Andrew C
You know what's funny?
This made me laugh out loud. Hopefully they surprise us all...
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EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined
- Thread starter wdwmagic
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Disney Fans: This update better have lots of better new things!!
Also Disney Fans: I hope they don't change much!!
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What a tired old trope.
You've seen countless big name franchises totally fail because of that false narrative.
Star Wars
Star Trek
Marvel
DC
Doctor Who
Indy
Pixar
Maybe the fans are the cannery in the coal mine foreshadowing the destruction of beloved franchise because of crap product.
Agent H
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Pixar is not a “franchise” in and of itself.
Disstevefan1
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If they just reskin things like the queue and scenery and do not try to "improve or update" the vehicles or ride system, all will be OK.
Please do not try to "improve or update" the vehicles or ride system. 
Mr. Sullivan
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They don’g need to be? They function just fine. They’re not uncomfortable to sit in. The ride’s capacity is fine. The ride isn’t rough. What is there to update?
Mr. Sullivan
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You speak about TBA and the EPCOT updates like everyone agrees with you. Not everyone dislikes them. In fact, a lot of people are rather pleased by them.
You're not helping your position. Even though you think you are, you're not.
Mr. Sullivan
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I reckon it makes more sense to just follow along with what is given (even if it’s not a lot) and look forward to seeing how something turns out when it’s ready than speaking about the assumed faults of something nobody has seen based on nothing but one’s own personal vibes that what they’re saying is going to turn out to be true.
Mr. Sullivan
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And with pretty much every example you listed above, it was the fans that ruined the product.
They yelled and ranted and screamed until the studios started to finally listen to them and put what the fans were saying on screen and everybody got to see how awful that is. Fans have no place in the creative process because they’re unable to look beyond what about something interests them l, whether or not that also interests everybody else.
Ant creative who caves because a spoiled fanbase rants and raves and throws a temper tantrum is not worth their salt.
Mr. Sullivan
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I’m not trying to help position. I don’t need to help my position. “I’m looking forward to see how this turns out, and I think it’s a little silly that everyone is melting down over things we don’t know” is hardly a controversial opinion.
I’m just saying that just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean everybody else doesn’t either, and that’s why you trying to use your dislike of things as some objective argument for why what you think is going to happen will turn out to be true is just not an interesting conversation. You don’t think the ride is going to be good therefore you’re treating it as a fact based on nothing but your own point of view.
It’s just really silly to sit and watch people make grand sweeping assessments of things that they haven’t even laid eyes on. By all means if you want to discuss your dislike of it once it’s here for all of us to see I can’t fault you for that. But preemptively complaining about your own assumptions that haven’t been proven yet? That just kind of seems like yelling for the sake of it.
Mr. Sullivan
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I am claiming that, yes. fans ruin everything when the creative start to listen to them. it’s a tail as old as time. Yes we will agree to disagree.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
The whole IP everywhere thing is because "we are giving people what they want." So maybe I agree with the notion that fans ruin everything....
JD80
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I'm a big fan of both. TBA is better than Splash and World Celebration is one of my favorite places to be at night (assuming the lights work
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Mr. Sullivan
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World Celebration is wonderful yes (except the festival hall which is not great when not dressed up).I'm a big fan of both. TBA is better than Splash and World Celebration is one of my favorite places to be at night (assuming the lights work
TBA is roughly equal to Splash to me. Both solid B-tier attractions that are fun and well done but neither is/was the star of the park (not even close) and especially neither is deserving of the amount of conversation that has been had about both of them. To me anyway, just my view but I get that’s not all shared by all.
Disstevefan1
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FTFY
Creathir
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I guess it’s more of a disappointment for me.
Anyone who has been in a performance Tesla can attest to the outright incredible experience a modern electric vehicle can provide torque wise.
GM could have highlighted their latest tech with this update with all new vehicles. Instead it’s trip to the paint shop.
Just a bit of a let down, when a modern $50k small SUV delivers a similar ride experience to the current vehicles.
James Alucobond
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Uh, whether or not new vehicles happened, the track was never going to change, which is what would account for most of the feel. Swapping in a different car won’t do anything like what you described.
Except Disney didn't listen to the fans when they made the sequel trilogy, only the "story group". But you know that.
And again - If you can find my post where I complained about not getting new ride vehicles, or basically anything about this outside of the questionable videos made, you would then have something to go from. But you won't, because I haven't. Carry on.
DreamfinderGuy
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I for one welcome the new version of Test Track presented by General Motors, the ride that definitely doesn't feature Tiana or Star Wars or whatever y'all are talking about in the Test Track thread for some reason.
