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Test Track VS World of Motion
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Haymarket2008
Well-Known Member
Test Track < A classic Disney attraction with a great personality designed by the likes of Marc Davis with dozens on dozens of audio animatronics....not a difficult question.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
To me, Test Track is the best ride replacement out of any of the original EPCOT Center pavilions that have bitten the dust. I actually like it better since the upgrade to the blue, Tron like thing going on inside. With that being said, I'm an 80s EPCOT kid, so World Of Motion all the way. I'm sorry, I actually enjoy learning while being entertained.
Yeah, kind of my take. I prefer WoM to TT, but I feel like TT is at least a quality ride and helped to bring something new/different to Epcot. There was certainly an issue with classic Epcot that the FW rides had a certain "sameness" to them and there needed to be something to mix it up (I think both TT and Soarin' were effective in that regard).
The humor of WoM was great and the ride had a nice repeatability factor. I do miss it.
To me, Journey into Imagination > WoM >>> Horizons.
It had a lot of screens!
MerlinTheGoat
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Makes me wonder whether you've actually ridden it, I at least question your memory of it. Lots of screens compared to what exactly? You mention for instance liking Test Track more and use screens as a point against Motion, Test Track is infinitely more guilty of screens than Motion (TT has practically no real "sets", relying pretty much exclusively on digital projection mapping to fill out the blank wall space lining the track, and there are zero animatronics).
World of Motion had the largest animatronics population at Future World (188 human and animal figures). The video elements it did contain were merely supplemental effects, either to establish scene transitions or for background wall surfaces that wouldn't have have contained anything physical anyways. Mind you, walls that were behind elaborately themed foreground sets and large quantities of animatronics. The physical stuff was front and center as the primary show pieces with the video serving as background detail, and the ride absolutely was not lacking in physical sets or characters. There was a grand total of ONE scene in the ride that was exclusively video based- a "speedroom" tunnel at the ride's finale (much like the one from If You Had Wings, Dreamflight or Buzz Lightyear at Magic Kingdom). At most i'd say MAYBE 5% of the ride is screen based.
For the few arguments against World of Motion i've heard, "too many screens" makes the least sense. Especially if you're using that as a negative comparison against Test Track of all things...
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Now that I look at it, my memory may be faded. It had some screens, but not a lot. I didn't even know TT used digital projection!Makes me wonder whether you've actually ridden it, I at least question your memory of it. Lots of screens compared to what exactly? You mention for instance liking Test Track more and use screens as a point against Motion, Test Track is infinitely more guilty of screens than Motion (TT has practically no real "sets", relying pretty much exclusively on digital projection mapping to fill out the blank wall space lining the track, and there are zero animatronics).
World of Motion had the largest animatronics population at Future World (188 human and animal figures). The video elements it did contain were merely supplemental effects, either to establish scene transitions or for background wall surfaces that wouldn't have have contained anything physical anyways. Mind you, walls that were behind elaborately themed foreground sets and large quantities of animatronics. The physical stuff was front and center as the primary show pieces with the video serving as background detail, and the ride absolutely was not lacking in physical sets or characters. There was a grand total of ONE scene in the ride that was exclusively video based- a "speedroom" tunnel at the ride's finale (much like the one from If You Had Wings, Dreamflight or Buzz Lightyear at Magic Kingdom). At most i'd say MAYBE 5% of the ride is screen based.
For the few arguments against World of Motion i've heard, "too many screens" makes the least sense. Especially if you're using that as a negative comparison against Test Track of all things...
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Horizons1
Well-Known Member
Hence is why I was baffled by your post.
Travel is the one thing you can really still make a futuristic attraction for still. They should really expand and have both rides and call it the motion pavilion. Theres so many futuristic visions they can display
KaliSplash
Well-Known Member
Frankly, the two attractions are SO different, it's hard to chose. Because of my love of AA's, I voted for World of Motion. But Test Track is a wonderful ride. Greatly wish they had both!
House of Power Rangers
New Member
Wow seems more people like world of motion seems it was an AMAZING RIDE