![]() Big Thunder and Space Mountain can be jarring. The inversions in Rock ‘n Rollercoaster are a struggle. The backwards parts of Cosmic Rewind and Everest are unpleasant to say the least. But I will say that the opening launch on TRON Lightcycle Run is euphoric. I’ve always been the geek who is more interested in the immersive detail than pure amusement park thrills. The show building contains other abstract effects and screens, but the best part is watching the lightcycles themselves. The coolest you will ever feel in a theme park is when you catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, hunched over the handlebars of a lightcycle, which is glowing like an electric eel as it rockets out of the show building towards that death-defying turn across the Grid canopy.įor sure, we all have our favorite ride vehicles.īut is there anything that can match the sight of a biker gang of cyber warriors as they soar through infinite darkness?Įven the safety restraint gets in on the act, embedding a glowing blue identity disc on the back of each rider. Listen to me when I tell you this, for it is the truth: I hope Disney Plus can work the same magic for your carbon-neutral agro-tourism ride set in pre-Depression New Orleans. But since that got retconned by a Disney Plus show, I’ll just say hello, Princess Tiana. My favorite example of this used to be Monsters Inc. ![]() In the worst examples, the plotlines are so far removed from the original IP as to be totally non-sensical. That’s how you end up with a random animated character forcing you to steal cannisters of space goo, instead of anything resembling the thrilling Star Wars sequences that made us fall in love with the Millennium Falcon to begin with. When extra story has to be layered on, it usually means the concept was kind of a dud. Parachute drop with Green Army Men (okay, maybe not this one). A concept that inspires instant yearning within the guest. Great rides all start with an elegant, simple premise. It’s a truism they should teach all Imagineers, especially the ones in charge of retheming whatever sort of Moana-fueled nightmare they have planned for Dinoland. If it’s Disney geek street cred they’re after, they’ve got my respect. It’s a franchise built off a corny movie from the Ron Miller era. TRON may have been a flop, but it’s a highly nostalgic Disney flop. There is only the race (okay, there’s also another race right next door, but this one is way better).Īnd give them credit. You do not need to know who Clu or Quorra or even Tron himself are. There is no preshow explaining how you must discover isomorphic algorithms and upload them to identity discs to prevent your users from derezzing. Nothing more, nothing less.Īll the crap from the movies got removed. TRON Lightcycle Run is simply a lightcycle race through the Grid. And here’s where the natural theme park tie-in occurs. Namely, the disc battles and the lightcycle races. TRON: Legacy is at its best when it recycles action concepts from the first movie. ![]() As long as its inscrutable plot doesn’t get in the way. When paired with the pulsating soundtrack by Daft Punk, it becomes a feast for the senses. If Pandora and the Soarin’ queue have taught us anything, it’s that people are down for glowing blue things. Both have a visionary aesthetic that is betrayed by dreadfully boring storytelling. Okay, TRON and its sequel TRON: Legacy did not exactly set the world on fire. ![]() But for now, let us rejoice in the breathtaking simplicity that is TRON Lightcycle Run. Tiana’s Sustainable Farm and Employee-Owned Co-Op Log Flume is still a few years away. We thought Flight of Passage got things back on track, but they followed that up with a Slinky Dog coaster where the theme is that somebody built a rollercoaster. But here in the States, we’ve had to endure an odd collection of Snow White rollercoasters, misguided cosplay hotels, and the full-on destruction of anything resembling a cohesive theme at Epcot. The ride has been a massive hit in China for almost 7 years now (and highly anticipated by Parkeology back in 2016). With TRON Lightcycle Run, they finally figured it out.ĭuh, says Shanghai Disneyland Fan. For too long, Disney World has struggled to find the right marriage of IP with attraction concept. ![]()
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