News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[Bocabear]

i think the 185' is to the top of the antenna tower thing, not the building itself... So the Tron building is probably taller than Space Mountain main building...If they do not position the Tron building properly you will definitely have a very visible concrete box next to an architecturally significant, beautifully designed building.
It would be nice if they would integrate some of the Space Mountain building features into the new Tron building so at least they sort of go together...

 

[MisterPenguin]

I do hope they find a way to keep the giant, boxy TRON show building from disrupting this view of Space Mountain, I can just see the tall pointy corners poking up from behind on either side . . .

You will be disappointed. Sorry.

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

I do hope they find a way to keep the giant, boxy TRON show building from disrupting this view of Space Mountain, I can just see the tall pointy corners poking up from behind on either side . . .

They will probably paint is a shade of blue and call it a day. Hope that it blends into the sky and guests don't notice. Just like Sound Stage 5 at DHS.

 

[Bocabear]

Actually the top roof of Space Mountain appears to be about 153' according to a blueprint I saw...so the Tron box will be 16' taller...and Space Mountain's shape gets maller as it goes up...the Tron building is a massive box...I dont think there will be any way to hide it, and wioth the Florida water table, they cant sink the building too far down into the ground....

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Maybe they'll plant trees.

 

[Bocabear]

Maybe they'll plant trees.

those better be some tall trees...at least 17 stories high....

 

[EricsBiscuit]

those better be some tall trees...at least 17 stories high....

I don't think the showbuilding in SDL is that big.

 

[larryz]

I don't think the showbuilding in SDL is that big.

Hey, they can put a red strobe light on top of the Space Mountain antennas and nobody will even notice that big, go-away green building behind it.

 

[Bocabear]

I don't think the showbuilding in SDL is that big.

If you look, the walkways and plazas are elevated about 20' off the ground making it look a little shorter... The Space Mountain building is also built well below the plaza grade so if the 169' Tron Building height is correct, it will definitely be more massive and taller than Space Mountain... Maybe they can push it as far back as possible to allow it to look smaller... but side by side you are going to see it...and how!

 

[crxbrett]

That beautiful view may be gone, but I am going to try to be optimistic about this. It's possible the TRON building with it's bubble glass canopies all lit up at night might look like a futuristic city behind SM? It might still be a neat view...

I need to look at SDL's show building again. Maybe I am completely mis-remembering lol

 

[MisterPenguin]

I do hope they find a way to keep the giant, boxy TRON show building from disrupting this view of Space Mountain, I can just see the tall pointy corners poking up from behind on either side . . .

The blue is the wavy canopy (Google Earth can't do wavy, so, you get a box). The white is the coaster building which will mostly be invisible from the park, but, when you look from outside the park...

 

[danlb_2000]

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-massive-land-clearing-underway-tron-magic-kingdom/

Woah.... I didn't realize the construction site was this big. Will the coaster take up most of the land or will they expand Tomorrowland a bit??

 

[RobotWolf]

Despite whatever they do to the Tron showbuilding, they are killing the forced-perspective effect of Space Mountain. It's going to look very small now. Not much of a mountain anymore.

 

[Horizons '83]

Despite whatever they do to the Tron showbuilding, they are killing the forced-perspective effect of Space Mountain. It's going to look very small now. Not much of a mountain anymore.

You might be right when outside the park but when you are in it as others have said the perspective shouldn't change.

 

[RobotWolf]

You might be right when outside the park but when you are in it as others have said the perspective shouldn't change.

I understand what you mean. But Space Mountain being a capital "weenie" on the edge of the park, greatly contributed to the guest experience outside of the park. For example: As they approach the park for the first time on the monorail, SM makes a very dramatic and beautiful first impression. This first impression will be at least changed by the presence of the Tron showbuilding.

It's great that the park angle will be preserved. But SM was a part of many other angles to a very positive effect. Tron may cause these impressions to be lost.

 

[crxbrett]

I'm definitely weary of that view, don't get me wrong. But I am hopeful it may not be as bad as we are thinking it will be once it is finished.

<<GULP>> I hope.


Too bad that big building couldn't have been built a little farther north of where it is going. Might have been more hidden.

I will say when I look at photos of Shanghai's TRON at night, with all of the bright colors and swooping curves of the canopy bubbles - it looks extremely beautiful and I do think it will really add to Tomorrowland. At least at nighttime.


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[cjkeating]

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The blue is the wavy canopy (Google Earth can't do wavy, so, you get a box). The white is the coaster building which will mostly be invisible from the park, but, when you look from outside the park...

I am pretty sure I said this way back somewhere in this thread... the Tron shed is going to cause a sightline mess. Something I think MK has generally avoided up until now.

 

[lazyboy97o]

If you look, the walkways and plazas are elevated about 20' off the ground making it look a little shorter... The Space Mountain building is also built well below the plaza grade so if the 169' Tron Building height is correct, it will definitely be more massive and taller than Space Mountain... Maybe they can push it as far back as possible to allow it to look smaller... but side by side you are going to see it...and how!

169' is about twice the height of the gravity box. The highest point, where the vehicles enter the gravity box, is about 12' taller.

 

[Notes from Neverland]

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The blue is the wavy canopy (Google Earth can't do wavy, so, you get a box). The white is the coaster building which will mostly be invisible from the park, but, when you look from outside the park...

You deserve more credit for the work you do with Google Earth and adding in diagrams. Always awesome stuff.

 

[MisterPenguin]

169' is about twice the height of the gravity box. The highest point, where the vehicles enter the gravity box, is about 12' taller.

If that's the case, the view from outside is more like...