Tron "Pre Show"

[WEDWDW]

After experiencing the massive Pre Show for GotG,was anyone else really disappointed in the lack of a great Pre Show for Tron?

I guess there wasn't enough in the budget for 2 epic Pre Shows in back to back attractions.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

When I rode Tron for the first time this last trip I did it back to back days and fell in love with it. I thought to myself this is the best ride in DW. Then I rode GotG the following day and was like, "oh yeah...I forgot...this is the best". I honestly felt like I didn't even need a preshow for Tron. Just get me on the ride. GotG is more of an experience.

Although I will say leaving Tron for the first time I thought to myself boy I really enjoyed this the first time I rode it when it was called RocknRollercoaster.

 

[Marthasor]

I don't know if I was disappointed, per se, but I think the ride would have really benefitted from some type of explanation/back-story prior to the ride. With GoTG, you wouldn't have even had to see the movie to understand what "mission" you were on, based on the pre-shows. With Tron, unless you had seen the movie, I don't think anyone would have any understanding of what is actually happening on the ride. I haven't seen the movie for years and even I was a bit confused. Without a back-story or some type of explanation (unless you are familiar with the movie), it's really just a cool, short roller coaster with some neat lighting effects, IMHO. Not sure it really inspires anyone to go see the movie, either.

 

[Minnie1222]

Not at all dissapointed with Tron's pre-show, although I must admit GOTG's show is taking guests to another level of immersiveness. Rise of the Resistance is amazing too.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Yeah, I think Tron could've used at least some sort of preshow as I doubt the majority of guests have seen the Tron movies (myself included).

I've never seen any of the Guardians films but I appreciated a little bit of context before the ride even if the music is so loud you can barely hear the Guardians' banter.

 

[1420Elexismc]

I honestly don't think I paid much attention to the Tron pre-show....I don't remember it much at all...

 

[fatmanatee]

I honestly don't think I paid much attention to the Tron pre-show....I don't remember it much at all...

It's because there really wasn't one. They sort of explain the story on video screens while you're in the queue but I don't think most people are paying attention, then they shuffle people into a room and have a pretty neat reveal of the final loading area. That's about it though. I'm not sure this is any different than the Shanghai version, which had opened seven years earlier.

 

[HopperFan]

After experiencing the massive Pre Show for GotG,was anyone else really disappointed in the lack of a great Pre Show for Tron?

I guess there wasn't enough in the budget for 2 epic Pre Shows in back to back attractions.

I think the main problem is that it was already built sitting in storage forever - in the time GotG was being designed and built to the WDW market. For all the time they had us trapped in lines the least they could have done was make it interesting and cooler (as in temps).

Overall GotG is above beyond and not even on the same level ride as Tron. Tron is a traditional coaster a minute or so outside and a couple minutes inside. Other than the cycle which after FOP & Hagrids is no longer "new" it really isn't anything special. It really could have benefited from a story to give it that interest. My kid is a coaster fanatic and he says BTM is still a better coaster than TRON.

Last week rode Tron once with VQ and rode GotG 3x (2 VQ and once ILL). I'll always pay to ride GotG, but not Tron.

 

[1420Elexismc]

It's because there really wasn't one. They sort of explain the story on video screens while you're in the queue but I don't think most people are paying attention, then they shuffle people into a room and have a pretty neat reveal of the final loading area. That's about it though. I'm not sure this is any different than the Shanghai version, which had opened seven years earlier.

I just remember a woman on the screen with blue eyes saying things

 

[HopperFan]

I just remember a woman on the screen with blue eyes saying things

PIERCING BLUE EYES was my only take away.

 

[CanucksRock]

I didn’t even realize it was the pre-show.

 

[sky13]

Haven't been on MK's Tron yet but did Shanghai Tron a few years ago. Also did GOTG last year at Epcot.

Don't remember much of a pre-show at Shanghai Tron, possibly one of the more enduring memories of that ride was the very messy locker situation there which was not fun. Will hopefully see MK Tron in a couple of months.

GOTG pre-show was good... the first couple of rides. After that it got a bit repetitive and I just wanted to get onto the (awesome) coaster! Plus I honestly hate the crowd control for the GOTG pre-show, the push of everyone trying to be first into the queue is just awful - so much that on my last couple of rides last year I just hung back and let everyone shove their way into the queue first before joining at the back. Just means I wait a few more minutes which I'm OK with.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

Haven't been on MK's Tron yet but did Shanghai Tron a few years ago. Also did GOTG last year at Epcot.

Don't remember much of a pre-show at Shanghai Tron, possibly one of the more enduring memories of that ride was the very messy locker situation there which was not fun. Will hopefully see MK Tron in a couple of months.

We laughed at the simplicity of the 'lockers' for Shanghai Tron - the simple put-it-on-a-cart and it'll be waiting for you at the exit when you're done! At least that was our experience when there. The double-sided lockers in WDW are interesting - they work pretty well, but seemed to confuse quite a few people. The more they use them, the better they'll be. But the ride itself is really fun! Enjoy.....

 

[Douglas Dubh]

Tron is a traditional coaster a minute or so outside and a couple minutes inside.

I think it’s more like 20 seconds outside and 40 seconds inside.

 

[sky13]

We laughed at the simplicity of the 'lockers' for Shanghai Tron - the simple put-it-on-a-cart and it'll be waiting for you at the exit when you're done! At least that was our experience when there. The double-sided lockers in WDW are interesting - they work pretty well, but seemed to confuse quite a few people. The more they use them, the better they'll be. But the ride itself is really fun! Enjoy.....

Oh that sounds different from my experience with Shanghai Tron - remember banks of lockers outside the ride and having to look extremely hard for a locker I could use (basically like Universal but worse because no lockers were available). Plus crazy crowded which explains the lack of available lockers. This was in 2017 around their first anniversary so maybe things have changed!

Double sided lockers sounds like an improvement (sounds a bit like Velocicoaster? I liked those lockers at Universal last year)!

 

[fatmanatee]

Haven't been on MK's Tron yet but did Shanghai Tron a few years ago. Also did GOTG last year at Epcot.

Don't remember much of a pre-show at Shanghai Tron, possibly one of the more enduring memories of that ride was the very messy locker situation there which was not fun. Will hopefully see MK Tron in a couple of months.

GOTG pre-show was good... the first couple of rides. After that it got a bit repetitive and I just wanted to get onto the (awesome) coaster! Plus I honestly hate the crowd control for the GOTG pre-show, the push of everyone trying to be first into the queue is just awful - so much that on my last couple of rides last year I just hung back and let everyone shove their way into the queue first before joining at the back. Just means I wait a few more minutes which I'm OK with.

WDW Tron locker setup is pretty slick, drop your stuff off in a locker on one side and pick it up on the other.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

Oh that sounds different from my experience with Shanghai Tron - remember banks of lockers outside the ride and having to look extremely hard for a locker I could use (basically like Universal but worse because no lockers were available). Plus crazy crowded which explains the lack of available lockers. This was in 2017 around their first anniversary so maybe things have changed!

Double sided lockers sounds like an improvement (sounds a bit like Velocicoaster? I liked those lockers at Universal last year)!

2019, and perhaps it was a temporary thing, but it was wheeled carts and people moving them to the exit! The double-sided lockers work great - as long as people don't get a strap caught in the door when they close it entering the ride. We saw a couple folks who needed a cast member to go around to the other side to free up a strap!

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

WDW Tron locker setup is pretty slick, drop your stuff off in a locker on one side and pick it up on the other.

Same type of set-up for Velocicoaster at Universal.

 

[DebbieB]

I first rode Tron at the AP preview so I didn’t see the preshow ahead of time. I thought it was so cool when the scene changed. My friend and I loved the ride, it was worth the expense of flying down for the weekend.

 

[Upatnoon]

For me, the preshow was the anticipation for how I was going to sit on those ride unusual vehicles.

It was all fine.

The ride is so quick, but the building is fun to look at at night.