Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Test Track
20090317_TT.pngNot to inundate you with all things Disney, but today is the 10th anniversary of the official grand opening of Epcot's Test Track.

The first time I went on it was in March of 1999, right before its official grand opening.

That was the year I flew out from Los Angeles to meet my brother and his college friends. Crazy trip, I took a redeye Friday night after after work, got in to Orlando at some ungodly 5 or 6 am hour, took a shuttle to the Fort Wilderness Campgrounds, found their tent (yes, tent), shook it, woke them up, got cleaned up, and did a 16 hour day at the theme parks.

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Back to Test Track. Wasn't impressed with it then, still not today. "But it goes 64.8 miles per hour!" So what, I do too, everyday on the highway.

But I could just be bitter. I miss the original World of Motion.
 
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At 9:31 AM, Blogger Jack

Test Track is the worst ride I've ever ridden. The super-slow Bug's Life bumper cars in California Adventure are better, and they suck hardcore.

I'm just sayin'.

 

At 9:37 AM, Blogger Josh

They probably cost less than Test Track, too.

I looked around online for an estimate to Test Track's cost, couldn't find anything.

All I do know is that it opened something like 22 months late (they should have worked on it a little longer), and Tokyo DisneySea's Journey to the Center of the Earth uses an 'improved version' of Test Track's ride system.

But that one only gets up to 47 mph, how that's an improvement I'm not sure ...

 


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