Disney's New Roller Coaster at Magic Kingdom

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After 5 long years of waiting, Disney has finally unveiled its newest roller coaster in the US, the Tron Lightcycle Run (the same ride already exists at Shanghai Disneyland). The ride officially opens April 4th at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, but cast members and select annual pass holders were given a sneak preview ahead of the grand opening. The roller coaster is based off of the Disney Tron movies (Tron in 1982 and Tron Legacy in 2010). In this scenario, riders are "digitized" and enter the electronic realm where they join Tron and the blue team to fight against evil Sark and the orange team. It's a race against time to save the digital realm! Riders sit on a light cycle, a sort of fancy looking motorcycle, for the ride. The majority of the ride is indoors in a giagantic building, but the launch takes place outdoors under a giant dome/canopy, as seen in the photo. The launch takes riders from 0-59 mph (95km) in a matter of a few seconds. And because the majority of the ride is indoors, there are very cool lighting effects throughout the attraction that make the rider feel as if they are in the digital realm. This newest attraction sits in the back of Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom next to Space Mountain. There are some very amazing sightlines at night when both are lit up. It surely does look futuristic. As you can see from the photo, even during the pass holder preview the queue was filled with hundreds, if not thousands of people. Fortunately, when the ride opens to the public on April 4th, the only way to ride the attraction is to make a reservation in Disney's virtual queue. This prevents waiting times that would probably equal about 3-4 hours if guests were required to stand in the queue to ride. Our sneak preview ride was on March 6th from 7-8pm. We were lucky enough to join the queue towards the end, and since it was the last preview boarding group of the night, there were only a few guests behind us in the line. As a result, when we completed the ride, we asked the cast members if we could ride it again since there were no other waiting guests, and they let us! It was a blast! Are you a roller coaster fan, and were you aware of Disney's new roller coaster opening up?