You mean Pixar Pal Around Guest Starring Mickey Mouse.
I refuse to call it by that name.
You mean Pixar Pal Around Guest Starring Mickey Mouse.
Oh, great. Now it’s obnoxious, unfocused, condescending and grating. Why do Disney remodels keep making things (IMO) WORSE?
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The projection before going outdoors is nice. Too bad the doors open up to… the same backstage drive-over. They seem to have really destroyed the suspense of that moment. Again…unfocused.
It’s correct name is Mickey’s Wheel of Death.You mean Pixar Pal Around Guest Starring Mickey Mouse.
Seriously interested: In what ways do you prefer this to the previous version (which I think had problems but was effectively focused and thrilling)?Welp, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but at least for once this one seems to be the minority
This is a vast improvement!
Seriously interested: In what ways do you prefer this to the previous version (which I think had problems but was effectively focused and thrilling)?
Seriously interested: In what ways do you prefer this to the previous version (which I think had problems but was effectively focused and thrilling)?
Thank you!It feels modern, but classic. The narration reminds me of the peoplemover. More fleshed out scene design, the score sounds great. It feels like a perfect refresh and upgrade. Feels more Epcot
Original: Industrial factory floorNever so much as seen a ride through of any version of Test Track but I’m going to guess this new version looks snazzier, is more whimsical but less cohesive?
Original: Industrial factory floor
1st remodel: Tron-lke simulation
This version: Aiming for Classic Epcot vibe
Honestly, I think overall it's an improvement over 2.0 (never got to experience the original version). Not dramatically so, but it feels like it at least has more to look at. I think the constraints of the original Test Track layout only gives them so much to work with in terms of improvements.Oh, great. Now it’s obnoxious, unfocused, condescending and grating. Why do Disney remodels keep making things (IMO) WORSE?
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The projection before going outdoors is nice. Too bad the doors open up to… the same backstage drive-over. They seem to have really destroyed the suspense of that moment. Again…unfocused.
Makes it far less re-rideable, too, at least for me. (But, these days, does Disney even WANT people re-riding anything?) The script is my biggest complaint, and the ride could be much better and more cohesive with a rewrite.…The only big problem IMO is the script. It has the modern Disney script problem of being WAY too casual, putting in bad jokes and subtly trying to be "of the moment". It distracts and detracts from what otherwise would be a decent upgrade…
I think that part of it is that, frankly, Chevrolet is probably driving the ride's content; to my understanding, it was largely their money that made this possible, and that without Chevy wanting a change WDW probably would have just kept running the old version forever.Makes it far less re-rideable, too, at least for me. (But, these days, does Disney even WANT people re-riding anything?) The script is my biggest complaint, and the ride could be much better and more cohesive with a rewrite.
At this point, I don’t think it was a great idea to drop the idea that your vehicle is going through a series of increasingly-wild tests; it’s what the whole ride system and layout was designed for. It’s like if you took Splash Mtn. and obliterated any tension or dramatic build up leading to the … oh, wait…
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That said, a vlogger whose channel I enjoy loved it. Guess I do have to try it for myself.
People on Reddit are saying that Tiki Room is open today; the app does not currently reflect that, but I did notice in a Freshbaked Tour video that came out yesterday that basically everything except the main show was already open and finished.
Hopefully they gave it the TLC it needed.
You've hit the nail on the head here, really.I think that part of it is that, frankly, Chevrolet is probably driving the ride's content; to my understanding, it was largely their money that made this possible, and that without Chevy wanting a change WDW probably would have just kept running the old version forever.
I think that Chevy's ultimate goal now, and the reason they've retained their sponsorship (and this can also be traced back to TT 2.0) is not to explain what they do to make sure cars are safe-which EVERY automaker also does-but why you the consumer should buy a Chevrolet over other alternatives, because they are foward-looking, they are making cars better, they are making the modern, safe automobile. If you look at it through that lens a lot of the changes in the subsequent versions of the attraction make sense. It's more explicitly an ad, a feel-good message that sets to put Chevrolet forward when people think about new vehicles.
So while it's very clear Disney wrote the script-it simply has too much in common with their output over the last ten years to have been written by anyone else-I imagine Disney probably just went with what Chevrolet wanted, which in fairness matches Epcot Center perfectly.
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