As part of today’s TRON Lightcycle / Run media event, Disney has created a special Welcome Center inspired by Flynn’s Arcade exclusively for media event preview attendees.
Disney today greeted its media guests by welcoming them into a room inspired by Flynn’s arcade from the 1982 film TRON and its sequel TRON Legacy. The Arcade was the business (and home) of Kevin Flynn, the creator of the Grid.
Disney Parks shared a video on its Instagram Stories showcasing the event with a tour of the arcade and its offerings. This all comes ahead of the grand opening of TRON Lightcycle/Run at the Magic Kingdom on April 4th.
Media guests were greeted by this neon sign that read ‘Game On’ with a hidden Mickey icon and an arrow pointing them in the right direction.
Next, they went through a dark tunnel with green neon lights surrounding them, very much in the spirit of The Grid.
The temporary media event arcade featured a variety of gameplay options, including Guitar Hero.
A game of Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga is shown here surrounded by a back frame of neon lights with a Mickey symbol on top.
The arcade classic Space Invaders was also on display at the media event, also surrounded by its own neon light frame.
Although the Disney Parks Instagram story didn’t show a TRON arcade video game, there was a TRON pinball machine.
Also featured in the video was a prize wall, complete with a bucket hat, drinking glasses, a plush keychain of Expedition Everest’s Yeti, and a Baby Groot squeeze toy, among other things.
Here, under this giant neon Mickey Ice Bar, fresh popcorn can be seen in a machine available to media event guests.
Flynn’s Arcade was previously more faithfully recreated during the ElecTRONica dance event held at Disney California Adventure on select nights in 2010-2012. The place offered a range of classic arcade games as well as the TRON arcade game manufactured by Bally Midway. During the popular dance event, guests could also immerse themselves in the neon world of The Grid. We covered this event in the early days of WDWNT if you’d like to read more about it.
What do you think of this exclusive TRON media event? Do you wish it were open to all park guests, similar to the ElecTRONica experience? Tell us in the comments.
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