TCM teams up with Disney to refresh Great Movie Ride

[Magic Feather]

Progress is progress! I'll take it

 

[DisneyGentleman]

Im pretty sure that wont happen.

Though I have no inside information, I could see a future where they dump the guide and only use live drivers for the "hijacked" portion of the ride.

 

[danlb_2000]

Yeah! It is great that we will get a cool new façade, (or is it a marquee I mix them up) to look at when we say Sayonara! (Japanese good bye) to the Socerer's Hat

Where did you hear it is getting a new facade or marquee?

 

[Magic Feather]

Where did you hear it is getting a new facade or marquee?

Sorry I misunderstood your post, I thought sign on a grand scale, until I realized we are talking about TDO.

 

[danlb_2000]

Sorry I misunderstood your post, I thought sign on a grand scale, until I realized we are talking about TDO.

Yeah, the permit if for "graphics" which likely isn't something as grand as a marquee.

 

[celluloid]

The filming for Robert Osborne and new footage has been completed and post has been well underway. We are very close now.

 

[Sage of Time]

Permit today for signage at the Great Movie Ride....

555 Stage Lane - Great Movie Ride Graphics

New neon, I hope?! Thanks, TCM!!

 

[Sage of Time]

The filming for Robert Osborne and new footage has been complete and post has been well underway. We are very close now.

HYPED up for this. I can't wait.

 

[Blairnicol]

Going in May and can't wait for DHS sans BAH and a slightly updated GMR.

 

[JEANYLASER]

New neon, I hope?! Thanks, Turner Classic Movies !! And Welcome to the Disney Family Turner Classic Movies and I can't wait to see the new The Great Movie Ride Presented by Turner Classic Movies! I love Turner Classic Movies!

 

[officialtom]

It's it far too optimistic to hope for an update or two during our trip 15 days from now?

 

[englanddg]

It's it far too optimistic to hope for an update or two during our trip 15 days from now?

Yes.

 

[JLipnick]

Going in May and can't wait for DHS sans BAH and a slightly updated GMR.

star wars weekends with no BAH? couldn't ask for anything better in the world!!!

 

[Haymarket2008]

I can't access that permit, unfortunately. What are the dates? And really NO info as to when this is happening. I'm surprised they didn't say when they initially announced.

 

[righttrack]

So Robert Osborne will be present in the ride as possibly a narrator? What will happen to the cast members if this rumor is true?

-- http://www.worldofwalt.com/great-movie-ride-update-2015.html

I've got a left-field prediction. I'm guessing the castmember part on the ride itself goes away, but castmembers at the end of the ride costumed as Hollywood royalty to pose with for pictures.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I've got a left-field prediction. I'm guessing the castmember part on the ride itself goes away, but castmembers at the end of the ride costumed as Hollywood royalty to pose with for pictures.

Universal used to have a significant celebrity look alike program, I'd love to see it, but the Citizens of Hollywood do a pretty good job as well. I'm guessing we get a new narrator, a new finale montage and maybe cleaner video in the pre-show and the finale. I wouldn't expect much else.

 

[danlb_2000]

I can't access that permit, unfortunately. What are the dates? And really NO info as to when this is happening. I'm surprised they didn't say when they initially announced.

The only permit that has been filed recently for the ride is for "graphics" (signs) which may or may not be related to the TCM project. The permit was just filed so these signs are likely to happen soon.

 

[JEANYLASER]

Where is the website about Turner Classic Movies and Disney I can't find it please help me!

 

[Snoopy]

Where is the website about Turner Classic Movies and Disney I can't find it please help me!

For the Disney programming block on TCM:

http://www.tcm.com/disney/

For the Great Movie Ride:

http://www.tcm.com/2015/00112255/66778899.html

 

[Unplugged]

A few things you can count on as even TDO knows the investment will save them, is ensuring all the video (pre-show & final scene) go digital. That lowers their cost not only in maintenance, but for updates.

I get the impression, from reading all the various threads on DHS and the potential of what may or is coming, that we won't see any scene or major updates to GMR until the real work begins. The sponsorship signage followed closely by the BAH are the only priorities now. I'm sure any attraction updates are going through imagineering now as they have a sponsor. I'm no insider, but like to follow the trends both current rumors & historical, so based on the trends I can't imagine anything until late Fall at the earliest. That being minor. Big work......12-18 months.