PHOTOS: More Canopy Pieces Poised for Installation As Show Building Nears Completion at TRON Lightcycle Run in Magic Kingdom

Shannen Ace

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PHOTOS: More Canopy Pieces Poised for Installation As Show Building Nears Completion at TRON Lightcycle Run in Magic Kingdom

Are you ready to enter The Grid? We still have a long ways to go before construction is complete on TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom, but there’s plenty to see at the site of the coaster.

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As we previously reported, scaffolding is gone from the back of the show buildings. Some paneling remains to be finished to the left, on the wall facing Space Mountain.

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Supports are being continuously added in preparation for more of the coaster’s illuminated canopy, though we didn’t notice anything new this visit.

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There are several pieces of webbed canopy structure sitting around the construction site.

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More tarp, including some red, has been added to the track.

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It looks like some work has been done on the show building beneath where the track enters. When we last checked in, there were workers in a high reach in that area.

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Some work was being done on the side of a low building.

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There are more pieces of canopy sitting immediately next to the track, waiting for installation. Construction Cast Members were working on the pieces as we passed by.

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This seems to indicate more of the canopy will be installed soon.

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Two large cranes stand ready and waiting on either side of the track.

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The illuminated canopy will cover the outside portion of the track. While we can get a good view of outdoor construction, we’re sure there’s plenty of work being done inside the show buildings as well.

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TRON Lightcycle / Run is set to open by the 50th anniversary of Magic Kingdom next year. You can check out a full POV ride-through of its sister coaster, TRON Lightcycle Power Run, in Shanghai below: