News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[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!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Unprecedented demand…

 

[Purduevian]

I am curious why though, it all comes back to money somehow.

1. VQ was actually hurting ILL sales
2. Take people out of other lines/streets to make food/merch more accessible
3. IT bill for running 3 VQs just wasn't worth it for Tron anymore

 

[Poseidon Quest]

I am curious why though, it all comes back to money somehow.

1. VQ was actually hurting ILL sales
2. Take people out of other lines/streets to make food/merch more accessible
3. IT bill for running 3 VQs just wasn't worth it for Tron anymore

I think you could probably throw in Tiana's not meeting capacity expectations due to its frequent down time.

 

[GoofGoof]

I am curious why though, it all comes back to money somehow.

1. VQ was actually hurting ILL sales
2. Take people out of other lines/streets to make food/merch more accessible
3. IT bill for running 3 VQs just wasn't worth it for Tron anymore

#1 for sure. I think they probably want to get rid of all 3 VQs ASAP then it’s pay or wait in longer lines. The VQ lines were not short but they were shorter than what standby will likely be. Gives people more incentive to buy ILL up front.

 

[GoofGoof]

I think you could probably throw in Tiana's not meeting capacity expectations due to its frequent down time.

Agreed. They wanted that off VQ already but it would be a train wreck with the issues. The LLMP capacity available 7 days out is way lower than demand which could impact sales some. The days the ride is actually working most of the time they drop more LLs each hour on “the day of” but I’m sure they would rather have that capacity to sell in advance.

 

[Disstevefan1]

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

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freedom to standby or not!!!
And standby lines EAT PEOPLE!

 

[Disstevefan1]

Unprecedented demand…

There will be folks waiting in the standby line believe me!

 

[Disstevefan1]

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

Before / After:
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Source and more pics:

WDW maintenance worker: "The pressure washing is all done Boss"

WDW manager: "What are you talking about, TRON still looks like a mess"

WDW maintenance worker: "What? I thought you asked me to pressure wash the floor lighting around the planter in Future Wo... er.. I mean, World Celebration in EPCOT! Oh well at least that floor lighting is nice and clean now! I cant wait to see what it looks like at night!"