Gallery: Disney 'Test Track' Overhaul Lets Visitors Design Their Own Race Cars
01test-track
*Disney and Chevrolet teamed up to give Test Track, a ride that opened originally in 1999, a fresh coat of paint.*
02designs
*The high-speed thrills remain from the original model, but the new and improved Test Track makes design and customization the main attraction.*
03lines
*Like sketches on paper, each design starts with a simple sketch. Luckily, Disney created some great software that lets aspiring designers skip art school.*
04mileage
*Your mileage may vary — both in terms of how your virtual car performs and the quality of the design.*
05ride
*RFID tags let visitors carry their designs from one station to the next, and see periodic updates on how the theoretical design would have performed during the in-car element of the ride.*
06race
*After the ride is over, each rider can take the car they designed and drop it onto a videogame system the size of a pool table. The design of each person's car impacts its competitiveness in the videogame.*
07photo-studio
*Designers can take photos next to a virtual version of their car in a faux photo studio.*
08designers
*From start to finish, the project took just 18 months and involved the efforts of designers from Disney and GM. Pictured left to right: Tony Warren, Sung Paik, Carrie Crawley, Tom Speedwell, Jeffrey Mylenek, Chris Webb, Adam Scenna, Rodney Jurban, Matthew Pussehl, Kevin Wilson.*
