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[[File:Test Track attraction sign.JPG|thumb|Test Track, a slot car ride at [[Epcot|Epcot, Walt Disney World]]]]
'''Slot car rides''' are [[amusement park]] rides that are propelled by an onboard [[electric motor]] through a [[slot car]] track, speeding up and slowing down to entertain the rider.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disney Vs. Disney: Ranking Every Disney Slot Car Ride |url=https://www.mouselists.com/disney-vs-disney-ranking-every-disney-slot-car-ride/ |website=MouselLists |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>


[[Walt Disney Imagineering]] invented the technology, first implemented in 1999, with [[Test Track]] at [[Epcot]]. Test Track was a success, and they followed it up with [[Journey to the Center of the Earth (attraction)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]] at [[Tokyo DisneySea]] in 2001, and again with [[Radiator Springs Racers]] at [[Disney California Adventure]] in 2012.
'''Slot Car Rides''' are [[theme park]] rides that are propelled by an onboard [[electric motor]] through a slot car track.

[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] developed the technology, first implemented in 1999, with [[Test Track]] at [[Epcot]]. Test Track was a success, and they followed it up with [[Journey to the Center of the Earth (attraction)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]] at [[Tokyo DisneySea]] and [[Radiator Springs Racers]] at [[Disney California Adventure]].


==References==
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[[Category:Amusement rides by type]]
[[Category:Amusement rides by type]]


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Latest revision as of 09:46, 5 December 2024

Test Track, a slot car ride at Epcot, Walt Disney World

Slot car rides are amusement park rides that are propelled by an onboard electric motor through a slot car track, speeding up and slowing down to entertain the rider.[1]

Walt Disney Imagineering invented the technology, first implemented in 1999, with Test Track at Epcot. Test Track was a success, and they followed it up with Journey to the Center of the Earth at Tokyo DisneySea in 2001, and again with Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure in 2012.

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  1. ^ "Disney Vs. Disney: Ranking Every Disney Slot Car Ride". MouselLists. Retrieved 7 March 2023.