EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[Jayspency]

Does anyone happen to know why many praise this ride like it was the greatest thing ever? I have been on it many of times and I must be missing what they think is so good?

Most are a bit hyperbolic, but LWTL is truly an underated gem. I don't think there is any ride at WDW that is like LWTL (SSE is close but feels more comparable to something like HM in its presentation). Its a very calm and relaxing ride with great show scenes, a soothing soundtrack, and overall feels like a classic Disney dark ride. A lot of new rides and attractions that open nowadays feel very action packed and/or stimulating (Ex: CR, ROTR, TBA, RRA,). However LWTL is the exact opposite of that, which I feel is the appeal of the ride.

Also I love the sound of the waterfall in the rainforest scene.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Are you refering to the recently restored effects? (ex: the prairie fire lighting)

Don't forget the 1982 BGM outside. When I heard it last Thursday, I got a little teary... and that wasn't because it was cold and rainy.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Yeah that’s better also the land pavilion used to have a fountain?!

And moving balloons. Not to mention food offerings that were reflective of the pavilion, not just the current stripped-down menu.

The whole pavilion, as designed and originally built, is a masterclass in guest flow.

 

[bpiper]

Are you refering to the recently restored effects? (ex: the prairie fire lighting)

Oh, they must have replaced that burned out bulb finally.....

 

[Agent H]

You know when I first saw the fire effect I thought it looked so good I thought it was a projection effect but no! It’s just a simple light so cool!

 

[VicariousCorpse]

Does anyone happen to know why many praise this ride like it was the greatest thing ever? I have been on it many of times and I must be missing what they think is so good?

I'm a sucker for boat rides and tiny fake houses in rides.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

When and how were barn scenes were updated? I don't remember hearing about that. Unless you're not referring to the barn with the video projections

They installed new videos a little while ago and possibly redid the narration as well? I forget the specifics, but I know the videos are new. Previously it was the same ones from 1993

 

[Jayspency]

They installed new videos a little while ago and possibly redid the narration as well? I forget the specifics, but I know the videos are new. Previously it was the same ones from 1993

Oh I’ll have to check that out then! Last time I rode LWTL was in December during the glimmering greenhouses.

 

[Figments Friend]

Don't forget the 1982 BGM outside. When I heard it last Thursday, I got a little teary... and that wasn't because it was cold and rainy.

Love that loop…it’s very nostalgic.

Does it still sound like a 8-track player is stashed in the bushes when the music plays?
It adds to the ambiance, for sure.

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[DreamfinderGuy]

Oh I’ll have to check that out then! Last time I rode LWTL was in December during the glimmering greenhouses.

If you rode in december you've already seen the new video, this was a change made a year or two ago.

 

[DCBaker]

Photos from today:

 

[JEANYLASER]

Photos from today:



Great photo update of Test Track 3.0 construction.

 

[Jayspency]

Photos from today:

6 months later and the simporium sign is still there lol

 

[James Alucobond]

6 months later and the simporium sign is still there lol

I would imagine exterior signage is one of the last things to be fabricated and installed. Unless that particular threshold is getting demolished at some point, it's not really in the way until they need to either swap it out or refinish the surface beneath it.

 

[JoeCamel]

I would imagine exterior signage is one of the last things to be fabricated and installed. Unless that particular threshold is getting demolished at some point, it's not really in the way until they need to either swap it out or refinish the surface beneath it.

It's pretty much just paint isn't it? Painting is way down the punch list on the way to completion

 

[JEANYLASER]

I can't wait for Test Track 3.0!