Disney Analyst
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MMR is a great attraction, but you can't compare it to GMR and it should not have replaced GMR.
So I had to vote GMR.
So I had to vote GMR.
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The Great Movie ride vs Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway poll
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THEMEPARKPIONEER
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How about we just compare Disney world as a whole before 2010 and after.
Tough question. Trackless vs Track. Disney Theming vs Classic Movie Theming. I like the trackless aspect. But I liked the Classic Movie Theme and CM interaction. My vote kinda sways to to MMRR right now - but that's probably because of the "newness". I've ridden it half a dozen times. I think over time GMR will be the stronger of the two but the issue with GMR is they didn't do enough to keep it fresh.
HouCuseChickie
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I couldn't vote when this first came out because I hadn't experienced MMRR. Now that I have, I can without a doubt say that MMRR is a win for me and a major improvement over GMR.
It probably doesn't help that I've always thought that GMR was a miss, as far as attractions go. I'm also kind of surprised when I see all of the love for it too, because I remember many people classified it as a dud in the early days. It wasn't until the announcement about it closing and being gutted came out that I saw all of this love for it. Our first visit to MGM was in 1991, we waited a LONG time to ride GMR, and we just weren't impressed. As a FL resident at the time, Universal became our go-to movie park because rides like this at MGM just weren't a draw for us. It wasn't until we had kids, who were too short to ride a lot of the Universal stuff, that we started going back to the park (as DHS). GMR became something to ride because there wasn't a ton to do and there was never a long wait. There was some nostalgia tied to GMR, but in this case, I feel like MMR is just a superior attraction and no amount of personal nostalgia is going to change that for me.
It probably doesn't help that I've always thought that GMR was a miss, as far as attractions go. I'm also kind of surprised when I see all of the love for it too, because I remember many people classified it as a dud in the early days. It wasn't until the announcement about it closing and being gutted came out that I saw all of this love for it. Our first visit to MGM was in 1991, we waited a LONG time to ride GMR, and we just weren't impressed. As a FL resident at the time, Universal became our go-to movie park because rides like this at MGM just weren't a draw for us. It wasn't until we had kids, who were too short to ride a lot of the Universal stuff, that we started going back to the park (as DHS). GMR became something to ride because there wasn't a ton to do and there was never a long wait. There was some nostalgia tied to GMR, but in this case, I feel like MMR is just a superior attraction and no amount of personal nostalgia is going to change that for me.
harryk
Well-Known Member
Can't say I disagree. and The updated cartoon drawings of Mickey and other Disney characters are an insult to Walt. In DisneyWorld the characters should be drawn as Walt would have them.
correcaminos
Well-Known Member
Don't agree with this. First ride ever was in car 4. I enjoyed it a lot. Been in all cars since. All seem pretty equal to me.
Goofnut1980
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The thing is in my opinion, MMRR is cute and well done. But to go from a nice relaxing (maybe needed some updates) attraction that lasted 30 mins, to something that lasts 3 minutes is kind of sad.
SyracuseDisneyFan
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The Great Movie Ride
Centauri Space Station
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GMR lasted 18 and MMRR lasts 6