TRON Lightcycle Run

[Parkscope Joe]

Okay serious thought I had, since this is almost guaranteed to open up with virtual boarding groups. How is anyone actually suppose to guarantee a night ride on this, can you even choose your time for Lightning lane or is it just first available?

You'd have to choose an ILL or maybe boarding groups for Evening Hours?

 

[tyro]

You'd have to choose an ILL or maybe boarding groups for Evening Hours?

I’ve only used genie plus, can you actually pick from options for ILL? Or is it just you get the first available or refresh and pray for a better time? I’m just worried as this coaster is actually made for a night ride in comparison to anything else Disney has built.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I’ve only used genie plus, can you actually pick from options for ILL? Or is it just you get the first available or refresh and pray for a better time? I’m just worried as this coaster is actually made for a night ride in comparison to anything else Disney has built.

You can pick a return time. Plus with virtual line, they'll let you return late. It's an unofficial rule.

 

[Alicia]

You can pick a return time. Plus with virtual line, they'll let you return late. It's an unofficial rule.

Oh yea that’s true. With Virtual Line they tend to say “Now accepting Boarding Groups X or earlier” all day long.

 

[MikePat]

I guess they are making some progress on the project… it looks like it went through those outdoor elements fast.

 

[Nick]

I guess they are making some progress on the project… it looks like it went through those outdoor elements fast.

They've been running the coaster at full speed for roughly a month or so now. Not sure what it looks like on the inside, but the outside work is seemingly wrapping up with this attraction.

 

[Nick]

From Bio:




Pathway to Storybook Circus (from MickeyViews):

And from Blog Mickey:

TRON Lightcycle Run Courtyard Continues to Take Shape at Magic Kingdom

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[Nick]

A bunch of new photos from WDWMagic. The courtyard looks like it's close to a final concrete pour and landscaping being placed.

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - August 10 2022

TRON Lightcycle Run construction - August 10 2022

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Nick]

The guy in the back looks like he wishes he was on Velocicoaster

TRON Lightcycle Run Begins Testing With Human Riders at Magic Kingdom

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[Nick]

 

[LieutLaww]

I so wish this would have been ready for when I arrive early Oct

 

[belloq87]

Not opening until "spring" of 2023.

Ridiculous.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

Not opening until "spring" of 2023.

Ridiculous.

Makes sense, though. So they can keep the streak of having a new ride per year going.

Remember, by the time Nintendo opens stateside it will have been *ALMOST EIGHT YEARS* since it was first announced.

 

[Freak]

Just imagine going into 7th grade hearing the Tron coaster is coming to MK only to be a graduating senior from High School by the time it opens.

LMAO what a joke

 

[belloq87]

Josh D'Amaro even said he knows that they've been talking... and talking... and talking about the attraction in his build-up to announcing the opening, and how that's frustrating.

But then he announced it's still at least six months away!

 

[SailwiththeTide]

Orlando Boggers have another 6 months of riding the people mover and posting BREAKING stories that TRON is testing!!!

 

[Nick]

They said spring 2023 (which is ridiculous, it should be opening this year imo), but Spring does tell me more February or March than the date Disney considers the beginning of Summer, which is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. So if it were to open in February or March, we could conceivably see previews as early as January.

 

[OLSinFLA]

Makes sense, though. So they can keep the streak of having a new ride per year going.

Remember, by the time Nintendo opens stateside it will have been *ALMOST EIGHT YEARS* since it was first announced.

True, but part of the delay was moving it to a brand new park being built from scratch. No such excuse for TRON (Plus, in terms of actual construction, by the time TRON opens that whole new park will be 2 years or less from opening. And even worse, TRON was announced in 2017 - EU in 2019.....

 

[JoeCamel]

True, but part of the delay was moving it to a brand new park being built from scratch. No such excuse for TRON (Plus, in terms of actual construction, by the time TRON opens that whole new park will be 2 years or less from opening. And even worse, TRON was announced in 2017 - EU in 2019.....

This would be sweet but how about if Epicstruction has sucked all the workers out of the trades and available materials so they can't speed up Tron? I know I have trouble getting rebar around here since the China supply hiccup.
Not a real thing but it would be sweet

 

[Nick]

True, but part of the delay was moving it to a brand new park being built from scratch. No such excuse for TRON (Plus, in terms of actual construction, by the time TRON opens that whole new park will be 2 years or less from opening. And even worse, TRON was announced in 2017 - EU in 2019.....

TRON did have some hurdles in that it's had the train to work around and moving the retention pond originally, but yeah, this should never have taken this long. It was announced in 2017 for a 2021 open and we thought that was going to be long at the time. It will be almost 6 years between announcement and opening which is unacceptable. I mean, hell, it took 5.5 years for Pandora to open too, but at least you can say that was something original to only DAK using new technology and not a clone of a short launch coaster.

This would be sweet but how about if Epicstruction has sucked all the workers out of the trades and available materials so they can't speed up Tron? I know I have trouble getting rebar around here since the China supply hiccup.
Not a real thing but it would be sweet

The one thing I have heard is that they are having trouble getting the final railings for the walkway up to the entrance due to a supply shortage but that shouldn't be something that can't be figured out to get it open this year if they really cared to try.