The Great Movie Ride reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for The Great Movie Ride, a tour in Hollywood Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Written by James Rao Entering through a re-creation of Hollywood's Chinese Theater, guests board vehicles for a tour through various sets from classic films like Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Featuring both real and audio-animatronic characters, guest will relive some of the most popular moments in movie-making history.
Readers' rating:
Great ride... but it needs updating. Over the years the rank goes down. 8/10. - David L. Unique but not the best more modern movies would really help this ride out - Andrew Dougherty Needs to be updated with more recent classic. I juggest South Park BLAUC! - Eric Cartman I love this ride for the reason I love 360 at Universal I love the movies - Tom Cunningham it is a theme park jewel and a notalgic ride enjoy the scenery and the gangsters never know if there gonna jack your cart - Manny Rodriguez Still a good ride but needs to be updated. I appreciate the nostalgia of the ride but its a family park and kids won't know of films like Casablanca and certainly won't know Alien. Even some adults won't know some of the films shown in this ride. If they updated with more recent movies, everyone can relate to the ride and enjoy it more. - James McGee The Great Movie Ride is average. On one hand it is relatively entertaining and there are two versions. One with the cowboys and ones with gangsters. Having never been a western fan the gangster one was my preferred choice. As with many of these type of attractions a lot depends on the cast member narrating. Some are really into it (one guy hammed it up perfectly). Others didn't seem as involved. The movies themselves haven't been changed which is a bit of a downer. The end montage is quite impressive but also on youtube. Queue - The queue is relatively interesting taking you around some props and then by displaying certain trailers. It is all air-conditioned but don't queue for too long. The ride just isn't worth anything more than 15mins. - Mark Williams There are two versions of this ride, gangsters and cowboys, you can specify which one you want before boarding if you like. This ride seems old, but the old ones are the best aren't they? perhaps not in this case, needs to be updated with more relevant movies. - Ben Price Lame beyond belief. - Man-Eating Sharks Nice relaxing ride. Kids might be scared of the Indiana Jones/Alien bit but it isn't too bad. Needs a refurb and some of the fire features weren't working when I went on it! 6/10 - D H Not a must see, but good for getting out of the sun. Most likely everyone in your party will at least have one movie or two that they adore that pop up on this ride. I'd also like to point out I'm a Jersey girl, and I love the part when the host mentions my home state during the mafia section. - Sarah Durden This is in serious need of an update. The animatronics that are used look very mannequin-like, and it is long and boring. The tour guide on each tram is a part of the story and they used to be a lot more enthusiastic. Now they just kind of mumble their lines. It is nice, though, that old classic movies are represented, when theme parks seem to be installing rides and shows for every flash in the pan piece of crap that comes along. Jimmy Neutron needs a ride? Seriously? - Heather Olson A grand achievement in dire need of an update. - James Rao More attraction and restaurant ratings:
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