EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[Andrew C]

Dinosaurs are just cool!

Exactly. Why do people gotta ruin everything?

 

[Andrew C]

I really liked the ride system.

ditto! As a kid, it was impressive. As an adult, still cool.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Personally I liked the dinosaurs in UoE. I really liked the ride system.

Just alone the way the seats moved and seeing the other people to the side passing you first or you passing them is what made this attraction so unique. I do prefer the tame version than the loud original. The Dinosaur scene with this ride is what I think about when seeing Beverly Hills Cop 3 during the Arctic ride at Wonder World!

 

[Disstevefan1]

Exactly. Why do people gotta ruin everything?

I think Disney forfeited dinosaurs to Universal

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think Disney forfeited dinosaurs to Universal

Don’t worry. They still have one dinosaur driving LucasFilm into the ground.

 

[MisterPenguin]

UoE was sponsored by Exxon

And copied from Sinclair's World's Fair dino exhibition.

 

[Incomudro]

Personally I liked the dinosaurs in UoE. I really liked the ride system. I wish they just reskinned that attraction instead of making it Guardians. They could have focused on the possibilities of the future of energy.

I understand why they went to Guardians. its the ongoing effort to IP everything in all parks.

UoE was sponsored by Exxon

Modern life would have been impossible, and is not possible today, without fossil fuels; oil, gas and plastic.

I was astounded when that theater morphed into a ride system the first time I rode it.
I had no idea that was going to happen.
That was the same trip (around 1991) when I rode Tower of Terror for the first time.
Similarly shocked when our elevator exited the doors and moved forward.
I had no idea that was going to happen either.
I'm still impressed by that maneuver every time I ride ToT.
Oh... and my girlfriend at the time, and I made video reservations for dinner at Epcot.
That was cutting edge too.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I was astounded when that theater morphed into a ride system the first time I rode it.
I had no idea that was going to happen.
That was the same trip (around 1991) when I rode Tower of Terror for the first time.
Similarly shocked when our elevator exited the doors and moved forward.
I had no idea that was going to happen either.
I'm still impressed by that maneuver every time I rode ToT.
Oh... and my girlfriend at the time, and I made video reservations for dinner at Epcot.
That was cutting edge too.

We have fond memories of making the super futuristic video reservations for the SAME day!!!!!!

 

[Incomudro]

We have fond memories of making the super futuristic video reservations for the SAME day!!!!!!

Now, you have to make reservations six months before you go!
You used to get reservations the same day.
And now the tech is routine.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Don’t worry. They still have one dinosaur driving LucasFilm into the ground.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Exactly. Why do people gotta ruin everything?

Ask Star Lord....

 

[MisterPenguin]

I was astounded when that theater morphed into a ride system the first time I rode it.

We're at the edge of the definition of a "ride" here.

Especially a ride system that allowed for me to lie down and take a 10 minute nap.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

What's a video reservation?

 

[Disstevefan1]

What's a video reservation?

 

[Bocabear]

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That was the coolest thing.....Groundbreaking for the time.... another bit of EPCOT coolness lost as the world caught up. Think of how much less time it took to do this VS what we spend now trying to navigate the Ap and ultimately have to speak to a live person...that is usually able to get you into reservations the App will not.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Okay but I can teach reproductive anatomy to my Anatomy and Physiology students walking around Epcot now. So there’s that. A&PCOT

Had to use a textbook back in 1982. Blech.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I was astounded when that theater morphed into a ride system the first time I rode it.
I had no idea that was going to happen.
That was the same trip (around 1991) when I rode Tower of Terror for the first time.
Similarly shocked when our elevator exited the doors and moved forward.
I had no idea that was going to happen either.
I'm still impressed by that maneuver every time I ride ToT.
Oh... and my girlfriend at the time, and I made video reservations for dinner at Epcot.
That was cutting edge too.

ToT opened in 1994. Just sayin'.

 

[EeyoreFan#24]

That little area outside guest relations was hopping back then.

Let’s petition to add a teams/webex option to mobile reservations and mobile ordering.

 

[Incomudro]

ToT opened in 1994. Just sayin'.

I just checked, and you are correct.
I guess I was there a bit later than I thought.

 

[larryz]

I just checked, and you are correct.
I guess I was there a bit later than I thought.

Or maybe you're Peter Quill, and you were there in 1983... and 1994... and 1991...