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World of Motion Fact Sheet

• World of Motion's building design is circular to resemble the wheel. From above, the roof pattern resembles the spokes of a wheel.
• In the Western Wagons scene, the 150-year old Wells Fargo stagecoach was found in Phoenix, Arizona. Others were found in northern California. All were restored before being placed into the attraction.
• All 16 full-size vehicles are authentic.
• The telephone wire used in the Big City scene is real telephone wire made around 1920.
• The Audio-Animatronic toucan bird used in the TransCenter's "The Bird and The Robot" was originally built for Tokyo Disneyland's The Enchanted Tiki Room. Tiger, the robot, is an actual assembly line robot.
• The film for the first two speed rooms were shot by a 70mm camera mounted onto the modes of transportation in which they were showcasing (skiing, water rafting, etc.). The images for the third speed room were computer generated.
• A 65 piece orchestra recorded Buddy Baker's and X Atencio's "It's Fun to be Free" in 32 versions for use throughout the pavilion. The tracks are synchronized so there is a seamless flow from scene to scene.
• The third floor of the pavilion contains GM offices and the GM VIP lounge.
• The first car (a 1939 Cadillac) in the 1930s to Present scene says "Just WED" on it. WED refers to WED Enterprises, Inc. or Walt Disney Imagineering's name in 1982.
• The boy in the final car of that scene is wearing Mickey ears.
• The film in the Water Engine Theater of the TransCenter was originally created for the GM exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry.
• A hidden Mickey can be found in the Dreamer's Workshop exhibit. Part of the exhibit is displayed on a group of three yellow circular platforms joined together.
• The most photographed spot at EPCOT is the model cars and prototypes of the TransCenter.
• Each current model vehicle on display in the TransCenter (and Test Track's Reveal Theatre) endures between 7 and 10 years of wear and tear in 4 to 6 week's time. And that provides GM with real world data that sometimes can't be duplicated no matter how extensively a vehicle is tested.
• When the attraction closed, many of the full-size vehicles were added to the Bone Yard at the Disney-MGM Studios' Backlot.
• Many of the animatronic figures were redressed as pirates at Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean after that attraction received a major renovation in 1997.

World of Motion Specifications

 

Test Track Fact Sheet

• 140 miles are traveled per vehicle per day. In a year, each vehicle will travel 50,000 miles. That is equal to nearly four times the miles the average U.S. car is driven annually. It is also equal to 21 road trips from Orlando to Detroit and back.
• Each vehicle was designed to last for 1 million miles. That is equal to driving from the Earth to the moon more than four times.
• Goodyear provides the tires for the Test Track vehicles. They are at 70psi (pounds per square inch) instead of the usual 35. This makes the bumps feel intentionally bumpier.
• The Heat Room features 192 heat lamps putting the room at 140 ° Fahrenheit.
• The Cold Room is at 40 ° Fahrenheit.
• The test vehicle goes through 34 turns from the beginning to the end of the ride.
• The three story hill climb test is 15°.
• The truck cab on the upper level was one of the first show elements to be put in place because of its size. It was installed first and then the renovation work went on around it.
• The angle of the banking on the track which loops around the pavilion is 50°.
• Each test vehicle contains three onboard computers. Making 100 million ride-system calculations per second, the computers have more processing power than the Space Shuttle.
• Catherine Feff's Test Track Preview mural was 30 feet high and 100 feet wide. It took her two months to make.
• The track ranges from twelve to twenty-four feet off the ground outside the pavilion and from zero to twelve feet inside the pavilion.
• 2,108 blue anechoic (free from echo) cones line the walls and ceiling of the electromagnetic compatibility test in the pre-show.
• The crash-test dummies in the pre-show will be struck in the chest, banged on the knee, and have the neck bent 720 times per day.
• The ride vehicle weighs about 4,800 lbs (2160 kg).
• The engine is a 250 horsepower electric motor. That is more horsepower than a Chevy Blazer.
• The amount of steel the ride vehicles contain between the front and rear wheels is none. The chassis is made completely of composite materials.
• The car that demonstrates the "crash barrier test" travels at 25 feet per second or 17 miles per hour. The car does not actually hit the wall, but appears to.
• The track can withstand winds up to 200 miles per hour.
• The building is 65 feet high and is 320 feet in diameter.
• At 5,246 feet of track, Test Track has Disney's longest ride track.
• The maximum speed the test vehicles reach is 65 miles per hour at 6000 RPM - Disney's fastest ride.
• Each vehicle is equipped with 6 braking systems whereas today's cars have only one or two systems.
• The show props cycle 4,446 times per day.
• It takes 8.8 seconds for the test vehicle to go from 0 to 65 mi/h.
• There are 85 road signs lining the track.
• Both the original TransCenter's Bird and Robot and Water Engine Theater along with the new Assembly Experience and Driving Technologies Laboratory post-shows were designed by BRC Imagination Arts.
• The assembly plant depicted in the Assembly Experience was modeled after a Chevy truck plant in Shreveport, LA.
• Original time table to get ride up and running:
  • 1/2/96 World of Motion closed
  • 2/13/96 Preview Center opened
  • 3/4/96 Begin ride track installation
  • 3/29/96 External track ready for testing
  • 10/25/96 Internal and External track connected
  • 10/28/96 Start ride test with one vehicle
  • 2/14/97 Show installation complete
  • 2/28/97 Assembly of all vehicles complete
  • 5/16/97 WDI turns Test Track over to Epcot Operations - the original opening day (12/19/98 was the actual first day guests could ride Test Track)

Test Track Specifications

This information courtesy "EPCOT Field Guide" (© The Walt Disney Company) and "EPCOT Center: A Profile" (© 1982 Walt Disney Productions) among other sources.

 

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