Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It does...but I bet if you had deep pockets and a building full of bored engineers with top of the line design and fabrication tools...you could work with B&M and design something new?
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It does...but I bet if you had deep pockets and a building full of bored engineers with top of the line design and fabrication tools...you could work with B&M and design something new?
KBLovedDisney
Well-Known Member
They could always replicate Fury 325 for Tron...
Probably not, but that would be awesome to have that kind of thrill level at a Disney park.
Kman101
Well-Known Member
Still looks more professional than the new Hollywood Studios logo...
Wonder when are we getting that monstrosity in the park? At least I liked the new paint scheme on the studio entrance that will display the logo ...
But anyway, back to TRON ...
I can only hope the Speedway overhaul wasn't budget cut. The speedway is so basic, the cars stink ... I know people love it but man, they could do SO much better with the Speedway. Just look at Disneyland's and even Hong Kong's. And even Tokyo realized how poor it was so they got rid of it.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Old Vekoma’s are rough. The track design introduced with Expedition Everest, and since improved, is significantly better.
Yes.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The speedway is beyond outdated. I like “classic” amusements with history more than anyone (kennywood born and bred)...but that thing has to go. It’s retained purely for the 1861 crowd - I’ve always felt - so they let it sit.
That space could be used for 2 solid new attractions...which are desperately needed
Kman101
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THIS! Very very true. It's a waste of space at this point as it currently stands. If they had put any amount of effort into the theming, maybe I'd feel differently. If they desperately want a race track, put one behind Test Track
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
In 1995 a vekoma was a treat...
But you had to bring Everest into it huh?
Everest...doesn’t really DO anything. It’s tame before it’s years. A 95 foot dip and some
Helix are not hard elements to master.
Oh...bout 1000 feet of switchback...guess that’s cool too
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cjkeating
Well-Known Member
You raise a very interesting point I've thought about before.
I think with Vekoma you have a company where if you are willing to spend the money they will produce a high quality, reliable coaster that is above all highly customised to your requirements. B&M are know for being very inflexible and Intamin unreliable (and a slightly dubious safety record at times).
Vekoma have also been very willing to step in and help with other coasters Disney have bought from other manufactures, I believe they have replaced track and systems on both California Screamin' and the Indiana Jones coaster at Paris. It wouldn't surprise me if much of the remedial work done to Primeval Whirl was done by Vekoma either.
The problem is most parks go to Vekoma for cheap/cloned coasters.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
What you think of Expedition Everest doesn’t change that Vekoma now largely uses a different track design.In 1995 a vekoma was a treat...
But you had to bring Everest into it huh?
Everest...doesn’t really DO anything. It’s tame before it’s years. A 95 foot dip and some
Helix are not hard elements to master.
Oh...bout 1000 feet of switchback...guess that’s cool too
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I got it...but Everest is at best a “medium” thrill effort...so it doesn’t exactly decree them as an industry leader either.
And it’s not what “I think”...technically speaking Everest is not an incredible ride system...nor was it designed to be. It was an element of a 3 part story and that’s exactly what the system supports.
A friend sent me a picture earlier today from the Peoplemover. Looks like the track is mostly complete?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Including the outside portion?
GlacierGlacier
Well-Known Member
I can't imagine so. Last I recalled the footings haven't been poured yet.
Maybe this will be the shortest roller coaster in WDW....?
ChrisFL
Premium Member
still longer than the Barnstormer
Coaster Lover
Well-Known Member
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You probably have to consider target audience as well. The lowest height requirement I've seen on a B&M is 52" (Wild Eagle at Dollywood) and I believe that this requirement is based manly on the restraint design. Highest height requirement on any ride at WDW is 48" with only one ride on property needing that requirement (everything else is 44" or under). Tron will likely be 48" (based on the height requirement at Shanghai). According to US averages, most people 7 years old and older can ride an attraction with a 48" height requirement, but to ride a 52" ride, generally riders would need to be 9 years old and older. Not sure if there are studies on the percentage of Disney visitors who are 7 and 8 who would be excluded by building a ride with 52" height requirement but not excluded by a ride with a 48" height requirement.
Back on topic... here is what Tron at Shanghai looked like in March 2014 (about 26 months before the ride soft opened)... very similar to the stage the attraction in Orlando is currently in. Seems to align with what others were saying about a mid-2021 opening (certainly prior to the October "official" 50th anniversary).
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lazyboy97o
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B&M sells a Family [inverted] Coaster that they advertise as having a 115 cm (45.2”) minimum height.
I believe TRON was one of the few things ready earlier than the rest of the park.
Ah, maybe not then.
Side note: Success! Thread back on track, at least for the moment.
ZmBe13
Active Member
Ah, maybe not then.
Side note: Success! Thread back on track, at least for the moment.