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I was an Imagineer in Glendale, CA, beginning in 1986 and it wasn't uncommon to use Imagineers for the rides. In the first scene, Footlight Parade, those sequined bathing suit-clad bombshells were me. I posed for weeks for an Imagineering sculpture. A friend let me know the ride was closing...sad to see. It was really cool to see this video as it had been 25 years since I rode the actual ride. Great memories flood back of working with some very amazing, talented and fun people in my younger years. I'll have to show this video to my kids :-)
Wow, that's honestly so cool! You should try to get one of the figures for yourself as a keepsake. I bet you have many really interesting story's about working for imagineering at Disney.
TPMvids I have a friend whose an imagineer for the parks and worked on Shanghai Hong Kong and all the other Parks as well he works so much he has his own jet to fly back and forth because it became cheaper than them getting him an airline ticket. we were talking and discussing some stuff recently about the state of the parks and upcoming projects and rumors. I've since put some to bed and found validity to some. since I'm a former cast member and in retaliation to the whole Nintendo park that Universal building and the fact that universals and Paramount are in talks on the fact that they're trying to purchase the rights for Star Trek I had suggested that they should contact a very good friend of universals a Mr Peter Jackson the same man who did there King Kong ride but for them to go and secure the order to get the rights for lord of rings and he said it was a brilliant idea and they actually are in talks this week and Disney could secure that project. They are also looking to buy the rights to Dragon Ball Z and other Anime for exclusive themeing. And lastly a New Indiana jones ride as well to be opened.
bigevilworldwide1 you hit the nail on the head and it's why I'm ecstatic that Iger is stepping down after the completion of the star wars park. He needs to go. He's gouged pricing and ruined most parks and attractions and films haven't had the warmth Disney was so famous for.
I LOVED this ride. I mean it makes sense for them to build a Mickey ride considering there isn't one but did they have to get rid of this classic attraction? Surely they could've built the Mickey ride somewhere else or replaced a ride that doesn't have as much history to it
Either that, or they could have built the new Mickey ride somewhere else, just to allow the ride to be open at DHS while all the construction is going on. It's pretty well known that the park will get a name change in the near future and the specific theme of the park will also be changing. With those changes, I don't how well the Great Movie Ride would have eventually fit in the park, but the ride still had a good 2 years before it may have been absolutely necessary to close.
I knew something like this was going to happen eventually. It was no secret that DHS was losing its purpose when I saw very few people going into The Great Movie Ride over the last 21 years I've lived here in Florida. Most patrons would rather be immersed in an attraction than know how something is done on the spot. Considering that are only FOUR rides to go on it would cost more to expand the land around it so that there would be more to do.
If you google image great movie ride demolition, you can see where they are taking the grating and some of the pipes from the alien scene out... definitely not preserving them as the grating is bent and crumpled up and thenpioes are being taken out in sections. I'm sure they will preserve some of it, like maybe SOME of the animatronics, maybe they will show up at The yearly expo. Also found a pic somewhere that claims to be the car from the gangster scene in some kind of bone yard.
I think cottontale meant specifically that the handprints in the concrete are preserved and that the concrete doesn't have to be replaced with the Mickey ride.
Leonard Nimoy's ( Most known for Playing Spock in Star Trek.) Hand prints were slashed up last time I was there. I was pissed as I am a Trekie, and that Disney was so careless.
I always thought that Disney World should have a museum attraction with old animatronics and scale models of ride layouts. I would like to see this ride, the Universe of Energy, Horizons, World of Motion, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Journey Into Imagination, etc.
As a former tour guide for the GMR in the 90's I'm very sad to see it go. I'm grateful for my private moments with the attraction. Cycling it in the morning without guests will stick with me forever. A true Disney gem.
Super salty about them closing this ride. My favorite scene is too hard to choose. The best part might be the end, because it brings all of the movies together. My favorite ride is leaving :(
For me, it's really upsetting to see this park loosing its original theme and charm. This park was originally themed to pay homage to some of the best movies. I remember coming here as a kid and feeling like I was on the set of a film, and that was a truly magical experience to me as an 11 year old kid. Attractions such as The Backlot Tour and The Great Movie Ride definitely helped to create that experience. Skip forwards 10 years, to my last visit in 2016. On entering the park, our entire party with wheelchairs had to very quickly find a bit of crowded sidewalk to stand on to make way for the Storm Troopers that periodically mark through an area which does not feel appropriate for them to occupy. I get that for a young Star Wars fan, this could also be a magical experience, however it's not one that truly needs to leave the Star Wars themed section of the park and made for an awkward experience for my party. I just think it's a shame that the charm that I travel a few thousand miles to see every other year is being lost in this park; not to enhance the experience of dedicated guests, but instead to milk that Star Wars cash cow. At least they haven't completely wrecked Epcot, Magic Kingdom or Animal Kingdom yet.
Nugget's Nugget of Friendship well actually they may auction off the names and prints or sell them in the back store for cast connections store. Cast members have a cast member only store that sell ride props and merchandise and more for 50 to 80% off. As a former CM I know this all to well lol spent most of my paychecks back to them. Or finally two options is it goes to the Disney Vault for later use for an attraction or it remains intact as is until Iger steps down upon completion of the star wars park.
As a former (89-91) Tour Guide Mugsy and Rocketeer ( Footprints out front), I'm going to miss my baby.. RIP GMR! You'll never leave our memories or our hearts. This ride was a classic and should have been refined, not replaced.
My family and I have only been to Disney World once, we visited in December 2001 to celebrate Walt's 100th birthday. I was pretty young at the time so I only have a few memories of that trip, but one of them was how much I loved the Great Movie Ride. I remember passing through Mary Poppins, Indiana Jones and the Wizard of Oz and thinking it was one of the coolest rides ever. Now that I'm older I have a much deeper appreciation of classic "golden age" movies and I'm very sad that this ride is closing. Thanks so much for all these secrets, it truly was a great achievement by Disney.
The Alien portion of the ride will be miss dearly. It scared me as a kid, but it also introduced to what eventually become one of my favorite movies of all time. :(
This was my second favorite ride in the parks, following the Haunted Mansion. I love the Wizard of Oz, so seeing Munchkinland in person was amazing. I've been on the ride twice and have actually seen both the gangster and wild west scenes. I will miss this ride SO much, broke my heart hearing it will close. :(
When I saw TPM uploaded in my notifications, I immediately kicked my feet in the air...who knows why. I was excited. Anyway, I was on the couch with my dad so obviously he was like what the heck. And I just say, TPMvids uploaded...! And I give a big clown smile and giggle like a possessed child and put on my headphones. He never has look at me the same again.
I dont like the fact they got rid of the great movie ride , i understand u have to make change and change is good sometimes but they took away some of the major and awesome rides and what made MGM , they said they wanted to bring Hollywood to the east coast, the great movie ride and back lot tour was part of that , and Animations they have taken , thats where it all started at least give us that , i feel there erasing a part of Walt and Roy
Ronda Lombardo, Walt and Roy? Walt and Roy had absolutely nothing to do with this park. They were both long gone when it was built. This is why I don't care about changes made to WDW. I only care about changes made to Disneyland because THAT was Walt's park, the one he built and cared for. Everything else came after Walt's death, so it doesn't matter if it changes because it was never "Walt's" to begin with.
7:31 I remember show A! I was little, but I remember the cowboy that took over our ride was snarky, yet super nice. If my memory servers me right, after the track was taken, we got to the big structure with the gem eyes, and the cowboy turned to bones when he touched it. Again, this happened when I was 5, so a little hazy, but correct me if I'm wrong
really gonna miss this one. it had become a sort of "family tradition" for me and mine. every time we have been to the parks since this ride's advent it's always on the list of must do's. i always loved the Alien scene and going through the "horror" section with all the skulls and mummies everywhere. i remember my cousin Ben and i riding it for the first time in 1992 when were 16 and 14 respectively. that was the year we were allowed to cut away from the family and just go experience the park "on our own". neither he nor i had cell phones to stay in touch with my parents! cell phones really weren't a "thing" yet for that matter. scary times they were indeed you little whiper snappers! i remember we rode it several times in a row just to watch the Wicked Witch. we were trying to figure out if she were a live actress or not. so glad we got to take the kids last year. my daughter and nephew were plenty old enough that they'll remember it. my sweet little son was a month away from his second birthday, so i doubt he'll remember, but he *can* say he rode it before it was gone!
Yep I was allowed to do this as well. Though I was 11, but I had been going so long, I knew how to get around. No cell phones as this was 1996. I lived going off on my own. Had my own Disney dollars (do they still do Disney dollars?) and anything I'd need to make it through the day. If I had a friend with me it was even better, but I enjoyed the time going off by myself as well.
I went to Disney World in 2013, and I didn't really know about The Great Movie Ride, so I didn't even really pay any attention to it. Then I found out it had scenes from movies such as The Wizard of Oz and Alien, and got really hyped for the next time I make it to Disney World. But now it's dead. Greeeeeeaaaat.
Universe of Energy could have been so much better if they had an actual energy scientist, i.e. a geologist, on there! Instead we had to make a deep discussion light-hearted. I loved Universe of Energy don't get me wrong but Disney missed out on that one
And this doesn't even touch on how great the line leading up to the ride was! Showing all those classic movie trailers was so cool! The Alien one always gave me chills
James Swift I'm pretty sure the one in Disney world will close. Disney seem to want to purge all their outside sources and use what they own to save money and since they decided not to renew the TCM contract, they probably won't renew the cbs one.
Larry O I've heard that when the contract with Twilight Zone ends that they will keep it open and just change the name,I hope that makes sense. Also I hope that's what happens
I hope that is the case but there's so much twilght zone references and not to mention Rod Sterling narrates the ride, so doubt they would go through all that trouble to revamp everything, I mean they could've did that with this ride and just put scenes of movies from their archive. I see that they are trying to be self sufficient which is why they aquired Marvel and Star Wars and I'm sure there would be a marvel land soon.
They should put the Mickey ride in the building where the Great Movie Ride operates and keep the Chinese Theater as a walkthrough of the movies/animatronics/props from the ride!!!!
I'm sooo sad that it's leaving especially since it fed my movie knowledge (cuz I'm a HUGE movie buff and know a lot about movies but I know a lot more thanks to this classic ride)!!!! I loved that ride especially "the Wizard of Oz" scenes cuz that's one of my all time favorite films since I was little!!! I'm soooo sad that knowing when I go to Disney next it won't be there!!!! But we always have the videos to remember it!!!! My heart is aching!!! RIP THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE!!!! YOU WERE THE "GREATEST"!!!!!
bigevilworldwide1 Bob is a man that doesn't have imagination, he rather just buy it. If anyone has embodied the spirit of Walt it was Michael. Yes he was brash and wasn't perfect but he made Disney feel like Disney. He did what he had to do to save the mouse ears. From Day one he was in imagineering planning new ideas. Bob is just a talking head that is out of his league and should be running chase bank instead of a creative company. As a former cast member I saw the difference between the Eisner era and Bob's. It didn't feel like Disney anymore so I quit. Disney War by James B Stewart documents how Disney would have been sold off in pieces probably to a Japanese company and today Disney world would have looked more like Nara Dreamland or Six Flags
This was my favorite ride as a child at Hollywood Studios I'm so happy I went this year and rode it again before this. I'm devastated to know it is gone...it will be forever missed and a classic. 😢
So sad to see this ride go. My heart actually broke after the announcement of this closing. My mom always tells me that even when I was 8, I'd always drag her to this ride and probably found my love of movies because of this ride. One of my favorite memories was finding out that there was a western scene. I asked a cast member if I could see that scene and happily got to see it. Thank you Great Movie Ride for all the wonderful years you gave me and others. You will be missed.
I actually went on vacation at Disney World, and I rode on that ride a week before it got shut down. I was so sad when I saw it go. One of my favorites. 😭
steve blum Me too! I'm totally blind so the alien itself never scared me, but the scene's atmosphere sure did. The smell in the room, the self-destruct alarm, and all the random bursts of steam (is that what it was?) always made me want to get out ASAP. Wizard of Oz was my second favorite because that movie's a classic. And so was this ride. I sure wish it didn't have to go. The Mickey ride sounds fun, but it should have replaced Voyage instead.
Me and my mom absolutely loved that ride! I can't believe they're going to take it down! And, me and my family are going back during September 2017, so we won't able to go again. Oh well
What was your favorite part in the Great Movie Ride? Mine will forever be the Wizard Of Oz section. I wish that now that this ride is closing they would create a Wizard Of Oz ride to continue to represent the movie in some way.
The Wild West bank robbery scene would probably be my favorite, and a Wizard of Oz ride would be cool, although Disney and MGM don't have the best relationship regarding Wizard of Oz rights so it would probably never happen unfortunately.
Mine will forever be the Wizard of Oz part, because every time I have been on the ride, one of the anamatronics have malfunctioned during this part. I do hope next weekend when I do truly get to see the movie end, that everything will be perfect this one last time.
Im glad to say i went on the the great movie ride its last few months :) it was so great! Speaking that me and my mother are both huge movie [as anyone in there right mind is] lovers and geeks, we had an absolute BLAST on this ride! We kept on sharing facts, our favorite scenes, i wish this ride was still open, and going, had a great time on it, R.I.P. great movie ride, gone but never forgotten!
I don't think they should shut down this whole thing for a Mickey ride! The crew worked so hard and took a lot of the time! For it to be closed is heartbreaking, preposterous. It was original and a new experience for the children and adults who have watched and adored the movies! It brought you a feeling that's familiar like you remember, but it's still a blur. You felt like you were in the movie or it brought you back to when you were younger. It brought you memories! What a shame to waste that ride on something that has already been made! I mean come on! How many disney related rides do we have? Tons. This ride was absolutely one of a kind! I guess a mickey ride is new, sure it would be as awesome as the others, but you can't throw away an attraction like this!
I loved this ride and always got goosebumps when I heard the opening music "Hooray for Hollywood". The ride already died a bit for me when they reduced the spiel of the cast members guiding through the ride. A great cast member (and in my opinion, most of them were) added so much to the ride with their narration! I liked the western scene much better, but unfortunately more often got the gangster scene. I just thought the bank robbery was much cooler with the fire and all. The Sensurround effect in the final film montage was also very cool (the loud rumbling noise when Indy runs from the stone ball or when the Millenium Falcon enters Hyperspace) but if I remember correctly this effect was taken out a few years ago, maybe when they updated it with the sponsoring of TCM. Ah, this ride will be missed very much by me. Pretty much up there with my beloved Adventurer's Club and Comedy Warehouse!
While I'm not jumping up and down at the idea of closing and GMR, it is understandable. Disney's contract with TCM ends at the end of this year. Disney wasn't thrilled with the idea of using other companies's properties in their attractions. They decided to replace the attraction ASAP, as they didn't think that it was worth it to pay for outdated IPs.
I was under the mistaken impression that there were two tracks for the middle section of the ride. I guess there was just one track but the higher-capacity mode ran the two "bad guy" scenes in the same pipeline. That makes a lot of sense. The one time I rode it I actually got Show A, the Wild West scene.
I love the ALIEN scene, but always thought it was out of place. Wasn't Eisner on an ALIEN kick at the time and wanted the Xenomorph for Alien Encounter at MK? Also, I thought C-3PO and R2-D2 were in the Raiders scene. Or is that the Mandela effect (because they ARE in the actual movie.)
It's funny that in all the videos discussing this ride, they all mention that 'Show A' is the more rarer version... yet... I've seen 'Show A' performed much more than 'Show B'. Maybe I just had a habit for being there at the right times.
Had no idea a twister scene was supposed to go where the Fantasia one is. I thought the whole scene and set felt out of place and now I know why, thank you. Gonna miss this ride. It's a simple one but I got to enjoy it while I could.
I loved this ride. We are returning to Disney the end of October and when I heard this ride was closing I was so sad. This is one ride I could have rode over and over again. I will miss this ride when I return to Disney again. It will be good to have a Mickey ride, however The Great Movie Ride was wonderful.
I wish I was alive to see the great movie ride in real life! Thank you so much for posting all this amazing content! I love it all, especially in Covid times where we can’t go see it ourselves! I love to know all the secrets! Thank you sooooo much again! Love your expression in all your vids! ❤️⭐️
Disney needs to stop with updating stuff. First, they got rid of Tower of Terror and replaced it with a big huge ugly building. Then, they got rid of TGMR and are going to replace it with a Mickey Mouse rip off of Big Thunder Mountain. And they a rumored to redo California Screaming and redo it with the Incredibles! Stupid right? The only good update is that they are rumored to do an Indiana Jones land in Animal Kingdom. I would much rather have an Indiana Jones land then a Star Wars land, even though I do like Star Wars.
Everytime my family and I used to ride this, we would ALWAYS get the Cowboy show and not the Gangster show. I think we only got the Gangster show once in awhile. Kinda neat to see that we always got the rare show.
Part of the reason this ride is closed down was because of the rights to these movies, actors, and companies is expiring. I don't think Disney wanted to take this one down, but they were required to.
i remember going on this when i was a kid and being so excited when the actor playing the gangster would interact with me...im gonna miss this ride a whole lot, it was so unique and awesome
this ride is what got me into musicals and all that jazz it was such a huge part of what made me who I am I always loved the gangster scene (I got it all but once!) and I remember one time I got kinda sassy with the cast member and they reacted and responded with such perfection! this ride was the icon of MGM and taking it away is just not right! it would be like tearing down the Hollywood sign or taking away any big piece of history!
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TPMvids I am going on the great movie ride on the last day.
Ashley
Where did you get the Hooray for Hollywood audio? I can't find that version anywhere
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I was an Imagineer in Glendale, CA, beginning in 1986 and it wasn't uncommon to use Imagineers for the rides. In the first scene, Footlight Parade, those sequined bathing suit-clad bombshells were me. I posed for weeks for an Imagineering sculpture. A friend let me know the ride was closing...sad to see. It was really cool to see this video as it had been 25 years since I rode the actual ride. Great memories flood back of working with some very amazing, talented and fun people in my younger years. I'll have to show this video to my kids :-)
Wow, that's honestly so cool! You should try to get one of the figures for yourself as a keepsake. I bet you have many really interesting story's about working for imagineering at Disney.
TPMvids I have a friend whose an imagineer for the parks and worked on Shanghai Hong Kong and all the other Parks as well he works so much he has his own jet to fly back and forth because it became cheaper than them getting him an airline ticket. we were talking and discussing some stuff recently about the state of the parks and upcoming projects and rumors. I've since put some to bed and found validity to some. since I'm a former cast member and in retaliation to the whole Nintendo park that Universal building and the fact that universals and Paramount are in talks on the fact that they're trying to purchase the rights for Star Trek I had suggested that they should contact a very good friend of universals a Mr Peter Jackson the same man who did there King Kong ride but for them to go and secure the order to get the rights for lord of rings and he said it was a brilliant idea and they actually are in talks this week and Disney could secure that project. They are also looking to buy the rights to Dragon Ball Z and other Anime for exclusive themeing. And lastly a New Indiana jones ride as well to be opened.
bigevilworldwide1 you hit the nail on the head and it's why I'm ecstatic that Iger is stepping down after the completion of the star wars park. He needs to go. He's gouged pricing and ruined most parks and attractions and films haven't had the warmth Disney was so famous for.
That's so awesome, Melissa----thanks for sharing!!!
Melissa DeMonaco Tapia that's amazing! 😊
When I rode this ride, I thought that the witch was a real person.
Me too
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I LOVED this ride. I mean it makes sense for them to build a Mickey ride considering there isn't one but did they have to get rid of this classic attraction? Surely they could've built the Mickey ride somewhere else or replaced a ride that doesn't have as much history to it
Sub Par That's upsetting :(
Either that, or they could have built the new Mickey ride somewhere else, just to allow the ride to be open at DHS while all the construction is going on. It's pretty well known that the park will get a name change in the near future and the specific theme of the park will also be changing. With those changes, I don't how well the Great Movie Ride would have eventually fit in the park, but the ride still had a good 2 years before it may have been absolutely necessary to close.
The contract with Turner Classic Movies is ending. I'm so sad. I absolutely love this ride!
I knew something like this was going to happen eventually. It was no secret that DHS was losing its purpose when I saw very few people going into The Great Movie Ride over the last 21 years I've lived here in Florida. Most patrons would rather be immersed in an attraction than know how something is done on the spot. Considering that are only FOUR rides to go on it would cost more to expand the land around it so that there would be more to do.
It did little good as far as I'm concerned. But I digress.
Hope that they make sure those handprints are preserved well with all this construction
If you google image great movie ride demolition, you can see where they are taking the grating and some of the pipes from the alien scene out... definitely not preserving them as the grating is bent and crumpled up and thenpioes are being taken out in sections. I'm sure they will preserve some of it, like maybe SOME of the animatronics, maybe they will show up at The yearly expo. Also found a pic somewhere that claims to be the car from the gangster scene in some kind of bone yard.
I think cottontale meant specifically that the handprints in the concrete are preserved and that the concrete doesn't have to be replaced with the Mickey ride.
Leonard Nimoy's ( Most known for Playing Spock in Star Trek.) Hand prints were slashed up last time I was there. I was pissed as I am a Trekie, and that Disney was so careless.
I went a few weeks ago and saw a lot of the handprints in line for Mickey and Minnie.
The handprints are still there. The ride is indoors
It's so sad to hear that the ride is closing. I just came back from disney and thankfully I got on for the first and last time 😭😭😭
Lucky!!
Ximena Colin Same!!
Me too. Well I had ridden it many times, but I didn't know that this past time was gonna be my last
You still have six days to ride it again!
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They should put all of this in a Museum. Or better yet making The Walking Tour a attraction.
I always thought that Disney World should have a museum attraction with old animatronics and scale models of ride layouts. I would like to see this ride, the Universe of Energy, Horizons, World of Motion, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Journey Into Imagination, etc.
yes I know. But look up Great Movie Ride Walking Tour, it has people walking through the attraction without the ride vehicle.
Or better yet bring it back
OR YEAH JUST BRING IT BACK!
@@rmannayr2129 ratio sadly
I'm crying right now I'm going to miss the great movie ride it was one of my favorites 😭
I cried so hard
As a former tour guide for the GMR in the 90's I'm very sad to see it go. I'm grateful for my private moments with the attraction. Cycling it in the morning without guests will stick with me forever. A true Disney gem.
AJ you are not the only cast member to miss the ride.
Rip it will be gone but never forgotten
Super salty about them closing this ride. My favorite scene is too hard to choose. The best part might be the end, because it brings all of the movies together. My favorite ride is leaving :(
Who Am I bad move on Disney’s part
Same
My favorite part was the alien scene
SAME it was my fave when i was little now i will never go on it again :(
Who Am I kinda takes away the “Hollywood” in “Hollywood studios”
For me, it's really upsetting to see this park loosing its original theme and charm. This park was originally themed to pay homage to some of the best movies. I remember coming here as a kid and feeling like I was on the set of a film, and that was a truly magical experience to me as an 11 year old kid. Attractions such as The Backlot Tour and The Great Movie Ride definitely helped to create that experience. Skip forwards 10 years, to my last visit in 2016.
On entering the park, our entire party with wheelchairs had to very quickly find a bit of crowded sidewalk to stand on to make way for the Storm Troopers that periodically mark through an area which does not feel appropriate for them to occupy. I get that for a young Star Wars fan, this could also be a magical experience, however it's not one that truly needs to leave the Star Wars themed section of the park and made for an awkward experience for my party. I just think it's a shame that the charm that I travel a few thousand miles to see every other year is being lost in this park; not to enhance the experience of dedicated guests, but instead to milk that Star Wars cash cow. At least they haven't completely wrecked Epcot, Magic Kingdom or Animal Kingdom yet.
Yes. This park did have a kind of movie magic to it. RIP MGM studios
I can't believe The Great Movie Ride is the one to be taken down. I hope that at least they don't put concrete over the names.
Nugget's Nugget of Friendship me too. It makes me upset because that's the ride I wanted to go on when I go to Disney for the first time... ; -;
if they put concrete over audrey hepburn's name, i'm starting a riot.
I highly doubt they'll remove the names its still a hollywood themed park
Nugget's Nugget of Friendship well actually they may auction off the names and prints or sell them in the back store for cast connections store. Cast members have a cast member only store that sell ride props and merchandise and more for 50 to 80% off. As a former CM I know this all to well lol spent most of my paychecks back to them. Or finally two options is it goes to the Disney Vault for later use for an attraction or it remains intact as is until Iger steps down upon completion of the star wars park.
Christopher Gallardo no! Disney is beginning to suck.
As a former (89-91) Tour Guide Mugsy and Rocketeer ( Footprints out front), I'm going to miss my baby.. RIP GMR! You'll never leave our memories or our hearts.
This ride was a classic and should have been refined, not replaced.
My family and I have only been to Disney World once, we visited in December 2001 to celebrate Walt's 100th birthday. I was pretty young at the time so I only have a few memories of that trip, but one of them was how much I loved the Great Movie Ride. I remember passing through Mary Poppins, Indiana Jones and the Wizard of Oz and thinking it was one of the coolest rides ever. Now that I'm older I have a much deeper appreciation of classic "golden age" movies and I'm very sad that this ride is closing. Thanks so much for all these secrets, it truly was a great achievement by Disney.
Whyyyyyyyy I don't get it, add more to the park, don't replace.
Tyler Glynn if they were to add more to the park there would be no place for it to go but I agree with you
The licensing contract for the movies represented in the ride ran out, so they can't keep it. Does that make sense?
Happiest Place or they could just replace those movie scenes.
Luke Whitten, they are. They are literally replacing ALL the scenes, with Mickey Mouse and friends.
yeah actually that does help a lot. Wait that's random 28 year contract? That's such a random number
*Every movie eventually ends*
This is true unfortunately
But sometimes gets a part two....
can you not i can't handle these emotions
Error Alliance, sad but true.
Very sad, but true. I am glad next weekend I will get to see it end though.
The ending literally almost made me cry
same
Wait im actually so sad. This was such a good ride
Av • My Condolences Buddy, It Was Indeed A Fantastic Ride
• Av I saw it in 2016 and it’s just sad
• Av Todd is an excellent company
IT'S SO SAD!
Mickey and Minnie runaway railway is here!
R.I.P Great Movie Ride
1989-2017
“Every great movie has it’s end.”
The Alien portion of the ride will be miss dearly. It scared me as a kid, but it also introduced to what eventually become one of my favorite movies of all time. :(
This was my second favorite ride in the parks, following the Haunted Mansion. I love the Wizard of Oz, so seeing Munchkinland in person was amazing. I've been on the ride twice and have actually seen both the gangster and wild west scenes. I will miss this ride SO much, broke my heart hearing it will close. :(
When I saw TPM uploaded in my notifications, I immediately kicked my feet in the air...who knows why. I was excited. Anyway, I was on the couch with my dad so obviously he was like what the heck. And I just say, TPMvids uploaded...! And I give a big clown smile and giggle like a possessed child and put on my headphones.
He never has look at me the same again.
I dont like the fact they got rid of the great movie ride , i understand u have to make change and change is good sometimes but they took away some of the major and awesome rides and what made MGM , they said they wanted to bring Hollywood to the east coast, the great movie ride and back lot tour was part of that , and Animations they have taken , thats where it all started at least give us that , i feel there erasing a part of Walt and Roy
Ronda Lombardo Well, look at the bright side. The first to ever have a story that's entirely focused on Disney creation Mickey Mouse.
Ronda Lombardo, Walt and Roy? Walt and Roy had absolutely nothing to do with this park. They were both long gone when it was built. This is why I don't care about changes made to WDW. I only care about changes made to Disneyland because THAT was Walt's park, the one he built and cared for. Everything else came after Walt's death, so it doesn't matter if it changes because it was never "Walt's" to begin with.
Ronda Lombardo I know how you feel,Universal does the same thing,E.T. is only original ride at that park
Contract between MGM and Disney ended so they had to close it
where did you get this info?
Rest in peace today, Great Movie Ride.
It will great be missed!
TPMvids Do you greatly
7:31 I remember show A! I was little, but I remember the cowboy that took over our ride was snarky, yet super nice. If my memory servers me right, after the track was taken, we got to the big structure with the gem eyes, and the cowboy turned to bones when he touched it. Again, this happened when I was 5, so a little hazy, but correct me if I'm wrong
i was scared of the cowboy
really gonna miss this one. it had become a sort of "family tradition" for me and mine. every time we have been to the parks since this ride's advent it's always on the list of must do's. i always loved the Alien scene and going through the "horror" section with all the skulls and mummies everywhere. i remember my cousin Ben and i riding it for the first time in 1992 when were 16 and 14 respectively. that was the year we were allowed to cut away from the family and just go experience the park "on our own". neither he nor i had cell phones to stay in touch with my parents! cell phones really weren't a "thing" yet for that matter. scary times they were indeed you little whiper snappers! i remember we rode it several times in a row just to watch the Wicked Witch. we were trying to figure out if she were a live actress or not. so glad we got to take the kids last year. my daughter and nephew were plenty old enough that they'll remember it. my sweet little son was a month away from his second birthday, so i doubt he'll remember, but he *can* say he rode it before it was gone!
Yep I was allowed to do this as well. Though I was 11, but I had been going so long, I knew how to get around. No cell phones as this was 1996. I lived going off on my own. Had my own Disney dollars (do they still do Disney dollars?) and anything I'd need to make it through the day. If I had a friend with me it was even better, but I enjoyed the time going off by myself as well.
I went to Disney World in 2013, and I didn't really know about The Great Movie Ride, so I didn't even really pay any attention to it. Then I found out it had scenes from movies such as The Wizard of Oz and Alien, and got really hyped for the next time I make it to Disney World. But now it's dead. Greeeeeeaaaat.
Goodbyee RIP Great Movie Ride 1989-2017, and Universe of Energy 1982-2017
no one cares about the universe of energy
Universe of Energy could have been so much better if they had an actual energy scientist, i.e. a geologist, on there! Instead we had to make a deep discussion light-hearted. I loved Universe of Energy don't get me wrong but Disney missed out on that one
This was one of my favorites I've been to Disney like 6 times and me and my family love going on this ride
I really wish I could get some of the props used in this ride..
BrendanTheGent I call dibs on James Cagney's tux 😝
Larry O 🤣🤣
Same...it was my favorite ride as a kid...I wish I had the xenomorph animatronic
I would want the plane
BrendanTheGent Same so I could give some to my Drama teacher, and maybe keep some because I love Disney!
I think the timing was wrong for shutting this down when there is so little to ride at the moment.
R.I.P. Great Movie Ride it was my favorite ride as a kid 😢
Today is August 13, 2017. May you rest in peace, Great Movie Ride!
The bank robbery was the one I usually had. The gangster scene was the one I usually didn't get ;-;
When I went on it, we got the bank scene. That was one time.
I've been going for 20+ years and only this year have I finally gotten the Western scene.
Squiward Tentacles coincidence I think
So
i always got the gangster shootout. the gangster cast members were always super fun to chat with, too. (if you sat up front like my lucky butt did.)
Recently, I noticed they would use Show B (gangster scene) for the fast pass line. I already miss this ride so much.
that ride has so many memories its such a pain to see it go it will be missed greatly wish I could've gone one last time
Man this was My Dad's Favorite Disney Ride. He would be sad to see it go.
And this doesn't even touch on how great the line leading up to the ride was! Showing all those classic movie trailers was so cool! The Alien one always gave me chills
I am thirteen years old and I have never been to Disney World. I am missing out on so many great rides. This ride and the Tower of Terror. :''(
Tower of Terror is still in Disney World, don't worry.
Really? Someone told me it was closing. Thanks!
James Swift I'm pretty sure the one in Disney world will close. Disney seem to want to purge all their outside sources and use what they own to save money and since they decided not to renew the TCM contract, they probably won't renew the cbs one.
Larry O I've heard that when the contract with Twilight Zone ends that they will keep it open and just change the name,I hope that makes sense. Also I hope that's what happens
I hope that is the case but there's so much twilght zone references and not to mention Rod Sterling narrates the ride, so doubt they would go through all that trouble to revamp everything, I mean they could've did that with this ride and just put scenes of movies from their archive. I see that they are trying to be self sufficient which is why they aquired Marvel and Star Wars and I'm sure there would be a marvel land soon.
I road the great movie ride seven times this weekend! I will miss it so much! Love the Casablanca scene!
This was always one of my favorite rides!
They should put the Mickey ride in the building where the Great Movie Ride operates and keep the Chinese Theater as a walkthrough of the movies/animatronics/props from the ride!!!!
Kevin Schwaller that’s a good idea
I'm sooo sad that it's leaving especially since it fed my movie knowledge (cuz I'm a HUGE movie buff and know a lot about movies but I know a lot more thanks to this classic ride)!!!! I loved that ride especially "the Wizard of Oz" scenes cuz that's one of my all time favorite films since I was little!!! I'm soooo sad that knowing when I go to Disney next it won't be there!!!! But we always have the videos to remember it!!!! My heart is aching!!! RIP THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE!!!! YOU WERE THE "GREATEST"!!!!!
equestriangirl922 this ride made me love movies as much as I do now! I’m very sad that it’s gone now, so many childhood memories....
This was my favorite ride there! I’m a big musical theatre person and I love old movies so it always felt magical to go on this ride.
Michael Eisner saved Disney, so more people should be thankful
bigevilworldwide1 I couldn't have said it any better
bigevilworldwide1 Bob is a man that doesn't have imagination, he rather just buy it. If anyone has embodied the spirit of Walt it was Michael. Yes he was brash and wasn't perfect but he made Disney feel like Disney. He did what he had to do to save the mouse ears. From Day one he was in imagineering planning new ideas. Bob is just a talking head that is out of his league and should be running chase bank instead of a creative company. As a former cast member I saw the difference between the Eisner era and Bob's. It didn't feel like Disney anymore so I quit. Disney War by James B Stewart documents how Disney would have been sold off in pieces probably to a Japanese company and today Disney world would have looked more like Nara Dreamland or Six Flags
The Great Movie Ride and The Carousel Of Progress are my two favorite rides!!!
Rip to the great movie ride never forgotten
I'm very thankful I got to see this ride just before it closed! If I'd gone a month later I would've been too late
Why are they doing away with the classics?? First Tower of Terror and now The Great Movie Ride, what's gonna go next?
Last I checked, Tower of Terror is still at Disney World.
purpleshamrock17 It is, but they redid the one in Disney Land to Guardians of the Galaxy
So if the one in FL is still around, what's the problem?
They're going to be making the FL one into Guardians of the Galaxy, too, since that's doing so well in CA.
Flutterbutt225 They're making a Guardians of Galaxy ride in Epcot, but it's replacing Ellen's Energy Adventure, not the Tower of Terror.
I am honestly going to miss this ride a lot but at the same time, I am happy to see it go.
R.I.P the great movie ride I love you 😫😫😰😭😭
Man, I'm sad now. This was one of my favorite rides and I'm going to Disney in September :( gonna miss this.
This was my favorite ride as a child at Hollywood Studios I'm so happy I went this year and rode it again before this. I'm devastated to know it is gone...it will be forever missed and a classic. 😢
aw man I'm going to miss this ride when it's gone 😢
Went DHS yesterday and rode The Great Movie Ride for the last time. Rode twice to get show A and B. It was bittersweet.
The last 30 seconds brought me to tears
That was 14 minutes of amazingness! I'm a HUGE Disney fan and I didn't even know some of this stuff. Great facts, editing, and voiceover! 👏🏻👏🏻
So sad to see this ride go. My heart actually broke after the announcement of this closing. My mom always tells me that even when I was 8, I'd always drag her to this ride and probably found my love of movies because of this ride. One of my favorite memories was finding out that there was a western scene. I asked a cast member if I could see that scene and happily got to see it. Thank you Great Movie Ride for all the wonderful years you gave me and others. You will be missed.
IT CLOSED!!!!!!!!!! Noooooooo I loved that ride😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I actually went on vacation at Disney World, and I rode on that ride a week before it got shut down. I was so sad when I saw it go. One of my favorites. 😭
I'll miss the "alien" in "the great movie ride"
steve blum Me too! I'm totally blind so the alien itself never scared me, but the scene's atmosphere sure did. The smell in the room, the self-destruct alarm, and all the random bursts of steam (is that what it was?) always made me want to get out ASAP. Wizard of Oz was my second favorite because that movie's a classic. And so was this ride. I sure wish it didn't have to go. The Mickey ride sounds fun, but it should have replaced Voyage instead.
Stephanie Burdick The random bursts of steam were from the alien moving through the vents. Always was my favorite part of my favorite ride at Disney.
Me and my mom absolutely loved that ride! I can't believe they're going to take it down! And, me and my family are going back during September 2017, so we won't able to go again. Oh well
What was your favorite part in the Great Movie Ride? Mine will forever be the Wizard Of Oz section. I wish that now that this ride is closing they would create a Wizard Of Oz ride to continue to represent the movie in some way.
The Wild West bank robbery scene would probably be my favorite, and a Wizard of Oz ride would be cool, although Disney and MGM don't have the best relationship regarding Wizard of Oz rights so it would probably never happen unfortunately.
Mine will forever be the Wizard of Oz part, because every time I have been on the ride, one of the anamatronics have malfunctioned during this part. I do hope next weekend when I do truly get to see the movie end, that everything will be perfect this one last time.
i'm literally crying right now i'm gonna miss this ride so so much
This is really making me wish I'd bought a trading pin for the ride when I was there last.
Im glad to say i went on the the great movie ride its last few months :) it was so great! Speaking that me and my mother are both huge movie [as anyone in there right mind is] lovers and geeks, we had an absolute BLAST on this ride! We kept on sharing facts, our favorite scenes, i wish this ride was still open, and going, had a great time on it, R.I.P. great movie ride, gone but never forgotten!
I think they should have kept it the Great Movie Ride and just switched it to Disney films since they won't have TCM any longer.
That fact about half the Casa Blanca plane being at Jungle Cruise in MK is so freaking cool!!
I don't think they should shut down this whole thing for a Mickey ride! The crew worked so hard and took a lot of the time! For it to be closed is heartbreaking, preposterous. It was original and a new experience for the children and adults who have watched and adored the movies! It brought you a feeling that's familiar like you remember, but it's still a blur. You felt like you were in the movie or it brought you back to when you were younger. It brought you memories!
What a shame to waste that ride on something that has already been made! I mean come on! How many disney related rides do we have? Tons.
This ride was absolutely one of a kind!
I guess a mickey ride is new, sure it would be as awesome as the others, but you can't throw away an attraction like this!
I loved this ride and always got goosebumps when I heard the opening music "Hooray for Hollywood". The ride already died a bit for me when they reduced the spiel of the cast members guiding through the ride. A great cast member (and in my opinion, most of them were) added so much to the ride with their narration!
I liked the western scene much better, but unfortunately more often got the gangster scene. I just thought the bank robbery was much cooler with the fire and all.
The Sensurround effect in the final film montage was also very cool (the loud rumbling noise when Indy runs from the stone ball or when the Millenium Falcon enters Hyperspace) but if I remember correctly this effect was taken out a few years ago, maybe when they updated it with the sponsoring of TCM.
Ah, this ride will be missed very much by me. Pretty much up there with my beloved Adventurer's Club and Comedy Warehouse!
While I'm not jumping up and down at the idea of closing and GMR, it is understandable. Disney's contract with TCM ends at the end of this year. Disney wasn't thrilled with the idea of using other companies's properties in their attractions. They decided to replace the attraction ASAP, as they didn't think that it was worth it to pay for outdated IPs.
I had no idea they were closing this ride!! It was my fave at Hollywood Studios
_"Thats a wrap!"_
I was under the mistaken impression that there were two tracks for the middle section of the ride. I guess there was just one track but the higher-capacity mode ran the two "bad guy" scenes in the same pipeline. That makes a lot of sense. The one time I rode it I actually got Show A, the Wild West scene.
Why must they take away this attraction?!?! It's a classic. Am I the only one outraged about this?
Jillian Tavares No your not, you should of seen me when I learned this information.
I never rode it but still your not the only one
RIP GREAT MOVIE RIDE!
I really loved this ride. It had nostalgic scenes and was relaxing. I hope the Mickey mouse ride that takes its place is just as good, if not better.
I love the ALIEN scene, but always thought it was out of place. Wasn't Eisner on an ALIEN kick at the time and wanted the Xenomorph for Alien Encounter at MK? Also, I thought C-3PO and R2-D2 were in the Raiders scene. Or is that the Mandela effect (because they ARE in the actual movie.)
The droids are in hieroglyphs
Adventures by George I never saw anything in that scene I always close my eyes
YES ALIEN SCENE IS THE BEST!!!!!
I loved the alien part! When the alien pops out of the vent while your riding UGH it was so good
the droids - and Mickey and Donald - appeared in the walls' carvings as hieroglyphs yes
Wow! This is so heartbreaking :,( The Great Movie Ride was one of my all time favorite attractions I have ever experienced 💔
It's funny that in all the videos discussing this ride, they all mention that 'Show A' is the more rarer version... yet... I've seen 'Show A' performed much more than 'Show B'. Maybe I just had a habit for being there at the right times.
Had no idea a twister scene was supposed to go where the Fantasia one is. I thought the whole scene and set felt out of place and now I know why, thank you.
Gonna miss this ride. It's a simple one but I got to enjoy it while I could.
I would buy the alien props from the ride because they are probably going to throw them out.
I loved this ride. We are returning to Disney the end of October and when I heard this ride was closing I was so sad. This is one ride I could have rode over and over again. I will miss this ride when I return to Disney again. It will be good to have a Mickey ride, however The Great Movie Ride was wonderful.
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So do we!
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I remember show A ! I never really noticed they were different but now you point it out, and I remember both!
I have been seeing Oswald, I hope you have a good day.
I wish I was alive to see the great movie ride in real life! Thank you so much for posting all this amazing content! I love it all, especially in Covid times where we can’t go see it ourselves! I love to know all the secrets! Thank you sooooo much again! Love your expression in all your vids! ❤️⭐️
Super Vidéo comme d'habitude! im french!😉
Holy crap! I got to see the rare Cowboy Shootout portion of the ride when I was younger! Sweet!
Disney needs to stop with updating stuff. First, they got rid of Tower of Terror and replaced it with a big huge ugly building. Then, they got rid of TGMR and are going to replace it with a Mickey Mouse rip off of Big Thunder Mountain. And they a rumored to redo California Screaming and redo it with the Incredibles! Stupid right? The only good update is that they are rumored to do an Indiana Jones land in Animal Kingdom. I would much rather have an Indiana Jones land then a Star Wars land, even though I do like Star Wars.
Everytime my family and I used to ride this, we would ALWAYS get the Cowboy show and not the Gangster show. I think we only got the Gangster show once in awhile. Kinda neat to see that we always got the rare show.
I feel like Disney is going down a path that Universal is going with their attractions!!!!!!!!!🐭=🌎
So Mouse takes over the world?
Joey H no I don't think so cuz uni loves there SCREENZ more then Disney is
Part of the reason this ride is closed down was because of the rights to these movies, actors, and companies is expiring. I don't think Disney wanted to take this one down, but they were required to.
Mickey = Disney = mouse, which is now equal to Universal = earth. That is kinda funny though ;)
I was there when it opened up, but as a kid thin, that ride heavily influenced my love for films. It will be missed.
Nooooo I went on this ride two years ago and my family was planned on getting Disney tickets and going on this ride but now it's closing😥. Whyyyyyyyy
i remember going on this when i was a kid and being so excited when the actor playing the gangster would interact with me...im gonna miss this ride a whole lot, it was so unique and awesome
Went on it On Wednesday. Now, I can't go on it to see this. :'(
The end made my eyes fill with tears! I’ve never ever ever EVER been on The Great Movie Ride
How bout the goofy ride, does that not technically count as a Mickey ride?
Nicholas Marshall sort of but it does not have a plot
There's no story thought
this ride is what got me into musicals and all that jazz it was such a huge part of what made me who I am I always loved the gangster scene (I got it all but once!) and I remember one time I got kinda sassy with the cast member and they reacted and responded with such perfection! this ride was the icon of MGM and taking it away is just not right! it would be like tearing down the Hollywood sign or taking away any big piece of history!
I hate they are taking that ride away. It was great.
I'm gonna miss this ride, I loved it way too much