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DsnyMama · 11-23-2012, 01:09 AM

Fingers crossed!! We'll be at Epcot on the 28th and 29th and I'm hoping it will be open!

Soonerthunder · 11-24-2012, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cybrkitn

What day are you going? We're going a week from today.

Epcot is scheduled for this coming Thursday!

ScaryTales · 11-24-2012, 08:00 AM

I will be there this coming Wednesday, fingers crossed it will be open. Any day next week will be fine with me though, I have a AP and I'm staying at Boardwalk so I'll just scoot on over if I hear its open.

weathernlu · 11-24-2012, 10:54 AM

We will be at Epcot tomorrow. Hoping there is a chance as well, by far one of my favorite rides at all of Disney.

arkfireman · 11-24-2012, 05:37 PM

DD15 and I will be there Friday the 30th... Hoping for a soft opening!!!

cybrkitn · 11-25-2012, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by arkfireman

DD15 and I will be there Friday the 30th... Hoping for a soft opening!!!

So will we. It's our first day in the parks as we arrive on Thursday

cybrkitn · 11-25-2012, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Soonerthunder

Epcot is scheduled for this coming Thursday!

We'll be in DTD in the afternoon. Our plane arrives at 12:15 at MCO that day.

bytheblood · 11-25-2012, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigger's ally

I am going for a quick visit arriving friday the 30th. Epcot day is Saturday. Do they ever do soft openings on the weekends? Kind of figure they don't.

Yes, it can happen any day of the week.

Luv2CtheMouse · 11-25-2012, 08:37 PM

We will be arriving tomorrow. I will be checking in as we visit EPCOT tomorrow.

thatcrazydisneygirl · 11-25-2012, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mom2rtk

Fingers crossed they took out whatever section of the ride caused it to go down so often.............

Having worked at Test Track prior to the refurb, I can sadly say that this probably won't be the case. The reason that ride goes down so often is because of how sensitive the sensors and system is to cars getting too close to one another. There are hundreds of "zones" and a zone can easily malfunction. One zone goes and the whole ride stops. As the track itself didn't change, I doubt that the technology behind the system did either.

garneska · 11-25-2012, 10:54 PM

At Epcot today. You could hear them running Test Track but it was not open. The CM said it has not done the fire safety check and until that is done no soft opening. She said will not be today or tomorrow. Could check for Tuesday, but not likely. She did say it should still open Dec 6 but I would not expect soft opening till end of week at best.

taaren · 11-26-2012, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by thatcrazydisneygirl

Having worked at Test Track prior to the refurb, I can sadly say that this probably won't be the case. The reason that ride goes down so often is because of how sensitive the sensors and system is to cars getting too close to one another. There are hundreds of "zones" and a zone can easily malfunction. One zone goes and the whole ride stops. As the track itself didn't change, I doubt that the technology behind the system did either.

That would explain why Radiator Springs Racers seems to be down constantly as its the same techology ...

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Originally Posted by garneska

At Epcot today. You could hear them running Test Track but it was not open. The CM said it has not done the fire safety check and until that is done no soft opening. She said will not be today or tomorrow. Could check for Tuesday, but not likely. She did say it should still open Dec 6 but I would not expect soft opening till end of week at best.

Cool. I would love it if it soft opened by the 3rd. That will be our first Epcot day.

lugnut33 · 11-26-2012, 01:06 AM

I have a cousin who is a CM at Epcot and got to ride it a couple of days ago. Her main word to describe the refurb was "underwhelmed". She said she was disappointed.

I could see this being the reaction of people expecting a huge difference in the ride, much like people expected to be blown away with the Space Mountain refurb a few years ago. Look, they are not going to change the track and the car will do almost exactly what it did before. Only difference is the changed theming. Meaning they painted some interiors and put up some new decorations. They also slapped some new paint jobs on the old cars. Not that much is going to actually change.

dnsmills · 11-26-2012, 01:07 AM

Arriving at WDW on Saturday but not hitting Epcot until the next Friday ,12/7, the day after the opening. Can't wait!!

Jabber_Jaws · 11-26-2012, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lugnut33

I have a cousin who is a CM at Epcot and got to ride it a couple of days ago. Her main word to describe the refurb was "underwhelmed". She said she was disappointed.

I could see this being the reaction of people expecting a huge difference in the ride, much like people expected to be blown away with the Space Mountain refurb a few years ago. Look, they are not going to change the track and the car will do almost exactly what it did before. Only difference is the changed theming. Meaning they painted some interiors and put up some new decorations. They also slapped some new paint jobs on the old cars. Not that much is going to actually change.

Sorry but I disagree. I also got to ride a few days ago, and thought the ride was great. Was it the same track inside? Yes, but that did not bother me. All the new designs to look at, and the interactive parts of the ride. I think guest will really enjoy getting to design their own car. I thought one of the best features was seeing how your design fared against the other peoples design thats in your same car after each test.

If anyone has any questions about the ride I will do my best to answer them for you.

11-23-2012, 01:09 AM	#76
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11-24-2012, 08:00 AM	#78
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11-25-2012, 10:54 PM	#86
garneska Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 129	At Epcot today. You could hear them running Test Track but it was not open. The CM said it has not done the fire safety check and until that is done no soft opening. She said will not be today or tomorrow. Could check for Tuesday, but not likely. She did say it should still open Dec 6 but I would not expect soft opening till end of week at best. __________________ Kris Goofy Finisher 2010 2011 2012 and 2013 Mickey Finisher 2003 (yes i said 2003) 2008 and 2009 Donald Finisher 2007 Disneyland Half Marathon 2010 and 2012

11-26-2012, 01:06 AM	#88
lugnut33 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,666	I have a cousin who is a CM at Epcot and got to ride it a couple of days ago. Her main word to describe the refurb was "underwhelmed". She said she was disappointed. I could see this being the reaction of people expecting a huge difference in the ride, much like people expected to be blown away with the Space Mountain refurb a few years ago. Look, they are not going to change the track and the car will do almost exactly what it did before. Only difference is the changed theming. Meaning they painted some interiors and put up some new decorations. They also slapped some new paint jobs on the old cars. Not that much is going to actually change. __________________

11-26-2012, 01:07 AM	#89
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