PHOTOS: TRON Lightcycle Run Canopy Fully Powered On at Magic Kingdom

Disney has shared new photos of the TRON Lightcycle / Run canopy, a.k.a. the Upload Conduit, fully powered on for the first time in Magic Kingdom.

The photos are by Steven Miller, Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney World Resort.

Miller wrote on Disney Parks Blog.

The Upload Conduit will serve as the digital bridge into The Grid for your Lightcycle when this attraction opens in Magic Kingdom Park on April 4. As a lifelong “TRON” fan, I was in awe. The massive structure was constructed of nearly 40 pieces, strategically assembled and aligned, to create the perfect system for moving Lightcycles to The Games.

I’ve seen the Upload Conduit from afar while riding the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover and the Tomorrowland Speedway, but nothing prepared me for being directly under it. When Lightcycles whiz by overhead, lights dance across the conduit leaving glowing hexagons.

These visuals are enhanced by familiar music from the “TRON: Legacy” soundtrack (something that is on heavy rotation in my house). I could have watched the colorful stripes of blue, orange and white chase along the canopy for hours.