More weather-proofing has been installed on the new Test Track overhang in EPCOT as the attraction is reimagined.
Test Track Construction
The new Test Track sign still hasn’t been installed in front of the attraction. The old sign was completely removed last November. Imagineering filed a permit for new signage in January, but that could be for another area. For now, the sign’s circular plot of land is cordoned off with orange cones and caution tape.
Piles of steel beams are gone from in front of the attraction. Some of the steel, as seen in a previous construction update, may have been parts of scaffolding. All the scaffolding has either been erected or removed from the area.
When we last checked on the attraction’s new entrance overhang, crews were installing tar paper along the front edge. The front is now covered in a layer of dark paneling or sheathing.
This doesn’t appear to be the final paneling, as it has a bumpy-looking texture. But what does appear to be final is the silvery paneling on the underside of the overhang.
Crews have installed black tar paper on the curved sides of the overhang. These were previously exposed steel. Concept art (at the bottom of this article) indicates the sides will jut out slightly more than the front and will be a lighter metallic color.
The overhang features angular supports, some of which appear to be wrapped in plastic.
Compare the overhang’s current appearance with the concept art.
Final designs can change from concept to construction. For example, though the concept art’s sign reads “Test Track Presented by Chevrolet,” we already know Test Track will revert to its General Motors sponsorship when it reopens in late summer 2025.
Test Track opened in 1999, replacing the opening-day EPCOT ride, World of Motion. It was reimagined in 2012. The new iteration of the attraction will take inspiration from World of Motion. A behind-the-scenes video showed the ride’s queue was almost completely gutted.
Watch our video POV of Test Track’s previous version below.
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