EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[Agent H]

A surprise for whom? The few of us on these boards that follow this stuff? It's not like there's millions of people waiting with bated breath for this.

Yes that’s exactly who this is geared to. The average guest will ride it for the thrills. Same as before.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Well if it's going to have some kind of World Of Motion inspiration that alone should be a surprise, though I don't think it will be significant but instead a little reminder tribute.

 

[DisneyCane]

Yes that’s exactly who this is geared to. The average guest will ride it for the thrills. Same as before.

This is confirmed by the fact that the ride retained its popularity after the change to 2.0 which took out a ton of story that made sense and replaced sets (albeit crude, cheap sets) with Tron style projections.

The worst section of 2.0 was where 1.0 had the with and without anti-lock brake demonstration. Not that it felt "real" but at least the section made sense. In 2.0 there was just a wiggly section and then a straight section for no apparent reason.

I guess by the time 2.0 came into existence, a demonstration of driving without ABS made no sense because it was mandatory to have them. The only vehicles without ABS are purpose built race cars.

 

[James Alucobond]

I honestly wouldn’t expect many updates on a project like this. It’s probably largely the same ride with new setpieces, and since there is likely nothing character-driven, you won’t get a social media post like you did when Te Fiti was placed in Journey of Water. My expectation is about the same as with Big Thunder, where I anticipate an announcement of the dynamite scene toward the end of the refurbishment and nothing more.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Yes that’s exactly who this is geared to. The average guest will ride it for the thrills. Same as before.

They are gearing it to the average guest. Any extra Easter eggs inside are for us, but I am surprised by the lack of additional details.

 

[Jrb1979]

I honestly wouldn’t expect many updates on a project like this. It’s probably largely the same ride with new setpieces, and since there is likely nothing character-driven, you won’t get a social media post like you did when Te Fiti was placed in Journey of Water. My expectation is about the same as with Big Thunder, where I anticipate an announcement of the dynamite scene toward the end of the refurbishment and nothing more.

That's a shame, cause they really hyped this at D23 a few years ago. This is why many have doubts with Imagineering doing things as well as planned.

 

[lazyboy97o]

They are gearing it to the average guest. Any extra Easter eggs inside are for us, but I am surprised by the lack of additional details.

Surprised compared to what?

 

[James Alucobond]

That's a shame, cause they really hyped this at D23 a few years ago. This is why many have doubts with Imagineering doing things as well as planned.

I don’t mean that the end result won’t be an improvement over what came before, just that there’s likely nothing of it that lends itself to social media posts in the current climate where they’re all about previewing a particularly impressive A-1000 or gushing about character-related details.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

The worst section of 2.0 was where 1.0 had the with and without anti-lock brake demonstration. Not that it felt "real" but at least the section made sense. In 2.0 there was just a wiggly section and then a straight section for no apparent reason.

Did you not pay attention to the sets or narration at all? They pretty clearly explain what both of those areas were converted into

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Surprised compared to what?

I mean, it's a major overhaul of a tentpole attraction, and it's supposed to reopen during the "late summer." I feel like they've shared more about new or redone attractions by this point in their development/construction.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I mean, it's a major overhaul of a tentpole attraction, and it's supposed to reopen during the "late summer." I feel like they've shared more about new or redone attractions by this point in their development/construction.

Like what? What point are they at in construction?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Yes we saw how well "The New and Improved" Epcot came out. How about Tiannna's Breakdown Adventure?

No one cares about is the backstory or day to day goings on of a cherry picked imagineer. Everyone cares about the finished product. Maybe Disney could put more effort into making things that build upon the rich heritage of WDI instead of social media dribble appealing to Gen Z/Alphas that could care less.

I actually like when they show "a day in the life of an imagineer" - I think it makes it seem more real and is interesting

Now, ideally this would be part of sharing more actual legit content / information about the actual ride not instead of, but I do like these

 

[Vinnie Mac]

I actually like when they show "a day in the life of an imagineer" - I think it makes it seem more real and is interesting

Now, ideally this would be part of sharing more actual legit content / information about the actual ride not instead of, but I do like these

As someone who is very interested in doing this line of work, I 100% agree. It's kinda cool to see what I may be getting myself into