EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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djkidkaz said:
does anyone know if the test track system allows for adjustments or are the imagineers trapped within the confines of the system? For example, does the initial speed up to test the brakes always have too do that or can they change it to go slow? Or the part with the semi truck you avoid, could they adjust that part of the track to not always be the same? It seems like some of those things constrain them into having to work around these old ideas.
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The track is fixed but they could alter speed. Within reason. Slower is always fine. The high speed loop was actually designed to tolerate speeds greater than 65 mph.
 
osian

osian

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Technically, speed can be altered, but practically it's not going to be possible. If it alters the duration of the ride, that affects throughput. If overall slower then it loses capacity. If overall faster, you have a problem with stacking at the station.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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osian said:
Technically, speed can be altered, but practically it's not going to be possible. If it alters the duration of the ride, that affects throughput. If overall slower then it loses capacity. If overall faster, you have a problem with stacking at the station.
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I’m not saying they will. Just that they could. We can see the cars testing are not going appreciably faster or slower than before.
 
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DisneyCane

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JoeCamel said:
That accounting was de rigueur in the movie business and is a way to shift money between divisions
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It's also a way to value different parts of the company separately for the purposes of potential sales or spinoffs of parts. Not that I'm speculating either for Disney but all corporations want to be prepared just in case something comes up in the future.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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DisneyCane said:
It's also a way to value different parts of the company separately for the purposes of potential sales or spinoffs of parts. Not that I'm speculating either for Disney but all corporations want to be prepared just in case something comes up in the future.
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It used to be more of a two-way street where the film divisions would pay for new entertainment in the parks the promote films (new parades, M&Gs, one-day events).

That almost never happens now. Easier and cheaper to have AI make it look like Stitch TPed the castle…
 
ChewbaccaYourMum

ChewbaccaYourMum

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I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.

As long as the screens/projections are implemented nicely and give off a great illusion of depth and realism, it should work, in my opinion!

And also... anything other than a pretty empty *TRON wannabe looking* building from Test Track 2.0 will be a major upgrade. I will gladly welcome a bunch of screens/projections to look at all around me, while I'm zipping through the Test Track building!
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

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ChewbaccaYourMum said:
I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.

As long as the screens/projections are implemented nicely and give off a great illusion of depth and realism, it should work, in my opinion!

And also... anything other than a pretty empty *TRON wannabe looking* building from Test Track 2.0 will be a major upgrade. I will gladly welcome a bunch of screens/projections to look at all around me, while I'm zipping through the Test Track building!
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Obviously will come down to final execution ... but not like the screens would be replacing 47 animatronics or something
 
DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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ChewbaccaYourMum said:
I think a lot of us got allergic to the word "SCREENZ" because a while ago Universal was applying them way too much to everything. I think it would do us all a little good to realize that screens/projections on rides are not really as bad as they used to be. There are plenty of a great example of *SCREENZ rides* that are some of the best rides ever made, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry being an example of a very recent one.
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Just because the screens look better doesn't mean they stopped applying them too much or using them as a crutch above all else. Battle at the Ministry is actually a great example of that, and I think we're in for a bad time at Test Track if it uses half the amount of screens that it does
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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DreamfinderGuy said:
It's a 26 year old ride, I would really hope it's not VQ or ILL
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Normally I would assume because it’s “new” it would be only boarding groups or LL with no standby.
But, if crowd levels are low enough maybe they will have standby open?

Because it’s Disney, I am assuming it will reopen with no standby, only boarding groups and LL
 

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