News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

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doctornick

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DonniePeverley said:
Guardians is pants. This is good, but far too short.

What happened to long experiences with Disney attractions ?
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I totally agree that they need to build some longer rides. And there’s certainly an argument that Tron is too short. But there’s no way that a ride this “intense” (for a Disney park) would work out beyond maybe another 30-90 seconds of coaster time.
 
SilentWindODoom

SilentWindODoom

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lazyboy97o said:
It could be 3 hours long and he’d say it’s too short.
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Yeah. He's the Russian Bot of this board. After seeing it a number of times I finally decided to look at his post history and it's all just running in to say derisive or divisive (but generally ignorant either way) things and then not respond until the next time except for a surprisingly serious discussion on the physics of farts a few dozen pages back.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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ToTBellHop said:
I don’t know how anyone can claim Guardians is a short coaster. It’s almost as long (physically) as Incredicoaster and has a longer ride time.

TRON was short but we all thought it was great fun. That launch with such open vehicles is a trip and a half. One day I’ll ride at night.
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Yeah, I'm not enthralled with Guardians (at all) but I don't see how you can call it short, at least for a roller coaster. All coasters are short if you're comparing them to elaborate dark rides. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is significantly longer, but that aside, I don't think any of the other WDW coasters are longer than Guardians (at least not by more than a few seconds).

The only thing I can think of is the fact that it replaced one of the longest (or maybe the longest?) theme park experiences around, and that they talked about it as though it was going to be more than just a coaster, so maybe people are grading it on an unfair curve?
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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UNCgolf said:
Yeah, I'm not enthralled with Guardians (at all) but I don't see how you can call it short, at least for a roller coaster. All coasters are short if you're comparing them to elaborate dark rides. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is significantly longer, but that aside, I don't think any of the other WDW coasters are longer than Guardians (at least not by more than a few seconds).

The only thing I can think of is the fact that it replaced one of the longest (or maybe the longest?) theme park experiences around, and that they talked about it as though it was going to be more than just a coaster, so maybe people are grading it on an unfair curve?
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Sure. I doubt we would see any complaints if it was built at DHS. Not that DHS needs another launching coaster.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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ToTBellHop said:
Sure. I doubt we would see any complaints if it was built at DHS. Not that DHS needs another launching coaster.
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As much as I generally complain about Disney replacing rides instead of adding -- I'd have been okay with replacing RNRC with Guardians. Or building Guardians elsewhere at DHS and replacing RNRC with some new attraction.

RNRC is due for an overhaul at the very least anyways.
 
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gorillaball

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UNCgolf said:
As much as I generally complain about Disney replacing rides instead of adding -- I'd have been okay with replacing RNRC with Guardians. Or building Guardians elsewhere at DHS and replacing RNRC with some new attraction.

RNRC is due for an overhaul at the very least anyways.
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Why replace or overhaul a ride that is still very popular and chews through lots of paying customers? Invest $ in new, not redo of old quality rides.
 
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doctornick

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gorillaball said:
Yes but you have to admit you are the minority in this case. It doesn't churn through 1500-1700 per hour with an hour wait common because it's widely viewed as a bad ride.

Journey Into Imagination... 🎯
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Yep, Journey into Imagination is the only ride in all of WDW that I would argue needs to be replaced simply because it is not "good enough" and would benefit from a new ride taking over the space. (In this particular case, something more similar to the original ride.)

Other rides might benefit from refurbishments or slight tinkering ("plussing" especially) but do not need to be changed. Money would be better spent adding new rides than replacing existing ones.
 

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