EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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DisneyCane said:
The worst section of 2.0 was where 1.0 had the with and without anti-lock brake demonstration. Not that it felt "real" but at least the section made sense. In 2.0 there was just a wiggly section and then a straight section for no apparent reason.
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Did you not pay attention to the sets or narration at all? They pretty clearly explain what both of those areas were converted into
 
TheMaxRebo

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monothingie said:
Yes we saw how well "The New and Improved" Epcot came out. How about Tiannna's Breakdown Adventure?

No one cares about is the backstory or day to day goings on of a cherry picked imagineer. Everyone cares about the finished product. Maybe Disney could put more effort into making things that build upon the rich heritage of WDI instead of social media dribble appealing to Gen Z/Alphas that could care less.
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I actually like when they show "a day in the life of an imagineer" - I think it makes it seem more real and is interesting

Now, ideally this would be part of sharing more actual legit content / information about the actual ride not instead of, but I do like these
 
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Vinnie Mac

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TheMaxRebo said:
I actually like when they show "a day in the life of an imagineer" - I think it makes it seem more real and is interesting

Now, ideally this would be part of sharing more actual legit content / information about the actual ride not instead of, but I do like these
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As someone who is very interested in doing this line of work, I 100% agree. It's kinda cool to see what I may be getting myself into
 
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gorillaball

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monothingie said:
Yes we saw how well "The New and Improved" Epcot came out. How about Tiannna's Breakdown Adventure?

No one cares about is the backstory or day to day goings on of a cherry picked imagineer. Everyone cares about the finished product. Maybe Disney could put more effort into making things that build upon the rich heritage of WDI instead of social media dribble appealing to Gen Z/Alphas that could care less.
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I care, therefore your statement is false. Not so much about backstory but then behind the scenes w the imagineer is interesting.
 
MerlinTheGoat

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lazyboy97o said:
Like what? What point are they at in construction?
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Unless this ride has been delayed by a massive amount and is undergoing major changes as it's being worked on right now, then they should have SOMETHING to show for it. If not installed within the building, then at least in the workshops. Last I heard, they were still targeting the latter half of this year. They should have at least some set pieces in some form of construction (unless literally everything is just going to be projection based). And if not that, then diagrams, computer renderings, more art and information. Something.

lazyboy97o said:
And? The video wasn’t a promo for the ride. It was made for Women in Construction Week and features a woman working in construction.
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This is the video label-

Buckle up! Join Carleigh, a Project Engineer, as she takes us through a day working on Test Track presented by @generalmotors! #WICweek.

Any reasonable person would expect such a video title to include something interesting about the ride. Otherwise just leave out the part about working on the ride. This person also states in the video that she is working on materials and surface finishes for the "finale scene", so she is seemingly not just involved in basic underlying construction but stuff that will actually be visible to guests and part of the ride experience. It would be entirely reasonable to reveal something about what the finished product will look like within this video.

Secondly (and please consider this next point if you actually DO support women in construction), if they wanted to boast about the talents of women, then that's even more reason to show something interesting and exciting to promote said person and their talents. Making a video showing a person driving over to inspect bare plywood and then reporting back to your boss on the state of said materials (and exchanging memes???) is doing no favors for either Disney or the people promoting WICWeek. And I say that as someone who is supportive of the motivation behind WICWeek.
 
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EagleScout610

EagleScout610

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Agent H said:
I don’t think we got a glimpse of anything but maybe I missed it. I just saw a whole lot of construction.
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90% sure this is one of the railings in the queue.
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(Also hi ladder)
 
splah

splah

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Streetway Again said:
They Really are keeping the ride itself a secret.
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you know, i'm okay with this strategy for a change. by not doing a slow drip of information it limits the opportunity for people to create their ideal version and ultimately let down because it didn't live up to their armchair imagineered ride. It's like reading a book then watching someone else's vision in a movie. they don't always jive. but in the age of Content Content Content seems like a one-off case
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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MerlinTheGoat said:
Unless this ride has been delayed by a massive amount and is undergoing major changes as it's being worked on right now, then they should have SOMETHING to show for it. If not installed within the building, then at least in the workshops. Last I heard, they were still targeting the latter half of this year. They should have at least some set pieces in some form of construction (unless literally everything is just going to be projection based). And if not that, then diagrams, computer renderings, more art and information. Something.
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They’ve had things for awhile now. There’s a whole 3D model of the attraction. Multiple pieces of art for every queue and ride scene. As with every project, most of that is never going to be published. Attraction content being kept secret isn’t something new or different.

MerlinTheGoat said:
This is the video label-

Buckle up! Join Carleigh, a Project Engineer, as she takes us through a day working on Test Track presented by @generalmotors! #WICweek.

Any reasonable person would expect such a video title to include something interesting about the ride. Otherwise just leave out the part about working on the ride. This person also states in the video that she is working on materials and surface finishes for the "finale scene", so she is seemingly not just involved in basic underlying construction but stuff that will actually be visible to guests and part of the ride experience. It would be entirely reasonable to reveal something about what the finished product will look like within this video.

Secondly (and please consider this next point if you actually DO support women in construction), if they wanted to boast about the talents of women, then that's even more reason to show something interesting and exciting to promote said person and their talents. Making a video showing a person driving over to inspect bare plywood and then reporting back to your boss on the state of said materials (and exchanging memes???) is doing no favors for either Disney or the people promoting WICWeek. And I say that as someone who is supportive of the motivation behind WICWeek.
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What do you think a project engineer does that wasn’t shown in this video? It’s not a design role, so anything with materials would be more about sourcing, possible substitutions and submittal for the design team’s review. It’s not a trade or fabrication role, so no project engineer is actually building something or even physically installing set pieces. It’s a lower to middle level management and supervisory role. Looking at bare materials is kind of an important part of the job because there’s going to be hell to pay if something is wrong and they have to redo finished work.
 

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