World of Motion -- Shedding Light on the Queue

[DarkMeasures]

I remember riding WoM... I also remember a lot of the line....

But it was a walk on.... But I remember a lot of red tiles, the ramp, and the loading platform.

I am surprised though of how much of the old building was kept for Test Track. Infact, where you can see the cars getting ready to start in the main part of Test Track is the nearly the same spot where the track came out of and in of WoM...

 

[One Lil Spark]

Originally posted by steve2wdw
I visited Epcot during December of 1982, and the line for all the attractions were quite long. The WoM line was only 1 hour and 15 minutes compaired to the 1 hour and 45 minute wait at the Universe of Energy. The queue for WoM actually started outside, under the turn of the Omni-Mover. These switchbacks formed a partial circle under the track (very slippery when wet), then passed through a set of doors into the inner queue system. The only thing I recall about the queue was the fact that you loaded into the omni-mover at the top of a ramp. The inside queue room was void of anything entertaining to look at except the loading of the vehicles.

I also remember the line for Magic Journeys (the original 3D movie) to be over an hour long. Kitchen Kabaret in the Land was a two show wait and SE was 2 hours. While the lines were huge, the fact that all of these attractions were 15 minutes and longer really made it worth it. Having been trained to wait in line during the 70's at Magic Kingdom, long lines were just something you accepted back then.

Ahhh yes, back in the day when it was Fun to be Free, If You Could Dream It, You Could Do It, and Energy made the World Go 'Round. *sniffle sniffle*

 

[marni1971]

And lets not forget Listening to the Land we all love, and One little spark of inspiration used to be at the heart of all creation...

 

[cloudboy]

I remember it being a huge cavern of a room. For some reason I remember tacky carpet walls, but I am not sure that was World of Motion. The thing was that they had this huge queue area, but the ride loaded so fast that line was continualy in motion. I think World of Motion had one of the quickest load times because the cars had two rows of seats and didn't rotate or anything, and was easy to load.

If I am not mistaken, the speed rooms and final city were the highlights of the ride (or supposed to be, anyways). The Omnimax projectors at the time were pretty expensive, and they put a lot of work into the city. The idea was that it wouldn't be a definite city - only outlining a city shape. It extended two floors. They also had to cars at the very end.

 

[marni1971]

The speed tunnels didn`t use Omnimax- only Horizons had those projectors... its sad but the official IMAX theatre list included EPCOT Center... and Horizons was mentioned. Sorry to correct you

The future city finale was one EPCOT Center memory that stuck for me - the sight, the track spiraling round the model, THE MUSIC... makes me want to watch my home video again (despite it being so bloody dark... 1990s video cameras did not like UV lighting!

 

[DarkMeasures]

Yeah. I remember the City.... too bad there are no good pictures of it.

But,

Test Track > WoM