EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[DisneyCane]

After spending 2 hours in the queue (we got on line right at reopening from a weather delay only to get hit by another weather delay) we finally got to ride. Our quick opinion is that the scenes were well done, the LIDAR looked cool but the story didn't really make much sense. The story of 2.0 was much more cohesive but the show scenes were cheap/non-existent. For story 1.0 wins, for show scenes 3.0 wins.

 

[Biff215]

Still no doors…do we think they’re gone forever???

 

[solidyne]

Still no doors…do we think they’re gone forever???

Now we have Disco Doors.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

The logo at the outdoor loop has been added

 

[VicariousCorpse]

The logo at the outdoor loop has been added.

Is it supposed to look like a landing pad?

 

[Figments Friend]

The logo at the outdoor loop has been added

Don’t they mean the ‘World of Motion’ logo…?



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[TheCoasterNerd]

Don’t they mean the ‘World of Motion’ logo…?



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They’re different. The TT logo is quite a bit thinner than the WoM logo.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Is it supposed to look like a landing pad?

No, it’s the logo for the pavilion. See above.

 

[James J]

They’re different. The TT logo is quite a bit thinner than the WoM logo. View attachment 883026View attachment 883027

The TT logo is literally a tribute to the WoM logo. Hence the similarities.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Rode it yesterday. They did a good job with this update. It felt more “Epcot” than the previous version. Wish they had removed the “simulated almost crash” as that’s always been painful, but I understand that the track is the same.

Door was still in the open position when I rode, wonder if they will fix that.

Painful?

 

[Nunu]

Painful?

My guess would be that the hard breaking-skid combo can feel a bit rough for some.

Is this what you mean @Fido Chuckwagon ?

 

[HMF]

They’re different. The TT logo is quite a bit thinner than the WoM logo. View attachment 883026View attachment 883027

It really is semantics at this point.

 

[HMF]

The TT logo is literally a tribute to the WoM logo. Hence the similarities.

I honestly think if they were legitimately interested in why the EPCOT of the 80s was (or was not) succesful, they would be more concerned in restoring what made it great instead of half-baked "tributes". I will be fair the new Test Track would not have felt out of place in the EPCOT of the 80s. It's just that the rest of the park has been neutered so badly that it's like successfully re-animating the hand of a corpse.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Better video of the logo:

 

[HauntedPirate]

So… a logo painted outside and visible for roughly 10 seconds is making people fall all over themselves?

 

[HMF]

So… a logo painted outside and visible for roughly 10 seconds is making people fall all over themselves?

That does seem to basically be the only thing interesting happening around WDW right now which is indeed a sad state of affairs but everything else looks pretty bad so this is what we have been reduced to.

 

[HauntedPirate]

That does seem to basically be the only thing interesting happening around WDW right now which is indeed a sad state of affairs but everything else looks pretty bad so this is what we have been reduced to.

It’s a sad commentary on the management regime that’s been in place for the better part of 20 years. And an even sadder commentary on park fans.

 

[MisterPenguin]

So… a logo painted outside and visible for roughly 10 seconds is making people fall all over themselves?

People were falling all over themselves to criticize Disney for not having the logo prominently place.

Some of them were even sincere in their criticism!!

 

[HauntedPirate]

People were falling all over themselves to criticize Disney for not having the logo prominently place.

Some of them were even sincere in their criticism!!

The logo’s died with the original pavilions. Attempting to keep them around these days is just WDI trying to seem cool while beating a dead horse.

IMHO.

 

[MrNonacho]

I’m glad I can find at least a little bit of happiness in this rather than just cynicism.