Saving Time At Test Track - Is This OK?

[madjohn]

Ok, I have not done TT since the change. I have read about designing the car and have no desire to do it. can I just move on?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

It'd make no sense to make those who don't choose to design a car wait until the guests who entered in front of them were finished designing cars.

 

[wareagle57]

There are so few people in the design room. I'd say it's the equivalent of moving to where the door is in the stretching room at Haunted Mansion. No harm, no foul.

Although I will say the design process is my favorite part of the attraction. I wish they had full design for single riders or in the lobby after the ride. I want more than 3 minutes once a day without having to wait in hour in line.

 

[bumbershoot]

Ok, I have not done TT since the change. I have read about designing the car and have no desire to do it. can I just move on?

That's what this thread has been about; that you can totally just move on.


The car design thing is just crowd management; there is nothing that calls to me about it. And it means nothing in the end.

But I don't like TT anymore after the redesign, so I have no interest in the ride at all.

 

[Minnesota!]

i LOOOOOOOVVVVVEEE designing the car!! That's the best part of the ride for me!! ...but then, Dad wanted boys...he got me! I'm the best son he never had!!

Me, too! Love, love, love designing the car. My kids love it, too. Me/younger son design for goofy/looks, husband and older son seem to need to compete for it being best in everything

 

[L&Lfan]

We've never waited to design the car. We think it's stupid and are not interested. We skip that step....like we always skipped the Norway film back in the day....

 

[hsmamato2]

we never do the car design,it's a time waster for when you're stuck in line....

 

[jhaig]

I'm glad hearing that I'm not the only one that does this. Now I can confidently say that I'm not a bad Disney parent for teaching this little trick to the kids.

 

[Boopuff]

Love car design, but a few weeks ago,the single rider line was forever long, and people in line were sitting! Might as well design a car!

 

[pens4821]

I haven't paid attention to it. When you walk in to the design room, do you mean walk right out? Are the doors still open even if you're towards the end of the design line? Or do you mean just go stand by the doors so when they open you're first?

This is actually a pretty big time saver if so IMO. They give you what 3 minutes to design. Not to mention youd be in front of the people in your design room plus the other design room that'll open after your doors close. While not amazing, I'd assume this will save about 10 minutes (which is great if you don't care about designing a car).

 

[ougrad86]

The first time we rode the new TT, we walked past the design area, but the door on the far side was closed, so we just waited. Last time we designed a car. It was OK - my DS and I worked on making the goofiest cars possible, so it was actually fun - his car was outrageous! Did not notice if the door was open that time. Felt uncomfortable when we did it the first time, people were looking at us.

 

[jhaig]

I haven't paid attention to it. When you walk in to the design room, do you mean walk right out? Are the doors still open even if you're towards the end of the design line? Or do you mean just go stand by the doors so when they open you're first?

Yes, you can just walk out. The doors will just push open. CM's have held them open for us before and no one has said anything. Sometimes we have even gotten ahead of the crowd in the other design room. You can also stand by the doors and wait (done that before we say someone else just walk through).

 

[JaimeK]

My kids LOVE designing the cars, so much so that if they do single rider they will go into the play area, design a car, then get into the single rider line so they can "use" the car they made.

 

[Robo]

Things like TT & SOTMK are a bit different. You must use the same band you used when you designed the car or played the game because those things are tied to a specific RFID chip; there is no universal link like there is with park tickets.

AFAIK, the car info is stored in the Test Track computer system.
When you return using the same MB as you used the last time you rode the attraction,
the MB's RFID chip will trigger the TT computer to retrieve your last car design (if you don't create a new one.)

This is a hold-over from when this version of TT was built...
back in the days before guests had MagicBands, RFID park tickets and/or MDE accounts.
Back then, all guests had to use a Test Track key/card (internal RFID) to design their car and activate that
info at car boarding.