Credit: DisneyA Disney World TRON ride/experience has been removed forever at Magic Kingdom, leading to confusion and sadness throughout the community, and continuing into 2026.
Disney World TRON Ride: Is It Gone for Good?
The neon-blue canopy of TRON Lightcycle / Run has become one of the defining sights of Magic Kingdom at night, its racing lightcycles slicing through the darkness while guests cheer from the midway. Families plan entire evenings around this one attraction, timing their Lightning Lane windows so they can ride just as the canopy begins to glow.
So when word spread that a TRON experience at Magic Kingdom had quietly closed and construction permits had been filed, some fans immediately panicked: was Disney about to pull the plug on one of its newest headliners?
In the blur of social posts and secondhand reports, many guests mixed up which TRON experience was in trouble, arriving in Tomorrowland wondering whether the roller coaster itself was the one closing forever. The confusion only grew once fans noticed that something else had quietly vanished from Disney’s official website.
What Actually Closed Near TRON Lightcycle / Run?
The experience that has disappeared is not TRON Lightcycle / Run, but the TRON Identity Program, a paid customization offering that operated inside Tomorrowland Launch Depot, the gift shop space near the coaster and at the exit of Space Mountain. The TRON Identity Program allowed guests to create a personalized “Program” action figure, complete with facial scanning and voice recording, using a dedicated “Grid Digitization Portal” in the store.
Guests would move through a multi-step process that captured their facial features, let them choose from various helmet and body styles, pick a team color, and then record six spoken dialogue lines that the figure could “say” in their own voice. The experience originally debuted at a price of 89.99 dollars per figure plus tax, positioning it as a premium custom souvenir for TRON fans and collectors.
Disney Quietly Pulls the Plug on TRON Identity
The clearest sign that TRON Identity has reached the end of the line came when Disney removed the experience’s dedicated page from the official Walt Disney World website, replacing it with a general error graphic. Around the same time, signage and example figures were taken away from Tomorrowland Launch Depot, and Cast Members began confirming that the experience had ended, with some reports noting December 31, 2025, as its final day of operation.
Behind the scenes, paperwork tells the same story. Two Notices of Commencement were recently filed for addresses that map to the Tomorrowland Launch Depot and adjacent Tomorrowland Light & Power space, listing Buena Vista Construction Company as the contractor. That firm is frequently associated with interior modifications and smaller-scale projects around Walt Disney World, which suggests Disney is planning a targeted refresh of the area rather than a major redevelopment.
Discount Signals and Softening Demand
The permanent-looking nature of the closure comes after months of warning signs that TRON Identity might not be performing at the level Disney hoped. In summer 2025, Walt Disney World introduced a steep discount, dropping the price from 89.99 dollars to 50 dollars per action figure plus tax beginning June 3, marketed explicitly as a “limited-time” offer.
Third-party coverage at the time noted that the experience rarely drew long lines once the initial novelty wore off, with reservations eventually removed and walk-ups accepted as demand declined.
Even with the price cut, the TRON Identity Program appears to have struggled to capture the same must-do status as other premium customization experiences like lightsabers at Savi’s Workshop or droids at Droid Depot.
Combined with ongoing reports of technical issues and intermittent downtime, the deep discount read to many fans as a test to see whether a lower price could save the offering; the recent website removal and permits strongly indicate that experiment is now over.
Why This Matters for Magic Kingdom’s Future
For guests planning an upcoming trip, the most important takeaway is simple: TRON Lightcycle / Run is not closing, but the TRON Identity Program custom action figure experience appears to have ended permanently, with Disney yet to announce a replacement. For collectors and TRON superfans, that means the figures already created may become unexpectedly rare, representing a short-lived chapter in Magic Kingdom’s evolving Tomorrowland lineup.
From a broader industry perspective, this closure highlights how even high-tech, IP-driven upcharge experiences are not guaranteed hits, especially when they come with a steep price tag and rely on complex hardware.
Disney’s choice to bring in Buena Vista Construction Company for what looks like interior refresh work hints that the space will likely be turned over quickly to a new retail concept, a different interactive experience, or additional capacity for TRON and Space Mountain merchandise rather than sitting vacant.
Until Disney comments on the closure or reveals what will occupy the former TRON Identity footprint, guests walking into Tomorrowland Launch Depot will find one less way to step “into the Grid” — and one more reminder that even in the most futuristic land in Magic Kingdom, nothing stays the same for long.