TCM teams up with Disney to refresh Great Movie Ride

[Matt_Black]

Wait you really can't say that?

Not all separately, no. You CAN, however, write it as DickVanDyke.

 

[AEfx]

The thing I find odd about the montage, which granted I have only seen it on youtube and not in person is some of the head scratching selections of the movie scenes themselves. For example, when Frozen appears, forgetting the controversies of if it belongs or not, the scene appears to be just the characters standing there. Not the scene of Elsa making the ice castle?

I don't think it's just going for "here are the biggest scenes in the biggest films" - it's a montage that tries to connect the clips with flow, style, and/or movement vs. judgements on which scenes are most important in the films.

 

[DisneyGentleman]

The wires in the pics are for the scrim. If your talking about the wires for the AAs, they're where you think they are. Marys back, Nelly's foot, and Bert's... umm... backside of water.

Mary is supported by a mechanism that comes through the chimney, then through her bag. It supports her entire body through her right arm. I say mechanism because the support cannot simply rotate like a railroad crossing gate. She stays vertical as she moves up and down, so it must be more like a hinged parallelogram mechanism (see video linked below). I do not believe she is supported on wires.



If you take a quick look right as you exit the scene, you can see the support (it's black). Pretty clever misdirection, I'd say.

 

[AEfx]

If you take a quick look right as you exit the scene, you can see the support (it's black). Pretty clever misdirection, I'd say.

Haha, yup - I always do my best to see it - it's not always easy - but it's there if you watch closely enough.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Mary is supported by a mechanism that comes through the chimney, then through her bag. It supports her entire body through her right arm. I say mechanism because the support cannot simply rotate like a railroad crossing gate. She stays vertical as she moves up and down, so it must be more like a hinged parallelogram mechanism (see video linked below). I do not believe she is supported on wires.



If you take a quick look right as you exit the scene, you can see the support (it's black). Pretty clever misdirection, I'd say.

I'm fairly certain they were talking about the wires that actually power the figure. IE: the electrical supply.

I always love looking for her support though. Call it a guilty Disney pleasure.

 

[mergatroid]

We're looking forward to experiencing this in person in October. Today I finally gave in to temptation and watched the finale on youtube. I've got to say I really liked it, still hots the spots and has some nice additions

 

[Pirate665]

I'm fairly certain they were talking about the wires that actually power the figure. IE: the electrical supply.

I always love looking for her support though. Call it a guilty Disney pleasure.

I was. I couldn't tell if the OP was talking about power, but they were referring to the scrim wires.

 

[radiohost]

New lineup of movies Thursday July 2...

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

Obviously Summer/Independance Day themed

 

[danlb_2000]

I am assuming the spires still haven't gone back up on the theater?

 

[RAXIP]

I am assuming the spires still haven't gone back up on the theater?

Not yet :/

 

[build_it]

I am assuming the spires still haven't gone back up on the theater?

I think they are having them sharpened, so they can burst everyone's bubble about DHS!

 

[Next Big Thing]

They probably aren't in any hurry right now to put the spires up as the temporary stage is still up and will sort of take away from the spires being added back as they'll be less noticeable. I'm thinking about when the Center stage goes in that's when we'll see the Spires.

 

[Jwhee]

Didn't know which thread to post this in, but a new post-finale scene has been installed at the great movie ride! (don't know how to insert the Tweet)

Video:
https://twitter.com/ORLParkPass/status/646442272230371328

More details:
http://orlparkpass.com/2015/09/new-post-finale-scene-installed-at-great-movie-ride/

 

[ShoalFox]

Small but interesting touch. I wonder why this wasn't added earlier when all the other TCM stuff was put in?

 

[Jwhee]

Small but interesting touch. I wonder why this wasn't added earlier when all the other TCM stuff was put in?

Maybe they're not done adding TCM stuff? So far I like most of the updates

 

[YodaMan]

Maybe they're not done adding TCM stuff? So far I like most of the updates

^this. Isn't it a multi-year sponsorship? I know they did a lot of stuff initially, but just in the past few weeks they've started redoing concrete and finished up the stage and spires so I'm betting they're constantly improving the ride little by little and won't ever really be "done," so to speak.

 

[dannyboyindc]

I'm so pleased they've got rid of the cheesy 90s jokes 'I see dead people! Oh it's George of the Jungle' etc., and the new CM script is much better, but the voiceover guy is soooo dull, really need some charisma classes!

Incidentally, we just rode it last week and the CM did say the "I see dead people" line. I agree the voice over is dull, it's the President of TCM that voices it. I don't like it actually. There's just too much talking, especially in the Alien scene. I think the new video montage at the end is good, but still prefer the timing of music to the video with the previous one. And finally, it feels more like a commercial now for TCM (understandably so). The ride however, looks to be in great shape and there are a TON of CM's working there now.

 

[Bairstow]

Has Disney ever experimented with giving the hosts more creative control in what they say, ala Jungle Cruise?

 

[Next Big Thing]

Has Disney ever experimented with giving the hosts more creative control in what they say, ala Jungle Cruise?

Jungle Cruise they aren't given any control... those that go off-script are doing it against Disney's wishes and can get reprimanded for it. Ever wonder why it's completely quiet during the temple scene? It's in the script that way and if they get caught speaking during that part, they are automatically reprimanded.

And now that there is a lot of narration in the RVs, I feel like it will just result in more lazy/less enthusiastic CMs. They aren't getting paid entertainment wages, why do more than they have to?

 

[disney4life2008]

Jungle Cruise they aren't given any control... those that go off-script are doing it against Disney's wishes and can get reprimanded for it. Ever wonder why it's completely quiet during the temple scene? It's in the script that way and if they get caught speaking during that part, they are automatically reprimanded.

And now that there is a lot of narration in the RVs, I feel like it will just result in more lazy/less enthusiastic CMs. They aren't getting paid entertainment wages, why do more than they have to?

I often wondered why the CMs said nothing in the temple I always assumed it was because they wanted a meditation type feel but your argument makes sense.