![]() After the attraction closed on January 2, 1996, everything inside the ride building was removed. In November 1995, Epcot announced that World of Motion would be transformed into Test Track. After numerous problems encountered during the construction of the ride, Test Track soft-opened on December 19, 1998, but did not officially open until March 17, 1999, nearly two years later than planned. In 1976, Disney Imagineers had visited GM's Milford Proving Ground the Imagineers later made a second trip to the facility as they designed Test Track. The new ride would focus specifically around their automobiles, rather than the fanciful history of transportation from the pre-historic (animal transportation) to the modern age ( automobiles, planes, etc.) that were previously housed in the space. Upon deciding to sign another agreement, GM wanted Disney to construct a new ride on the site of World of Motion. When the sponsorship expired, GM was in the process of conducting lay-offs and cutbacks forcing the company to question whether or not to sign another sponsorship agreement. ![]() World of Motion was an attraction that was located in the current building of Test Track and was sponsored by General Motors. History Test Track Presented by General Motors (March 1999–April 2012) Test Track is located in World Discovery, formerly known as Future World East. After the ride, guests can see how their car did overall, film a commercial, race their designs, and have a picture taken with their own virtually designed vehicle with a chosen backdrop in the background. Throughout the ride, guests see how their designs performed in each test. Then they board a "Sim-Car" and are taken through the "digital" testing ground of the "SimTrack". Guests now design their own car in the Chevrolet Design Studio. It is now sponsored by the Chevrolet brand instead of General Motors as a whole. Test Track closed for refurbishment on April 15, 2012, and re-opened on December 6, 2012. The highlight of the attraction is a speed trial on a track around the exterior of the building at a top speed of 64.9 miles per hour (104.4 km/h) making it the fastest Disney theme park attraction ever built. Originally, guests rode in "test vehicles" in a GM "testing facility" through a series of assessments to illustrate how automobile prototype evaluations were conducted. Test Track replaced the World of Motion ride, which closed three years earlier in 1996. As a result, the attraction officially opened on March 17, 1999. The attraction soft-opened to the public on December 19, 1998, after a long delay due to problems revealed during testing and to changes in design. The ride is a simulated excursion through the rigorous testing procedures that General Motors uses to evaluate its concept cars, culminating in a high-speed drive around the exterior of the attraction. ![]() Test Track is a high-speed slot car thrill ride located in World Discovery at Epcot, a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. ![]()
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