Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway vs The Great Movie Ride

I enjoyed GMR. It was always a highlight of the trip to the Studios. I do think it’s a bit outdated, I had never heard of any of the films in the ride (excluding Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins) before riding it for my first time in ’08. As time went on, the more dated it seemed, but it was still fun. The Alien scene was my favorite, but I think that a good Alien attraction would really only come from Universal. I also think GMR’s closing was ill timed. The park seemed pretty empty at the time, but still doable. Now it seems like a waste of money/time.
The new Mickey ride was something I was very excited for when announced at D23, and I can’t wait to ride it. I love the “new” Mickey shorts that it is based off, and it looks to be a very exciting and technologically advanced ride. Just wish it came a little sooner or later than the new lands.

SEJ101 wrote:

I also think GMR’s closing was ill timed. The park seemed pretty empty at the time, but still doable. Now it seems like a waste of money/time.

I definitely agree! They should not have closed as much as they did, all at once. It has made the park kind of a waste of time because there’s hardly anything to do and everyone is cramming to do those same few rides, making the wait times horrendous. There was no need to do it that way. Also they shouldn’t have close stuff 2 years before doing anything with it, in my opinion, that just made things worse. But, I digress

This was an attraction that could have been updated easily… especially in the queue area (movie screen) and the end of the ride (movie screen)… they could have just shown different movie clips in these areas… this could have bought them enough time till Star Wars Land opens up THEN close GMR for a make over. My $.02