Five Things to Know About Test Track

Ever wanted to go really, really, really fast inside a theme park? At Test Track, you can! Test Track takes you on a sedate ride through automotive tech of the future, before shooting you into a high-speed lap around the pavilion. At 65 mph, it’s the fastest attraction at Disney World. Keep reading for details, but if you want to race ahead to the whys, wheres, and hows, here’s your shortcut.

1. The queue is the past and the future.

The queue for Test Track runs past six exhibits in two big rooms. Each of these areas utilizes screens with scenes and plaques with info about the concept cars, as well as history and development inspirations for the tech.

When you enter the pavilion, the first room is a large, light, open (and kind of noisy) space, with a glimpse of the track and cars running past outside. This room is devoted to the automotive past, with three exhibits displaying General Motors concept cars of the past. (GM sponsors the pavilion.) You’ll see the Chevrolet Astro III from 1969, the GM Hy-Wire from 2002, and the Chevy PEV from 2024.

The second room features three exhibits that delve into what GM is doing as the company looks toward the future. You’ll have a chance to learn about electric cars, recycling, environmentally friendly designs, and more. And you’ll see models of potential electric cars, each with a different end use in mind, ranging from roadsters to SUVs to off-road designs.

2. You’ll need to strap in.

You’ll buckle yourself into a ride vehicle that looks like (surprise!) a car. These cars are attached to a track (sort of like giant slot cars), which will take you on a ride highlighting how we (and our cars) interact with each other and the environment. Our own Len Testa breaks the ride experience into four sections: The business district, garage of the future, drive-through forest, and the high-speed outdoor loop.

The business district has you driving down a city street, with narration explaining the tech that the car’s assisted driving feature uses to “see” the road in front of you. “Points of light” illustrate how the car’s LIDAR interacts with buildings and other objects as you drive along.

The garage of the future shows how you may be able to personalize a car after you buy it and get it home. It takes “removing the back seats from the minivan” to a whole new level.

Then you’ll head out for a peaceful drive through the forest that ends at a city scene right out of a science fiction show. You’ll see a vision of the future with monorails, flying cars, and more before heading outside for the outdoor loop. Traveling around the pavilion, your car hits that top speed of 65 miles per hour – and you’ll feel it!

Then it’s back into the building to exit through the “Vehicle Showcase” with many present and future car designs on display. And a gift shop, of course.

3. The road goes backward and forward.

Test Track has an interesting history, to be sure. It’s estimated that it originally cost $300 million to build, making it one of the most expensive theme park attractions in the world at the time. Originally scheduled to open in 1997, problems with Test Track’s mechanics delayed its debut until March 1999. Test Track “1.0” had guests enter the “repair center” at a test facility. Crash dummies were on display, and the original storyline had you going through the same tests as the crash dummies. This first iteration of Test Track closed in 2012.

Version 2.0 opened later that year with new futuristic sets and a Design Studio where you could design your own car before your ride. Your car would then be put through its paces on the “test track”, measuring the car’s performance on rough terrain, braking, cornering, and acceleration.  This version included several nods to World of Motion, which was the original ride in this Pavilion. There were WoM logos in view around the ride; a sign reading “FN2BFRE” was a nod to the lyrics in the theme for WoM, “It’s fun to Be Free”.

Test Track 3.0 opened July 22, 2025. The canopy outside the Pavilion was removed so it more closely resembles the original World of Motion façade. Inside, the Chevrolet Design Studio computer terminals were eliminated, making room for the new exhibits in the queue area. The storyline was changed, and only loosely reflects the attraction’s name (compared to previous versions). And the sponsorship labeling changed from Chevrolet to the parent brand, General Motors.

4. Five 65 mph secrets.

⭐ Have I driven home the point that Test Track holds the title for the fastest Disney attraction with a top speed 65 mph? (See what I did there?)

⭐ The house in the garage scene has the number “10182”, which refers to the date when The World of Motion and EPCOT officially opened, October 1, 1982.

⭐ You pass a road sign that reads, “Scenic Drive 82 miles.” This is a second nod to the year EPCOT opened.

⭐ At one point in the ride, the narration says, “Sure, it’s always fun to be free.” This is a callback to the theme song from the World of Motion ride. Those Imagineers love to pay homage to what came before!!

⭐ When you pass the futuristic city shown on a screen, you may notice that its skyline is not unlike that of CenterCore, the model Walt Disney proposed for his Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow.

5. The Nuts and Bolts.

Test Track is located at Epcot’s Future World next to Mission: SPACE. Most of the queue is indoors, although it occasionally extends into the plaza outside. Because the final lap of Test Track takes you outdoors, the ride will close in inclement weather. The ride lasts about 4 minutes.

The Test Track vehicles seat 6 in two rows with three individual bucket seats per row. Empty seats will be filled from the attraction’s single-rider queue. Each seat has its own seatbelt; in the center seat this is a lap belt, and the outer seats have lap/shoulder belts. Each seat also has a headrest and side handlebars to hold on to as you ride.

Guests need to take a small step up over a wall and then a step down to board the vehicle, and must transfer from a wheelchair/ECV in order to board. Disney advises that guests should be in good health and free from high blood pressure; heart, back, or neck problems; motion sickness; or other conditions that could be aggravated by this adventure. Expectant mothers should not ride. Guests must be at least 40 inches tall to ride Test Track; and as with all Disney World attractions with a height limit, Rider Switch is available. Service animals aren’t permitted. And Video Captioning is available.

Test Track is open for Early Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours. It’s an enormously popular attraction so standby wait times are shortest first thing in the morning or right before closing. Alternatively, you can make a reservation if you have purchased Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Pro tip: If you pick Test Track as your rope drop target, make sure you have a backup plan. Test Track is known for being down more than almost any other ride at Disney World.

The Bottom Line.

We rate this version of Test Track as not to be missed. Test Track breaks down a lot. But when it’s up and running, Test Track is a great ride for anyone who may want to try something that’s a notch up from a dark ride but may not be ready for one of the roller coasters. And the high-speed lap outdoors is just plain fun!

Have you been on Test Track? What did you think? Let us know in the comments.