Epcot Center Test Track Preview at Walt Disney World Resort

Behind The Scenes Preview of Test Track in Epcot Center at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Spoken in the video:
Richard Jeni - Host
Bran Ferren - Executive VP Creative Technology, Walt Disney Imagineering

Test Track is a high-speed giant slot car attraction at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. The ride is a simulated excursion through the rigorous testing procedures that General Motors uses to evaluate its concept cars, culminating in a high-speed drive around the exterior of the attraction. It closed for refurbishment on April 15, 2012, and re-opened on December 6, 2012. It is now sponsored by the Chevrolet brand instead of General Motors as a whole, which had sponsored the attraction since its opening in 1999.

About Chevrolet
Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the largest car brands in the world, with a commercial presence in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks each year. Chevrolet provides its customers with efficient vehicles with high-performance fuel, expressive designs, and high quality. You can find more information about Chevrolet models at www.chevrolet.com.

About GM Design
Being the first and largest worldwide operation of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM Design) applied to motorsports, General Motors has a network of ten Design Centers in seven countries around the world. The GM Design team is made up of designers from different disciplines, not only from the automotive field. It has designers: architecture, fashion, ceramics, graphics and interiors working in studios around the world, sharing experiences, new approaches and perspectives.

About Epcot
"Epcot (originally named EPCOT Center) is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences, and Consumer Products division. Inspired by an unrealized concept developed by Walt Disney, the park opened on October 1, 1982, and was the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World, after the Magic Kingdom. Spanning 305 acres (123 ha), more than twice the size of the Magic Kingdom park, Epcot is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely technological innovation and international culture, and is often referred to as a "permanent world's fair". The park is divided into two sections: Future World, made up of eight pavilions, and World Showcase, themed to 11 world nations.

In 2015, the park hosted about 11.98 million guests, ranking it the third-most-visited theme park in North America and the sixth-most-visited theme park in the world. The park is represented by Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere that also serves as an attraction. Epcot was known as EPCOT Center until 1994 when it was renamed Epcot '94, then Epcot '95, now commonly known simply as Epcot." ~ Wikipedia.org

About
"Bran Ferren (born January 16, 1953), is an American technologist, artist, architectural designer, vehicle designer, engineer, lighting and sound designer, visual effects artist, scientist, lecturer, photographer, entrepreneur, and a prolific inventor. Ferren is the former President of Research and Development of Walt Disney Imagineering as well as the founder of Associates & Ferren, a multidisciplinary engineering, and design firm acquired in 1993 by Disney. He is Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, which he co-founded in 2000 with Danny Hillis. Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent, which features prominently in its legal battle with Samsung, was invalidated by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2013 based on a 2005 patent by Ferren and Hillis for multi-touch gestures.

Richard John Colangelo (April 14, 1957 – March 10, 2007), better known by the stage name of Richard Jeni, was an American stand-up comedian and actor." Wikipedia.org

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