The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • Page 58

12 CFB Augusf 3-9, 1938 TOURISM TRAVEL Opening of Epcot's Test Track ride hits the brakes again Just when Walt Disney Co. officials sounded certain that Epcot's Test IVack would open this fall, they confirmed this week the ride has again been delayed. Already more than a year behind vie, the Armadillo vehicle allows Bruce Willis and crew to save the earth from being destroyed by a giant asteroid. Already on display inside the Studios is The Making of Armageddon, where visitors can see parts of the movie set, props and costumes. Universal is sending some characters, including Woody Woodpecker, to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport today for a reception before the first flight of US Airways' MetroJet to Orlando.

The contest winners will stay in town until Thursday. MetroJet is providing free airfare. Universal is providing free hotel rooms and theme park tickets. dates to hit before a final determination is made. Until that time, we are holding to a coming-soon date." Disney has been testing four or five cars a day on the track, and Epcot visitors often can hear them inside the building when visiting the temporary display area for GM's cars and trucks out front.

"Basically, we're telling them visitors that there is some technology in this attraction that is brand new and is still being developed," said John Ma-ciarz, a GM spokesman working at Epcot "This is Disney's call and we will wait until they say it's ready." Briefly ATTRACTIONS By CORY LANCASTER schedule, Test Track is part of a General Motors-sponsored pavilion that will show visitors the intensive testing involved in bringing cars to market. Test Track vehicles will propel rid arrives (407)420-5487 CLANCASTER 0RLAND0SENTINEL.COM The MetroJet set Tourism officials from across the state will be in Naples today and Tuesday for the 31st annual Governor's Conference on Tourism. The event includes miniclasses on marketing to baby boomers, eco-tourism and dealing with crime in tourist areas. Speakers include Travel Industry Association of America president William Norman. Church Street Station Tuesday will host a traveling road show to give the travel industry a sneak peak of a $450 million expansion under way at Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

The expansion by Sun Internationals Hotels Ltd. includes a marina, water slides and a casino. The traveling show will be in Orlando from 6 to 8 p.m. Lesley Clark of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Armadillo, the big land rover seen on the screen in Armageddon, will roll into Disney-MGM Studios on Tuesday.

The all-terrain vehicle 22,000 pounds, sixteen-wheels, 18 feet wide, 22 feet long and 14 feet high will make its entrance into the Studios at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Theme park visitors will be given American flags to wave during the motorcade. The vehicle will stay parked in front of Mann's Chinese Theatre for several months, said Disney spokeswoman Michelle Baumann. For those who haven't seen the mo ers at speeds up to 65 mph through tests' of anti-lock brakes, acceleration and the effects of heat, cold and corrosion.

Once open, it will be the fastest and longest thrill ride at Walt Disney World. There had been talk that the ride would open as early as October. But that timetable appears to be scrapped, with some Disney officials predicting a spring opening. "Truly no date has been formally set," Disney spokesman Rick Sylvain said. "We still have some milestone Eighty people from the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area arrive today for a free three-day visit to Universal Studios Florida marking the start of US Airways' low-fare service into Orlando.

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