News Test Track to be reimagined

Homemade Imagineering

Homemade Imagineering

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Alot more static figures would go a long way if proper AAs aren’t in the cards for this. Looking back at WoM, a handful of those figures were legitimate AAs but there were also a handful of static & animated figures present at the same time. With the faster speed of TT, I could accept static vignettes with some movement & projection mapping, whether its 1:1 scaled down scenes from WoM, brand news ones, or a bit of both
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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TrainsOfDisney said:
Oh for sure the same track. I think less about “testing” and more learning about innovations in transportation. I’m hoping they recreate at least one scene from world of motion and recreate the “feel” of a couple more.
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An extreme tilt portion inside and a couple of headchoppers on the outside loop would go a long way.......
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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Moth said:
Do yall think this will be the last version of TT sponsored by GM or will their sponsorship reach 50+ years?
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Keep going like the incessant ads you see during local news and in what newspapers are left. Their roots shaped how car dealers operate and the corporate culture still builds statement campuses and thinks the end game is to push the brand until it leads.
 
SilentWindODoom

SilentWindODoom

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FiestaFunKid said:
I find this fascinating b/c no one knows what the hell this revamp will turn out to be. WOM and TT could not be more dissimilar - it's like saying they are rebuilding Space Mountain with inspiration from It's a Small World.

I predict less is happening here than we think (which will disappoint WOM fans like me). Pure speculation, but I would guess the ride maintains the same track, maybe slower in parts but similar speed overall while keeping the acceleration portion - and perhaps we get some scenes or screens with a history element...and It's Fun to Be Free will be played or at minimum written on the wall in the queue......but I certainly know nothing and hope we get something unexpected and interesting.
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Space wasn't built on the grave of Small World and they're from completely different lands with different themes... although you've now made me realize for the first time that Small World isn't exactly Fantasy. Meanwhile, if it were replacing a Tomorrowland ride, there would be easy fits. You could even wink at Carousel of Progress with one of the exit scenes being a further future version of the family kitchen and an ad suggesting one can achieve a "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow".

Transportation to Transportation offers plenty of options. Honestly, I would have guessed simple black cutouts of figures from World of Motion with a grid painted over them and a musical sting, but the one piece of art we have shows that the sets will be wildly different and have at least some level of realism, so who knows what's to come?

Or they could have an easy way of addressing it, like having a time travel plot in a ride that uses screens that could easily depict dinosaurs, but having none, but our insider's comments seem to suggest this is different.

JoeCamel said:
An extreme tilt portion inside and a couple of headchoppers on the outside loop would go a long way.......
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I feel like I'm missing a reference here unless I just don't know that terminology.

Because when I hear "headchoppers", I think "The penitent man will pass."
 
Homemade Imagineering

Homemade Imagineering

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I can only imagine if the Serpent makes it back in as a true to size figure & not just a figurine or drawing on a wall as a callback, other substantial elements of WoM will as well. A cartoony serpent amongst various other disjointed pieces of generic scenery won’t work, there needs to be continuity & if it’s added back in I can only imagine its presence leading to other whimsical sets either recreated or in the same vein as WoM
 
Rhinocerous

Rhinocerous

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SilentWindODoom said:
I feel like I'm missing a reference here unless I just don't know that terminology.

Because when I hear "headchoppers", I think "The penitent man will pass."
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What I infer from that term is something crossing over above the track (like a highway sign, perhaps) that appears to the guest to be way too low and dangerous, but is actually well clear of even the tallest potential rider.
 
Moth

Moth

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Homemade Imagineering said:
I can only imagine if the Serpent makes it back in as a true to size figure & not just a figurine or drawing on a wall as a callback, other substantial elements of WoM will as well. A cartoony serpent amongst various other disjointed pieces of generic scenery won’t work, there needs to be continuity & if it’s added back in I can only imagine its presence leading to other whimsical sets either recreated or in the same vein as WoM
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The serpent is coming back as the narrator as he (voiced by Keith David) tells you about a world of motion.


This is an internal effort to phase out Figment as the EPCOT dragon mascot. Because he represents KODAK. And film is dead. Adoy.


/joking
 
Andrew25

Andrew25

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Disney doesn't seem to be messing around now. I'm sure it's been discussed earlier here, but on my last ride a day before close you can tell they were just about ready to burst into the building and start work. Very different approach compared to other projects that took a while to see visible work happening.

Hoping it's more Disney trying to get things up and running quickly, than GM pushing Disney.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Andrew25 said:
Disney doesn't seem to be messing around now. I'm sure it's been discussed earlier here, but on my last ride a day before close you can tell they were just about ready to burst into the building and start work. Very different approach compared to other projects that took a while to see visible work happening.

Hoping it's more Disney trying to get things up and running quickly, than GM pushing Disney.
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It’s Disney. TBA was quick, too, and Big Thunder will be.
 
griffin ferrari

griffin ferrari

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Closer look at the side this morning
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wedenterprises

wedenterprises

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FiestaFunKid said:
I find this fascinating b/c no one knows what the hell this revamp will turn out to be. WOM and TT could not be more dissimilar - it's like saying they are rebuilding Space Mountain with inspiration from It's a Small World.
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TrainsOfDisney said:
Oh for sure the same track. I think less about “testing” and more learning about innovations in transportation. I’m hoping they recreate at least one scene from world of motion and recreate the “feel” of a couple more.
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I connected the WoM/TT dots in an earlier post. The dots run through Chevrolet's branding. You gotta look at it from their perspective, not Disney's. I'm very excited for the retheme but it will absolutely speak to Chevrolet's branding which, right now, is not about innovation and technology.
SilentWindODoom said:
Space wasn't built on the grave of Small World and they're from completely different lands with different themes... although you've now made me realize for the first time that Small World isn't exactly Fantasy. Meanwhile, if it were replacing a Tomorrowland ride, there would be easy fits. You could even wink at Carousel of Progress with one of the exit scenes being a further future version of the family kitchen and an ad suggesting one can achieve a "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow".
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IMO Small World and Carousel of Progress belong in Epcot. Now more than ever.
Mickeynerd17 said:
It will keep going until GM has financial issues and/or collapses, just like all the others.
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A lot of these sponsorships were/are part of bigger corporate deals (as someone mentioned, the WDW vehicles are Chevrolets now).

Siemens, for example, got a TON of work from Disney and the SE sponsorship was basically just an added bonus (bragging rights?) and a way to get them a lounge. The history of communication and Siemens don't exactly go hand in hand as a lot of their business is industrial. As I alluded to in a previous post, the industrial aspect of Epcot is dead. It's all about humans now. GM gets that and is two steps ahead.

Siemens let the SE deal lapse as they already had the work with Disney and the sponsorship of the ride would be a needless spend.

The pavilion sponsors over the years have been parent corporations or B2Bs, instead of their specific customer facing brands. GM switching to Chevrolet was so smart. Chevrolet is the first specific brand sponsor I can think of. I'm curious to see more of these in the future. Scentsy is a recent one. Any others? I'm REALLY curious to see if Apple sponsors SE next.

Kraft and Nestle were close back in the day,, but again they were corporate overlord sponsorships. In fact, Kraft sponsor was initially Kraft General Foods....like, what?! Pick a specific product or brand like Cheerios or Mac & Cheese or something.

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97 said:
Very excited about this revamp...it's honestly one of the only things I'm excited about...recently I've only disliked their new additions/revamps, so I'm happy to legitimately be excited for once.
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Same! I'm super curious to see what happens. From day one it's been one of my favourite rides. I've loved both v1.0 and v2.0 in their own ways.
 

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