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| name = Test Track<br />
| park = [[Epcot]]<br />
| land = World Discovery<br />
| type = Slot car thrill ride<br />
| opened = March 17, 1999<br />
| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering<br />
| height = 40 in (102 cm)<br />
| status = Operating<br />
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'''Test Track''' is a high-speed slot car ride in World Discovery at [[Epcot]] in the [[Walt Disney World Resort]], Florida. Opened on March 17, 1999, it puts riders through a series of automotive evaluations in vehicles resembling test cars, ending with a lap of an outdoor track around its pavilion at up to 65 mph (105 km/h) — the fastest top speed of any attraction at Walt Disney World. The pavilion has been sponsored by General Motors and, between 2012 and 2024, by its Chevrolet brand.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Test Track occupies the pavilion that opened with Epcot in 1982 as World of Motion, a General Motors-sponsored dark ride tracing the history of transport. World of Motion closed in 1996 so that the building could be converted to a more thrilling treatment of the same subject: the proving ground, where manufacturers test prototype vehicles.<br />
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The conversion proved difficult. The ride system, in which individual cars are guided along a slot and powered through the course, suffered repeated problems in testing, and the planned May 1997 opening passed by. Test Track eventually soft-opened on December 19, 1998, and was formally opened the following March, nearly two years late. At the time it was reported to be among the most expensive attractions Disney had built.<br />
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=== Second version ===<br />
The original ride closed in April 2012 for a comprehensive redesign under Chevrolet sponsorship. Reopening on December 6, 2012, the second version replaced the cluttered test-facility look with a sleek, blue-lit digital environment. Its major addition was the Chevrolet Design Studio in the queue, where groups designed a virtual concept vehicle and then had that design scored for capability, efficiency, responsiveness and power as the ride passed through each test.<br />
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=== Third version ===<br />
The second version closed on June 17, 2024. Announced at Destination D23 in 2023, the third version drew explicitly on World of Motion for inspiration, restored General Motors as the named sponsor, and reopened on July 22, 2025. The design studio was removed in favour of a showroom-style queue displaying concept and production vehicles, the exterior canopy added in 2012 was taken away to expose more of the original pavilion form, and the ride scenes were rebuilt around the development of automotive technology — from early driver assistance to a scenic drive evoking the pavilion's earlier occupant. The high-speed outdoor lap was retained unchanged in concept.<br />
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== Experience ==<br />
Six riders sit in each test vehicle, three in front and three behind. The indoor portion of the ride moves through a succession of evaluations: systems are checked, the car handles bends and changing surfaces, and responsive and automated driving technologies are demonstrated in a mixture of physical sets, projections and on-board screens. In the earlier versions these sequences included braking trials, with and without anti-lock brakes, and hot, cold and corrosive environmental chambers; the 2025 version softens the industrial test framing into a tour of how vehicles sense, respond and assist.<br />
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The finale is the element for which the ride is best known. The vehicle exits the building, accelerates up a slope and completes a full circuit of the pavilion on banked track, reaching 65 mph before braking into the unload area. The contrast between the controlled indoor sections and the open-air speed run is deliberate: it is the only sustained outdoor portion of any major Epcot ride.<br />
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Test Track also holds a place in Walt Disney World queueing history, having been an early adopter of the single rider line, which fills otherwise empty seats from a separate, usually shorter queue.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Epcot]]<br />
* [[Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind]]<br />
* [[Mission: SPACE]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Attractions]]<br />
[[Category:Epcot]]<br />
[[Category:1999 establishments in Florida]]</div>Admin