News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[JoeCamel]

My dad bought a whole bunch from a local hardware store that was closing…

Your dad is/was a smart man

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Your dad is/was a smart man

Was…and I should’ve bought out the inventory of Pop Brennan’s Schwinn bicycle shop…DOZENS of new, original Sting Rays and ALL the accessories…

 

[rioriz]

Be smart, though. Write the next update in hieroglyphs to sort out the fanmen from the fanboys.

Lol After I wrote my original post I followed up with another just spelling it out...was trying to be too coy...

Check the Moana thread for my next construction update

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I grew up about 5 miles from the original Lionel factory on the Hillside/Irvington, NJ boarder…

Next time I go up north…I’ll take pix and post them…the building and water tower is still standing and the building still has the Lionel name on the facade and original tile mosaic of their logo in the foyer…ROAD-TRIP!!

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Next time I go up north…I’ll take pix and post them…the building and water tower is still standing and the building still has the Lionel name on the facade and original tile mosaic of their logo in the foyer…ROAD-TRIP!!

I stand corrected…a train museum in Pennsylvania actually bought the facade and it was removed from the building and shipped there…

 

[Clamman73]

As CEO…since the railroad is open, put some cool neon blue TRON sign “opening soon“ in place of that yrs old sign.

 

[JoeCamel]

As CEO…since the railroad is open, put some cool neon blue TRON sign “opening soon“ in place of that yrs old sign.

That would require a permit, approval and NOC to put up. Three years so a response to Epic Universe?

 

[DCBaker]

Good Morning America previewed TRON Lightcycle / Run this morning.

See full video here -

 

[GhostHost1000]

Just advertised it on the Disney parks parade on tv as well. Really pushing the “come see our unique amazing attractions our imagineers come up with” (at other parks we just carbon copy to save money and take 5 years to build with nothing really new coming soon after that was not mentioned however)

 

[James Alucobond]

Just advertised it on the Disney parks parade on tv as well. Really pushing the “come see our unique amazing attractions our imagineers come up with” (at other parks we just carbon copy to save money and take 5 years to build with nothing really new coming soon after that was not mentioned however)

The average WDW guest is never going to Shanghai and therefore does not care.

 

[GhostHost1000]

The average WDW guest is never going to Shanghai.

Agreed but the average guest knows it takes forever for wdw to build anything new and nothing new is really coming

 

[James Alucobond]

Agreed but the average guest knows it takes forever for wdw to build anything new and nothing new is really coming

What is the actual average interval between two visits for most non-Floridians? I know neither I nor my siblings nor my parents cared at all about whether or not new things were built between our visits. We were just ready to go back because it had been a few years. I'm not saying new things don't attract people or that they don't need new things to handle the ever worsening capacity issues, but most people aren't fretting about build speed unless construction is actively impeding movement through the park, as is currently the case with EPCOT.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Agreed but the average guest knows it takes forever for wdw to build anything new and nothing new is really coming

Yep! A new bathroom there now a days can take up to 7 years to build...On a good day..

 

[Patcheslee]

What is the actual average interval between two visits for most non-Floridians? I know neither I nor my siblings nor my parents cared at all about whether or not new things were built between our visits. We were just ready to go back because it had been a few years. I'm not saying new things don't attract people or that they don't need new things to handle the ever worsening capacity issues, but most people aren't fretting about build speed unless construction is actively impeding movement through the park, as is currently the case with EPCOT.

We were a 2-3 year family. Granted we had planned 2021, but nixed that plan with hopes Epcot construction would be mostly completed. Opted for Uni that year because I wanted to be back in Florida. DD11 then asked about maybe a day at Epcot, but ticket cost vs construction at the time, it didn't seem worth it. Last visit was 2019, prior to GE opening. We'll return in mid 2023, at least with some new attractions.
But the older DD gets, the less we have to invest in vacations since school trips cut into savings too.

 

[ChrisFL]

The average WDW guest is never going to Shanghai and therefore does not care.

The average WDW guest probably doesn't even know there's a park in Shanghai or a TRON coaster at all before now

 

[J4546]

The average WDW guest is never going to Shanghai and therefore does not care.

For real. I love that tron got built in us so I can experience it cause otherwise...I would not. I hope they bring over some more of the cool stuff from Shanghai that I'll never experience as well like camp discovery

 

[Disney Analyst]

The average WDW guest probably doesn't even know there's a park in Shanghai or a TRON coaster at all before now

Yeah clones from the international parks is far less an issue for me.

Now domestic cloned rides… less of those.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Yeah clones from the international parks is far less an issue for me.

Now domestic cloned rides… less of those.

Oh I agree. They have some great rides overseas

 

[Disney Analyst]

Oh I agree. They have some great rides overseas

Mystic Manor in the US please

 

[Incomudro]

Yeah clones from the international parks is far less an issue for me.

Now domestic cloned rides… less of those.

Not only is it not an issue, we should have domestically at least what's available overseas.
Clones in the US don't bother me one bit either.
The whole point of WDW was to bring to the east coast what was on the west coast.