Full Test Track experience - Original queue, ride and post show

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  • Опубліковано 20 кві 2012
  • A complete look at the original Test Track attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This video shows you the outside, takes you through the whole queue, shows you the pre-show video and then takes you on the ride. The ride video is a mix of a DSLR and GoProHD cameras. Then we take you through the post show area and show you some thumbing outside the attraction.
    The attraction closed in April 2012 to be redesigned and reopen in the fall of 2012.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 108

  • @matthewobrien7289
    @matthewobrien7289 3 місяці тому +25

    The original version made sense and was awesome. It actually felt like an R&D facility and test track. Current version feels like some designer just got lazy.

    • @cadenschmidt2752
      @cadenschmidt2752 3 місяці тому

      heard they're doing a refresh this summer, I hope they bring back some of the old personality

  • @GoBiggie1880
    @GoBiggie1880 9 років тому +114

    I loved the Original Test Track ride. I worked there as a Disney cast member. I loved ever minute of that place. Man I miss the original!

    • @Protato_Gamer
      @Protato_Gamer 3 роки тому

      You don’t like the new one?

    • @firenicey7319
      @firenicey7319 3 роки тому

      Well I hope you worked from early 2000s onward I went there as a teenager and never regretted it

    • @Speedy_Cheeto
      @Speedy_Cheeto 3 роки тому +9

      @@Protato_Gamer new one is souless garbage

    • @Protato_Gamer
      @Protato_Gamer 3 роки тому +1

      @@Speedy_Cheeto sorry gotta disagree

    • @Speedy_Cheeto
      @Speedy_Cheeto 3 роки тому +7

      @@Protato_Gamer you work at Chevrolet don't you

  • @zLumiNeonz
    @zLumiNeonz 6 місяців тому +27

    I like this version better because I like how they explained what they were doing and gave you anticipation for the tests, especially the barrier test! Great childhood memory of going with my grandparents and the ride photo showing my grandmother bracing herself for the crash 😂

  • @Jml15
    @Jml15 Рік тому +31

    Disney’s always like “This is nice… too nice…”

    • @ethanshackleton
      @ethanshackleton 29 днів тому

      GM (and its subsidiary Chevrolet) have creative control over the ride, so it’s their fault that this was replaced by 2.0, for better or worse.

  • @JulesCucc
    @JulesCucc 3 роки тому +33

    I would do anything to ride this version of test track again

  • @wantedwario2621
    @wantedwario2621 3 роки тому +37

    Having basically lived in and out of automotive shops for my whole childhood, there was something very personal about the old theme

  • @westhamjon
    @westhamjon 7 років тому +20

    This was so much better rather then the futuristic version now

  • @taylorshelton3267
    @taylorshelton3267 4 роки тому +23

    The original was so much better than the new version.

  • @Gamerboss40YT
    @Gamerboss40YT 4 місяці тому +8

    I never got a chance to ride the original test track. The current version is nice and I’m excited for what the new test track will look like.

  • @BethGoth15
    @BethGoth15 3 роки тому +54

    While the new version looks prettier, this one had personality

  • @2coolrun308
    @2coolrun308 3 роки тому +40

    Disney was like "Let's do a Tron ride, everything Tron themed, but then not stamp the Tron logo on it so it's just odd."

    • @imlostcansomeonehelpmeme4921
      @imlostcansomeonehelpmeme4921 Рік тому

      because tron doesn’t have a six seater convertible in it

    • @EverScrolls
      @EverScrolls 3 місяці тому

      @@imlostcansomeonehelpmeme4921 Tron Legacy has any vehicle you want in it.

    • @SlushysSecret
      @SlushysSecret Місяць тому +1

      Well I’m glad they are ditching the tron theme for showing the innovative future of car technology, especially now with their own original tron ride at MK

    • @EverScrolls
      @EverScrolls Місяць тому

      @@SlushysSecret It wasn't even Tron to begin with. They just really wanted it to seem like it was.

    • @SlushysSecret
      @SlushysSecret Місяць тому

      @@EverScrolls still looked like tron

  • @thatidiotginger
    @thatidiotginger 11 років тому +32

    I'm so upset they changed it! I loved the old, original one. :( Hopefully they won't totally mess up the test track experience. Although, I did watch some ride-throughs and it looks pretty cool and futuristic,

  • @Perrygallo
    @Perrygallo Рік тому +8

    I have this blind hope that one day this ride will come back. The ridiculous new Tron-based rubbish is so lost on most people whereas this themed original had much more connection and relevance.

  • @Rawr383
    @Rawr383 3 місяці тому +1

    I remember all of this. I miss all of it 😭

  • @vivianaresmondo6967
    @vivianaresmondo6967 Рік тому +6

    I always wondered why this ride scared me as a child and now I'm looking back and see that this is definitely scary to a child's mind!

    • @tennojiberri
      @tennojiberri 9 місяців тому

      After being scared for life from MiB Alien Attack and Jurassic Park River Adventure at Universal Orlando, I purposely refused to ride this, even from going through the line and to walk past the car... (I have autism so everyone in the family had handicapped line cutting passes)
      Now watching this a decade later, it wasn't as bad compared to those two, and now I regret that decision 😭

  • @Creeperboy099
    @Creeperboy099 4 місяці тому +1

    Coming back to this ride with a driver’s license, though the ride was remodeled, I can safely say they did a great job at replicating what it feels like to slide in a vehicle as well as how it feels to approach curves and brake

  • @keepinitreal884
    @keepinitreal884 3 роки тому +7

    RIP old test track

  • @Calakapepe
    @Calakapepe 4 місяці тому +2

    I swear there was a short run or at least a 1 time ad that showed the crash test car before us physically crashing into the wall. Rather than stationary crashed car

    • @RhythmGameAddict
      @RhythmGameAddict 4 місяці тому +1

      In the old Walt Disney World Explorer computer game, there was a previsualization preview of the ride that depicted such a thing, so that might be what you’re thinking of. I know other snippets of that previz showed up in other promo material like the WDW travelog for 1996 too, so it could be something around that time.

  • @Joopitor
    @Joopitor 24 дні тому

    Definitely the best version of the ride, but I’m excited to see what they do with 3.0

  • @kelseylane9710
    @kelseylane9710 Рік тому +3

    I so prefer this test track. And hearing the innoventions music 😭

  • @dougmcbuckets1723
    @dougmcbuckets1723 Місяць тому +2

    So much better than 2.0

  • @scoutfletcher
    @scoutfletcher 12 років тому +2

    Much love for this attraction

  • @CrazyManhog
    @CrazyManhog 5 місяців тому +2

    What made the orginal scary was that we were staring as test dumies. Feeling like we were going to crash.

  • @kurtbakerfun9473
    @kurtbakerfun9473 Рік тому +2

    2 things: im so glad i rode the og the one time i did bc i still like it better than what it is now. 2: not the surprise test being death- like omg

  • @henriquepaesmoraes4845
    @henriquepaesmoraes4845 Рік тому +2

    Original Test Track
    Built: December 19, 1998
    Completed and Opened: March 17, 1999
    Demolished by Reopening: April 16, 2012
    Reopened: December 3, 2012

  • @terrencebonner9332
    @terrencebonner9332 7 років тому +1

    I love to ride the test track with my first experience @ Epcot Center @ Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida that also will allow guests to buid their own cars & then tried to ride one for themselves.thanks! enjoy the ride!

  • @AJCrown111
    @AJCrown111 12 років тому +2

    if you ever get the chance, ride it, ITS AWSOME!!

  • @WonderBooks
    @WonderBooks 12 років тому

    Cool ride!!

  • @firenicey7319
    @firenicey7319 3 роки тому +1

    Wow I almost forgot about the last section with the conveyers.... man that was a long time ago!!!

  • @Prinplup1000
    @Prinplup1000 12 років тому +4

    I loved the new queue.Last time I was there though it was JAM PACKED!! Anyway thanks I loved this ride since I was what 5 ( i'm 10 now and still lovin' it) XD

    • @LSM_Lover
      @LSM_Lover 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah I kinda think the old one is better.

  • @Jerms995
    @Jerms995 Рік тому

    Cadillac used to be represented at Test Track? That's neat!

  • @LegoLord712
    @LegoLord712 11 років тому +1

    I'm going soon I hope it lives up to the Test Track name.

  • @mcthe2handedbowler392
    @mcthe2handedbowler392 3 роки тому +2

    I haven’t been on the old version because I was to small, I think to go on it but this version is better I think. I really loved the cool wash until that got totally changed. :(

  • @Lindy1985
    @Lindy1985 12 років тому

    Disney is always updating their rides which i think is great so its not the same boring thing u see year after year...I go to WDW ideally every two years...I can't get enough wish I could go every year but its just not in my financial books...I can't wait to take my daughter...in two years..

  • @michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009
    @michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009 2 місяці тому

    I still wish they kept this version, the current one is WAY TOO Futuristic

  • @0V3CHKiN
    @0V3CHKiN 12 років тому

    Thanks, fmlagares.

  • @kdaddy310
    @kdaddy310 3 роки тому +6

    The reskin is lazy.

  • @Hieagandaus
    @Hieagandaus 12 років тому +1

    I always found it funny when your in the queue it has all of that noise yet there's only 1object actually doing something.

  • @GrumpyBearChemo
    @GrumpyBearChemo 12 років тому +1

    im going in september too, but yeh the ride is closed till november 30th :(

  • @henriquepaesmoraes4845
    @henriquepaesmoraes4845 5 місяців тому

    Test Track
    General Motors: March 17, 1999 - April 15, 2012
    Refurbishment: April 15, 2012 - December 6, 2012
    Chevrolet: December 6, 2012 - present

  • @920roxy
    @920roxy 12 років тому

    awsom vedeio

  • @24twentysix
    @24twentysix 12 років тому +3

    7:10 for start of the ride

  • @baedenwilliams8291
    @baedenwilliams8291 2 роки тому +1

    7:42 Woah, it’s bumpy…🤣

  • @zerosnumber1
    @zerosnumber1 10 років тому +7

    I was so excited to ride this when I went to WDW this past Xmas only to find out that they had totally changed the ride. It was sooooooo disappointing and the Cars ride in DCA is a hundred percent better. This new ride is basically one huge advertisement for cars (and I'm not taking about the movie Cars)

  • @0V3CHKiN
    @0V3CHKiN 12 років тому +1

    Starting at 0:22 there's a number right under the track that goes from 31 to 27. What was that sign supposed to indicate? The car number going by? This entire time I never knew what it was.

  • @henriquepaesmoraes4845
    @henriquepaesmoraes4845 Рік тому

    Test Track in Epcot, Orlando, Florida, USA:
    Latitude: 28º22'23.7972" N
    Longitude: 81º32'51.5868" W
    Solar Noon at Summer Solstice (June 21):
    Altitude: 85.07º
    Direction: 180.00º (S)
    Solar Noon at Equinox (March 20 or September 22/23):
    Altitude: 61.63º
    Direction: 180.00º (S)
    Solar Noon at Winter Solstice (December 21/22):
    Altitude: 38.19º
    Direction: 180.00º (S)
    24 hour clock
    Time of a Solar Noon: 12:26:11.4 EST (13:26:11.4 EDT)
    Latest Solar Noon: 12:40:26.4 EST(13:40:26.4 EDT)
    Earliest Solar Noon: 12:09:46.4 EST (13:09:46.4 EDT)
    12 hour clock
    Time of a Solar Noon: 12:26:11.4 p.m. EST (01:26:11.4 p.m. EDT)
    Latest Solar Noon: 12:40:26.4 p.m. EST(01:40:26.4 p.m. EDT)
    Earliest Solar Noon: 12:09:46.4 p.m. EST (01:09:46.4 p.m. EDT)

  • @MonkeyMonkMan
    @MonkeyMonkMan 12 років тому +1

    My family are going to epcot in september, will this ride be shut?

  • @fmlagares
    @fmlagares 12 років тому

    Yep, it's the number of the car going by. In case the Cast Members outside hear something wrong with one of the cars going by, we reported the car's number on the radio.

  • @suttongriffin8154
    @suttongriffin8154 3 роки тому +2

    I miss the robots!

  • @LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOL
    @LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOL 3 місяці тому +1

    Everything, even the queue, used to be so much better… :(

  • @lpsproductions5763
    @lpsproductions5763 8 років тому

    Same here

  • @akcsamiru
    @akcsamiru 5 місяців тому +1

    i rode test track 2 days ago, let me tell you the new test track is soooo lazy, and they think adding some neon lights is themeing😂

  • @BobbyCaudill
    @BobbyCaudill 12 років тому +2

    this is a really good ride! i hope they never take it out

  • @cameronhannon8945
    @cameronhannon8945 11 років тому

    No, that side is for service on the cars

  • @CrazyManhog
    @CrazyManhog Місяць тому

    12:14 They were always there

  • @starbattle1
    @starbattle1 11 років тому

    Do they ever use track b?

  • @kettmanna
    @kettmanna 12 років тому +1

    Why at 7:32 does it skip to the middle of the ride?

  • @AwesomeMason809
    @AwesomeMason809 Рік тому

    I never knew that the guy talking most was John Michael Higgins!

  • @kamsavart
    @kamsavart 12 років тому

    That sucks. I never had the chance to go on this ride.

  • @kettmanna
    @kettmanna 12 років тому

    Why do you skip to the midd

  • @LilyLuna777
    @LilyLuna777 12 років тому

    yeah me too :( I'm really upset

  • @AmbientGoofball
    @AmbientGoofball 2 роки тому +2

    so much better, disney is really cheapened themselves

    • @AmbientGoofball
      @AmbientGoofball 2 роки тому

      they might as well make it " Tesla Track, Hosted by Elon Musk":

    • @ethanshackleton
      @ethanshackleton 29 днів тому

      GM funds the ride, in the end they’re the one who decides how much budget goes towards the retheme. 2.0 is what Chevrolet wanted so that’s what we’re stuck with.

  • @JcMcDz24
    @JcMcDz24 12 років тому +1

    BILL MCKIM

  • @hillelhalevi
    @hillelhalevi 10 місяців тому +1

    When they re-did Test Track to the current version, they ruined it.

    • @yeltnarb87
      @yeltnarb87 10 місяців тому +1

      Agreed! Hopefully with them redoing it again, they'll get it right this time🤞

  • @AlexWooKungFu
    @AlexWooKungFu 11 місяців тому

    @5:12 if you know you know 😎

  • @Hockeysktr17
    @Hockeysktr17 9 років тому +13

    The new version of this ride sucks...miss the old version

  • @LSM_Lover
    @LSM_Lover 4 роки тому

    10:07 Teleportation!

  • @officedullard8722
    @officedullard8722 2 роки тому

    I lament the passage of time.

  • @henriquepaesmoraes4845
    @henriquepaesmoraes4845 10 місяців тому

    Original Test Track (March 17, 1999 - April 15, 2012)
    1999: March 17, 1999 - December 31, 1999
    2000: January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000
    2001: January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2001
    2002: January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2002
    2003: January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003
    2004: January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004
    2005: January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005
    2006: January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006
    2007: January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
    2008: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
    2009: January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
    2010: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
    2011: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
    2012: January 1, 2012 - April 15, 2012

    • @henriquepaesmoraes4845
      @henriquepaesmoraes4845 10 місяців тому

      New Test Track (December 3, 2012 - present)
      2012: December 3-31, 2012
      2013: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
      2014: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
      2015: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
      2016: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
      2017: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
      2018: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
      2019: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
      2020: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
      2021: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
      2022: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
      2023: January 1, 2023 - present

  • @SpringtimeEria
    @SpringtimeEria 12 років тому

    No There Changing sponsors and renavating to chevrolet

  • @rb6forlife389
    @rb6forlife389 Місяць тому

    How we went from this to the most bland tron wannabe is crazy to me.

  • @quinn941
    @quinn941 Рік тому +1

    The new test track is soulless dreck

  • @TheSonicx555
    @TheSonicx555 12 років тому

    im not excited

  • @TheBashful0ne
    @TheBashful0ne Місяць тому

    This ride scared me in a good way. Now it's just.... boring. Even the "create your own car" gimmick isn't worth the hype

  • @demonicmasters8520
    @demonicmasters8520 7 років тому +4

    Disney has absolutely ruined test track the original ride is better

  • @laurastarck
    @laurastarck 6 років тому

    The new version sucks!

  • @Protato_Gamer
    @Protato_Gamer 3 роки тому +2

    I still get worried seeing people all close together with no masks even though this was like 10 years before covid