It’s time for a Sunday Stroll! Join us on this rainy afternoon, and we will see new friends, celebrate Stitch, and more. Grab your umbrellas and galoshes, because we’re headed into the storm. Baymax is now watching over Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You can find him just outside security, in between the Skyliner and Friendship boats. … Read more
Crews are working hard on several areas of TRON Lightcycle / Run in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom, in addition to the canopy lighting testing which has been occurring recently. There will be two walkways under the exterior portion of the coaster: one leading to the ride’s entrance, the other leading to Storybook Circus. The main … Read more
We don’t know how much work remains to be done inside TRON Lightcycle / Run, but crews have been hard at work on the attraction’s exterior for years now. Let’s check in on the current state of construction on both TRON Lightcycle / Run and the Walt Disney World Railroad, which will travel beneath it … Read more
Crews have added themed elements to the entrance of TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom. From the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, we can see new white pieces at the entrance, covering the weather-proof sheathing. Crew members in scissor lifts were working on the entrance and the canopy framework above. There are two silver circles, … Read more
Rails now connect the newly laid Walt Disney World Railroad tracks in Storybook Circus and construction continues on the TRON Lightcycle / Run walkways. The tracks end right in front of the TRON Lightcycle / Run sign outside the construction site. A cart and a few other construction materials sat next to the track, but … Read more
The Walt Disney World Railroad at Magic Kingdom has been closed for over three years while construction continues on TRON Lightcycle / Run, a new coaster in Tomorrowland. The railroad will go under the coaster thanks to a new tunnel. Crews finished installing the white canopy covering the exterior of TRON Lightcycle / Run last … Read more
We’re seeing more progress on the building next to TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom that we believe to be for lockers. The building is mostly covered in the same grey and blue paneling as the coaster’s show building. The walkway leads to the lockers building, and over the Walt Disney World Railroad tunnel. … Read more
Though there is still no opening date for TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom, work continues at a steady pace on the exterior of the attraction while ride vehicles are tested. The short sections of concrete wall leading out from beneath the elevated walkway have mostly been connected to create one long wall. This … Read more
While testing continues on the TRON Lightcycle / Run track, the Walt Disney World Railroad tunnel continues to be constructed beneath the attraction. More curved roofing has been installed over the tunnel on the Space Mountain side. The tunnel goes beneath the walkway leading to the entrance of TRON Lightcycle / Run. The Walt Disney … Read more
Canopy installation is almost complete above TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom. Crew members were unfurling another white canopy strip during our most recent ride on the PeopleMover. There is space for two strips near the top of the canopy curve, and a handful more at the bottom. Closing to Tomorrowland Speedway, crew members … Read more
The next big coaster coming to Magic Kingdom is TRON Lightcycle / Run, a near copy of TRON Lightcycle Power Run at Shanghai Disneyland. Here’s our most recent construction update. Walkways At the front of the site, just beyond the Tomorrowland Speedway, many crew members were working on constructing a wood wall. The base and … Read more
More canopy pieces have been added to the exterior portion of TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom and work continues on the entrance to the attraction. Crew members in three scissor lifts were working on the canopy framework leading to the entrance. The green sheathing at the main entrance has been covered with black … Read more
Almost the entire canopy of TRON Lightcycle / Run has been installed above the new coaster at Magic Kingdom. Crew members are attaching strips of the canopy to the framework piece by piece. On our latest ride on the PeopleMover, we saw them working near the show building. The blue netting is temporary while the … Read more
Construction continues on the long-awaited TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom, which sits next to Space Mountain and behind Tomorrowland Speedway. Crew members have been installing white strips of canopy over the exterior portion of the coaster for the past several weeks. On the ground, concrete walls jut out from the raised walkway. Wood … Read more
While the lightcycle vehicles are being push-pull tested, construction around the TRON Lightcycle / Run track continues. It looks like more than half of the canopy has now been installed on the framework above the coaster. The canopy is made up of long white strips pulled taut and secured on the framework. The portion of … Read more
We have yet to see any trains being push-pull tested at TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom, but there’s still construction to see around the new Tomorrowland coaster. We can see some of the attraction from Storybook Circus. A large portion of the canopy framework has now been covered with canopy pieces. More paneling … Read more