Walt Disney World Epcot Discussion Thread

If it is Tron-themed it will be Robb's favorite ride.

So, with the new Chevy sponsorship, does that mean you will just have to own one of their cars to get in the VIP lounge now?

I guess there wont be many people going into the lounge if that is the case.

I've never been on this ride, in all these years; the damned thing was closed for one reason or another every time I've been to EPCOT.

But I'm all over these renderings like stink on a monkey. Officially a Tron attraction or not, LOVE IT!

Wow, this is different. Will be very curious to ride this when it re-opens.

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I like that the new icons look like the Pokemon symbols for type.

I love the look of the concept art though! Glad I got to ride it once before the overhaul but I found that while the ride itself was a ton of fun and really inventive, the scenery lacked depth/scale, and the way this concept art looks it seems like those issues are being resolved!

So far so good.

Why don't they just make a tron light cycle ride?

I love it! I have always enjoyed this ride and I am glad they are keeping it around a little longer.

I'm really impressed how decent this looks given the huge sponsorship behind it. It seems far less branded that I was imagining.

Hopefully the interactive stuff isn't as gimmicky as it comes across.

^I hope it's not gimmicky as well. I just hope they keep it simple, but visually impressive. If you use the lights in the right way, it could also add some much needed thrill.

Also, it'd be a big bonus to have the Daft Punk soundtrack playing, but that's just me hoping.

I never thought Test Track could look more technologically advanced and nice, but I guess I was wrong. I hope that some of the ride still stays the same, like the actual ride itself in aspects like the environment chambers and the uphill test and stuff like that.

^From what has been announced and told during today's press event, Test Track's ride layout will remain unchanged, with the theming being the primary focus for the overhaul.

While I'm excited that they are actually revamping the ride portion of test track to make it "futuristic" (and not just changing the queue and leaving the existing ride intact) , it seems like they are just removing the detailed, practical sets and adding flat black props covered in black light paint and lasers (that if they are anything like dinosaur, won't work in a year). I'm not sure I'm looking forward to "test track-rock n rollercoaster edition" or the more famous example of this happening, the ending of Spaceship Earth.

If I saw this concept art and was told it was a new ride, I'd be looking forward to riding it .

But, since I've already ridden test track, The only thing that comes to mind is a group of imagineers stoned out of their minds asking, "What if test track was a lazer tag arena?"

This seems really cool, but I don't get how the design you car thing works. Considering each car fits six people only one person will have gotten to design the car? Im wondering if the characteristics of the car will actualy effect the ride, but the only real thing I can see them doing is making the car go slower or faster at certain points and maybe some of the effects going though what were the hot and corrosion rooms.

I'm just hoping what they are doing has some real interactivity and not in a "push the button" Mission Space kind of way.

I really enjoyed Test Track and it seems like this is pretty good, the only problem is that it looks too much like a video game.

The Test Track.

A digital frontier.

I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer.

What did they look like? Chevorlets? Yeah.Were the circuits like freeways? Were Tests 2,5 and 7 preformed?

I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day GM came to Disney with a proposal.....

"Daft Punk- The Ride" (one can dream)

I'll reserve final judgement until I get a chance to ride...this one could really go either way IMO. If the interactivity creates a unique ride experience every time and the effects on the ride change based on your selection, I can see myself thinking that is a cool way to refresh the attraction. If it's just Test Track turned backlight mini-golf? Not so much.

I would have honestly preferred they kept the theme the same, modernized the videos and displays throughout the queue/preshow/exit area, and chosen some new tests to perform on the ride.

Daft Punk the Ride?! Where can I get a "Disney's" Fastpass for that?

Why don't they just make a tron light cycle ride?

You have the box office to blame. Aside from that, it'll be great to see Test Track receive this treatment.

I'm not sure if I'm 100% sold on this. I get that it's as if they are testing the car in a digital environment, but at the same time I kinda liked the realistic environment of the current version with traffic cones to dodge and so forth....Coupled with being in an actual car, that sort of set the ride apart, and made it 'real' compared to the number of other rides out there that deliberatley convey you through a fantasy environment.

As was posted earlier, I keep imagining this all being blacklight type stuff.

I'll reserve final judgement until I get a chance to ride...this one could really go either way IMO. If the interactivity creates a unique ride experience every time and the effects on the ride change based on your selection, I can see myself thinking that is a cool way to refresh the attraction. If it's just Test Track turned backlight mini-golf? Not so much.

I agree with this. If the makeover is well done, it may provide that Tron ride that fans of the two movies have long wanted (the movie doesn't have to be a big hit to provide the basis for a good attraction).

It has to be better than the old "World of Tron" section on DL's Peoplemover.

While I'm excited that they are actually revamping the ride portion of test track to make it "futuristic" (and not just changing the queue and leaving the existing ride intact) , it seems like they are just removing the detailed, practical sets and adding flat black props covered in black light paint and lasers (that if they are anything like dinosaur, won't work in a year). I'm not sure I'm looking forward to "test track-rock n rollercoaster edition" or the more famous example of this happening, the ending of Spaceship Earth.

 

 

If I saw this concept art and was told it was a new ride, I'd be looking forward to riding it .

 

But, since I've already ridden test track, The only thing that comes to mind is a group of imagineers stoned out of their minds asking, "What if test track was a lazer tag arena?"

I'd hardly call what they have now detailed and practical sets. I mean more than half the ride is those cut outs. I think this new overlay will be much better and more impressive.

Unlike SSE the designing will happen in the pre show and the ride will be where the parts of you car are tested.

^Hmm--that's a good point about the ride's original theming. Most of what you're seeing until you get to the "hot-and-cold" testing areas consists of cutouts and black walls. (Then again, that does make it seem more "lab-like.")

Honestly, I wonder how much they can do other than theme.

Correct me if I'm wrong but couldn't they remove the "bumps" on the first section, or adjust the speed in certain parts of the ride to give a newer ride experience without changing the layout? I know this sounds stupid, but instead of showing the difference between the antilock breaks, they could do something else in that strip of road.

I think that would be cool, actually.

I wonder if they are planning on using 3-D glasses for the ride? Could be cool, a lot of the concept art looks very 3D-ish.

I wonder if they are planning on using 3-D glasses for the ride? Could be cool, a lot of the concept art looks very 3D-ish.

Yeah, I really doubt that. Remember that whole "65 mph outside" part?