News Test Track to be reimagined

[SaveDinosaur]

2001-2021 was a terrible time for EPCOT.

In terms of additions you have Ratatouille, which in itself was the first actual park expansion in over 30 years. Mission: Space and Soarin' replaced existing attractions, and Frozen and Nemo were rethemes of existing attractions. Test Track received a significant update, I'll give you that, but I am hesitant to say Imagination and Mexico's were. Both of those updates were applying a band-aid in the form of characters onto an otherwise minimally changed attraction. In this same amount of time we also lost the entirety of Wonders of Life and Innoventions, both receiving no replacements.

Between park opening and 2001 EPCOT received a multitude of significant updates which blow what was done in the next 20 years entirely out of the water. This park has been heavily neglected, which is why they started doing significant work in the first place.

For me, the big problem with Epcot from 2001 to 2021 was that Test Track, Norway, and the center of the park received a massive downgrade in quality. Arguably, Soarin' also experienced a downgrade.

 

[SaveDinosaur]

I am really excited for this new Test Track. I loved the original one, and it felt like a classic Imagineering work of art. At the same time, World of Motion looked like an amazing experience, so I hope that Disney can combine the best of those two attractions into one, although I don't believe much in the current Iger management and Imagineering team...

 

[Zummi Gummi]

How would it be pointless? You would get the benefit of having the attraction for another 2 months to soak up summer crowds. Having 2 months if happier guests during the busiest times of the year doesn't seem pointless to me. Especially when the announcement comes so soon before its closure, folks have that their summer plans bought and paid for already.

Epcot’s (or WDW as a whole even) busiest time of year isn’t the summer and hasn’t been for a while now.

 

[FettFan]

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Best time in FL to take it down anyway.

Aye. I remember going to WDW in July one year….2011 I think.

The afternoon torrential rainstorms came around like clockwork. If you weren’t poncho’d by 1pm, I hope you had a change of clothes.

 

[ChrisFL]

Epcot’s (or WDW as a whole even) busiest time of year isn’t the summer and hasn’t been for a while now.

Agreed which is why we're getting these nice Florida resident ticket deals during summer now

 

[Andrew25]

There is no more "summer rush" anymore... summer is now somewhat quiet. While it's miserably hot, the parks weren't crowded at all the past two summers now.

January - March has become a busier period now lol

 

[ChrisFL]

There is no more "summer rush" anymore... summer is now somewhat quiet. While it's miserably hot, the parks weren't crowded at all the past two summers now.

January - March has become a busier period now lol

Finally enough people realized that summer weather in Florida sucks

 

[Andrew25]

Finally enough people realized that summer weather in Florida sucks

The increased use of social media as a planning tool (along with traditional outlets) has led people to become "smarter" about their trips to visit historically "less-crowded" times of the year along with cooler weather.

There's a reason why Disney is pushing VIP AP days in June, not February.

I'm thankful I live nearby and can hop into a park for an hour or two in the morning/evening, I don't know how people can survive being there all-day.

 

[ppete1975]

Lets just say how beautiful the building is. Its like a modern sleeker worlds of motion.

 

[DisneyRoy]

How would it be pointless? You would get the benefit of having the attraction for another 2 months to soak up summer crowds. Having 2 months if happier guests during the busiest times of the year doesn't seem pointless to me. Especially when the announcement comes so soon before its closure, folks have that their summer plans bought and paid for already.

While I am with you and will be sad to miss it in July of this year, I understand the other posters points as well. With the rain that comes every day in the summer, Test Track wasn't open every minute of every day of operations. I wouldn't be surprised if you told me that Test Track was closed for >50% of operations during the summer with the rain closures.

 

[tissandtully]

Finally enough people realized that summer weather in Florida sucks

It's also more expensive in the summer now.

 

[networkpro]

There is no more "summer rush" anymore... summer is now somewhat quiet. While it's miserably hot, the parks weren't crowded at all the past two summers now.

January - March has become a busier period now lol

Thanks to people who enjoy sun but live in places its missing during 6 months of the year.

 

[SingleRider]

TT will be closed the week between Christmas and New Years which is probably the busiest week of them all. No way around that if the refurb is going to take a long time.

 

[aladdin2007]

There is a separate thread for genie discussion

 

[Moth]

They should do Test Track 3 about the history of transportation, maybe make it into an omnimover. Fun idea?

 

[ChrisFL]

I can't wait until this click bait site is starred out like others.

just wanted to bring this back up as the site was accurate. I don't know if they post a lot of other inaccurate information as I don't follow them that closely, but this was accurate.

 

[FettFan]

They could call it Tron 2 "Race for the Chevy"
No thanks!

Tron 2: The Great Chevy Chase

 

[Emalmc]

Test Track to be reimagined with inspiration from the original World of Motion

Test Track to be reimagined with inspiration from the original World of Motion

www.wdwmagic.com

I'm so sad I could cry. I have booked just a few days early 2025 to finally take my mum from the UK to see Disney world and test track being my fav ride was the main ride I was so excited to show her.

 

[Ayla]

just wanted to bring this back up as the site was accurate. I don't know if they post a lot of other inaccurate information as I don't follow them that closely, but this was accurate.

June 17th is not late July.

 

[MisterPenguin]

just wanted to bring this back up as the site was accurate. I don't know if they post a lot of other inaccurate information as I don't follow them that closely, but this was accurate.

He does post inaccurate info at times. His income is the clicks, so, like many other vloggers, he's desperate for content and reports everything 'he hears,' even if it's from unreliable sources or people that make suppositions without any basis for accuracy.

His "late July" was based on frontline CMs working TT. That's the kind of news just about anyone can share (and often do). Front line CMs do indeed sometimes get a heads-up with info regarding the attraction they work at. But... this isn't deep insider information.

And his CM sources were still off by over a month.