The Great Movie Ride: The Complete Experience | Disney's Hollywood Studios (4K Upscale)

The Great Movie Ride: The Complete Experience | Disney's Hollywood Studios (4K Upscale)

The Great Movie Ride was a dark ride located at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. The attraction employed the use of Audio-Animatronic figures, practical sets, live actors, special effects, and projections to recreate iconic scenes from twelve classic films throughout motion picture history. The attraction, which debuted with the park on May 1, 1989, was located inside the park's replica of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, one of Hollywood's most famous movie palaces.

The Great Movie Ride was originally developed by Walt Disney Imagineering as a pavilion for the Future World section of Epcot. Under the direction of Michael Eisner and Marty Sklar, the concept was expanded into a third theme park that included the dark ride as its centrepiece. To accurately represent a broad spectrum of cinema, Disney also incorporated films from outside of its own library, mainly through its licensing agreement with MGM. Turner Classic Movies sponsored the attraction for the final two years of its operation, with TCM film historian Robert Osborne serving as the attraction's host during that time.

The Great Movie Ride closed on August 13, 2017, becoming the park's last opening-day attraction to permanently close. The attraction was replaced by Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway.

Area: Hollywood Boulevard
Status: Retired Ride Attraction
Opening date: May 1, 1989
Closing date: August 13, 2017
Replaced by: Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway

Ride statistics
Attraction type: Backlot tour dark ride
Designer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme: Motion picture history
Music: "Hooray for Hollywood" by Richard A. Whiting (load area only)
Length: 587 m (1,926 ft)
Vehicle type: Automated guided vehicles (AGV)
Vehicles: 2 cars per ride vehicle
Riders per vehicle: 70
Rows: 6 per car
Duration: 22 minutes
Audio-animatronics: 59
Sponsors: Coca-Cola (1989–1998) Turner Classic Movies (2015–2017)
Pre-show host: Robert Osborne (2015–2017)

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