Test Track - Broken Effect(s)

[Bairstow]

- all results screens were working for all scenes
- fog effects in the vehicle scan scene working
- final test doors still in open position

Glad to hear the screens are working.
I wonder if it's the kind of effect that usually is open and running after a fresh reboot in the morning, but tends to go down as the day wears on.

 

[Victor Kelly]

If they are running windows, it would explain a lot.

 

[j0e1306]

False.

Erm pretty sure it's true... rode 10+ times over a 2 week period and not once did the doors work.

 

[ShoalFox]

I had this problem on one day in June, but then it was fixed when I went again on a different day. Seems like it's a day-by-day thing.

 

[matt9112]

i am baffled by how long it takes to figure out those doors.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Whether or not your car shows up on the screens has been hit or miss since day one. It has improved a little, but it still doesn't seem to be reliable at all. Baffling, considering that was the entire premise of the re-theme and "pre-show." The concept is already washy at best... I wonder how many people ride and never see their car, and then wonder what the point of the design room even was.

 

[captainmoch]

Whether or not your car shows up on the screens has been hit or miss since day one. It has improved a little, but it still doesn't seem to be reliable at all. Baffling, considering that was the entire premise of the re-theme and "pre-show." The concept is already washy at best... I wonder how many people ride and never see their car, and then wonder what the point of the design room even was.

That happened to me my first time... not a good first impression for an already shoddy replacement. Seriously, the original was a unique concept with fun little gimmicks and did slightly help with Epcot's edutainment. This version is just generic Tron overwash with a poorly implemented vehicle design feature...

 

[WDW Monorail]

Erm pretty sure it's true... rode 10+ times over a 2 week period and not once did the doors work.

That's nice but it is not true.

 

[FettFan]

There is a mister in the room prior to that (the old heat chamber)

It's meant to give a burst of smoke just before each car enters to make the "scanner" light beam appear more of a beam and less of a line on the car. The effect is rather variable.

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So....can we presume that those scanners will be going the way of the "Dinosaur" scanners?

 

[Kevin_W]

Glad to hear the screens are working.
I wonder if it's the kind of effect that usually is open and running after a fresh reboot in the morning, but tends to go down as the day wears on.

We were 3/4 on the results screens this morning. Too bad, since for our DD designing the car and seeing how it compares to Mommy and Daddy is the fun of the ride (moreso than the ride itself). We had to specifically ask the cast member so that we could even all design our own cars - the default is to lump all 3 of us together with one car.

 

[j0e1306]

That's nice but it is not true.

Maybe you could add some substance to your denial, were you riding with me and I missed them??

 

[tonganprince]

eh. While it is displeasing to the eye, open doors > closed ride

 

[WDW Monorail]

Maybe you could add some substance to your denial, were you riding with me and I missed them??

The substance is the doors have NOT been open since mid-May as you originally stated.

 

[bethymouse]

Well then, it's not a "barrier test". That kinda sucks!

 

[Nick Wilde]

The substance is the doors have NOT been open since mid-May as you originally stated.

That's not substance. That's restating what was asked to give substance to.

 

[Bairstow]

I'd rather have a closed ride than bad show. Period.

At the Magic Kingdom, maybe, but not at the other three Disney parks.
These days you close one major ride and there goes 1/5 of the worthwhile things to do in the park.

 

[Bairstow]

And, the point? Close it anyway and fix it.

My point is that if I'm in a park that's not the Magic Kingdom, I'd rather have an effect or two be down causing "bad show" than to lose a good portion of things to do in that park. This is especially true of Everest, Test Track, and Tower of Terror where the ride vehicle motion is 85% of the attraction anyway.

 

[marni1971]

And then fix the effect of course.

Within the hour.
Within a few hours.
Overnight.
Within the week.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Bill: Did You Remember to turn off those Robots?
Sherry: What Robots? There's no effects in here anymore..

 

[emcclay]

Can't remember the last time I rode when all effects were working properly. Maybe last year?