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Trivia:
The original plans called for much more to be involved in this attraction. The currently planned ride was to be merely a pre-show to the real crowd-pleaser: a simulated space station carved into an asteroid. Pieces of space debris would have floated past the station's windows, making it seem like you were actually hurtling through the galaxy. However, plans and budgets change, and as a result, the idea got dropped. But who knows? By the time the ride opens the concept could have morphed into something entirely new. We'll just have to wait and see.

Travel over sixty miles per hour as you race through the longest, fastest ride at any Disney park. Sponsered by General Motors, the ride demonstrates the endurance tests that a new prototype car goes through before being released on the market. The building of this major thrill ride, along with the year-long Milllenium Celebration, was all part of a plan by Disney to attract more tourists to Epcot, which has slipped in attandance since the opening of Disney's Animal Kingdom. After a very long line, in which guests can view different torture tests being performed on car parts and test dummies, you enter a briefing room. Several monitors display the tests your car will be put through, and a man and woman on camera in the conrol room tell you about them. You then enter the loading area, where you take off in six-passenger cars. Your car climbs uphill, and the shocks are tested by running over a brick road. You come upon a series of sharp turns, where the benefits of Anti-lock Braking Systems are shown. Other highlights of the trip include a 100º temperature change, two near collisions, and racing around the outdoor speed loops. As your car returns to the building, you pass a screen that shows the body temperatures of everyone in your car. After disembarking your car, you pass through a colorful auto factory mock-up, a GM car showroom, and last but certainly not least, a Test Track Gift Shop. (Just in case you feel you haven't spent enough money already, I guess....)

Riding Tip:
Halfway through the line, there will be a split-off, marked with signs that say "Single Riders Only". If you aren't too choosy about who you ride with, you can cut your wait time in half by going this route. Be careful though, they will split you up from your group. This is probably the best option to take if there are no youg children with you. Parties can regroup at the end of the ride.
If you don't care about the fireworks show at night, that is the best time to ride this. Lines will be very short due to the masses of people watching IllumiNations.

Trivia:
Each car in Test Track has three times the computer thinking power of the space shuttle.
Test Track opened in Spring '99, nearly 2 years after the planned opening date, which was delayed due to technical difficulties and problems with the ride system. The delay was the longest ever for any Disney attraction, except for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.

Horizons
Now just a memory reduced to rubble beneath the construction site for the new "Mission: Space" attraction, Horizons had a rough end. Thought to be dead after it closed several years ago, it reopened without warning shortly after the closing of World of Motion (The previous attraction housed in what is now the Test Track building). Horizons closed again before Test Track was complete, and was completely disassembled in 2000 to make space for, well, "Space". In the ride, guests boarded vehicles for a 15-minute journey that took them through different views of the future. The views of Jules Verne are honored at the start of the ride, along with old sci-fi movies and other outdated futuristic views. Passing through another section with two 80-ft. high IMAX screens, they saw images of colonies in space, computer chips, DNA molecules, and shuttle launches. Next came 21st century views from families living in space and underwater to farms in the desert.

Trivia:
This was the only Disney ride in which you could choose your own ending. By simply pushing a button, you could return to 20th century earth in a spaceship, hovercraft, or submarine.
This ride will be sorely missed not only for it's fantastic view of the future, but for it's music, too. Horizons theme song, with the lyrics, "If we can dream it, then we can do it," was a favorite among many Disney fans. Also, the dramatic music played during the space scene was very striking and memorable.

Wonders of Life
This popular pavilion, along with The Land, is the only remaining Future World pavilion with the original "pavilion" idea still intact. That is to say, it has several attractions, including a ride and a movie; a restaurant; and a store. Body Wars, a motion simulator ride and one of Epcot's three only so-called "thrill" rides, takes unsuspecting riders, shrinks them, and sends them flying through the human body, all with the help of a motion simulator. Cranium Command, a live 18-minute show with Audio-Animatronic characters, puts guests in the head of a twelve year old boy. Piloted by Buzzy, a little boy that lives in his brain, he learns how to deal with school, teachers, girls, and other aspects of everyday life. The Making of Me, a 15-minute movie, introduces kids to the birds and bees tastefully, and shows the development of a baby and it's birth. It introduces the subject matter by showing a boy and girl meeting at a college dance, their wedding, and their decision to have a baby. Pure and Simple, a counter-service restaurant, serves health food; and a Wonders of Life Gift Shop sells sports equipment and other memorabilia.

Trivia:
This pavilion is more star-studded than you might know. Martin Short hosts The Making of Me, and Leonard Nimoy (Spock, from Star Trek directed the Body Wars movie. Providing voices in Cranium Command are Charles Grodin, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Wendt, and Saturday Night Live's Hans and Franz (Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey).

Universe of Energy
Recently redone to bring it up to date, this ride-show now stars Ellen DeGeneres. The renamed ride, called Ellen's Energy Adventure, also features Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Nye, and Alex Trebek. A funny preshow featuring Ellen's trademark rambling is shown before the ride. Ellen falls asleep and dreams she's on Jeopardy!, playing against Albert Einstein (who never buzzes in because he's too busy writing the theory of relativity on his video screen), and her genius college roommate, Judy (Jamie Lee Curtis). All of the categories are about energy, a subject on which poor Ellen knows nothing about. Jamie is crushing Ellen, but just in time Bill Nye the Science Guy steps in to save her, and together they travel back in time to discover the beginnings of energy. At this point, guests progress into Theater I and load into one of several (eight, I think...) large ride vehicles arranged next to each other, auditorium style. Another film shown here shows the Big Bang theory and Ellen and Bill wandering off into a dinosaur filled jungle. The ride vehicles split apart and form a line, and you begin the ride portion of the attraction. Life sized dinosaurs fight, roar and even sneeze on you here. At one point, you catch up with Ellen (Well, a bad animatronic look-alike), who is fighting off a dino. The ride portion ends in Theater II, where Bill and Ellen watch energy progress into the 21st Century. Ellen returns to the Jeopardy! set, where she catches back up in points to Jamie, leaving Albert (who, incidentally , is still working away at his theorum)in the dust with a score of 0. Final Jeopardy! rolls around, and it's down to Ellen or Jamie. Alex Trebek reads the question, "What is the one source of energy that will never run out?". What is the answer? Who wins the game? Will Ellen ever have another successful television series? These questions and more are answered (Well, except for that last one...) when the ride returns to Theater I. You want to know? You'll have to go to find out.

Trivia:
Michael Richards, Seinfeld's Kramer, plays different evolutionary stages of man in the Theater II film.
Ellen actually gives the safety spiel (No eating, drinking, flash photography...) in the pre-show film, and "interacts" with the audience. ("Oo, love your hair. No, not you. Well, I mean, it's ok, but.... [sarcastic] that's cute, uh...yeah.")
Jeopardy!'s announcer, Johnny Gilbert, declares between theater changes: "If you would like to have your own energy nightmare, place a stamped, self-addressed envelope under your pillow."