News Test Track to be reimagined

[Ayla]

I know it probably isn’t feasible to retrofit something like this into an existing building, but I’ve always thought they should fill it with live plants. Something like the Jewel in Changi airport in Singapore. Obviously on a smaller scale, but water and plants would go a long way in making it feel more modern, and probably also more timeless

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That pic makes me want to sneeze.

 

[etc98]

This gets brought up a lot for whatever reason, but the central rain vortex alone cost well over $1B US, in construction costs from 5–10 years ago. It's not just that it wouldn't be feasible to retrofit, it's that it would be insanely expensive for what should instead be a more sensible facelift of a space that already has good bones. But yes, some more organic features would be nice.

Oh yeah I definitely wasn’t suggesting they try to recreate the dome or the waterfall.

But more the general idea of making it more lush with plants and water.

 

[DisneyCane]

I don't feel comfortable with current management touching The Land without doing something really stupid to LWTL or Soarin'.

They already did something really stupid to Soarin' when they replaced the California version with the CGI-fest version with bendy structures.

 

[JoeCamel]

They just built what in Epcot? Such placemaking is for the ages

That's the best description of The Land's interior that I've heard so far!

Honestly, it's almost an embarrassment for such a space to be in a world-class theme park. Much of the purpose of visiting a theme park is to spend time within aesthetically/emotionally compelling physical spaces. And boy is it something to get slammed with the aesthetics of The Land's interior, especially after approaching such a promising-looking exterior...

Yet it feels like we might all be shouting into the wind about this, as practically everything is about discernible, sort-term ROI now. ...But... as noted previously, they do seem to update restaurants (presumably because that does something for guest spending/satisfaction?). So our hope might be that an eventual Sunshine Seasons redo extends to more general area aesthetics - even just a creative new centerpiece hanging from the ceiling, which could become the interior's new visual focus, and go such a long way for the whole space - since that might make Sunshine Seasons a more compelling place to eat?

 

[MisterPenguin]

This is the Test Track thread.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

Right, back on topic…

Is it possible they’ll make TT 3.0 a VQ/ILL attraction? (And might this finally mean the end of VQ for GotG:CR?)

I suppose it depends on how popular they expect it to be, which in turn depends on the extent of the changes. If the changes from 2.0 to 3.0 are comparable to the changes from 1.0 to 2.0, we’re basically looking at a retheme as drastic is Maelstrom to Frozen (despite the themes being more similar to each other, e.g., still related to transportation and some kind of vehicle testing).

 

[IanDLBZF]

Is it possible they’ll make TT 3.0 a VQ/ILL attraction? (And might this finally mean the end of VQ for GotG:CR?)

It's unlikely TT will use VQ/LLSP.