News Test Track to be reimagined

[ChrisFL]

This is a great representation of how many people would have experienced EPCOT. I do think there were enough people who enjoyed what is described (not bored) to not abandon the concept and keep the theme intact. I know my family ended up spending more time in EPCOT once we were, say, over 10. I think of WDW as a portfolio of properties and that each one doesn’t have to appeal equally to visitors. But I’m also not the business owner!

I think attendance for EPCOT Center was good every year and still beat MGM and DAK (obviously that was after the "Center" part was dropped) and I don't think they were all going to World Showcase. Someone else who has the statistics can chime in as I don't have them on hand.

 

[danlb_2000]

New permit today for installation of show sets by Icarus Exhibits.

https://or.occompt.com/recorder/eag...0211&id=DOC3769S33781.A0&parent=DOC3769S33781

 

[MisterPenguin]

show sets by Icarus Exhibits.

They need to be careful they don't ride too close to the Sunbird.

 

[FigmentFan82]

They need to be careful they don't ride too close to the Sunbird.

 

[CosmicDuck]

People were parroting $100 million.

But I don't think that's going entirely towards the ride itself, I think the ride vehicles need general upkeep/updates since I think they're reaching the end of their expected lifespan? So it might be going all-in to keep Test Track well, on TRACK for the next two decades.

Any comparisons for what that kind of budget typically gets us? Anyone know how much the ToT retheme to Guardians was in DCA?

 

[JoeCamel]

They need to be careful they don't ride too close to the Sunbird.

It only matters on the Solstice

 

[ToTBellHop]

People were parroting $100 million.

But I don't think that's going entirely towards the ride itself, I think the ride vehicles need general upkeep/updates since I think they're reaching the end of their expected lifespan? So it might be going all-in to keep Test Track well, on TRACK for the next two decades.

That’s actually what led to this happening. GM/Chevy are basically committing to another couple decades by paying for the maintenance work and said, “if we are paying this much and it has to close anyway, let’s make updates.”

Let’s hope that work doesn’t cause Tiana-level meltdown when TT reopens. It has enough downtime as it is.

 

[rle4lunch]

My wife and I were there the first day TT 2.0 opened. It was 'clunky', to say the least. The CM's weren't trained nearly enough on how to help riders design their cars, making the preshow pretty much a failure from the get-go. Fast forward to future visits, they NEVER put any work or fine tuning into the ride, only to see it go downhill over the years. Unless they dumb it down even farther than what 2.0 was with the neon crap and soulless ridealong, 3.0 will surely be an upgrade.

 

[Bocabear]

is it going to be a true 3.0? or just a redress of the sets like the last overhaul was? I know it had a new preshow and the car design component added, but the interior was largely the same...or so it seemed to me...

 

[Creathir]

Let’s hope that work doesn’t cause Tiana-level meltdown when TT reopens

I'd imagine the large components of the Tiana issue surrounded the political implications combined with the complete removal of the existing theme which had been in place for almost 30 years.

TT has had its theme changed several times in the 20 years it has been around.
I doubt we'll any backlash at all.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'd imagine the large components of the Tiana issue surrounded the political implications combined with the complete removal of the existing theme which had been in place for almost 30 years.

TT has had its theme changed several times in the 20 years it has been around.
I doubt we'll any backlash at all.

I was referring to ride system updates causing extended downtime, not grown adults clutching at pearls.

 

[Streetway]

I was referring to ride system updates causing extended downtime, not grown adults clutching at pearls.

I will never not think that Tiana as it happened in our universe was doomed from the start by multiple factors. But i do get what you intended to say about downtime. I worry slightly too.

 

[Disstevefan1]

That’s actually what led to this happening. GM/Chevy are basically committing to another couple decades by paying for the maintenance work and said, “if we are paying this much and it has to close anyway, let’s make updates.”

Let’s hope that work doesn’t cause Tiana-level meltdown when TT reopens. It has enough downtime as it is.

I think (hope) this TT work is just glorified redecorating and the ride system/vehicles/track will stay the same.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I think (hope) this TT work is just glorified redecorating and the ride system/vehicles/track will stay the same.

That line about a "leisurely outdoor drive" was the only thing that gave me any pause about whether the fast part would stay. But they'd be nuts to change that.

 

[Gusey]

I will never not think that Tiana as it happened in our universe was doomed from the start by multiple factors. But i do get what you intended to say about downtime. I worry slightly too.

It's a reocurring trend with new attractions. Frozen Ever After & Rise of the Resistance also experienced significant downtime when the opened, so much so for Rise that they introduced the Virtual Queue. Hopefully Test Track won't face a similar downtime when it ropens, except for the obvious weather

 

[Disstevefan1]

 

[TTA94]

That line about a "leisurely outdoor drive" was the only thing that gave me any pause about whether the fast part would stay. But they'd be nuts to change that.

Well the definition of “leisurely” to some could be driving high speeds. Lol.

 

[JoeCamel]

That line about a "leisurely outdoor drive" was the only thing that gave me any pause about whether the fast part would stay. But they'd be nuts to change that.

Pretty much need speed with the banking

 

[Coaster Lover]

That line about a "leisurely outdoor drive" was the only thing that gave me any pause about whether the fast part would stay. But they'd be nuts to change that.

As fast as we drive today, I feel like a 65 mph drive is pretty leisurely!

 

[pelham304]

Yknow, I think new versions of attractions “inspired” by the originals is better than actually getting the originals back. For as cool and nostalgic it would be, it kidna would be a step back, unless updated somehow. Whats gone is gone forever. Im more rooting for a spiritu successor for horizons and gmr someday. A quote I saw somewhere perfectly encapsulates my feelings on the desire to bring a ton of defunct Epcot back: ““deep down people dont really want the same thing from the past again, they really want new things that made them feel the same sense of wonder the original things did”

Disclaimer: classic Epcot is Cool , and I LOVE all the defunct rides dearly.

Well put! I miss that sense of awe