Test Track, Whats at Track B?

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Test Track, Whats at Track B?

Post by Panther007 » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:56 pm

I have always wonderd this, after riding test track atleast 200 times, i have always gone on track A, and was wondering what track B looks like and where it goes

my thought was it went down a ramp and on to the first floor and onto a moveable piece of track and pushed into the garage that you can see when you re-enter the building, but that is just my guess



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Re: Test Track, Whats at Track B?

Post by Rob562 » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:30 am

Panther007 wrote:I have always wonderd this, after riding test track atleast 200 times, i have always gone on track A, and was wondering what track B looks like and where it goes

my thought was it went down a ramp and on to the first floor and onto a moveable piece of track and pushed into the garage that you can see when you re-enter the building, but that is just my guess
Actually, you're very close. "Track Course B" is a storage spur. It loops under the S-curves and rejoins the main track back between the non-ABS and the ABS brake runs. Sometimes you can see an empty car sitting there in the dark with its lights on, waiting to be added onto the track.

The maintenance spur exits the main track by Dispatch just before the Hill Climb, parallels the load/unload platform, and rejoins at the far end of the platform. Some repairs can be done in this small maintenance bay, but for more extensive work, cars can be rolled onto an elevated platform and wheeled over to the outside garage that you mentioned. It's visible below and to your right just before re-entering the building after the high speed run.

It was also pointed out to me recently that on the Test Track floorplan there is a large elevator capable of moving a vehicle between the storage track and the maintenance bay, if needed.

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Re: Test Track, Whats at Track B?

Post by DLRFantasmic!Dan » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:08 am

It's like the blue room on Space Mountain. Used for maintance purposes.


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Re: Test Track, Whats at Track B?

Post by Panther007 » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:45 am

ok, and Thanks



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Re: Test Track, Whats at Track B?

Post by kurtisnelson » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:52 pm

Someone know a good site that has info on things like this?


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