News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

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gorillaball

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Casper Gutman said:
Nah, this is entirely correct - and I’ll admit, it shocked me. But GotG in Cal Adventure is a better ride, better themed, and a much better representation of the featured IP then Rewind or Tron. It’s not as good as WDW’s Tower, of course, but it’s a very impressive make-over and very clearly the second best Marvel ride in the world (a distant second, but still a strong one).
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But the take wasn't on the ride - it was on the appearance. "Better looking..."
 
wdwmagic

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TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed​

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TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed

TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed
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Casper Gutman

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James Alucobond said:
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First Look Inside Reimagined & Renamed Tomorrowland Launch Depot TRON Gift Shop at Magic Kingdom

Take a look around the reimagined and renamed Tomorrowland Launch Depot. The shop is the main TRON Lightcycle Run gift shop
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“Reimagined” is a heck of a stretch. Those blue and orange strips are particularly cheap-looking.

The exit to Space Mountain has certainly been downgraded from the days you rode an inclined moving walkway up into an arcade.
 
Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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wdwmagic said:

TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed​

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TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed

TRON Lightcycle Run merchandise opens in former Stitch's Great Escape and Star Traders as Launch Depot is delayed
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Misuse of an attraction space aside, compare this (or even the more permanent Launch Depot) with the heavily-themed temporary merchandise locations Universal regularly builds.
 
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James Alucobond

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Casper Gutman said:
Misuse of an attraction space aside, compare this (or even the more permanent Launch Depot) with the heavily-themed temporary merchandise locations Universal regularly builds.
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Disney creates plenty of highly themed stores. Look at Galaxy’s Edge or Pandora or New Fantasyland. Disliking the stylistic direction of Tomorrowland as being overly contemporary, mundane, or spartan is separate from their ability to create themed shops.

EDIT: Ohhh, I see you mean temporary shops specifically. Misread.
 
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James Alucobond

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AEfx said:
Oh, I'm just *completely* shocked...you mean people weren't standing in line for hours on end, paying admission to a theme park to stand in line to buy Tron merchandise to commemorate their 60-second roller coaster ride? Shocked I say, shocked!
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I mean, I’d normally agree, but it wouldn’t be the first time, and it was probably a sensible precaution during a week so historically busy.
 
ToTBellHop

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WondersOfLife said:
It's almost as if this shouldn't have been built...... The IP isn't popular..... and the attraction itself is not great....

Just another gigantic clunky box that obstructs the aesthetic of the park.
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Unpopular IP but popular ride (the VQ and ILL sell-out rate suggests it’s popular) sounds like a beloved, recently departed MK classic that was quite satisfactual for 3 decades.
 
Vegas Disney Fan

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I love how this looks… except the sign, I don’t get why they made the planter so deep and then left it empty looking from the front. I thought for sure there’d be a tree or topiary behind the sign but now that it’s got a couple shrubs (you can’t see) I guess this is it.

Other than that small complaint I love it though.

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SilentWindODoom

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James Alucobond said:
There are many pictures from A-frame balconies throughout the thread, though many seem to insist they are aerial or tower shots for whatever reason.
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As long as I've been following, I've only seen two shots in this thread from the South-ish side of the box. One was stated to be a shot from the monorail. The second is this, from fairly recently.

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There may be more elsewhere, perhaps on this blog or perhaps on the site which cannot be named. The Epcot neighborhood information I was looking for that everyone spoke about happening wound up being only in official maps. Given that we're looking down at both and the other building is in front of Space, it appears that this is from the upper reaches of Bay Lake Tower. But I've really been aching to see more.
 
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James Alucobond

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SilentWindODoom said:
As long as I've been following, I've only seen two shots in this thread from the South-ish side of the box. One was stated to be a shot from the monorail. The second is this, from fairly recently.

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There may be more elsewhere, perhaps on this blog or perhaps on the site which cannot be named. The Epcot neighborhood information I was looking for that everyone spoke about happening wound up being only in official maps. Given that we're looking down at both and the other building is in front of Space, it appears that this is from the upper reaches of Bay Lake Tower. But I've really been aching to see more.
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I think this one from DFB got posted previously, which is from the A-frame and looks essentially the same as that tower shot. This one also highlights the relative scale, where Space Mountain and TRON are much larger (and therefore TRON much more problematic) for Contemporary guests.
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larryz

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TomboyJanet said:
Well the Guardian's ride's building was originally the Energy Pavilion and it was designed to look like a force of energy pushing toward you as well as having all those solar panels powering it on top. Each Pavilion originally was designed based on what they were, Wavey for the seas, Round like a wheel for World of Motion, Organic cell like structure for Wonders of Life, A futuristic Building for Horizons, A World for Spaceship Earth, A greenhouse for Land, and Imagination had fantastical glass pyramids for letting the sky shine in and making you feel like you were in the clouds, until they closed that area off to us peasants. That was the wonder of the original Epcot is that it flowed SO well even better than Magic Kingdom imo. It's a shame we lost that. I miss the 90s and being a kid there. I grew up just in time to appreciate the rides that were closing in front of my eyes. :/.
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Careful! Someone's going to think you're an expert on Epcot or something!!! ;)
 
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gorillaball

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
I love how this looks… except the sign, I don’t get why they made the planter so deep and then left it empty looking from the front. I thought for sure there’d be a tree or topiary behind the sign but now that it’s got a couple shrubs (you can’t see) I guess this is it.

Other than that small complaint I love it though.

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If you had a tree or anything going vertical it would block some of the view. While I have not seen it in person I'm fine with some small (short) landscaping in this spot.
 

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