The Theme Park History of Test Track (Epcot)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2019
- Test Track is a high-speed slot car attraction that opened at Disney’s EPCOT on March 17th, 1999. Replacing World of Motion, the attraction puts guests in a test vehicle as it goes through its paces with a series of tests showing how automobile prototype evaluations are conducted.
Music Used
Test Track Medley - • Test Track Pavilion - ...
Walt Disney & The 1964 World's Fair - Join The Swing • Walt Disney & The 1964...
World of Motion - Area Music • Video
World Of Motion - It's Fun To Be Free (Instrumental) • World Of Motion It's F...
Test Track - Area Music • Test Track Pavilion Ar...
Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled Lab Basement (Arena) • Video
Horizons - Area Music • Video
Test Track Medley • Test Track (From "Test...
Test Track Area Music • EPCOT Music - Test Tra...
Videos Used
Test Track Epcot Commercial (1999) • Seberg Disney Epcot Te...
Original Test Track Epcot Complete Ride Experience by Theme Park Review • Original Test Track Ep...
Sinclair At The 1964 New York World’s Fair • Sinclair at the 1964 N...
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - Disneyland Goes to The World’s Fair (1964) • Walt Disney's Wonderfu...
Ford’s Magic Skyway (1965) • Magic Skyway - 1965
Horizons Complete POV Ride (1992) by Carol Kim Pedersen • Disney Epcot Horizons ...
New York World's Fair Futurama Ride Video (1964-1965) • '64-65 NY World's Fair...
90 Years of Safety Testing at GM's Milford Proving Ground • Video
Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream (1981) • 1981 Walt Disney-One M...
The Dream Called EPCOT (1980) • The Dream Called EPCOT...
EPCOT Center - A Souvenir Program (1983) • 1983 Walt Disney World...
World of Motion Ride-Through (1994) by Widen Your World • World of Motion Ride-t...
World of Motion - Martin's Complete Ultimate Tribute by MartinsVidsDotNet • World of Motion - Mart...
Make Your Own Magic (1994) • GM Make Your Own Magic...
2020 Chevrolet Silverado Production Heavy-Duty Trucks by Cars BOOM • Video
Behind Closed Doors: GM Proving Grounds by Joan Lunden • Joan Lunden Behind Clo...
EPCOT Center Test Track Preview at Walt Disney World Resort • Epcot Center Test Trac...
Disney's Ride Test Track - Behind the Scenes of Disney's Technology by Tom Rowles • Disney's Ride Test Tra...
The Original Test Track Ride March 1999 to April 2012 by AlYuDesign • The Original Epcot Tes...
EPCOT 1996 by jamesKI4JKV • Epcot 96
Test Track POV - Mid Breakdowns While Riding by BeAPartOfTheMagic • Test Track EPCOT Origi...
PSX Longplay [270] Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour by World of Longplays • PSX Longplay [257] Wal...
Full Test Track Experience - Original Queue, Ride and Post Show by Attractions Magazine • Full Test Track experi...
Test Track Full Attraction Walkthrough and Ride by WDWMagic • Test Track full attrac...
Original Test Track Queue by bp1191 • Old Test Track queue
Test Track (with Walkthrough), Epcot at Walt Disney World by UndercoverTourist.com • Test Track (with Walkt...
One of the Final Rides of the Original Test Track at Epcot - April 14, 2012 by Doctor Disney • One of the final rides...
Original Test Track POV - Walt Disney World Future World Epcot by Nate Tonnessen • Test Track POV Origina...
EPCOT Test Track (Original Ride) by Mermaid Minnie • EPCOT Test Track (orig...
Test Track 1.0 by DarthVader92 • Test Track 1.0
Test Track 1.0 (Night) at Epcot by TheDuphilyCrew • Test Track 1.0 (Night)...
Test Track at Epcot - On-Ride POV - Original Version by Kevin Welch • Test Track at Epcot - ...
Epcot GM Test Track Final Ride 4/15/12 POV Front Row + Full Briefing, Doors Closing, Last Day by MouseSteps / JWL Media • Epcot GM Test Track Fi...
Test Track | Full Experience (Ride & Queue) | Epcot | Walt Disney World by ResortTV1 • Test Track | Full Expe...
Test Track Side by Side Comparison - Original 1.0 Versus New 2.0 by Attractions Magazine • Test Track Side by Sid...
1985 - 1999 Crash Test Dummies PSA • 1985 - 1999 Crash Test...
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“As the first ever thrill ride at Epcot.”
Body Wars: *”Am I a joke to you?”*
That ride legit was anxiety inducing.
One of the few Disney rides to claim a life
yes
I personally liked the original Test Track theming more than the new neon light infused rework they put on it.
I feel you on that but I do like the competition the redesign has
Whaaa they changed it up? I mean well I havent been since 2001 so i guess it would be way different by now lol
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As much as I love test track, I wish I could have rode world of motion. I wasn't born for most of the rides of classic Epcot, but I still LOVE learning and watching old Epcot.
Sleepyhead The World Of Motion was a Disney Masterpiece. One of my all time favorite Disney rides
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We can all agree that the closure of journey into imagination was that era's biggest mistake, right?
I second that!
@El Viola Feos yes
And Horizons
“140 degrees hot room”
Arizona and Las Vegas folks: “should have brought our cold weather gear...”
Emperor Constantine 1. As someone from Vegas, I aprove
what about us Floridians
Your Last Brain Cell WIA in florida the avrg is like 90 nevada is like 110
Hi everybody. Welcome to the Test Track. My name is Bill McKim, I'm up here in the control center and in just a couple of minutes you're gonna be out there on that track. But first, let's, ah, put together your test schedule. These are the same kinds of tests that are run at, ah, GM test facilities all over the world. Let's put up the, ah, 26-8 grade
Thank you
why the hell are you following me, first is china uncensored then this and somewhere else that i can't remember
Ahhh the memories
Is this nostalgia?
@@whysosyria1 I know right. I see her a lot too. She either watches youtube a lot or is a troll.
One of my absolute favorite aTRACKtions... I’ll show myself out.
lol
😆 I appreciated your creativity
We appreciate you seeing yourself out
I miss this era of test track soo much. And now I’m pissed that my parents threw away all my test track “toys” from back then
After watching this, you should do a history on Radiator Springs Racers since it essentially the same as Test Track
That should be next on the list
@ Test track was first
I remember when I rode Test Track when I was little back in 2004. When the car came to the barrier test, I shut my eyes
in fear thinking that the car was actually going to crash into the barrier. But later I opened them, and found out it was just a trick, which made me love the ride even more.
This is why I don't do history videos. The amount of research and video collection that goes into something like this is crazy. Well done!
Absolutely love this ride. I wish they would’ve stuck with the original 95 mph in the outside portion!!!
“All you crash test *dummies* ” 😂
Aayyee, who ya callin dummmmyyy
Nick WithBeer who ya calling pinhead
bbkangs oh hi hard hard
Do history of the Rockin roller coaster
November.
Theme Park History Dang that sounded really cool for some reason
Who is here after rock and roller coaster vid came out
*please
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Wow, never knew Test Track was based off the Milford Proving Grounds. I live literally right next to it.
Theme Park History of the Studio Backlot Tour from Hollywood Studios? That is a ride that should be remembered.
The Skull & Spooky Channel rock n roller coaster?
Test track is one of my favorite rides at Disney.
Went on this at 9 years old on opening year 1999 and it was hands down the single most epic experience ever back then. Nothing could top my Florida holiday in 99 since then..
I had no idea they updated it! Last time I rode was in 2010. I was really looking forward to riding it again. Not anymore.
Do more epcot attractions!!
-Mission Space
-Spaceship Earth
-Maelstrom/Frozen Ever After
-Nemo and Friends
-Honey I Shrunk The Audience
and my favorite... Soarin!!
Striljr i agree
You forgot living with the land
mission space 🤮 they replaced a god tier attraction for a sub par thrill ride
@brm 0220 Mission: SPACE is one of the best rides in Epcot! I didn’t think that Horizons even fitednin Epcot, I was more hooked with the Wonders Of Life & Journey Into Immaginaruon pavilions, I think mission space is a really great ride because you get to ACTUALLY be in space!
@@StarportS What about Listen to the Land?
Test Track 1.0 > Test Track 2.0
2.0
i miss old tes track because i legitimately feared for my life every time
I love this attraction when I visited Epcot in 2017. Being able to create you own vehicle be it for reducing carbon footprint or to be Fast and Furious (Unlike some other attraction not in Disney), it still captures what Test Track aims to do while being a fun ride for all to enjoy.
I do think that The Smiler from Alton Towers would make a great episode to cover, a fun attraction with a dark moment that stains it's legacy.
Test Track was my first ever thrill ride. I was 6 the first time I went on it, and I loved it!
I'm so glad you included the Disney Racer Clip in there!!! :D
I remember riding the original ride, and right before running through the door to the outside, seeing a car to the left crashing into a barrier. Really awesome effect to add to the fear.
Oh man, so great to see that Crash Test Dummies tape in the intro!
5 months later I see my Test Track comment in your video! You are one of the best TH-camrs out there, keep it up man.
I’ll love to see a video about Ghost Rider at Knott’s Berry Farm!
Angry foot I second this notion!
I remember when they were building it, and then opened it. Excellent ride!
This is one of my favorite rides in all of Walt Disney World, possibly partly due to my love of cars. But besides that, it’s just so fun.
Man I was really missing some Theme Park History. Great video 👍🏻 Theme Park History of Haunted Mansion? And dude, I get the second iteration is now kinda dull but jeez, the original attraction looked like “A Trip Through A Construction Site”.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt that.
I prefer the OG
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I still miss Test Track v1, have some fond memories of it including one time with my late grandfather where we rode it around 6 times thanks to a malfunctioning fast pass machine while everyone else in our family was asleep at the resort.
On one of those trips a man was thankful my grandfather told him to take his hat off.
While I don’t mind the ‘create a car’ aspect of v2, I still miss v1’s more industrial concept and I hate how they’ve gimped/removed parts of the ride e.g. the robot arms and the ‘surprise’ of Lorry in the dark.
I love the Old Test Track. My family use to take vacation all the time in Florida and Test Track was the only ride in Disney that i remember. My favorite part was the heat and cold room. It sucks the way it turned out.
Another great video really interesting I loved that Worlds Fair footage
Thank you Trevor!
Wow.. I was just thinking about Disney world racing the other day.. that was wacky and cool to see that clip
I played that game 2 years before I went to Disney world
15:06 HOLY THROWBACK!!! That really takes me back.
there are a few interesting things about test track that you didn’t mention, but they’re relatively unknown. i only know because i’m part of a GM family.
in the original Test Track, if a GM employee brought their ID, they would be escorted straight to the front of the line to get on the ride before everyone else. i think there may have been an exclusive lounge we could go to back then, but i was pretty young, i don’t remember.
however, on 2.0, if you use your ID, it’s basically only a fastpass, and you still have to wait quite a bit to get on the ride. however, if you go to the right of the ride queue, you will approach an elevator with an intercom system. if you show and verify your ID there, you get let into an elevator with the floors labeled (from top to bottom) G, M, C. if you go up to G, you go into a lounge where you can get drinks out of a coca-cola freestyle machine, play around with the chevy design system, and sit on some sectionals and look out at epcot.
as for my personal opinion on the ride, old is much better. the new one is far too futuristic and doesn’t really have a true story anymore.
A very thorough and fun video! Great work!
Whenever we go to Epcot we don't even consider going towards Test Track anymore, it just doesn't feel anywhere near as fun as it used to. The queues are massive, the preshows are long and annoying and we just don't feel like it's worth it.
Same here. My wife wondered why i never wanted to go on the new version anymore. So last time she went on the single rider queue while I waited with our 1 year old. When she got back she admitted that it just wasn't as thrilling ad certainly not worth the typical wait.
@@JimTomatore your loss
@@toyaliens That's the thing, It's not really a loss for me. I can close my eyes and picture the entire simplistic ride as it currently exists. There's no thrill in it for me, nor is there anything noteworthy to see. I don't dislike test track, I just dislike the current version of it. I look forward to the day that they create a version 3.
When i heard the magical racing tour theme i JUMPED!!! it’s all i was thinking about for the duration of the video. a few of your videos have made me think of it. “man... i need to get my hands on that game again.” and then there it was. hats off to you, TPH! a great reference. much, MUCH appreciated.
OMG! You included a clip from the Disney Racers game :D Thank you! That game meant a lot to my childhood
LOVE THIS STUFF. Keep it up!
I love how detailed this channel is. It’s great!
Ok I know it's for a smaller park... but I think a video on Blazing Fury or Tennessee Tornado from Dollywood in Pigeon Forge would be pretty nice
DarkSt0rm009 nice to see you in the comment section, I’m Chrom, Exalt of Ultimate on Discord
The same thing happened to Ellen’s energy adventure where the ride broke down on the last ride.
Joel Williams you’ve gotta think if they do that on purpose. As a final way to say “see, it’s so old it won’t survive it’s last ride through, now will you let us change it?”
for some reason the ride I remember the most from being a little kid at disney is Ellen's Energy adventure. :( I rode it again months before they closed it and those big ride vehicles were so empty. There were like 15 people on the whole ride.
That's unfortunate.
Next video you should do soarin. It’s been one of my favorites and it has some pretty interesting mechanics!
You should do a video on either:
Diagon ally and gringots or it’s a small world.
Dude you're actually very efficient and talented. Big kudos
Theme park history Mickeys Philharmagic please. It’s one of my all time favorites.
The Theme Park History of the Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios?
Most likely sometime in 2020, we already have the rest of the year planned out.
For a long time I went searching for the great movie ride as all I remembered was someone jumping on the ride train from when I was 4
RIP great movie ride
Standing ovation on this Test Track history! Bravo sir, bravo!
Love all your clips from the Dummies (almost forgot about them!) and how you also incorporated both sides opinions in regards to the recent update they have done! While I do have sentiments about the old test track, we took our kids (my stepson who is autistic, and two girls) they absolutely had a blast with designing the car and then going out and testing it. Personally, that matters most to me, seeing the enjoyment on my kids’ faces!
Again, SUPERB Test Track history vide!
your videos are the best! i have learned so much amazing information from all of them. NEVER STOP!
You should do the history of either Living With The Land or Soarin’
Absolutely loved this, enjoyed making our own vehicle.... Didn't think it was going to be as fast and as good as it actually was. Definitely one of the best things at Epcot
I'm watching this rn and I'm in the line for the ride
Nice, man
How was it?
@@ThemeParkHistory awesome I got on it 3 times today
Nice!
NOOO YOU REALLY ADDED THE RACING GAME OMG U GOT ME IN MY FEELS
Very well done!!! Thank you!!!
this video was just what i needed
Love your videos man!
Such a great ride! Imagineers outdid themselves on that one!
I love Test Track. It's one of our favorite rides at Disney World. We rode Test Track in November of 2016. Poor Goofy, he isn't a dummy. 😊
Since you’re in EPCOT, how about some Spaceship Earth?
Great Episode my man!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
i love your channel and your videos! i’ve seen every one of them 💕
please do it’s a small world at the disney parks!
One really cool thing about this ride was the special area for GM employees that have a gold card. My grandparents worked for Disney and my grandfather was a retired GM employee so he had one. We could go up, view the only track from the special area and in the area you got free drinks, some snacks and special fast passes.
I remember going to Test Track 2.0 completely unaware of the changes and loving it. I liked the original too, but it had become outdated, plus like you stated the new version fells more like an Epcot ride with the preshow design elements.
facts
The nostalgic feels 😢
Great video!!
I remember going to Disney World with my parents and sister. The main issue is that I was scared of roller coasters, and thrill rides in general. When we went to Mission Space, I waited by the exit area with my sister.
Somehow, my dad convinced me to go on Test Track. I enjoyed most of it, but I was still uneasy. This turned into full on terror when the car turned the corner into the barrier test. There's the wrecked cars along the side, plus there was a video showing what the intended result of the test was. It literally made me cry. Afterwards, I was allowed to get something from the git shop, so I got a mickey shaped Test Track pin. It's a shame I didn't get to go on it again before the 2.0 version.
My guess is that the 2.0 revision is to make rebranding easier. While remaking a GM factory can take awhile, all they would need to do now is replace the logos and some of the audio. They may have even made it with Lightcycles in mind, so they could easily flip themes if GM dropped the sponsorship.
1:05!! It’s me
Oh man didn't think I would be in a hit on nostalgia to Magical Racing tour game XD oh man that gave me some memories. As even so too. Never forget how terrified I be every time your car swerves from the truck! XD Great look back on Test Track there! :D Can't wait to see what you will go into next!
I used to love the test track que! I am glad the actual track didn't change but I do prefer the old design. Loved the video!❤️
I love this ride and when we go to Epcot we go straight to this ride and ride it
You could do a retrospective on Halloween time at the Disney parks for October like you did with Halloween Horror nights last year.
Omg I LOVED Disney World Racing as a kid. Lived vicariously through it until my parents finally took me to Disney world in real life
I remember the showroom, how they'd reveal a pickup truck perched majestically on a desert peak, the sound of thunder in the background and the theme "Like a Rock" playing.
love this!! do Soarin over California/the world, fat California Adventure pleaseeee
Loved the video
Was inky able to ride it once but loved every second of it. Definitely one of Disney’s best rides. So amazing!!
I'd love to see the theme park history of Space Mountain at Disney.
Great video as usual. Poseidon's Fury from Universal's IOA would be awesome! One of my all-time favorites from that park.
Went on the new Test Track and LOVED it!
I wish I could've experience the World of Motion ride before its closure, but I'm grateful I get to ride the original incarnation of Test Track. I wasn't a fan of its 2.0 look at first, but it grew on me since, still my favorite attraction.
Mickey’s PhilharMagic would definitely be a great topic!
I've only been to Disneyworld once, in 2003, but this ride was so cool. Honestly all of Epcot was cool.
Woohooo another upload!
Three in one month! I think that’s enough videos for August.
The upcoming test track retheme has me excited for test track again. The last retheme sucessfully took out all of the soul of the attraction and i hope it can become one of my favorite attractions again soon.
Cool! My favorite Disney ride
OMG I remember that Disney world racing game from when I was Little!
I would love to see a video on the WaterWorld stunt show: stadiium specs and changes for hollywood, singapore,and japan, script changes and refurbs, etc!
When I saw my comment, I screamed like crazy.
Nice video.
Thank you Alexworld for the suggestion!
The plot twist in the first segment though. 😂
So I was at the park shortly after test track opened I was 9 and we had split our day between Epcot in the morning and MGM. We got back to Epcot just in time to be the final riders for the day on test track. After we had gotten off the gift shop had already closed down but I really wanted that exact shirt that's in your video so the cast member actually gave it to me for free.
Lol at the Crash Test Dummies commercial and cartoon show! I loved both! I actually dressed up as a crash test dummy for Halloween one year! Owned a test dummy plush too!
🤣
And I only have ridden the 2.0 Test Track! Thank you soo much for the history lesson!
I went on this ride in Summer 1999, when it was the new hyped attraction. I like the original theming.
Can you do theme park history of journey into imagination.
I quote the movie total recall *original* : Open your mind YOUR MIND
Thanks this was a great video
Thank you Marty!
This is a personal favorite
I remember being so ready to ride this in back in 97 only to be told that it was delayed. Luckily we would come back the very next year, in 98 to see the animal kingdom, I vaguely remember being told by a cast member that we had to come back and get in line early as it was only open for so long. Boy was that an amazing experience back in 98😍
I remember looking forward to going on test track in 1997 and 1998 and being severely disappointed both times!