Here our latest photo update. It includes photos of the ongoing refurbishment work at Test Track and Big Thunder, as well as the addition of RFID scanners to several Magic Kingdom attractions. If you enjoy this update, make sure to share it with friends! Feedback is also appreciated.

Test Track Presented by Chevrolet - Imagineer Interview
Laughing Place has posted a great interview with Assistant Project Manager Melissa Jeselnick. She shares some new details and walks through the brand new concept art.

First Look: Interior Concept Art for Test Track - Presented by Chevrolet

Earlier this morning Walt Disney World held their “What’s New, What’s Next” event. On the showroom floor were these brand new pieces of concept art for Test Track, which reopens fall 2012. The newly re-imagined attraction will focus on the design process within the queue where guests can create their own concept car. The information will then be loaded onto a card and scanned before guests get into their “SimCar”. The actual ride will score your design choices on the Test Track circuit, as pictured above. The ride will feature brand new digital and physical show scenes, all with an “electronic” flair. Guests will then be able to interact with their car design in a re-imagined post show, along with checking out the latest Chevrolet car models.

Test Track Presented by Chevrolet (Fall 2012) - This piece of new concept art was leaked online yesterday. It features a new “high tech” tunnel, presumably to check if the designs you selected before getting on held up during testing. You can see all of our Test Track posts here.

First look at “Test Track Presented by Chevrolet” Concept Art: As we’ve previously reported, Test Track has gone down for it’s several month refurbishment. When it re-opens, guests will be able to design their own car in the “Chevrolet Design Studio”, then board a “SimCar” and test out their custom design on the current Test Track circuit. The ride will re-open in Fall 2012.

Test Track Presented by Chevrolet - Opening Fall 2012: Last night construction walls went up around Test Track for it’s several month refurbishment. When it opens, guests will be able to design their own car in the “Chevrolet Design Studio”, then board a “SimCar” and test out the custom design on the current Test Track circuit. The photo above is the new logo for the attraction.

Test Track All Stars - Last night the walls went up around Test Track as it goes under a several month refurbishment before reopening as Test Track Presented by Chevrolet later in Fall 2012. This a cappella group is themed around each person being from Chevrolet, working on the new Test Track project. During their break, they come out to sing a variety of songs for guests. We will have future updates regarding Test Track Presented by Chevrolet - so stay tuned!

Plans call for closing the current GM Test Track in April 2012, with an anticipated opening of Test Track Presented by Chevrolet scheduled for fall 2012.

As part of the re-imagining, the Future World attraction will feature a sleek new “Chevrolet Design Center at Epcot” immersing Guests in the fascinating world of automotive design. Amid upbeat music, engaging media, dramatic lighting and a collection of Chevrolet concept cars and model vehicles, guests themselves will become automotive designers – and peer into the future of personal transportation in the process.

At interactive design and styling workstations, Guests will be able to create their own custom concept vehicles. The adventure will then shift into high gear as Guests buckle into their 6-person “SimCar” ride vehicle and put their design through its paces on the exhilarating hills, switchbacks and straight-aways of the Test Track circuit.

Their performance testing complete, Guests will move into a post-show area filled with special effects and be scored on how well their custom concept vehicle did. And of course, Guests will be able see the very latest Chevrolet vehicles in an all-new state-of-the-art showroom.

Here is an early look at some updated Test Track “SimCars”: