Ok, Disney fans. Thank you for your patience… but we FINALLY have some TRON news!
TRON Lightcycle Run is a new rollercoaster arriving in the Tomorrowland portion of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. The highly-anticipated attraction was announced back in 2017, but construction of the massive coaster has been SUPER slow going.
We recently shared the news that TRON is now at four years of being under construction which is longer than it took to build the ENTIRE Magic Kingdom Park. Yikes!
While Disney first announced TRON Lightcycle Run would be opening in time for Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary in 2021, it was obvious construction was nowhere near complete. As we roll through 2022, it’s looking like 2023 is a better estimate for a grand opening of the rollercoaster. Yes, that would mean 6 YEARS for one roller coaster to be built.
Meanwhile, Universal Orlando Resort down the road from Disney is expecting an entirely new theme park within 6 years called Epic Universe which was announced in 2019 and will likely be complete in 2025.
Alas, we have finally received a pinch of information from Disney about the new attraction… so we will take what we can get!
Disney Parks took to TikTok to share, “Meet Imagineer Angela! One of the amazing women behind #TRON Lightcycle / Run #DisneyParks #DisneyWorld #Imagineering #InternationalWomensDay”. Check out the video update below or find it here:
The TRON coaster at Magic Kingdom will be similar to its sister coaster over at Shanghai Disneyland, Tron Lightcycle Power Run which opened in June 2016. The semi-enclosed launched steel motorbike roller coaster attraction is based on the Tron (1982) film franchise, as it takes Disney Guests on a ride through “the Grid” on their own light cycle vehicle. Take a ride on the Shanghai attraction here:
Even if it is slow going, we’re thankful to see and hear about some progress from Disney! In the meantime, we are looking forward to the grand opening of EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind roller coaster which has a leaked opening time frame of Memorial Day weekend.