We can’t believe we’re saying this, but is it possible Disney World doesn’t have enough rules?
TRON Lightcycle / Run
Don’t get us wrong — Disney World has plenty of rules, written or otherwise. But could it use more? We keep running into a problem when boarding Disney World attractions — especially TRON Lightcycle / Run — and it’s about time we talked about a rule that could fix our troubles.
Magic Kingdom’s TRON Lightcycle / Run coaster is a lot of fun, but it does have an issue that isn’t the ride’s fault — guests ignoring boarding instructions.
TRON Lightcycle / Run
TRON is a semi-enclosed, high-speed launch coaster in Tomorrowland that features special motorbike-themed ride vehicles. This attraction works differently than your typical Disney dark ride, having riders go through a series of steps and precautions before riding.
TRON Lightcycle / Run
The pre-show and boarding instructors clearly help riders know about locker storage, how to find and open said lockers, how to approach the vehicle you’re assigned to, what to store once on the vehicle, and how to “sync” with your lightcycle ( kneel, lean, and pull the handlebars towards you).
It’s all pretty clear-cut and the video and audio do a pretty good job of letting you know what to expect as you are near boarding. However, the one blatant issue remains — people ignore the boarding instructions.
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From fumbling around to breaking rules because they didn’t listen, some guests’ aversion to hearing the rules only leads to more of a delay, wasted time, and, on rare occasions, evacuations. To make matters worse, TRON is resigned to virtual queue access or Individual Lightning Lane purchases ONLY, meaning you stressed out to get a boarding group at either 7AM or 1PM or paid extra just for an opportunity to ride this attraction. So when guests don’t do the little things like pay attention, they’re only making matters worse for everyone else boarding the ride.
Get ready to enter the Grid!
Not only does paying attention to boarding instructions make the process go by faster, but they’re also super important for your safety which, in our opinion, should make them mandatory to pay attention to. Disney World is full of thrilling attractions that require specific instructions and we can’t stress enough how important it is that you follow these instructions to the letter.
If you always make sure to pay attention to your surroundings, follow the rules, and take everyone into consideration YOU are a model Disney World citizen and we thank you!
TRON Lightcycle / Run
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Wait, Cast Members want the “Guest” to actively read and understand what to do before they approach the ride vehicle? If only the “Guest” could understand that part of the long wait in line to due to “Guest” created capacity constraints.
Resounding YES!!! My husband and I can both have trouble hearing if others in the room are constantly talking; thus, we lose out on knowing what to do and when. Shouldn’t matter if it’s a person’s first time riding TRON (like for us last year), or a person has ridden TRON numerous times. Please LISTEN to the boarding instructions!
Possibly Tron could have Patrick Warburtin make a pre-boarding video like the one at Soarin’
Someone is going to end up getting hurt on this ride. It’s too complicated for riders, the guests may not speak English to understand the instructions anyways, and the cars were manufactured for a smaller and shorter nationality (Although I heard they’ve gone to using the cars for handicapped people now mostly, as the main cars were too small to fit Americans.)