Former Ride // latest change 1999.03.17
World Discovery · EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
Test Track opened inside the retained World of Motion show building, soft-opening on December 19, 1998 and officially opening on March 17, 1999 after testing delays.
World of Motion closed permanently on January 2, 1996 after just over thirteen years of operation.
In November 1995 Epcot announced that World of Motion would close and be transformed into a new attraction called Test Track.
General Motors' long-term sponsorship contract for World of Motion lapsed in 1992, after which the company agreed only to one-year renewals for the attraction.
World of Motion opened on October 1, 1982 as an opening-day attraction of EPCOT Center, presented by General Motors, carrying guests in four-to-six-person Omnimover vehicles through Audio-Animatronic scenes tracing the history of transportation.
Riders disembarked from the ride into the TransCenter, an interactive post-show exhibit area about products and concept vehicles in development by General Motors.
Per the documented record, World of Motion at EPCOT opened on Oct 1, 1982.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for World of Motion is dated Jan 2, 1996: World of Motion closed permanently on January 2, 1996 after just over thirteen years of operation.
The latest documented change (documented Mar 17, 1999): Test Track opened inside the retained World of Motion show building, soft-opening on December 19, 1998 and officially opening on March 17, 1999 after testing delays.
6 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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