Walt Disney World has set a reopening date for Epcot’s Test Track attraction, which has been updated to offer new music and scenes.
Now sponsored by General Motors, Test Track is a high-speed car ride where guests race along a winding circuit through straightaways, curves banked at 50-degree angles, and hills up to three storeys high.
The ride is reopening on 22 July following a year-long closure, during which Walt Disney Imagineering has added a new musical score and new scenes “that highlight technology making our cars smarter and our lives more fun”, Disney said in a blog post.
To bring to life one of the new scenes, Imagineers utilised more than 29,000 points of light, as shown in the video above.
“While Test Track has always celebrated new and future automotive technology, it’s also a reminder of what a road trip is all about: spending quality time in the company of friends and family while embracing the beauty of the world around you,” Disney said.
Last year, Disney completed its multi-year transformation of Epcot with the launch of the CommuniCore Hall events space and CommuniCore Plaza.
New attractions at Epcot
Also part of the historic transformation of Epcot are new attractions including Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and Journey of Water.
Cosmic Rewind is Epcot’s first-ever coaster, and the longest fully enclosed roller coaster in a Disney theme park.
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is a motion-based trackless 3D dark ride, and Journey of Water is the first Disney parks attraction inspired by Moana.
Images courtesy of Disney
