FettFan
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I was among those who saw it…when combined with the speed of the coaster train, it gave off the illusion that you could touch almost touch its hand ‘Creation of Adam’ style.
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I was among those who saw it…when combined with the speed of the coaster train, it gave off the illusion that you could touch almost touch its hand ‘Creation of Adam’ style.
Poseidon Quest
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I never saw PUSH, but I did encounter the lesser known "Pipa the Talking Recycling Can". It was the same concept, but roved around Rafiki's Planet Watch.
communicorn96
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I forgot the Honey the Shrunk the kids playground. It was cool to wander around but by my first visit i was too big for the slide 
PUSH was fun to watch.
I remember seeing it one time. PUSH was talking with a guy who was apparently waiting for his girlfriend or wife to come out of the restroom. The driver had it go over near the restrooms - "Annnngggiiiieee!! Annnngggiiiieee!!".
WorldExplorer
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I got to be a junior stunt driver at Lights Motors Action. They gave me a remote control, told me I was driving a real car, and that I should make it jump between two ramps.
There was a real driver, of course, but I got a certificate and special pin for it. I still have them.
Oh, I forgot IllumiNations. I saw a lot of things when I was pretty young so don't remember them too well. That includes Under New Management, but I included it as a badge of dishonor.
At one point I was keeping track of how much money I sunk into the games, but it kinda got away from me. Did you get any of them?
There was a real driver, of course, but I got a certificate and special pin for it. I still have them.
Oh, I forgot IllumiNations. I saw a lot of things when I was pretty young so don't remember them too well. That includes Under New Management, but I included it as a badge of dishonor.
At one point I was keeping track of how much money I sunk into the games, but it kinda got away from me. Did you get any of them?
Splashin' Ryan
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When I was a child I got to go to the Siemen's lounge in EPCOT multiple times (now the area becoming the lounge this year). Even not being the parks fan I am today, I thought it was really cool. For it's time it was pretty high tech; a secret passcode to enter the door, color changing glass floors that I could choose the color of myself which was my favorite part probably, the one conference room that overlooked Fountain of Nations had glass you could switch from transparent to opaque, and of course our very own entrance to the Spaceship Earth ride itself with a door directly at the loading station. It was all pretty neat and I'm sure I'd enjoy it even more today if I could still go there. Guess I'll have to see what the new lounge is like to compare or reminisce.
Splashin' Ryan
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Also... not even that long ago but I got to see original Rivers of Light show WITH the live actors (before they were cut and the show changed) that walked around the crowd mysteriously before the show started. Defintely one of my all time favorite shows and soundtracks at Disney and I commend them for trying something new.
Would still love to know what the extended version of the show was like that previewed a few times to cast members but never premiered and there's no footage of it anywhere online. Also, all the floating lanters in the concept art would've been sooooo cool to see.
Would still love to know what the extended version of the show was like that previewed a few times to cast members but never premiered and there's no footage of it anywhere online. Also, all the floating lanters in the concept art would've been sooooo cool to see.
Agent H
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I bet none of that is there when the new lounge opens.
donaldtoo
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When we were on our family trip in July of 2012, our two older children (21 and 19, at the time) were chosen to be townspeople/extras in “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!”.
Maybe not impressive, but they both had a blast, and, unfortunately, they don’t have that audience participation bit anymore.
Anyway, a great memory…!!!
Maybe not impressive, but they both had a blast, and, unfortunately, they don’t have that audience participation bit anymore.
Anyway, a great memory…!!!
NickMaio
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How about Ninja Turtles in their own parade at MGM studios....?
That was a radical memory.
We are talking about "experiences". I got another one. The the Lobster Thermidor at:
Was an era where the food at Disney was a notch above. I miss that era.
Was an era where the food at Disney was a notch above. I miss that era.
The Empress Lilly
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The Empress Lilly! The forgotten queen of Disney elegance - back when WDW strove for that still
My additions to the list:
A live Western stunt show in Frontierland.
Guests winning cars daily upon entering the park.
EPCOT before Horizons.
A cigarette shop on Main Street. And 4000 cleaners in the park permanently chasing after every discarded cigarette bud, back when the whole park was a smoking zone. Not all was more elegant back then, all this a few years after the founder had died prematurely of lung cancer.
Wait, sorry..... Guests winning CARS? DAILY? Please tell us more!The Empress Lilly! The forgotten queen of Disney elegance - back when WDW strove for that still
My additions to the list:
A live Western stunt show in Frontierland.
Guests winning cars daily upon entering the park.
EPCOT before Horizons.
A cigarette shop on Main Street. And 4000 cleaners in the park permanently chasing after every discarded cigarette bud, back when the whole park was a smoking zone. Not all was more elegant back then, all this a few years after the founder had died prematurely of lung cancer.
The Empress Lilly
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For WDW's 15th anniversary! In 1986, every fifteen seconds an entering guest would win a prize. Souvenirs, free tickets, and a car. There was also a giant Mickey clock, a huge dedicated daytime parade, new nighttime parade float, topiaries, stage show, etc.
For the 50th, with fivefold prices, there was a sticker and a cupcake.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
1). Nothings gonna top Great Movie Ride in my lifetime. What a spectacle. Shame we didnt get a new one with updated films... or even Disney ones.
2). Cranium Command. Childhood favorite of mine! Back when Disney was creative enough to make a high quality non-ip driven attraction later in the decades.
3). Ellen's Energy Adventure. Even if acknowledging it was an "eh" concept of 90s whiplash... I didnt get to experience the OG. Kid me was just in awe of the ride system and dinosaurs.
4). Dinosaur (soon). A truly unique ride to WDW that makes sense with the park. Plus dinosaurs.
5). Splash Mountain. Best log flume in the world. Animatronics galore. Amazing imagineering.
6). Maelstrom. Norway fever dream.
7). Backlot Tour. Amazing experience for me as a kid, who was super interested in the concept of film making.
8). L!M!A! I feel like people forget this stunt show existed. It was underrated and a legit good show.
9). Food Rocks. Fight me. Chilldhood connections with my dad on this one.
10). Its Tough to be a Bug. I'll nevee be able to enjoy the screams of childhood trauma unfolding around me again. And im a bit sad about that.
2). Cranium Command. Childhood favorite of mine! Back when Disney was creative enough to make a high quality non-ip driven attraction later in the decades.
3). Ellen's Energy Adventure. Even if acknowledging it was an "eh" concept of 90s whiplash... I didnt get to experience the OG. Kid me was just in awe of the ride system and dinosaurs.
4). Dinosaur (soon). A truly unique ride to WDW that makes sense with the park. Plus dinosaurs.
5). Splash Mountain. Best log flume in the world. Animatronics galore. Amazing imagineering.
6). Maelstrom. Norway fever dream.
7). Backlot Tour. Amazing experience for me as a kid, who was super interested in the concept of film making.
8). L!M!A! I feel like people forget this stunt show existed. It was underrated and a legit good show.
9). Food Rocks. Fight me. Chilldhood connections with my dad on this one.
10). Its Tough to be a Bug. I'll nevee be able to enjoy the screams of childhood trauma unfolding around me again. And im a bit sad about that.
Goofyernmost
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What you wrote there is both true and also misunderstood. GMR was an attraction the pointed out the "great" movies that made Hollywood to begin with. So many people commented that they need to update the movies, but then it would not be the intended show. It might showcase newer and more dynamic recent films but it would no longer show the ones that actually made the movie business what it became.
Don't get me wrong, I loved GMR, but I'm afraid that just like other great attractions like Horizons and the early Imagination, the storyline got stale. However, what else could have been done to keep it having the same meaning and impact that it had in the beginning. GMR was a wonderful attraction but it was not timeless. At a certain point people could not identify with the scenes. It was old people, like myself that had at least a familiarity with the movies even though we had not seen them all, we had heard about them. By the time the GMR closed the most modern thing in it, Indiana Jones, was something that the younger generation were starting to have no knowledge of unless they attended the stunt show before they went to it. Once Studios dropped the pretention of being an actual movie studio, all hope was lost that anyone would be able to understand the purpose. If they tried to update, how long do you think it would be before they had to update it again and again and again. It could only exist in it original form and that couldn't hold up.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I understand this concept. But I do believe this was the result in its demise.
Okay, you answered what I was going to answer with... So... Meh.
To answer this question, 15 to 20 years give or take. If they had used hit movies from at least the 80s onwards, it would have lasted quite a while. Because those films are universal (hah) at least from people in their mid-20s to their 50s... Plus, with all the remakes of 80s-2000s movies we get these days, there's something to be said about showcasing the audience to the original movie its based on.
What made the ride purely unique was the live actor interacting with the scenes surrounding them, with a conflict... Imagine that going down with a Disney villain. Bowler Hat Guy comes to mind. lol.
And, again... Even if it was The Great Disney Movie Ride... It'd last for quite a while successfully. With the IP-driven park it is today, it could have been a great tribute to the history of Disney's filmmaking studios. With so many Disney adults out there, I'd be willing to bet they'd love the pop trivia that would have came along with it, including some odd facts from obscure Disney movies. Disney Adults would eat that up.
Goofyernmost
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Yes, but once again, the movies shown were the ones that showed everyone how Hollywood got started and with it's different genres that created the place that never was and always will be. To put more recent things in there completely changes it's message and it's purpose. It is still the reason that it no longer exists, but doing that recent stuff no matter how good it was, would have had even less of a purpose for existing than the original concept did. It was a great show for it's time but once the movie studio became extinct it had no more reason to exist and since most of the movies were paid for to the original studios like MGM Disney didn't have enough different genre movies to fill the space. It had more than one reason that it was taken off life support.
As far as using Disney movies all you would have had were four or five scenes from Pirates mostly consisting of Capt. Jack Sparrow, a few of Herbie - The Love Bug and a few scenes starring Fred MacMurray. Other than animation Disney didn't have a whole lot of memorable movies.
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Trueblood
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It wasn't really a Disney experience, but it happened at Walt Disney World.
The American Pyrotechnic Association used to host a convention at the Contemporary. At the end of the event they would launch fireworks from the lakeshore. They were (clearly) visible from the Wilderness Lodge over the island that separates the Lodge from the Contemporary.
It wasn't synchronized to music or other effects, but as a raw fireworks display it was just awesome.
The American Pyrotechnic Association used to host a convention at the Contemporary. At the end of the event they would launch fireworks from the lakeshore. They were (clearly) visible from the Wilderness Lodge over the island that separates the Lodge from the Contemporary.
It wasn't synchronized to music or other effects, but as a raw fireworks display it was just awesome.
