Visions Fantastic - Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/ Discussion about Epcot?: Future World and World Showcase en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:32:39 GMT vBulletin 1440 http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Visions Fantastic - Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/ Test Track refurbishment in April 2012 http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/31738-Test-Track-refurbishment-in-April-2012?goto=newpost Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:03:15 GMT Epcot Test Track's "Chevy" remodel


Vacation Alert: GM To Revamp Disney World Test Track Ride

The Car Connection
Disney is shutting down the 13-year-old GM Test Track thrill ride at Epcot Center. The ride will reopen later this year (probably fall/winter) as the Chevrolet Design Center. According to Disney Parks Blog, the Chevrolet Design Center will allow visitors to design their own vehicles. Then, they'll be able to take five of their closest friends on a test drive in their new "SimCars".

GM has long been a sponsor of Disney World, and the current Test Track ride — which basically gives visitors an overview of the production process, then turns them into crash test dummies — has been a popular attraction for over a decade. GM says it's not wavering in its sponsorship of the resort; the revamped ride is simply a part of GM's initiative to refocus the world's attention away from parent company General Motors and onto its four individual brands — in this case, Chevy.

This could be a lot of fun for families in the future. Though the company has released few specifics about the new offering, the Chevrolet Design Center could and should give the public a much better idea of what goes into the design and manufacture of a new car. Who knows? It might even inspire a few younger visitors to become industrial designers themselves.
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]]> Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase Tom Morrow http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/31738-Test-Track-refurbishment-in-April-2012 <![CDATA[The "create your own" dolls]]> http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/31542-The-quot-create-your-own-quot-dolls?goto=newpost Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:59:12 GMT are they still available at Epcot Germany? are they still available at Epcot Germany? ]]> Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase JosieCashew http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/31542-The-quot-create-your-own-quot-dolls Disney/Pixar weekend event at EPCOT May 13-15 http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/30685-Disney-Pixar-weekend-event-at-EPCOT-May-13-15?goto=newpost Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:15:42 GMT Disney News: EXCLUSIVE: Disney/Pixar Weekend at Walt Disney World&#039;s Epcot to Offer Extremely Rare Treats (May 13-15) - Stitch Kingdom.com - The latest in Disney news and the greatest in Disney tools - StitchKingdom.com

This event at EPCOT sounds neat! There will be many retired/rare Pixar characters out and about for meet and greets. Too bad I can't make it out there. ]]> Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase shta_rox http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/30685-Disney-Pixar-weekend-event-at-EPCOT-May-13-15 No characters at Epcot early on http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/30149-No-characters-at-Epcot-early-on?goto=newpost Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:34:38 GMT Believe it or not, while the Disney characters do appear in all the parks, there actually was a time when, at the time of Epcot's opening in 1982, they did not have any Disney characters in that park at all, on the grounds that they clashed with the serious, scientific identity of that park, that it and the Magic Kingdom were two separate, distinct parks and that any characters that inhabited them should also be separate and distinct. Thus, Mickey and the gang were to be only in the Magic Kingdom and nowhere else. This was partially the reason why Epcot received such classics as Figment and Dreamfinder, as well as the short-lived Children of the World that appeared in World Showcase. But there were no familiar characters in Epcot as people knew them. Oh, Mickey did show up for the opening day of Epcot, but after that, neither he nor anyone else was seen there for two years! But as with Pirates of the Caribbean not being included at the Magic Kingdom early on, guests complained about the lack of any familiar characters. By the time the aforementioned two years had passed, Michael Eisner had moved in and demanded that the familiar characters be added to the park, and the designers, who really wanted the characters to be restricted to the Magic Kingdom, gritted their teeth and let the characters come in. Mickey and the gang would be dressed in very '80s spacesuits in Future World and various international garb in World Showcase, such as kimonos, lederhosen and sombreros, depending on the pavilion in question.

They sure learned their lesson about barring classic Disney characters from any park simply because of that park's identity and theme, didn't they? ]]> Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase Big Disney Fan http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/30149-No-characters-at-Epcot-early-on Will Captain EO remain at the Magic Eye Theater? http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/29388-Will-Captain-EO-remain-at-the-Magic-Eye-Theater?goto=newpost Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:45:28 GMT Ive been thinking...since Captain EO has returned to the Magic Eye Theater at Epcot and has replaced HISTA...Is their a possibility that Disney is... Ive been thinking...since Captain EO has returned to the Magic Eye Theater at Epcot and has replaced HISTA...Is their a possibility that Disney is using Captain EO as a way to later on bring a brand new show to the Magic Eye theater? Will HISTA return or will captain EO stay? ]]> Epcot® - Future World and World Showcase FLEX95 http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/threads/29388-Will-Captain-EO-remain-at-the-Magic-Eye-Theater