News Test Track to be reimagined

Epcot81Fan

Epcot81Fan

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bwr827 said:
I can’t remember whether I ever rode World of Motion, but I watched a YouTube POV today.

Surprised how many projections and screens were involved, given how those are considered lazy imagineering by many longtime fans.

I’m thankful they’ll keep the speed with Test Track 3.0.
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Exactly. When I think of World of Motion, I think of “nothing but screens”.
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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MisterPenguin said:
Might as well add my hot take:

I don't care about the canopy.

Because I never cared for the building's architecture and aesthetic.

Yes, I recognize that there was architectural intent in order to portray a theme. I see that.

I just don't think they did it well, or even pleasing to look at.

From across the lagoon, WoM looks like a tuna can without the paper label.

Round, shiny, and cylindrical. That's "motion"? Maybe part way there by being round.

But 'part way' doesn't make me love it. So, canopize away!!


But what do I know? I'm just a pixie dusting shill who defends everything Disney does.
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I'm very happy the canopy is going, but I think my most unpopular opinion about the parks is that the architecture of the Future World pavilions wasn't quite as amazing as people imagine looking back from the present. Some were more successful than others and most of the additions over the years have made them worse (e.g. the canopy or the fish stuck all over The Seas). The park itself was also incredible.

I think, though, in the design of the pavilions this sort of concept:
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mostly ended up looking more like this in reality:
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I am fully ready to get a lot of comments about how beautiful the building in the second image looks, though!
 
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C33Mom

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Sir_Cliff said:
I'm very happy the canopy is going, but I think my most unpopular opinion about the parks is that the architecture of the Future World pavilions wasn't quite as amazing as people imagine looking back from the present. Some were more successful than others and most of the additions over the years have made them worse (e.g. the canopy or the fish stuck all over The Seas). The park itself was also incredible.

I think, though, in the design of the pavilions this sort of concept:
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mostly ended up looking more like this in reality:
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I am fully ready to get a lot of comments about how beautiful the building in the second image looks, though!
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You are not alone.

::hides behind large object before proceeding::

…the surface of the structures that actually exist look about the same to me as the giant box they built to house GOTG…and at least GOTG has a fun coaster inside. Not that I don’t love the free sodas I can get if I’m willing to wait 45m or walk back and forth out of my way…
 
Ayla

Ayla

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Sir_Cliff said:
I'm very happy the canopy is going, but I think my most unpopular opinion about the parks is that the architecture of the Future World pavilions wasn't quite as amazing as people imagine looking back from the present. Some were more successful than others and most of the additions over the years have made them worse (e.g. the canopy or the fish stuck all over The Seas). The park itself was also incredible.

I think, though, in the design of the pavilions this sort of concept:
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mostly ended up looking more like this in reality:
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I am fully ready to get a lot of comments about how beautiful the building in the second image looks, though!
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Not from me. I've always thought the Imagination building is ugly.
 
bwr827

bwr827

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HMF said:
When screens act as a support vehicle to enhance the AA vignettes, They are fine. It is when screens become the entire show is the problem people have with them.
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Fair enough - but some sections of that classic ride seemed to be just screens, especially toward the futuristic ending.

Anyway, I can imagine that ride seemed very cool in the 80s.
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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The architecture of that building is interesting and beautiful...they ciould change some of the surfaces, maybe dichroic or mirrored glass in the atrium structures to make it more colorful... The landscape and surrounding terraces need an overhaul...even in their original iteration looked better than they do now... Maybe if they went back to the opriginal concept art and did the terraced gardens, rockwork and waterfalls...along with the new Imagination ride and something for the Magic Eye Theater....
 
DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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bwr827 said:
Fair enough - but some sections of that classic ride seemed to be just screens, especially toward the futuristic ending.

Anyway, I can imagine that ride seemed very cool in the 80s.
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I think something to consider about the speed tunnels is that they were a bit of “future proofing” that ultimately didn’t need to exist. For an attraction about history you do need room for expansion later on when more history happens, so the speed tunnels could easily have been removed for more show scenes. Same thing in Spaceship Earth, the matrix tunnel to the 180 top could and should be removed for another scene.

At least that’s how I’ve always interpreted it. I could be way off base.
 
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jeanericuser001

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bwr827 said:
*facepalm*

That is exactly what I watched. Sorry for confusion!
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What makes this all the more embarrassing is after world of motion was decommissioned a few years later some of those animatronics ended up at the backlot tour in the waiting area just before the boarding zone. If you looked up you could see several of the animatronics. My favorite has always been the masculine centaur. It was always a good inside joke that went over most heads.
 
DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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bwr827 said:
*facepalm*

That is exactly what I watched. Sorry for confusion!
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As part of the Futureport team I can say that the cutout thing was simply the only way we could realistically release a WoM recreation without taking several years, it’s just so AA heavy that we went with using photos and focused the modeling effort on everything else. The hope is to someday have fully modeled and animated figures installed instead of flats, but that won’t be until the far future when there are other volunteers involved. The best representation of the attraction is still a real POV. 💙
 
bwr827

bwr827

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DreamfinderGuy said:
As part of the Futureport team I can say that the cutout thing was simply the only way we could realistically release a WoM recreation without taking several years, it’s just so AA heavy that we went with using photos and focused the modeling effort on everything else. The hope is to someday have fully modeled and animated figures installed instead of flats, but that won’t be until the far future when there are other volunteers involved. The best representation of the attraction is still a real POV. 💙
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Congrats on the effort and result!
 
Haymarket2008

Haymarket2008

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DreamfinderGuy said:
As part of the Futureport team I can say that the cutout thing was simply the only way we could realistically release a WoM recreation without taking several years, it’s just so AA heavy that we went with using photos and focused the modeling effort on everything else. The hope is to someday have fully modeled and animated figures installed instead of flats, but that won’t be until the far future when there are other volunteers involved. The best representation of the attraction is still a real POV. 💙
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It’s spectacular. Getting a full dimensional feel for the space is so cool. I rode it a handful of times as a LITTLE one, but only have vague memories.
 

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