoppages:
9:00 - 1:02pm
1:14 - 4:59pm

Today marks the worst day operationally for ride since it opened about a year ago as it was down for 7hrs 67m, excluding yesterday's downtime at 4pm and never reopening.

April 9, 2024 (today) had 467 mins of downtime
Sept 24, 2023 had 370 mins of downtime
July 12, 2023 had 392 mins of downtime

Average pace: 5mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 9m -> 9m (+0)
1pm: 52m -> 51m (-1m)

That does it for Day 386 of TRON Lightcycle / Run!
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[gerarar]

The Tron building/exterior supports have finally been power washed (or in the midst of being cleaned).

Before / After:

Source and more pics:

 

[Bocabear]

That's coming out of the 60B....lol

 

[James Alucobond]

That's coming out of the 60B....lol

It is standard maintenance. If anything, they should allocate more money to schedule cleanings more frequently so that it never reaches the state it was just in.

 

[DCBaker]

Walt Disney World has announced TRON Lightcycle / Run will transition to a traditional standby queue beginning September 9, 2024.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Walt Disney World has announced TRON Lightcycle / Run will transition to a traditional standby queue beginning September 9, 2024.

About time they do this.

 

[Starship824]

Walt Disney World has announced TRON Lightcycle / Run will transition to a traditional standby queue beginning September 9, 2024.

YES

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

HURRAH!