News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[DisneyFanatic12]

VQ has a lot of positives and negatives, and it really depends on the person whether or not the positives outweigh the negatives. To me, the positives outweigh the negatives, and while I certainly see how some people prefer the lack of a virtual queue, there are just so many benefits to it that I greatly enjoy it.

Overall, I’m pretty much neutral, but would likely almost never ride Guardians of the Galaxy if it weren’t for the virtual queue.

 

[SamusAranX]

Have a feeling they will put TBA on VQ and remove Tron

 

[DisneyDodo]

I disagree, both do not have the hourly capacity to meet such demand.

The capacity is the same whether they use VQ or not. It’s just a question of where people wait: either in the queue for that ride or in the queues for other rides. As long as guests can fit in the footprint of the former (which I would expect to be the case at this point), that appears to be the more logical choice.

 

[Andrew25]

Both Tron & GOTG have an issue if you remove VQ... they don't have enough physical queue space. Tron and GOTG both have extended queues out in the sun... can't imagine people will be happy with that.

I'd imagine Tiana will get VQ, and then drop after a while, but Tron might keep it due to low capacity. GOTG probably would be fine if they had built a properly shaded extended queue.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Both Tron & GOTG have an issue if you remove VQ... they don't have enough physical queue space. Tron and GOTG both have extended queues out in the sun... can't imagine people will be happy with that.

I'd imagine Tiana will get VQ, and then drop after a while, but Tron might keep it due to low capacity. GOTG probably would be fine if they had built a properly shaded extended queue.

They can throttle the demand with the wait time to keep it from getting out of hand.

 

[UNCgolf]

Both Tron & GOTG have an issue if you remove VQ... they don't have enough physical queue space. Tron and GOTG both have extended queues out in the sun... can't imagine people will be happy with that.

I'd imagine Tiana will get VQ, and then drop after a while, but Tron might keep it due to low capacity. GOTG probably would be fine if they had built a properly shaded extended queue.

I doubt TRON will draw huge crowds; I'd expect a standby wait there to be much shorter than a standby wait for GOTG (or for Tiana, for that matter).

Maybe not when the VQ first ends, but I'd expect it to settle in around an hour or even less standby except for the really busy days. Partially because it's just not very good, and partially because the MK has so much other capacity. It would get longer waits at DHS simply because there's less to do.

 

[Jrb1979]

Both Tron & GOTG have an issue if you remove VQ... they don't have enough physical queue space. Tron and GOTG both have extended queues out in the sun... can't imagine people will be happy with that.

I'd imagine Tiana will get VQ, and then drop after a while, but Tron might keep it due to low capacity. GOTG probably would be fine if they had built a properly shaded extended queue.

I hate these arguments in regards to waits and standing in the sun. I know it gets hot in Florida but it gets hot in other parts of the country in the summer too. Somehow the parks in those parts manage with guests standing in the sun. They put canopies over the queue and have fans that spray most to deal with it.

 

[DisneyDodo]

The GotG queue feels like it goes on forever (which makes sense considering that it consumes basically an entire building that used to house a 45-min attraction). I have to imagine it could accommodate most of the demand.

 

[bmr1591]

The GotG queue feels like it goes on forever (which makes sense considering that it consumes basically an entire building that used to house a 45-min attraction). I have to imagine it could accommodate most of the demand.

Agreed. It’s past time.

 

[Andrew25]

I hate these arguments in regards to waits and standing in the sun. I know it gets hot in Florida but it gets hot in other parts of the country in the summer too. Somehow the parks in those parts manage with guests standing in the sun. They put canopies over the queue and have fans that spray most to deal with it.

If the parks actually provided decently covered waiting areas away from the sun, they couldn't care. Flight of Passage is mostly indoors and people don't mind waiting in that queue, but Tron/GOTG extended queues rely on small umbrellas and maybe 2 fans in total? The parks definitely need to do better in this regard.

The GotG queue feels like it goes on forever (which makes sense considering that it consumes basically an entire building that used to house a 45-min attraction). I have to imagine it could accommodate most of the demand.

The wait from the planetarium entrance to first preshow typically takes ~40 minutes or so if the ride is running normal.

 

[lnigo Montoya]

We travel with a DAS and got a virtual queue spot - our boarding group happened to open up around 11am. I talked with the CM at the tent to exchange our virtual queue for a lightning lane and explained that we would need to return a little later and asked if that would be okay. I was told that once our virtual queue was exchanged for a lightning lane that we'd be able to come back any time that day.

Not sure if I'd feel okay doing that just if we wanted to ride at night, but I have a hunch it would work fine. If I just wanted to ride at night, I'd probably try to secure a virtual queue spot at the afternoon drop.

If this was a DAS-related need, fine. But as a DAS user, I feel accommodated enough that using this trick simply because someone wants to ride Tron at night, which is what many wish they could do as well, doesn't feel right. Just my opinion...

 

[gerarar]

TRON Lightcycle / Run officially opened to guests 1 year ago on April 4, 2023.


Some virtual queue fun facts:

• The morning 7am drop during its opening on April 4, 2023 lasted for 3.62 secs. Today on its birthday it went even faster with 3.43 secs.
• Longest VQ windows:
  • 7am: Nov 1, 2023 with 2hr 6m
  • 1pm: Feb 18, 2024 with 8hrs 58m
  • 6pm: Nov 11, 2023 (MVMCP party night) with 3hrs 56m
• Shortest VQ windows:
  • 7am: Mar 22, 2023 (soft opening) with 3.09s
  • 1pm: Apr 2, 2023 (soft opening) with 1.69s
  • 6pm: Aug 16, 2023 (MNSSHP party night) with 3.91s
• There have been 381 morning/afternoon VQ windows and 101 party/EEH VQ windows to date.
  • This includes the soft-openings and previews before the official opening, which utilized the VQ system.

Here's an overview of all the VQ drops/windows over past year+. You can definitely see some patterns like when September rolled around, the morning drops lasted longer than usual. The afternoon drops fluctuate a lot, but there is usually a pattern day-to-day every week.

Obviously, the VQ is still being used to this day. It remains a question whether the VQ will stay once Tiana's Bayou Adventure opens in a couple months, or will Tron ditch the VQ and move to standby + ILL.
Regardless, it has been fun to track this ride's progress, probably more than Rat and GOTG (and sorta MMRR at DL) at this point. One thing's for sure, I love the data (and math)!

 

[SaucyBoy]

I finally rode this on my trip last month and I thought it was one of the worst coasters, not just at WDW but, in Orlando. Thank goodness Disney hit it out of the park with Guardians (even if it makes me sick every time I ride it)!

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

I finally rode this on my trip last month and I thought it was one of the worst coasters, not just at WDW, but in Orlando. Thank goodness Disney hit it out of the park with Guardians (even if it makes me sick every time I ride it)!

I agree 100%! Rode it last week for the 1st time myself. If I could get it with under a 20 minute wait I would do it again. Just too short of a ride for the investment. Guardians on the other hand was worth every minute of the wait. Story could have been better but the ride itself was outstanding.

 

[SaucyBoy]

I agree 100%! Rode it last week for the 1st time myself. If I could get it with under a 20 minute wait I would do it again. Just too short of a ride for the investment. Guardians on the other hand was worth every minute of the wait. Story could have been better but the ride itself was outstanding.

We were lucky enough to grap a Group 13 return time and our wait was very manageable, maybe 30 minutes tops. That's about as long as I'm willing to wait.

 

[pigglewiggle]

I finally rode this on my trip last month and I thought it was one of the worst coasters, not just at WDW but, in Orlando. Thank goodness Disney hit it out of the park with Guardians (even if it makes me sick every time I ride it)!

Really? I get it's short, but it was still very fun. Although I lost my breath screaming on the launch.

 

[Bastet]

How reliable has it been over the year?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Wow! A lot of TRON coaster haters.

Are the TRON coaster haters the same folks as the Mission Space haters?

I have not ridden TRON yet. I am looking forward to it, I hope its not as bad as the haters say it is.

 

[wannabeBelle]

Wow! A lot of TRON coaster haters.

Are the TRON coaster haters the same folks as the Mission Space haters?

I have not ridden TRON yet. I am looking forward to it, I hope its not as bad as the haters say it is.

I have ridden it and very much enjoyed it. I dont get the hate but different strokes? Marie

 

[gerarar]

How reliable has it been over the year?

It's been very reliable. There's only a handful of days where the ride has been down for an "extended period".

I believe this and GOTG: CR have been superb for their uptime throughout the park days.