ExploraStories | Test Track Needs HELP (How HERBIE THE LOVE BUG Will Save It!)

EPCOT is truly becoming a wonderful place in Walt Disney World. The only thing holding EPCOT back from its right and full potential is that eyesore Test Track. While the Test Track struggles to appeal to a large audience… there is still hope.
Join us as we take a deep and cinematic journey via a very close look at one particular hero named HERBIE THE LOVE BUG. We’ll showcase how Herbie can easily make one of EPCOT’s dullest attractions bright again. Who knows… on this day, the first of April… anything is possible.
The LOVE Bug is currently available to stream on Disney+.
ExploraStories: In-Depth Histories, Deep Dives, and Breakdowns Appreciating Exactly Why We Love What We Love In The Happy Place. It’s The Catch-All For Happy Place Explorers Written Content!
Like our social media accounts and subscribe to this channel! See you in the Happy Place!
Facebook Group ➡️ groups/698114110758305/
Twitter ➡️ hpexplorers
Facebook Page ➡️ happyplaceexplorers
Instagram ➡️ happyplaceexplorers
ALSO - DON'T FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!*** ► bit.ly/315QCQI ◄
ALSO - CHECK OUT more ExploraStories!
+ Walt Disney's Last Days ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHa3loaFd8qfn6M
+ The Disneyland Chronicles Series ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhrU...
+ Rise Of The Resistance Top 3 ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnSQaXxtnLien6c
+ The American Adventure Top 3 ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2rIpZRpgr6tetE
+ A Pre-Opening Rise Of The Resistance Top 3 ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/foOznWlofsSildk
+ A TOP 3 Tour of DINOLAND, USA! ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/fme7gJifa7yUqpY
+ Magic Kingdom Christmas Windows ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnvMp3V3jNB1jK8
Have something to say? We'd love to hear from you @ [e-mail]
ALSO - Check This Out: ➡️ bit.ly/315QCQI
Legal note: Happy Place Explorers is a Theme Park KZbin Channel intended to provide family-friendly content that is aimed at Theme Park lovers from ages 14 - 99. It is in no way intended for audiences catering specifically to children and should not be viewed as such.
#TestTrack #EPCOT #HerbieTheLoveBug

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Yep, folks! I love Herbie as much as the next guy but its important to note the release date for this one! 😜🤪 April Fools, Guys!* (Having said that, I desperately want to see more Herbie in the Parks, in the Movies, and in my Life!)

[@Elmerstudd007]

I am sad to admit that this was of such a high quality the joke flew clear over me and I was just encapsulated in it all. I will make a high suggestion as you seem to be as big of an old cinema fan as I am, that you watch the movie Hugo... it was kind of a sleeper when it came out but is absolutely breathtaking and a great tribute to the birth of film.

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Hugo is probably more responsible for the first seven minutes of this video than I am. Ha! Top 3 Scorsese for sure!

[@Automage45]

Happy Place Explorers great video Jordan and keep bringing us that audible chocolate that is your voice

[@sarahborrowdale1738]

That's actually a great idea Not just for Disney fans but for herbie fans in general

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

I like to think we're all Herbie fans in our heart.

[@sarahborrowdale1738]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers oh definitely

[@brodinatorgaming8475]

If someone from Disney is watching this they must, and I mean absolutely MUST pitch this idea to the imagineers. It is pure genius at it’s finest.

[@jkocher6973]

Jordan, while you've created this as a parody, that first 4 minutes of the video was beautifully written and created. Well done. And actually, you had me on 'Herbie Derby' until the track started travelling to all the World Showcase countries. Good work, sir.

[@mutsuloveproductions9695]

Together we can save Herbie, and Herbie can save us, too!

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Indeed!

[@mutsuloveproductions9695]

And I really want people to make an interactive miniature robotic replica of Herbie, too!

[@Universes201]

@@mutsuloveproductions9695 and he will beeb to guests and move around and is doors open and close that’s how I imagine that I think it would work

[@mutsuloveproductions9695]

@@Universes201 Not just that, he will be more like a toy you can play with and treat as a friend. You can talk to him, pet him, play games with him, etc.

[@PopcornNSodaProductions]

If a Herbie ride opened I would spend all my money to go on it

[@edvaira6891]

Jordan, you made me smile, raised my spirit when I was feeling low...Thank you so much for making this, my friend! I grew up on these movies (The Love Bug came out three weeks before I was born and my Mom told me she laughed so hard watching this in the theatre she was afraid she was gonna trigger me showing up early!)

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Thanks Ed! All credit to Herbie!

[@mikehawley5952]

Great idea. I would love that to happen. I’ve been a fan of Herbie since I was three. Great video thanks for posting.

[@samuelbarrett5648]

I had a Herbie. Throughout my childhood, I watched all 4 classic movies and the 2005 one, visited him at the Walt Disney World All Star Movies Resort (Where we'll be staying in a couple of weeks), and wanted to have one as my car when I got my license. He was a 2015 VW Beetle that took more than a year to find, but I finally found it in my senior year of high school in Spring '19. I got the decals on, and I took him with me to many cities and places in my home state of Alabama as well as in Georgia and Florida. I had him from April 25, 2019...to February 9, 2022. That night, on my way home from a work meeting (I'm a baseball umpire, in case anyone is interested), a car in front of me lost a tire and quickly slowed, and by the time I hit the brakes, I knew it wasn't going to work. The front passenger side corner wheel was separated from the tire, a fluid flowed out, the airbag deployed and friction burned my arm and knee, that corner of the body was crushed, and of course, so was I (Emotionally). Remembering that night and seeing Herbie sitting there, not able to budge another inch, and at this point, likely won't be salvagable (I'll find out early next week), in the dark of the night on the side of that highway, it depresses me like nothing ever has before in my life. I hope and pray for the minute chance that I will drive him again, but it's so unlikely given the state of the car. If they say he's a total loss, I may lose it right then and there. I'm thankful that I got to have him as my first car as I wanted him since I was 8 years old, and I drove him from 18 years old to 21 years old. Sure my next car will probably be in better shape and be more reliable, as Herbie wasn't perfect, as this video said, but...whatever car that is will never be what Herbie is/was to me. I encourage you to find your Herbie, whether it's a white Beetle, a significant other, a job, or anything else, that you love more than reason can explain due to what it is that you're loving...and love it as much, as often, and as long as you can, for you'll never know when you won't have it. If you've read this far, thank you for allowing me to share this story with you during this hard time of mine. God bless you all.

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Glad you are okay, Samuel. I hope and believe Herbie will ride again!

[@samuelbarrett5648]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers I just heard from the insurance company that Herbie is not repairable, so my Herbie is done. It breaks my heart, but I'm still glad I got to have it for a few years.

[@Biofan813]

JESUS! This is freaking genius!

[@renegade637]

You know, Test Track seems more like a thrill ride for adolescents and older anyways. Not very Disney. Disney-ifying it is the perfect idea. Kind of like how that one ride that had all those celebrity animatronics was turned into a Monsters, inc. ride.

[@blowtorchguyseries7493]

i agree disney needs to bring back Herbie the love bug

[@moonmoon-un4eg]

I love herbie

[@Ihavethreeaxolotls]

Oh man! I was just watching another one of your videos, clicked on the channel and now I’m like really early to something! 🤣

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Welcome! and Thanks for Watching!

[@TheOnlyJohnAbraham]

I think you're on the right track, but Herby wheely deserves more than just a ride makeover, he deserves his own park(ing spot).

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

* inserts CitizenKaneClapping.gif *

[@jswatch9270]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers we need more movies of herbie the love bug and I need to know what herbie movie do u wanna see next after herbie fully loaded?

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

That's a great question and honestly I don't know. My gut says it should star John Krasinski and Josh Gad. And it should be directed by... hmm... Ben Stiller.

[@jswatch9270]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers nah that would not work

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Here's the thing, though. It would work. It would quickly win popular and critical acclaim. The first film ever to exceed 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. It would win countless Oscars including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Sound Mixing. Due to extreme demand and need prestigious colleges would begin offering majors in Herbie, and Love Bug History. People from every corner of the galaxy would be crowding and shouting in the streets... 'HERBIE! HERBIE! HERBIE!'. And above all, it would ensure the arrival of the Herbie Derby in EPCOT.

[@michaelhoward8728]

Great idea! Thanks for another great video!!

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Thanks for watching!

[@classic_car_guy9769]

I think they should turn treat track in to the Herbie derby but in 2022 when the Herbie movie turns 53

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

It just makes sense.

[@Elmerstudd007]

Talk about some blue sky dreaming man! I have to agree that this would be an amazing ride but the money that would go into something like this would be obscene. I think if you were to remove the tour around the world that it would be a good fit in Holllywood Studios, instead let it be a tour around the movies... Herbie takes the place of the old Studio Lot tour giving you a full experience of disaster canyon, and the bone yard, then finally, hidden behind a facade as to not break the illusion, but takes a tour of a galaxy far far away. I acknowledge mine is probably even more expensive but I like "edutainment" epcot and think a Cars Racing Academy ride would be a better fit for that location.

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Herbie & Star Wars is the crossover I can get behind!

[@kengi1600]

Tennessee was played by Buddy Hackett real name Butch Hacker

[@loneknight3357]

This sounds like an amazing idea! I love that movie as a kid and still want a 63 beetle sometimes it seems like Disney's no longer about dreams or imagination that needs to be brought back, like with Epcot Walt Disney wanted to be an actual mini city but after he died everyone racked it off as impossible when really it wasn't too far-fetched, send this video to Disney make it known to them!

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Walt especially believed in the power of nostalgia!

[@loneknight3357]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers Indeed my friend!

[@AidanCSmith-sg4kd]

I want to get a job in imagineering just so I can make this a reality

[@jennyupdike]

Definitely would be a fun ride😎

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Right!? Believe it or not, I think it was when I was responding to a comment you left on the 'Maelstrom/Frozen Song Vlog' a couple months back that I actually got the stroke of inspiration that kicked off the idea of a Herbie overlay... ...and then I couldn't stop thinking about it... and now we have this video. So Thanks Jenny! Haha

[@jennyupdike]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers woohoo. I'm glad I could help with the creation of this video ♥️♥️😎😎

[@andreajoki9758]

Not while Chevrolet sponsors Test Track, no. :)

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

That's only a small obstacle for Herbie the Love Bug...

[@captiancraft3020]

Chevy beats VW (rock beats sissors reference).

[@moonmoon-un4eg]

Is herbie car?

[@SBF96]

First time seeing your videos, have to say, that was a severely drawn out intro to where you were going with this to the point that I almost lost interest within the first two minutes. That being said, I admire your love for Herbie and I was all down for your idea of changing Test Track until you talked about extending the track all around the World Showcase. That’s just ridiculous and unrealistic. Good video otherwise.

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

I maintain you can't fully understand Herbie's cinematic impact without fully understanding the historic road that was paved before him... I guess I do agree with you that the main idea of this video is a bit... ridiculous and unrealistic... (and perhaps a bit Foolish...) (; Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed.

[@yourmother897]

How come every video I go there is like 564 views =(

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

Is this a bad thing? lol We appreciate you watching! :)

[@yourmother897]

@@HappyPlaceExplorers not at all thanks for replying =) im new to the channel and your awsome.also i love this movie

[@edvaira6891]

Jordan, you let yourself get possessed by Ken Burns again, those first seven or eight minutes, DIDN’T YOU?!! You gotta be MORE CAREFUL, man!! That Ken is a trickster, as bad as Loki at his most crafty!

[@HappyPlaceExplorers]

I actually reached out to Peter Coyote to narrate this one. He declined because he didn't completely agree with the claims herein, I guess he's more of a Dexter Riley/Medfield College Cinematic Universe fan. Whatever.