EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[Biff215]

Yes they do. Just like other corporations with multiple businesses.

So you’re telling me Disney Parks is paying Disney Animation to use Tiana in an attraction? I guess anything is possible but that just sounds silly.

 

[gorillaball]

So you’re telling me Disney Parks is paying Disney Animation to use Tiana an attraction? I guess anything is possible but that just sounds silly.

I think it’s probably likely they do, common practice in most businesses I see. Helps you analyze at a smaller level, not much more. It all gets eliminated in consolidation.

 

[JoeCamel]

So you’re telling me Disney Parks is paying Disney Animation to use Tiana an attraction? I guess anything is possible but that just sounds silly.

That accounting was de rigueur in the movie business and is a way to shift money between divisions

 

[ToTBellHop]

does anyone know if the test track system allows for adjustments or are the imagineers trapped within the confines of the system? For example, does the initial speed up to test the brakes always have too do that or can they change it to go slow? Or the part with the semi truck you avoid, could they adjust that part of the track to not always be the same? It seems like some of those things constrain them into having to work around these old ideas.

The track is fixed but they could alter speed. Within reason. Slower is always fine. The high speed loop was actually designed to tolerate speeds greater than 65 mph.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Looks lovely. Very 80’s minimalist.

 

[osian]

Technically, speed can be altered, but practically it's not going to be possible. If it alters the duration of the ride, that affects throughput. If overall slower then it loses capacity. If overall faster, you have a problem with stacking at the station.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Technically, speed can be altered, but practically it's not going to be possible. If it alters the duration of the ride, that affects throughput. If overall slower then it loses capacity. If overall faster, you have a problem with stacking at the station.

I’m not saying they will. Just that they could. We can see the cars testing are not going appreciably faster or slower than before.

 

[DisneyCane]

That accounting was de rigueur in the movie business and is a way to shift money between divisions

It's also a way to value different parts of the company separately for the purposes of potential sales or spinoffs of parts. Not that I'm speculating either for Disney but all corporations want to be prepared just in case something comes up in the future.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It's also a way to value different parts of the company separately for the purposes of potential sales or spinoffs of parts. Not that I'm speculating either for Disney but all corporations want to be prepared just in case something comes up in the future.

It used to be more of a two-way street where the film divisions would pay for new entertainment in the parks the promote films (new parades, M&Gs, one-day events).

That almost never happens now. Easier and cheaper to have AI make it look like Stitch TPed the castle…

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.

As long as the screens/projections are implemented nicely and give off a great illusion of depth and realism, it should work, in my opinion!

And also... anything other than a pretty empty *TRON wannabe looking* building from Test Track 2.0 will be a major upgrade. I will gladly welcome a bunch of screens/projections to look at all around me, while I'm zipping through the Test Track building!

 

[solidyne]

[...] There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made [...]

If You Had Wings!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.

As long as the screens/projections are implemented nicely and give off a great illusion of depth and realism, it should work, in my opinion!

And also... anything other than a pretty empty *TRON wannabe looking* building from Test Track 2.0 will be a major upgrade. I will gladly welcome a bunch of screens/projections to look at all around me, while I'm zipping through the Test Track building!

Obviously will come down to final execution ... but not like the screens would be replacing 47 animatronics or something

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

Obviously will come down to final execution ... but not like the screens would be replacing 47 animatronics or something

That's another great way of looking at it! I get that we all want to see physical sets and AA's all around us in that building (and in every ride), but you're absolutely right.

 

[SingleRider]

Late summer for Disney is like 7/1. It’s fall in like 8 weeks to them…

Even Halloween starts in August at Disney.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.

Just because the screens look better doesn't mean they stopped applying them too much or using them as a crutch above all else. Battle at the Ministry is actually a great example of that, and I think we're in for a bad time at Test Track if it uses half the amount of screens that it does

 

[Disstevefan1]

The new Sign for Test Track Presented by GM is awesome! I can't wait to ride it!

GM is now lower case gm because reasons.

 

[ChrisRobin124]

Do we know that when it fully opens whether it will be VQ, Multiple LL, or ILL in the beginning?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Do we know that when it fully opens whether it will be VQ, Multiple LL, or ILL in the beginning?

It's a 26 year old ride, I would really hope it's not VQ or ILL

 

[MJL92]

Do we know that when it fully opens whether it will be VQ, Multiple LL, or ILL in the beginning?

They'll be happy to get another Tier 1 Multi-Pass ride back online.

Project out the rest of the decade, nothing new coming to Epcot. GotG will be the LL Single Pass forever.

 

[Disstevefan1]

It's a 26 year old ride, I would really hope it's not VQ or ILL

Normally I would assume because it’s “new” it would be only boarding groups or LL with no standby.
But, if crowd levels are low enough maybe they will have standby open?

Because it’s Disney, I am assuming it will reopen with no standby, only boarding groups and LL