Test Track Question

[Emac98]

My brother in law has paralysis from the waist down so transferring is not an option. He loves automobiles and would enjoy the queue and the part where you are able to modify your own car. Does anyone know if he'd be allowed to go through the ride queue and exit before boarding?

 

[redberyl]

Different scenario, but I once did the part where you design the car, then the ride broke down and I panicked being trapped in a small room with all those people. No cms in sight, so I just left the way I came in. No one stopped me

 

[Emac98]

Different scenario, but I once did the part where you design the car, then the ride broke down and I panicked being trapped in a small room with all those people. No cms in sight, so I just left the way I came in. No one stopped me

If a wheelchair had to leave the way it came in how disruptive to those waiting in line would it be?

 

[geek+nerd]

Leaving the way he came in would be disruptive. Think salmon swimming upstream.

I would imagine he would be allowed to exit without an issue, but just ask CM before you get in line.

 

[gap2368]

My brother in law has paralysis from the waist down so transferring is not an option. He loves automobiles and would enjoy the queue and the part where you are able to modify your own car. Does anyone know if he'd be allowed to go through the ride queue and exit before boarding?

I would go to the exit past the gift shop you will see cars out on display in this area you can do the same thing you can do in line. This would be so much easer for him

 

[Emac98]

I would go to the exit past the gift shop you will see cars out on display in this area you can do the same thing you can do in line. This would be so much easer for him

Sounds great, thank you!

 

[gmboy95]

I can almost guarantee you they deal with scenarios like this on a daily basis and have a protocol!!

 

[gap2368]

I can almost guarantee you they deal with scenarios like this on a daily basis and have a protocol!!

they do but the ones in the gift shop you have no timer you can take as long as you like plus there are other things you can do, like the photo things drive one ( like a remotcontroled one) I think having him meet you at the exit while you ride would be better ( I have only done FP line) but there really is not much too look at in the line ( do not know about stand by) but I think there is more to do look at for someone that likes cars in the exit then there is in line.

 

[FortForever]

There is actually an exit directly up a ramp, in the room where cars are designed. I had leave from that a few years, when I was feeling sick. He can absolutely get to the design room, design the car, and then leave from that room without having to go back through the queue.

I did not notice the exit when I was there. I just asked a CM how to get out, as I was feeling sick and she took showed me up to the door that was right behind the computer stations on the left wall. The exit leads right to the outside.

 

[SueM in MN]

There is an exit in the design room as FortForever mentioned.
It's also possible to exit from the room where guests board the ride cars. The unloading area and exit are directly across the ride track from the boarding area. Guests who can walk (and maybe chickened out) can walk directly thru the ride car and exit.
For guests with wheelchairs or ECVs, it's a bit more involved. At the far end of the track from where guests enter the room there is a small elevator that goes up one floor to a short hallway over the track. Then, there is another small elevator to go back down on the other side of the track o the exit.

Depending on his transfer abilities and his ability to keep sitting balance on a hard, somewhat slippery seat, it may be possible for him to ride Test Track despite being a paraplegic.
At the hallway area, there is an alternate loading/unloading area at the seatbelt check. The ride car at that point is higher, so boarding there is kind of like going over the side of a bathtub. A wheelchair can be brought right up to the ride car; transfer in and then the CM parks the wheelchair for you.
They have some tools that might be helpful, including a grab bar that can be put onto the car to help pull in. Getting in is not real easy, but gravity does help. Getting out is more difficult since you are working against gravity.
There is a ride car that guests can look at before going into the attraction to help plan whether or not it is feasible to ride. Just ask the CM at the entrance.
If you've never ridden before, going thru the single rider line is usually a faster way for a member of your party to check it out to see whether you think he could ride (check out the seat belt check area while you are there for a few seconds for the check). You can also tell the entrance CM that you need one of your group to check the ride out first for your companion.

 

[SueM in MN]

This is an old photo and shows the old theming in the alternate load area, but the area and the process are still the same.
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/showphoto.php/photo/24258/title/test-track-alternate-boarding/cat/500

 

[FortForever]

Depending on his transfer abilities and his ability to keep sitting balance on a hard, somewhat slippery seat, it may be possible for him to ride Test Track despite being a paraplegic.

I was wondering about this. Glad you brought it up.

Many paraplegics have developed incredible upper body strength. My step-son is paraplegic and could transfer easily, I just didn't realize it was allowed.

We also have a friend who is paraplegic that can go up and down stairs carrying his wheelchair! He kind of swings it around in front of him as he goes, but he can get up stairs faster than I can!