Great Movie Ride - Improved or not?

[EOD K9]

I've got video of the ride from July I can post up later.

The ride might as well be automated as the cast member really feels out of place every time they speak. The narration is done well and the effects on the ride are decent but it doesn't feel the same as it used to.

Which makes me wonder. Every time I have been on that ride, the CM says that horror was one of their favorite genres. Was that part of their casting process?

Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Comedy.
Interviewer: Next!
Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Musicals!
Interviewer: Get out!
Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Horror!!
Interviewer: You're hired, congratulations!

 

[bethymouse]

They still need to do a few more "touch-ups" IMHO.

 

[MaxW]

wasted sponsorship. The queue wasn't my concern, it was the show scenes being very dull and that 2 out 3 times the audio doesn't match the scene. Just love hearing about mary poppins while looking at the AA for singing in the rain

 

[POLY LOVER]

wasted sponsorship. The queue wasn't my concern, it was the show scenes being very dull and that 2 out 3 times the audio doesn't match the scene. Just love hearing about mary poppins while looking at the AA for singing in the rain

when I went through that all seemed to be fixed.

 

[Kevin_W]

Which makes me wonder. Every time I have been on that ride, the CM says that horror was one of their favorite genres. Was that part of their casting process?

Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Comedy.
Interviewer: Next!
Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Musicals!
Interviewer: Get out!
Interviewer: What is your favorite movie genre?
CM: Horror!!
Interviewer: You're hired, congratulations!

Funny! But after you answer that correctly, you must then state that James Cagney is one of your favorite tough guys. (I'm older than most/all of the tour guides I've had on GMR and I've never seen a James Cagney movie.)

 

[Jahona]

wasted sponsorship. The queue wasn't my concern, it was the show scenes being very dull and that 2 out 3 times the audio doesn't match the scene. Just love hearing about mary poppins while looking at the AA for singing in the rain

I think the issue that I experienced is due to how short the distance is between the Singing in the Rain scene and Marry Poppins. You can see in the video the front of the car is already almost to the double doors that open. The audio isn't delayed based on position so you would get a bit of overlap.

when I went through that all seemed to be fixed.

Poly were you at the very back of the ride vehicle? I rode it twice once while at the very front and once at the back. Personally the front gives you a better experience.

 

[POLY LOVER]

I think the issue that I experienced is due to how short the distance is between the Singing in the Rain scene and Marry Poppins. You can see in the video the front of the car is already almost to the double doors that open. The audio isn't delayed based on position so you would get a bit of overlap.


Poly were you at the very back of the ride vehicle? I rode it twice once while at the very front and once at the back. Personally the front gives you a better experience.

I think the front most times maybe that is the issue, but the last time I rode it things like the fire in the western /gangster scene worked and before it was not working.

 

[Bugz]

We were on it in july and its still great possibly better but not worse , still one of my favorites

 

[graphite1326]

I'm confused, wasn't there always a narration besides the driver/live host?

 

[fractal]

Was on it a few weeks ago and reviewed it in my current Trip Report.

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/thank-heaven-for-little-girls.903205/page-7

I liked Robert Osbourne in the queue line film but not as much during the ride through. I just wrote this yesterday-

"As much as I enjoyed Robert Osbourne in the queue line, I felt the narration during the ride was sometimes out of place, unnecessary or awkward ( "awk' as Alex would say) and would rather have the CM do all the narration. Specifically during the times when things went "off schedule" with the CM (such as the gangster or cowboy parts), Robert would "comment" on the happenings as if he were there. OK - we all know this is a canned narration - now we have to believe that he is somehow watching from above and observing what's going on? It certainly took away from the uncertainty created in those sequences when the CM goes into action."

It really became distracting when the Cowboy/Gangster left the tram to steal the gem.

"Here was the part were Robert Osbourne commented on the foolishness of the Cowboy to try and get the gem. It's almost insulting to our intelligence. Without the canned narration you want to spontaneously clap for our CM hero. With the narration, it felt too "awk" and nobody clapped which diminished the fun of the ride."


I'd rather have the CM do all the narration, but the Osbourne narration would be so much better if you cut out the parts where he comments on the CM skit.

 

[Jahona]

I'm confused, wasn't there always a narration besides the driver/live host?

Some parts had narration like the Alien scene and Indiana Jones but most of it came from cast member dialogue.

Here is an example of before TCM made changes.

 

[stevem85]

I just returned from my vacation on Sunday. This was the very first attraction I went on when I arrived to WDW. I have to say the new additions were fantastic. I felt like the ride had a new life. I loved all of the new additions.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Any word on whether or not the animatronics for this attraction will ever be upgraded?