Any Updates on Test Track Redo?

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Annielkd

Member
hurricanepat said:
I have a question, I'm not sure whether this has been discussed before. What do the TT cast members (or any ride for that matter) do when the attraction is down for a refurb like this? Are they simply transferred to another ride while this refurb is taking place?
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They get posted somewhere else.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
ADP2 said:
Closing this attraction over the busy summer months doesn't seem right. Does anyone know why they couldn't have done this from the Fall through the Winter months so less guests would be impacted?

I think EPCOT will be really affected by this closure. Soarin will have a lot more visitors and I'm not sure how much the other EPCOT attractions will absorb from the TT closure. IDK...Maybe it won't be so bad, but we'll see.
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Epcot will indeed be affected. I'm afraid that is what happens when you let a park stagnate for over a decade thinking minor diversions and new restaurants will cover things. 1996 was a mess with Energy and Motion slipping the schedules but at least they had Horizons and Life to fall back on. Plus JII one was still around. Now they had the risk of a twenty minute wait for Ellen - not everyone's cup of tea - or the family unfriendly M:S.

Refurbs have to happen, and like said above there isn't really a quiet time now. It's the park itself that can't handle the ensuing problems, not the scheduling.
 
misterID

misterID

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wdwmagic said:
I think that is really unlikely.
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montyz81

montyz81

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marni1971 said:
Epcot will indeed be affected. I'm afraid that is what happens when you let a park stagnate for over a decade thinking minor diversions and new restaurants will cover things. 1996 was a mess with Energy and Motion slipping the schedules but at least they had Horizons and Life to fall back on. Plus JII one was still around. Now they had the risk of a twenty minute wait for Ellen - not everyone's cup of tea - or the family unfriendly M:S.

Refurbs have to happen, and like said above there isn't really a quiet time now. It's the park itself that can't handle the ensuing problems, not the scheduling.
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I thought I said that above :)
 
TP2000

TP2000

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Lee said:
Really, highly and extremely unlikely.
:lol:
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Perhaps not human animatronics, but what about automotive animatronics?

Radiator Springs Racers is rumored to have at least a couple of automotive animatronics in the form of Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater who talk to you as you go by in your car past the basic plywood sets in the short dark ride section. It would seem odd that WDI would build these two new auto-animatronics for Racers but not build something similar for Test Track 2.0 at the same time to save costs (obviously not Mater or Lightning, but a Chevy Volt version or something?).

Couldn't there be one or two of the two Radiator Springs Racers auto-animatronics rethemed a bit in Test Track 2.0?
 
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celluloid

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TP2000 said:
Perhaps not human animatronics, but what about automotive animatronics?

Radiator Springs Racers is rumored to have at least a couple of automotive animatronics in the form of Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater who talk to you as you go by in your car past the basic plywood sets in the short dark ride section. It would seem odd that WDI would build these two new auto-animatronics for Racers but not build something similar for Test Track 2.0 at the same time to save costs (obviously not Mater or Lightning, but a Chevy Volt version or something?).

Couldn't there be one or two of the two Radiator Springs Racers auto-animatronics rethemed a bit in Test Track 2.0?
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Test Track has always had two of those in a sense. They can't ever seem to have them consistently working after the first few years.

The painting robotic arms as well as the vehicle that used to crash into the wall and reset for the next guests in the barrier test launching area.

Ya know, they can't even get the cone knocking over effect working consistently anymore.

My guess is they are going more away from those and more towards screens and speed tunnel like effects, but I don't think anyone should be too shocked these days.
 
Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

Well-Known Member
rip out all the scenes (or cover them with black curtains), replace with screens, and viola, E ticket ride, TDO 2012 style

.... I really, REALLY hope they prove me wrong.
 
Gregoryp73

Gregoryp73

Active Member
celluloid said:
Test Track has always had two of those in a sense. They can't ever seem to have them consistently working after the first few years.

The painting robotic arms as well as the vehicle that used to crash into the wall and reset for the next guests in the barrier test launching area.

Ya know, they can't even get the cone knocking over effect working consistently anymore.

My guess is they are going more away from those and more towards screens and speed tunnel like effects, but I don't think anyone should be too shocked these days.
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I wonder if they could get away with rethemeing the the robots that spit corrosives into the those robots that help Tony Stark in Iron Man :)

They aren't technically Marvel superhero's
 
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celluloid

Well-Known Member
disneyeater said:
I have only been on this ride in the last 2 years and had no idea this even happened.
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Yep. It used to happen right when you make the turn into the final indoor area before the accelration towards the splitting doors.

You would be rolling in there and then where you see that car crashing video on the TV monitor, it was set up to look like a live camera feed because a real car went and it the wall with a crunch just as the one on the TV did. Think of it like a much faster version of the Great Movie Ride Car only way more convincing and gratifying. It really made the heart jump as you turn and see the same kind of wall(those doors) with the target painted on it as the voice came overhead for your barrier test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIeD5gPlAx8 Check out the 46 second mark of this video. The car would hit and have a bounce back effect. Much like the one that still plays when timed right on the TV monitor in front of it. Sadly, I don't think that effect will ever make it back.
 
spaceghost

spaceghost

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marni1971 said:
But it wasn't supposed to be simple. It was meant to be better than Anaheims. That's the issue.

Test Tracks update should be for the better. There's even a risk we may get a musical transportation score for the first time since 1997.
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I hear that it's fun to be free...
 
disnyfan89

disnyfan89

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celluloid said:
Yep. It used to happen right when you make the turn into the final indoor area before the accelration towards the splitting doors.

You would be rolling in there and then where you see that car crashing video on the TV monitor, it was set up to look like a live camera feed because a real car went and it the wall with a crunch just as the one on the TV did. Think of it like a much faster version of the Great Movie Ride Car only way more convincing and gratifying. It really made the heart jump as you turn and see the same kind of wall(those doors) with the target painted on it as the voice came overhead for your barrier test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIeD5gPlAx8 Check out the 46 second mark of this video. The car would hit and have a bounce back effect. Much like the one that still plays when timed right on the TV monitor in front of it. Sadly, I don't think that effect will ever make it back.
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Awwww, I miss my WDW explorer... I would love for them to make a new one.
 

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