Disney World’s Magic Kingdom may need to make some adjustments to a new ride to allow certain people to ride on it.
Every time a new attraction opens at a Disney theme park, the general public is not always aware of all the effort that goes into it. The Disney Imagineerswho design, build and install rides, have invested in preparing the ride for guests to experience.
After many months of construction, a ride will go through many more months of inspections and testing, including races without riders, before Imagineers ride the ride for testing. Eventually, Cast Members and Annual Passholders will have the opportunity to ride before the general public.
Cast member and Annual Passholder previews are essential for Disney (DIS) – Get a free reportto learn how the ride works in real time and also to discover any design flaws or mechanical issues that need to be fixed or addressed before the ride opens to the general public.
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Tron Lightcycle/Run Preparing for Opening
Magic Kingdom will open its long-awaited Tron Lightcycle/Run attraction on April 4 in Tomorrowland, but Disney World cast members began previewing the attraction on February 6 and will continue to sample it through March 3. Annual Passholders will have an opportunity to preview the ride sometime in March after cast members finish their first runs and before the general public can ride beginning April 4.
Not all Disney theme park attractions are perfect for everyone. When Disneyland’s Submarine Voyage attraction closed in 1998 and then reopened in 2007 as Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, the attraction wasn’t always the most comfortable for some adults, as the submarine’s low porthole positions made viewing somewhat difficult. through them, which caused some discomfort. necks
The Avatar: Flight of Passage Ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom also had some limitations for people of large proportions, making it difficult or impossible for them to ride the attraction.
Tron Lightcycle Riders Face Big Trouble
Disney has already learned of some design issues that are preventing some people from riding Tron. Reported Tourist Theme Park. During preliminary rides, some of the cast learned that the unique design of the light bikes in Tron creates certain restrictions, which could be a problem for riders with larger body dimensions. A Theme Park Express tweet this week revealed that Cast Members did not fit into the standard Lightcycle seat, and there was an additional 30-minute wait to ride in a “large guest” seat, which has limited availability.
Apparently, the main problem is with the leg dimensions of certain cyclists that prevent them from riding the Lightcycle. This is a similar issue that guests have discovered on the Avatar: Flight of Passage Ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom.
Accessible seats for those who need such accommodations on Tron are limited with only a handful of these seats available, which may require groups to be split up and those who need such seats have to wait more than 30 minutes to get on the ride. Wait times could be sped up once ride operators catch up with the loading process.
Magic Kingdom’s Tron Lightcycle/Run attraction will be Disney’s second attraction of its kind, having opened a similar attraction Tron Lightcycle Power Run at Shanghai Disney in June 2016. Tron Lightcycle/Run is based on the film “Tron” by Walt Disney Productions’ 1982 starring Jeff Bridges, which made film history as the first production of its kind to mix live action with CGI and backlit animation. The original “Tron” inspired video games, comics, an animated series, as well as the 2010 sequel “Tron: Legacy.”
