An exciting new ride is coming to the Main Street Cinema! Dedicated to one of the most important films ever made, guests will enter through the Cinema for A Trip to the Moon!
Released in 1903, A Trip to the Moon is considered to be the birth of science fiction and special effects in film. A landmark moment in turn of the century cinema.
-facade-
The facade will remain mostly the same as the current Main Street Cinema. The marque will now be advertising that they are now playing "A Trip to the Moon" and posters will be hung outside. Naturally, a stand by wait time indicator and a fastpass+ return entrance will both be added.
-queue-
The current cinema will become the "lobby" of the theater. The room will be enclosed (no more cutting through to the other shops). Small exhibits about the invention of motion pictures and important moments in turn of the century era cinema will fill this section of the queue. Instead of heading into the "theater doors," the queue is directed up stairs into the projector room. What guests don't realize, is that they actually go up 1 and a half flights of stairs. This will be important soon.
The rest of the queue winds around reels of film and the fake projector for the theater. Posters for various films of the era dot the walls. Guests will then walk back down stairs (only half a flight) into the "theater." (In reality, there are two boarding areas themed as theaters. But to guests, it will appear there is only one)
-Boarding Area-
Guests are ushered into their seats in the ride vehicle. The vehicles are simply themed and resemble smaller versions of those used on Universe of Energy. There are 5 rows, 6 seats apart.
Once guests are seated, the film is projected onto the wall in front of them, after the title screen, the wall to guests right side opens and the vehicles move sideways into the film!
-Ride Through-
The ride itself is based upon the more famous first half of the film. It ends before the less well known section with the aliens. The ride is a classic style slow moving dark ride. Similar to Peter Pan's Flight and other classic dark rides, the scenes usually transition by the vehicles turning a corner. Effects are simple, most characters are represented by either manicans or cut outs. There are no complex animatronics, just a few simple motion figures.
-scene 1-
Scene one features the professor telling the crowd of academics about his plan to use a cannon to travel to the moon. The crowd are primarily cut outs. The professor moves his arm as he gestures at the blackboard. The blackboard has his drawing projected on to it to better illustrate the concept of the cannon to the Moon to guests as well as to add more life to the scene.
-Scene 2-
We see the academics loading into the capsule. The man in the pink coat is waving his hat. The only main difference between the picture and the ride is that the man in the pink coat is now facing guests and waving at us.
-Scene 3-
A mix of mannicans and cut outs represent the excited crowd around the cannon. A blast can be heard as smoke bellows out the top of the cannon (much like the actual film, most of the cannon is just a matte painting. Smoke comes out the tip though to help make it seen real)
-Scene 4-
After a quick travel through space (dark room with star lights and fake clouds), guests see the absolutely iconic scene of the Moon with the capsule crashed into it. This will be done just how it was on Horizons.
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-Scene 5-
We then see the capsule crashed on the surface of the moon. The academics are seen standing around the Moon as simple motion figures looking around with wonder and awe leading into...
-Scene 6-
The weird space women thing. It is just part of the grand visuals of the alien lunar landscape from the film that makes up the finale of the ride. Vehicles finally enter into a cavern for the exit.
-Unload/Exit-
A cavern full of steampunk alien technology is theunload station. After safely unloading and traveling down a moving walkway (remember, we've been on the second floor all this time), guest exit through Milies Market (named for George Milies, director of the film). A gift shop featuring retro sci-do themed merchandise. The gift shop exits into Tomorrowland between Buzz Lightyear and Carousel of progress.
Having the ride exit in Tomorrowland even though it enters in from Main Street will help disperse crowds and connect the two lands. The ride being on the second floor minimizes it's effect on the back stage area it will be built above.
Overall, this will be a solid, people eater, High capacity C-Ticket to help absord Magic Kingdom crowds, disperse people away from the congested Main Street, and bring a new life and energy to the front of the park.
Now I'm at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. 
