I have noticed in some videos recently that the doors at the end of the indoor section are remaining open, instead of opening at the last second. How long has this been this way?
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Test Track
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Andrew25
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A few months now unfortunately
Ayla
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Probably on and off close to 2 years. It's been that way a long time.
Disstevefan1
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The person that knew how to fix that probably got laid off to pay for the failed Disney +
PizzaPlanet
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Speaking of Test Track I think it’s been a decade since the last redo. Will they be obligated to change it again for GM?
tparris
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It’s been that way since at least late-ish 2022
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I don't remember the last time I've ridden the ride with them working. It's been several years, at least for me and my 2 trips a year in the past.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Unless....GM drops their contract and it can become The Rusteez Racing Center..That McQueen Animatronic at DHS would work fine in the preshow area.
Considering the odd route Epcot is going now a days..
HMF
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Please, don't give them ideas.
Cmdr_Crimson
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HMF
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It's Tron-esque but not Tron-branded and the aesthetic fits EPCOT.Well, it has been a "Tron-esque" Track ever since..
DreamfinderGuy
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My constant worry since they started working on EPCOT isn't that GM will drop out, it's that Disney won't let GM renew whenever their contract is up.
But with how much of a money pit EPCOT has been recently, I think we're probably good for a while
Disstevefan1
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I would like to know the reasoning as to why Disney would not let GM renew? As in, Disney saying, “GM please stop giving us money”.
Having said that, we are seeing Disney do things that defy logic all the time recently.
DreamfinderGuy
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The whole reason I don't see it happening now is that Disney is in no position to reject handouts, but my concern is that it has become sort of an EPCOT black sheep. They don't really do corporate sponsorships anymore, and the attraction not promoting some kind of film makes it go against the grain of the changing theme of EPCOT and every recent attraction opening. Disney forcing Glidden out of their Innoventions space prior to their contract ending comes to mind as a recent example, when they have an idea for a space they'll cut the sponsor money coming in to do it.
Disstevefan1
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Ha, Disney loves corporate sponsorships! It's just that corporations do not need spend money on sponsorships since the WWW.
If Disney "forced" Glidden out of innoventions it was money related.
Disney LOVES MONEY!!
Cmdr_Crimson
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Makes we question what the agreement is with Hyundai recently especially with the new commercial that came out..
DreamfinderGuy
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Glidden signed five years in 2015, right when Disney was starting to wind down operations of Innoventions. Also why they only signed a one year contract with Murata in 2017, still allowed them to have something else in Innoventions without causing it to stay open longer than Glidden was causing it to. Eventually they came to an agreement to terminate the contract early because Disney wanted to get started with the Creations/Connections project. Even if they allowed the contract to run its full term, it would have been an example of Disney not allowing a sponsor to renew because they wanted the space back.
No Name
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DreamfinderGuy
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In the traditional EPCOT sense, I mean. Tron is something that Disney wanted to do regardless, and Enterprise was happy to pay to stick their logo on it. Plus, the focus remains promoting a Disney film rather than a 3rd party company's product. GM still had creative control in this last Test Track overhaul and has significant in-park space to sell their product that Enterprise does not have. I don't think that's something that the company in the state it's in today would be quick to do again.