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I will most definitely miss the Great Movie Ride and also Ellen’s Energy Adventure. What will I miss most ? Well….
The Great Movie Ride: I loved MGM Studios in the 90’s, and The Great Movie Ride really was the epitome of what the theme park was originally modeled around – Classic Hollywood! I love the animatronics, and the campy ride vehicle hosts, and also the film montage at the end of the ride. I mean… who else wasn’t completely blown away the first time that you went into Oz and heard the munchkins singing?!! Wasn’t that a cool surprise?
Universe of Energy: While I know that Ellen’s Energy Adventure is very long, and quite boring… it will always hold a dear place in my heart because it was my 14 year old son’s favorite ride when he was 3 1/2. I can remember riding this thing over, and over, and over again with him so that he could see the dinosaurs
He still absolutely loves EEE, and still actually says its in his top 3 rides in all of WDW. :blush: So yeah, I’m going to miss it because of the amazing memories that I made there with my son I will miss both of these attractions! I didn’t always appreciate them or what they had to offer in my younger days. But once we started really taking our time at the parks to enjoy all that they had to offer, we really appreciated both of these!
I always had this vague memory from childhood about dinosaurs at WDW but I didn’t know what the ride was. I honestly thought I had dreamed it. That was until my hubby and I went to WDW together on one of our first trips together there in 2009 or 2010. We needed a break while walking around EPCOT and we were near Ellen’s. I had honestly forgotten that it was a 45 minute attraction and actually chuckled when they gave the spiel reminding you to use the restroom ahead of time. My hubby has always been a huge dinosaur fan, shoot, he wanted to be a paleontologist when he was a kid! So he thought it was pretty cool! Somehow those plastic seats are comfy! We would often use this attraction as an afternoon break from the heat or cold and just relaxed. Sometimes my hubby would nap, sometimes he wouldn’t.
But we started incorporating in our must do’s on nearly every trip since then. With Great Movie Ride, we did this on our first trips together and then skipped it for a bit because we honestly just weren’t spending much time in Hollywood Studios. But over the past year or so, we’ve ridden it on every single trip. It was a great break! But I loved all of the scenes during the ride and really loved the movie clips at the end! I do remember from my younger days how much the Alien scared me!!!! It’s funny because I didn’t know until a couple of years ago that there were two scene options! I had always gotten Gangster!! I also didn’t know that you could request a scene! So the 1st and only time we got the Cowboy scene was on our final ride in April! Sort of fitting, I suppose! And that’s a wrap folks!
I saw this thread while I was on vacation but had only my phone so I didn’t try to type out a response. A little late but I think I beat @steve’s deadline.
What I will miss most about both rides are the unique elements. With the Great Movie Ride it is the cast members appearing in the set and hijacking the car, For Elen’s it is the really cool ride system I only rode it once because it was closed one each of my other 9 trips to the world. When I did ride it I kept thinking how the system could be used for a really interesting ride at least before I dozed off.
The theming in the queue and building of GMR was pretty cool too.
Thanks Steve and Chelle for the contest and upcoming live stream
I will miss being able to sit for a while whilst being entertained and enjoying some nice cool air conditioning. Laying on the floor watching the U of E preshow (back when they let you sprawl out all over the carpeted floor). Did I mention the nice cool air conditioning? Watching the film clips during the GMR preshow and walking through the hollywood museum whilst in the quueueueueueueueueueu.. The real life dinos during the U of E ride. Did I mention the nice cool air conditioning?
What I will miss most about both rides are the unique elements. With the Great Movie Ride it is the cast members appearing in the set and hijacking the car, For Elen’s it is the really cool ride system
Yes! I never thought about this but you’re right. I was always amazed by the cars in these rides and how when I was a child it was so impressive that they moved by themselves but didn’t have a track. I would really feel like I was back with the dinosaurs because you were there in your car without a CM. It was really immersive to me.
I will also miss being yelled at by Ellen for being late. I promise to think about that next time!
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