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TSWJan78
DIS Veteran
Registered: May 2002
Location: Watertown, MA
Posts: 1894Review Date: Mon April 27, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons: Can be scary for small children
So I enjoy this ride and we go on it quite a bit however on our last trip we took my niece (10) and nephew (8) who are somewhat sheltered (no toy guns, no violent movies) and they were scared to death!! The rode with their eyes closed till we go to munchkin land and cried when the car got taken over by the robber and we went under alien. I never thought they would be that scared and I guess I just forgot about those parts no matter how many times I had ridden this ride so although I like it if you have kids who scare easily be careful. 
SamIAm21
Mickey's New Fan
Always happy to try a new brew!
Next time, it's going to be corn for me
Registered: August 2005
Location: South of the Sears Tower
Posts: 3528Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Entertaining, Queue Moves Quickly Cons: Certain Scenes Scary for Young Children
I enjoy the Great Movie Ride, but like the above poster mentioned, what some older kids and adults take for granted as "good show", could scare the bejeebers out of younger kids, especially the Alien scene. My daughter was never scared of the bank robber who jumps on board, but I have almost always covered her eyes through the Alien scene. She peaked the last time we went through and said she wasn't scared anymore at the ripe old age of 8.
I enjoy the scenes, especially the Wizard of Oz scene. I usually come out of their wanting rent some old movie I'd long forgotten about.
figment3258
DIS Veteran
Registered: January 2008
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 1552Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
Its a great way to take a look at all the older movies and see just how far we have come. Its a pretty long ride so its nice to relax on.
kymickeyfan717 
Mouseketeer
Registered: February 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 515Review Date: Wed April 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): sit down air-condition ride Cons: old movies
This is a good attraction to get out of heat. The only downside is that some people may not know anything about some of the movies displayed
TravelingMatt
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Posts: 38Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): The Witch is impressive and the idea is a great one. A good cast member at the wheel can make this fun. Cons: Needs a refurb badly. They have cut corners in places and many of the films in the montage are out of date or undeserving of being in the company of classics.
This gets my vote for the number one attraction that needs a refurb. The imagineers need to do a once-over on the whole experience. If I were them, I would insert the Muppets into the attraction and give it a new life.
shmedly123
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2007
Posts: 567Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Beautiful scenery Cons: stories are getting stale
I am in my mid 30's, consider myself fairly knowledgeable about movies and I haven't even seen half of these movies. The concept is great but some of the movie scenes need to be updated. The two stories need to be updated as well.
rn4val
Mouseketeer
Registered: February 2008
Location: Oklahoma City
Posts: 434Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Reminds you oof the glamore days of Hollywood Cons:
Nice air conditioned ride and brings back memories of some great movies from years gone by.
DisneyRealist
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 38Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great classic Disney ride Cons: It's super cheesy but that's part of the fun
Super cheesy just the way I like my old school Disney.
Feel like some bad jokes, worse acting and animatronics that look like a good old fashioned robot? Here's your ride.
It's so badly in need of updating that it's hip again. It's great in the same way as Spaceship Earth.
lady danger
Mouseketeer
Registered: June 2006
Location: Oz
Posts: 192Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): interesting sets Cons: boring and needs an update
I enjoyed this ride as a kid, but when I went of this ride on my last trip I was just struck by how dull and dated the ride felt. I couldn't even feel nostalgia for a lot of the classics featured here. It was just sort of dull.
Gaskorvan
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Location: Hamilton, ON
Posts: 71Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Movie Montage Cons:
A a movie buff I would ride just for the movie at the end.
flyingcat2003
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 603Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): old movie clips Cons: mobster scene
This is one of the rides that once you ride it once, then you can take it or leave it after that. The mobster scene in the middle, what is that for?
OKW Lover 
Yes, we love Old Key West
Connoisseur of the fine things in life, and has the time to enjoy them (Just ask his wife)
Registered: April 2004
Location: Plymouth, MA
Posts: 17615Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): A must for Movie lovers Cons:
Look for the Hidden Mickey's - there are at least 4 of them. Fun look at movies through history.
cyberbox2
DIS Veteran
Registered: March 2005
Location: Richmond, Va
Posts: 887Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): All of the silver screen actors Cons: Slow and uneventful
The coolest part of this ride for me is seeing all of the silver screen actors that I have come to love...James Cagney!
Neat little moving theme and certainly worth a visit.
Decorated_Dust
Live from the Magical World within my brain...
Registered: October 2007
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 826Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Relaxing, fun look at the movies Cons: Needs an update, particularly movie at the end
I have loved this ride ever since I was a kid, particularly because of all the looks at classic movies and genres we all love so much. I think it might be a little Disney-centric, but what do you expect at a Disney park? However, it does need an update. I think there are so many omissions that need to be rectified (Star Wars?). I know that there is only so much you can do, but there needs to be a rehab at some point.
PE_TCR
Disney Cruise Adict
Registered: April 2008
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 338Review Date: Tue May 5, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): pre-ride movies Cons:
This is an interesting ride but hasn't been changed in years. The movies in the pre-show area are great to watch! I wouldn't wait long in line for this one but a short wait would would be worth it.
tohono2000
Earning My Ears
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 38Review Date: Tue May 5, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1
Positive aspects of the product (pros): What? Cons: the ride
Where do I start. I have been on this thing maybe 10 times, and each time I say never again...or "lame"! It is like Ellen's...good for A/C and rest, that is about it. Most of the time the CM's are yawning through it! This could be a great ride through Disney Movies...instead it is a lame MGM tour of classic, yet tis makes them feel really dated! Let's have something new.
DeVineMom
Love That Disney Magic
Registered: March 2009
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 82Review Date: Fri May 8, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Relaxing Ride Cons: Boring!
Corny jokes, bad delivery. Both times I've ridden this, the CM spoke the memorized lines monotone. I'm a big movie fan and this ride was a huge disappointment.
MJ6987
DIS Veteran
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 501Review Date: Sat May 9, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
One of my favourite attractions at the Studios
DRAngleb
Earning My Ears
Registered: January 2007
Location: Walkersville, MD
Posts: 36Review Date: Sun May 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Amazing Engineering, well done Cons: Anyone under 30 knows very few of these films
This is a very well done attraction with a few suprises. UNFORTUNATELY, most of the younger generation will have not heard of any of this films.
The joke goes that this attraction should be called "The GREAT (FILMS YOU NEVER SAW) MOVIE RIDE"
WaDiWo
WDWFan!
Registered: April 2008
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 637Review Date: Sun May 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): immersion into great movies! Cons: the end montage a bit dated
Don't overlook this one ... a classic in every WDW sense, slow moving ride that immerses you in scenes of great movies. The kind of ride that I don't want to end. The film montage at the end is well-edited, with awesome movie score accompaniment, but some film clips are a bit forced. awesome attraction overall.
msc_idiot
Mouseketeer
Registered: January 2009
Posts: 90Review Date: Tue May 12, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great movie scenes Cons: The cast member's role and gangster
While the scenes from the movies are great for a film-dork like me, the cast member's attempt at acting out a story line is at times actually painful. If they could re-do it to get rid of the story line it would be pretty cool. I found myself wondering when it would finally be over.
FASTPASS_RUNNER
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 8Review Date: Sun May 17, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Air conditioned, relaxing, similar to a museum Cons: ride is in need of a major update
I love this ride! It is great for older generations that remember seeing these movies in theatres, and for their kids that watch those movies every Saturday morning. However, most young kids won’t understand or know most of the movies. That aside, the characters and scenes that come alive as you pass through them really set this attraction apart from anything similar to it. If the older kids don’t know the movies featured, than they may find this to be a very slow and boring ride. But, how could you complain when you get to sit down in air conditioning? That is a really nice thing to have after a long day in the Florida sun. Be advised that you probably will have to get-to-know-your-neighbor. This attraction generally has a long line, and the cast members will try to load as many people in a train as possible. This means that you will be touching people on both sides of you. Also, some actions occur that may frighten younger movie-goers. Seat them towards the edge so they can see all the magic, but you may want to have an adult between them and any of the characters to prevent crying, screaming, and accidental pant-wetting.
Love2663
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 109Review Date: Tue May 19, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): elaborate scenes from many beloved films Cons: live action detracts from the effect
I enjoy the movie tableaux much more than the interposed live action, which seems artificial and contrived. The lines can be quite variable.
kramer222
Mouseketeer
Registered: November 2007
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 281Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Can be a little fun Cons: Would love to see a new room based on a new movie
I think your enjoyment on this attraction really depends on your driver/villain. We've had a great driver and really enjoyed it. We've also had a laughable villain and prayed for death while on this ride. 
bsusanmb
DIS Veteran
Registered: July 2004
Location: Near Hershey PA
Posts: 2041Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): a classic, the film clips at the end Cons: boring, and the CM's are bored too for the most part
Just because it is a classic Hollywood Studios attraction, I would see it. But it does get boring. It is scarey for little ones with the alien and the snakes with Indiana JOnes...
jodiey
Mouseketeer
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 268Review Date: Sat June 13, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great family ride Cons: becoming outdated
This is a must do attraction for my family and I when we come to Disney. My parents do not do roller coasters so this is a great ride that we can all do together. I love any rides with a human cast member participating. And this ride is particularly interesting because the cast member interacts with animatronics along the way as well as other human cast members. Certain parts may be a little scary for children but I think they'll really like most of it, especially the Wizard of OZ scene.
miss missy
Is this the Dis Board Desperate Housewives Lane?
Will not be playing any reindeer games!
I was so freakin freaked out!
Registered: January 2005
Location: over hea' MISSING BAWB :(
Posts: 9549Review Date: Tue July 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): awsome Cons: can scare small ones
We love this ride. Very informational and fun. The little skit, gun fire, and alien scenes can scare small ones. very comfortable and a nice AC break.
Rainkiss
Mouseketeer
Registered: September 2009
Location: RI
Posts: 259Review Date: Thu September 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Ah, nostalgia! Cons: Likley to scare children
I really did enjoy this... but then, I'm old enough to remember almost all the featured movies, or to get the references. With young kids who are likely to be scared by the storyline or not know what the movies are, probably better to skip.
MajorThomasina
Mouseketeer
Registered: June 2010
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 93Review Date: Mon June 14, 2010 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Animatronics are a "good cheesy", movie collage Cons: CMs, outdated, nothing has changed since I last rode this ride in 1997 except the movie collage (and only slightly)
This is definitely one of those "seen it once, done it enough" kind of attraction for adults. This may be entertaining to kids around six to nine years old, depends on how well you know your kid and their response to "scary things".
The CMs acting jobs are cringe-worthy and painful. It's really, really cheesy. Not a "oh wow it's so cheesy it's funny." More like a "oh my god, they're actually trying" sort of cheesy.
The only reason I gave this a three is because the animatronics were so old and out of date that it was kind of funny. A "good cheesy" so to speak. I also always love the ending with the collage of all the classic and modern movies. It's so great.
friendnc
Mouseketeer
Registered: January 2007
Location: Gastonia, NC (550 miles from Orlando, FL)
Posts: 180Review Date: Wed June 16, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): A great look at movie history. Cons: A little updating is needed
Nice, enjoyable attraction. Moves guests quickly, not much waiting. Cool, indoor ride.
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