How long to ride Test Track?

[sanibellife]

How long to ride test track if you have a fast pass?
I thought I heard someone say it was 40 plus minutes even with a fast pass now because you have to listen to how car was made etc. is this something new? We haven’t been to Epcot in several years but i don’t remember it taking that long to go on a ride.

 

[gap2368]

I just road it 3 weeks ago and it took me maybe 15-20 minutes. You get to design your own car witch is fun

 

[KTR]

I feel like Test Track has the longest preshow of any ride except for FoP possibly. I enjoy the actual ride, but it feels as if it takes forever even with a FP though I have not thought to time it. Last trip we rode it twice with FPs and I had managed to score us another set of FP and just dropped them instead of telling the kids because I was tired of the long wind up. Doesn’t help that it was our 6th Park day in a row,

 

[annadreamsofdisneyworld]

It took me almost an hour with a fastpass on our last trip.

 

[pahoben]

Late last year during our visit the CM’s forgot to sprinkle pixie dust on TT (holiday season and so they were busy with Santa probably). It wasn’t running whenever we tried to ride except one time when we were evacuated not long before exiting outside to the track. We did receive a park wide FP when evacuated but just wanted TT and it remained shut down until close. We would have considered SE to use the FP but it was shut down also.

Some clouds (I won’t go so far as to say all clouds ) have a silver lining and in this case my daughters will ride TT and SE for the first time our next visit. This is something more to look forward to.

 

[_19disnA]

Many of the popular rides have 'preshow' areas where you queue up before the actual ride. I think it is Disney's way of making it appear the line in shorter then it actually is because you are doing something. Each party for TestTrack goes to a display station where you 'design' your vehicle. This is something new with that ride most likely added during the last remake. Regardless of how quickly you design the vehicle you still wait with everyone else to board your car.

 

[Disneylover99]

We don’t find it long because of the pre show.

We find it takes a while, even with a fp because it goes down a lot. So if your fp is scheduled for later in the day, the fp line is often bunged up with people who couldn’t ride it earlier. We go in August when it rains a lot so this is our experience.

 

[CastAStone]

If the ride hasn’t broken down that day, 15-25 minutes. The preshow yes, but also there’s a decent queue after the preshow.

But on days where it’s broken down for a while, everyone with a TT FP gets an anytime FP, and they all go as soon as it reopens, - and so do the people with actual FPs for that time. For the first couple hours or so after it reopens it’s just bananas. You could easily wait an hour in the FP line, sometimes longer.

 

[Doingitagain]

Is there a single rider line? If so, does that have the long pre show?

 

[CastAStone]

Is there a single rider line? If so, does that have the long pre show?

Yes, no.

 

[gap2368]

Is there a single rider line? If so, does that have the long pre show?

Yes if you chose to do it ( I think there is less option) no if you just walk right by

 

[DisneyWishes14]

TT, essentially has 4 lines - 1) the line to get into the design-a-car area, 2) the design area, 3) the line to the first CM, and then 4) the last line to load into the vehicles. If you have no interest in designing a car, once you enter the design room, you can simply walk through the room and exit to get into line #3. We typically skip the design room at this point as it's hit or miss if the vehicle rating system is even working inside the ride. As others have said, TT goes down a lot. If you are lucky, with FP+, it will take you 20 - 30 minutes to get through the line and ride. Be prepared for delays and outright shut downs causing you to leave the ride altogether.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

TT, essentially has 4 lines - 1) the line to get into the design-a-car area, 2) the design area, 3) the line to the first CM, and then 4) the last line to load into the vehicles. If you have no interest in designing a car, once you enter the design room, you can simply walk through the room and exit to get into line #3. We typically skip the design room at this point as it's hit or miss if the vehicle rating system is even working inside the ride. As others have said, TT goes down a lot. If you are lucky, with FP+, it will take you 20 - 30 minutes to get through the line and ride. Be prepared for delays and outright shut downs causing you to leave the ride altogether.

Wait, nobody will stop you from just walking right through?? This is life changing information lol.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Wait, nobody will stop you from just walking right through?? This is life changing information lol.

I hear people mention this from time to time. Personally I would never do it. The pre show is part of the wait. It’s just giving you something to do while you wait. Skipping it would feel like line cutting to me. Just because you “can” walk past it doesn’t mean you should IMO.

 

[Davey Jones II]

The TT single rider line is great. If you can split up your party, it`s well worth using single rider and switching your fast pass to something else (Soarin` or FEA). Last year, we breezed into TT four times in a row using single rider. Each time, it was probably faster than FP.

And we don`t bother with the "customize your own car" business. Pretty pointless, if you ask me.