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Test Track is a pavilion located in [[Epcot]]. The pavilion was known as World of Motion from 1982-1996. For the attraction located within the pavilion see [[Test Track (Attraction)]]
==Pavilion History==
The history of what is today eventually be known as the Test Track pavilion began in 1975 when designs with Disney's plans for an EPCOT theme park were just beginning a "Future World Theme Center"<ref name= "widenWiden"> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/wom.htm </ref>. As part An early precursor to what would eventually become EPCOT Center's Future World, the Future World Theme Center was to be made up of pavilions, in a similar fashion to the plans for the new theme World's Fairs. Inside this park, Imagineers Disney planned on having creating a Transportation pavilion in the in new park <ref name= "widen"/>. A chance meeting in 1976 between Imagineer Harper Goff and Bill Mitchell (General Motor's head of design) at a school dedication in 1976 <ref name= "widen"/>, eventually Bill Mitchell, and Imagineer Bob Gurr led to GM signing on as the and Disney to enter negotiations for GM to sponsor of the Transportation pavilion in the unbuilt EPCOT Center <ref name= "widenWiden"/>. Remembering the success that Ford had in partnering with Disney at the 1964 World's Fair, GM agreed to 15 year contract, becoming the first of EPCOT Center's many sponsors <ref> http://progresscityusa.com/2011/06/28/whirl-of-motion/ </ref>.
By 1978 the Transportation pavilion began to take shape <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?s=World+of+Motion </ref>. Guests would enter the pavilion's large atrium which was to feature a series of interactive exhibits. Upstairs, the pavilion's major attraction, was to be a dark ride that took a historical look at the evolution of transportation<ref name= "Martin"/>. This "history of transportation attraction" was designed to end in a model city of the future (a concept borrowed from Ford's Magic Skyway pavilion at the 64 World's Fair) <ref name= "Martin"/>. The attraction was initially created by Imagineer Claude Coats, however due to GM's preference for a more lighthearted tone, Imagineers Marc Davis and Ward Kimball (who's career had primarily been in animation) were brought onto the project <ref name= "widen"/>. A secondary attraction for the pavilion that was to feature an outside track, was scrapped as plans for the pavilion continued to develop<ref name= "Martin"/>. Another aspect of the pavilion that was eventually scrapped, was the idea that the omnimover attraction would weave in and out of the pavilion <ref> http://progresscityusa.com/2011/06/28/whirl-of-motion/ </ref>. Finally, the space cleared on the pavilion's first floor to house the preshow exhibits was never used <ref name= "book"> Pedersen, R.A. The EPCOT Explorer's Encyclopedia:. United States: Epcyclopedia, 2011. Print. </ref>.
