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News Disney Not Renewing Great Movie Ride Sponsorship Deal with TCM ; Attraction to Close
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TeriofTerror
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Charging full price during this transition is unconscionable. I wrote George K. and said so.
CinematicFusion
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I'm with you, used to love this ride but didn't enjoy it last time I was on it. Not a terrible ride but not a headliner. Wouldn't care if it disappeared as long as it's replaced by something different. If it's a food court or imagination 2.0....please leave TGMR.
PhotoDave219
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PhotoDave219
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Its like whether or not you want to put the kitten in the blender or in the microwave. All your choices suck.
Magenta Panther
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First of all, please lose the "hate" stuff. I don't. That's a label the Muppet faithful here pinned on me because for them, there is no shade of gray - you either love the muppets to pieces or you hate them and you're a bad person.
I have a dog and a cat, and love them both.
PhotoDave219
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Okay I'm in full blown meltdown mode. Just wow
I'm sorry, i was too enthralled with the idea of a kitten in a blender.
And yes, i used this joke on jason's facebook the other day. I'm a lazy comedian.
PhotoDave219
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I'm a dog person so bye bye kitty
Shame I cant be more verbose.
I'll reach out to some people but I haven't heard anything about GMR since the TCM sponsorship. We'll see.
erasure fan1
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Every day it seems Disney forgets more and more what made them great in the first place. Everything they do now is for the wrong reason. If only they would take the money for this new attraction and make the great movie ride the epic ride that it should be. I guess you just can't reason with greed.
CDavid
Well-Known Member
Nothing is safe anymore
I agree, of course, but also I don't think anyone would ever suggest gutting the centerpiece attraction to a park, yet it has been proposed for Spaceship Earth at Epcot and now The Great Movie Ride. If there is nothing sacred, then there is nothing completely and permanently safe.
One positive to keeping a half-shuttered park open is it protects Tower of Terror (for the moment, at least). If the park were closed, the Twilight Zone Tower would be a goner.
Quoted because I couldn't like this post more than once.
You can't realize how bad I don't want to agree with you - but I reluctantly do agree.
If you are going to ask premium prices for admission to your park, you have to deliver an experience worthy of the asking price. That means numbers of big-ticket attractions (look at Disneyland's attraction count). Otherwise the park becomes something people do because it can be cheaply added to their existing tickets (figure the park is worth an extra day on a four or five day pass even now, with it half closed off - but wouldn't Disney rather have the full ticket price over $100).
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I hate to say this but Disney/MGM was never a "great" park. It was done on the quick and cheap.
PhotoDave219
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MotherOfBirds
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I'm starting to wonder if TDO is just having a collective stroke. Quick, boys! Do you smell toast?!
So the Hollywood theme is kaput then, I assume? The rumored "Disney Hollywood Adventure" rename wouldn't even make sense anymore. The backlot tour, the car stunt show, half the city facades, and the ride specifically devoted to classic movies are all gone or will be soon and ToT still isn't out of the woods yet either. I know we joke about Disney's IP Studios, but I'm honestly at a loss as to where the theme is headed.
So the Hollywood theme is kaput then, I assume? The rumored "Disney Hollywood Adventure" rename wouldn't even make sense anymore. The backlot tour, the car stunt show, half the city facades, and the ride specifically devoted to classic movies are all gone or will be soon and ToT still isn't out of the woods yet either. I know we joke about Disney's IP Studios, but I'm honestly at a loss as to where the theme is headed.
DisneyGentlemanV2.0
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...and the mission statement is now IP. So...
Biff215
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And it still leaves you with the Indy stunt show and a ton of studio looking warehouses. If I actually believed Disney had a vision that would bring this all together, I'd be fine with it. And if they did, they would have been wise to announce that much like they did with DCA.
I don't think this has anything to do with GMR being an issue with the new park theme, but simply Iger and his boys looking for a big pre-existing building to shove Guardians into, regardless of theme. If Tower and Energy are also truly considerations, it simply proves this point. This could make Frozen look like a no brainer in Norway.
alissafalco
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Yep, crap is exactly what it is! SMH
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
That's funny right there!
MikeTaylorSound
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I'd say my biggest complaint with Hollywood Studios is people leaving Fantasmic! clogging up Sunset Blvd on their way out of the park. Utilize a park exit bypass (like MK), using a small portion of Perimeter Road and just south of the boat launch build a bridge to the parking lot/buses. Wait a minute, that'd be too nice, just let them walk around the front entrance.
dm11
Active Member
This is starting to become a pattern: first Maelstrom -> FEA, then (substantiated) UOE -> GotG rumor, now GMR -> <some IP based ride>. Actually, if we count additions in DHS (SWE and TSL) it almost sounds like Uni's playbook over the last few years: pure additions mixed up with replacements for outdated attractions. Which is all good in theory. But in reality, is GMR really an outdated attraction? And even if it is, is the replacement appropriate response or rather it should be a serious refub/refresher? I absolutely agree that Maelstrom was outdated (honestly, not sure it was ever really good). And even though I personally like UOE, I can buy argument that it is outdated and needs a replacement. I do not see that with GMR though. I would absolutely love a serious refresh job, things like modern day AAs, perhaps some screenz were appropriate (only in moderation, please don't shoot me ), movie lineup refresh, etc. But absolutely not a complete replacement. Whatever else is coming in there, it could and should be going into either an expansion space or in one of dead areas. This park needs more rides. Period. This in the end does not really help that much. Even if what comes in is actually better than GMR it is still close to zero net gain, unless it is a massive super-duper E-ticket that everybody will just love. Which somehow I doubt at this point. Keeping GMR and sprinkling some love (aka refreshments) on it, and building new ride elsewhere would seem like much more prudent course of action.
), movie lineup refresh, etc. But absolutely not a complete replacement. Whatever else is coming in there, it could and should be going into either an expansion space or in one of dead areas. This park needs more rides. Period. This in the end does not really help that much. Even if what comes in is actually better than GMR it is still close to zero net gain, unless it is a massive super-duper E-ticket that everybody will just love. Which somehow I doubt at this point. Keeping GMR and sprinkling some love (aka refreshments) on it, and building new ride elsewhere would seem like much more prudent course of action.