Tron Coaster

Walt Disney World Attractions
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I was looking at some of the construction photos of the upcoming Tron coaster.

Gotta say…it is rather a disappointment. Very short, very little action going on. Of course, I get that it is limited in terms of space. But, just as I felt 7DMT was terribly and disappointingly short, it appears Tron will be as well.

Undoubtedly the lines for it will be huge, a la 7DMT and SDD. It looks cool. But, I don’t know…I was hoping to see something more on the order of Expedition Everest in terms of excitement. I guess not.

BUT, has anyone here been on the original Tron coaster? Perhaps it will be better than it looks.

Ultimately, we don’t have any real plans for a trip after 2020 at this point, so I don’t know when we’ll be back to ride it. But I still am curious about it.

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I don’t think we’re going to see a really big coaster from Disney anytime soon. 79ft high and 60mph with a 2min ride time.

GoG is supposedly going to be the world’s biggest indoor coaster, but being inside will be fairly limiting. Being immune to bad weather will be nice though.

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Yeah. I have high hopes for that. (Even though I don’t care two hoots about GotG in general.) I mean, after all, Space Mountain is great being indoors (IMO).

I don’t know. I was just hoping for more with Tron. I’m sure what is there will be fun, and as I said, it really looks cool. But I just wanted…more.

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It will be the fastest coaster at Disney

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True. Barely. RnRC is 57. Tron will be 59. But then, it is 400 ft shorter than RnRC, and no inversions, etc. No inversions is fine, considering the ride posture. I just hope the special effects of the theming are enough to make up for how short it will be.

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I’m sure they’ll have plenty of strobe lights effects :rofl:

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That might be cool if they look like these:

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ETA: There has always been a certain irony to the fact that “bit” in Tron is teriary rather than binary. :confused:

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I’ll be disappointed if the ride doesn’t involve a pre-show where you’re scanned and put on the game grid.

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Is the equivalent for “bit” in teriary what I think it is? :thinking:

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It is shorter than RnR? That one is too short as it is! I love it…it was my favorite for many years until I rode EE…but it is definitely too short.

I, too, find this disappointing.

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Looks like it will be longer than RnR. 2:00 for Tron vs 1:22 for RnR.

Edit: By time at least. Don’t know if that means it has a lift hill unlike RnR. Otherwise I don’t know how it could be that much more time with a shorter track.

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:rofl:

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Personal attacks will be flagged :grin:

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It is a launch. Extra time probably for some scene action. But considering it is shorter than RnRC by about 400 ft, but 2 MPH faster means it is a shorter coaster for the ride part itself.

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Get your giggles out now so that we can carry on. :smile:

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Done.

For now.

I’m perpetually stuck with a 12yo brain

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I watched the on ride video from Shanghai. The visuals are very cool at least.

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A family friend who has been to multiple Disney parks loved it. If you look on her blog she has several posts about Shanghai :slight_smile:

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spoiler alert:
There is a good youtube of Tron in Shanghai. WDW is supposedly an exact replica. Only watch if you want to spoil the surprise. haha but is is soooo cool.

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I’ve seen this before, it does look amazing.

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