TRON Lightcycle Run construction update from Magic Kingdom

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday December 2, 2021 11:20am ET · "Tron Lightcycle Run rollercoaster"
TRON Lightcycle Run construction update from Magic Kingdom
See the latest TRON Lightcycle Run construction photos from Walt Disney World.

Construction has resumed at TRON Lightcyle Run in the Magic Kingdom after almost two months of very little activity.


The entrance ramp is now clearly visible, which will take guests up over the railroad tracks and into the ride itself.


This concept art shows how the entrance ramp will look when complete.

More of the exterior canopy is also being put into place.


On the other side of the site viewed from Fantasyland, working is continuing on the new building.


It is now starting to be enclosed with the same blue cladding material as on the main ride building.

We still don't have an opening date for TRON at Walt Disney World, and Disney is remaining silent on the issue. At the recent D23 event where updates were offered on upcoming projects, TRON was mentioned, but no opening details were given. The ride was originally planned to open in Spring 2021, which obviously did not happen. The expectations were then that the ride would move to a 2022 opening, but with Disney announcing 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' to open in the summer of 2022, it remains possible that TRON will be pushed to a 2023 opening.


Click the gallery to see more construction pictures of TRON Lightcycle Run.

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Disney: TRON Lightcycle Power Run opening this Summer!
These timelines are embarassing
↩ replying to pdude81
Disney: What is a timeline?
↩ replying to jaxonp
What is a timeline also? Is the Tron: lightcycle run signage build let?:confused:
They're really just gonna put a big tunnel for the train huh...I feel like the 1955 DLRR had better theming, lol
↩ replying to owlsandcoffee
Is there a thematic problem with a train going through a tunnel? 🤔
↩ replying to owlsandcoffee
It’s a great feat of engineering! They’re even going to use concrete reinforced with steel!
What if there’s something new to look at from the train? Then will we find something new to complain about?
So sad I am going in nov 2022, and this and the train may not be open. :(
Forget the pandemic.. there is no reason for these long construction time tables.
I have already lost hope on tron being open.. but the train is a big blow.
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
Zootopia: Supercharged
↩ replying to ppete1975
Magic Kingdom's 50th anniversary celebration, and the trains won't be running for most if not all of it. Walt would have been proud.
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
That would be a welcome surprise. Still doesn’t excuse the pace of construction and the length of the closure, but it would be nice.

I’m looking forward to the 6-part Instagram series by TheZach about color choices and what an engineering marvel the tunnel is and how it ties in with the origins of MK. Oh wait…
↩ replying to pdude81
Watch it. Do you know the pixiedust grief people received when laughing about the GF walkway extension timeline?

If they put in the Yellowstone / dinosaur scenes, I may forgive them.
↩ replying to HauntedPirate
It’s very difficult to build tunnels in Florida due to the high water table and heat. 90% of tunnels melt. Many deaths.

And it will be iridescent!