Test Track is broken down over 40% of the time

RustySpork

RustySpork

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Chef Mickey said:
You can't trust the 40% number. I don't believe it. Some of it's weather, the rest of it is someone exaggerating without actual facts.

Let's say in a typical week, Test Track runs an average of 10 hrs/day. That's 70 hours of "up time" per week. 40% down time would be 28 hours per week (4 hours per day) literally not running. If a ride stops running for 10 minutes, it takes a lot of 10 minute intervals to get up to 240 minutes of down time. You rarely see a ride down for hours at a time if it's not weather related.

I've probably been to EPCOT 300 times since Test Track opened. I was there for the "soft opening" in I believe 1998 or 1999 and it probably was down 50% of the time. It's gotten much more reliable.
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Thanks to Bob Iger padding his pockets, Ursula not being maintained, and ESPN you can't ever know if Test Track is even running 10 hours/day unless you buy a DAH ticket to Magic Kingdom.
 
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MAGICFLOP

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raven said:
As an attraction attendant I can tell you that the majority of time thata ride stops is due to a safety issue, not because the ride is broken. If a safety sensor stops the attraction, know that it’s for your own good. The ride stop is doing exactly what it was designed to do.

Also understand that many rides stop due to guest related issues.
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Although many guests do stupid things, one would think that down time by guest would be fairly consistent throughout the varies rides. TT loads much like other rides and because it lurches from place to place I would think guest would be less likely to exit. If this ride is truly down 40% of the time, then that tends to be more mechanical issue or operator errors (sending cars to close).
 
The_Jobu

The_Jobu

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So, is the solution to book a FP for TT, ride soarin and frozen first thing, and then if TT is down just use your fp later?
 
Damon7777

Damon7777

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raven said:
As an attraction attendant I can tell you that the majority of time thata ride stops is due to a safety issue, not because the ride is broken. If a safety sensor stops the attraction, know that it’s for your own good. The ride stop is doing exactly what it was designed to do.
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''broken' vs 'poor design'........to anybody looking to ride does it really matter?

The thrust of this topic is downtime,
***unnecessary downtime*** due to poor design/planning. If sensors are tripping when no real danger exists causing delays and squandered opportunity of ridership then the attraction, to me, is indeed "broken" and in need of a real fix.
 
Goofyernmost

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Damon7777 said:
''broken' vs 'poor design'........to anybody looking to ride does it really matter?

The thrust of this topic is downtime,
***unnecessary downtime*** due to poor design/planning. If sensors are tripping when no real danger exists causing delays and squandered opportunity of ridership then the attraction, to me, is indeed "broken" and in need of a real fix.
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Where did they mention that there was no real danger existing? You kinda took a lot of literary license with that statement. I believe that they were saying that some highly intellectual individual did something to trigger the sensors as they were properly designed to do and that is to shut it down until the danger was corrected. So, there is a huge difference in the two unless you think having a ride shut down for a number of days while an injury is investigated is better, then there is nothing else I can say.
 
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gsimpson

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I find the 40% not credible. Whenever an attraction is down for an extended period it impacts park capacity - read: Costs money - if TT, which has a fairly high theoretical hourly capacity, was just over 50% up time the ride would have been shuttered and replaced a while ago. I also have to think Chevy would have issues when they were sponsoring a ride if it showed such a lack of reliability. I live in O-town and go to Epcot a lot and my non-scientific/anecdotal observations suggest it is not nearly so bad.
 
Damon7777

Damon7777

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POLY LOVER said:
No way, 40%, you can't include weather. That's not under their control.
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As one who lived in a very tropical terrain on the other side of the world from Orlando(where rain fell about 110 to 125 inches per year) I made the decision to carry an umbrella and be prepared with rain gear.

Did you know Tokyo Disneyland has a covered Main Street area? Oriental Land Company(owner of Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea) made the decision to enclose the area due to weather(which mirrors New York City's).

You're giving Disney a free pass when it created an anchoring/headlining attraction without adequately preparing for the summer rains. Designers for Test Track and head mngt should have packed an umbrella knowing damn well the weather patterns.
 
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eliza61nyc

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NickMaio said:
In all of our visits - - easily over 100 - We have never been to Epcot when TT was broken down.
Just sayin...
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Me neither. and yes I give them a pass for weather. I like TT, Dumbo,and alladin's flying carpet all as they are, outside rides.LOL I don't think I want a flying carpet that flies inside. Now of course I don't stand in front of the ride all day when I visit but when every time I've gone to epcot I've ridden Test track.
 
Dutch Inn '76

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C'mon y'all. World of Motion ran its course. When Test Track opened, it was well received - and it's still one of the most popular attractions at Epcot. On top of that, it manages to "edutain."
 
eliza61nyc

eliza61nyc

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Dutch Inn '76 said:
C'mon y'all. World of Motion ran its course. When Test Track opened, it was well received - and it's still one of the most popular attractions at Epcot. On top of that, it manages to "edutain."
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lol. you got that right. I just you tube that ride and I guess it must have been better live. I really can't understand the obsession with these outdated rides. Now like I said I youtubed it so maybe a lot is lost in a video but no contest compared to test track.
 
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Damon7777

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eliza61nyc said:
LOL I don't think I want a flying carpet that flies inside
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Ya I agree,
can you just imagine how absurd that would be to have those carpets indoors?!?!
And this is why I just find it silly that Space Mountain rockets are inside a large dome and those flying Peter Pan ships are inside a show building. But the biggest offender are those banshees over at Animal Kingdom. I just don't understand why Disney had to take an animal that flies around mountains and make an indoor attraction out if it. Crazy for sure
 
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Gitson Shiggles

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Damon7777 said:
Ya I agree,
can you just imagine how absurd that would be to have those carpets indoors?!?!
And this is why I just find it silly that Space Mountain rockets are inside a large dome and those flying Peter Pan ships are inside a show building. But the biggest offender are those banshees over at Animal Kingdom. I just don't understand why Disney had to take an animal that flies around mountains and make an indoor attraction out if it. Crazy for sure
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A Cave of Wonders carpet ride would be pretty sweet.

 

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