Disney Offers Glimpse Inside Test Track Transformation at EPCOT

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New Test Track concept art

Posted: Monday November 25, 2024 3:!5pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney Imagineering has released a new video showing a glimpse inside the Test Track show building at EPCOT. The video highlights ongoing work as Imagineers prepare for the next generation of this classic EPCOT thrill ride, set to open in 2025.

Watch the video below.

Test Track will celebrate today’s innovation while highlighting the past, present, and future. The queue will feature six distinct exhibits, and within each room celebrate the vehicles – and people behind the vehicles – that push the envelope and help get people to our next chapter in our motion journey.

New show scenes will be added showcasing technological advances and how our lifestyles and relationships to mobility connect everyone. Enjoy a joy ride through scenes focusing on onboard technology, customization and personalization. Followed by a trip through a scenic outdoor route reminding us all of the joys of driving, taking in the world around us and spending quality time with friends and family.

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James Alucobond24 minutes ago

Certain parts of projects always "appear" to move more quickly than others, and a contingent of onlookers show up without fail to comment on how slow or fast the work is proceeding without any context or understanding of the process.

THEMEPARKPIONEER2 hours ago

They got that steel up faster than they could even move a pallet across world celebration

Jayspency21 hours ago

A giant sea serpent would definitely stick out

Centauri Space Station1 day ago

Maybe it will be a cameo like playing Universe of energy briefly before the big bang on Guardians.

tparris1 day ago

One of my personal favorite attraction easter eggs.

DreamfinderGuy1 day ago

Brer Panther1 day ago

Here's how you work the sea serpent into Test Track 3.0 - at one point, have the track go by a lake, and the sea serpent pops out of it. There. He was backstage somewhere in California Adventure for a while, but I don't know where he is now.

Jayspency1 day ago

Oh?

Mickeynerd171 day ago

I was today years old when I realized the sea serpent had an actual name. I had no idea. 😆

Homemade Imagineering1 day ago

Would be pretty great if they repurposed the original figure, although I can’t remember whether he was thrown in a scrapyard or saved

EagleScout6101 day ago

First time I'm really noticing how pretty the building looks without the old canopy in front of it.

wdwmagic1 day ago

Some latest photos https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/test-track/gallery/10dec2024-test-track-refurbishment---december-10-2024.htm More at https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/test-track/gallery/10dec2024-test-track-refurbishment---december-10-2024.htm

Blobbles1 day ago

Yeah i could def see it being intrsumental, though i hope we get the lyrics. I assume that what most people want when they say “It’s fun to be free in test track 3.0” Disney as of late has a funny habit in their new rides of doing everything to try and please fans EXCEPT for the one thing they actually want and ask for (Facilier on the lift hill, No blood on the saddle return, putting Dinos in the Indy ride, closing muppetvision , figment’s…….everything over the past few years).

DreamfinderGuy1 day ago

I don't think the entire ride is going to have it playing like it did in WoM but I could see it on ride, even if just an instrumental. There were already plenty of nods to it in TT 2.0, including it playing as a jingle at the MagicBand touchpoints. I'm fairly confident it'll be back in some form based on nothing but a gut feeling.