“The Great Movie Ride” was essentially the heart of the park. Taking out the last remaining ride of the original park takes from the soul of Disney. MGM is all about the making of movies inlcuding the making of Mickey which was incorporated into the great movie ride. This was a nostalgic ride for many of the older crowd. This is crippling to mgm. I may go to universal as the nastalgia has been taken for the park. Leave it to universal for the newer movie rides as this is not Disney’s strong point. In my opinion Disney should stick to its nostalgic past to keep its fan base.

We haven't been to a Disney property in years. It's changes like this that explain why. The Disney World I used to enjoy is dead and gone. You can keep Avatardland and all the other new crap that has replaced classics.

What a disgrace. It's EPCOT Center all over again, Disney attempts to destroy the only decent rides left in their parks with flimsy, cheap ones that pander to the masses. Won't be going back anytime soon.

I went to Disney for the first time this past July. That ride was the ONLY ride that made Hollywood Studios enojoyable for me and my party. I am sad to see it go.

The best ride in he park it's a sin to change it at all Disney is destroying the park

I'm very upset and sad. That ride is iconic and enjoyable for everyone. The micky ride should be built elsewhere.

Very sad by this news, excited for all the new wave of projects and updates for Disney parks, but this one is a bitter pill to swallow.

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??? They removed the movie about Walt in One Man's Dream ( guess it isnt important for people to know who was behind their magical vacation) and now they are throwing away the history of movies ? The Original MGM Studios was such a great experience that is now being replaced by everything we are exposed to currently on TV and at the movies. If I wanted a boring day exposed to everything new and current vs the Golden Days of Hollywood I would spend my days and loney at Universal. Come on, Disney. RETHINK THIS. You are better than this!

Truly disappointed in Disney!!!! Not only are they getting rid of a great ride of classic movies and history, they are using a cartoon that is NOT the Mickey Mouse we are all use to. I love Mickey and use to love the Disney shorts that were shown in the resorts, on Disney Channel and on Main Street in the theater at Magic Kingdom. This new character (who I do not consider Mickey) and all his pals look like they are cracked out and do not represent what Walt created when "it started with a Mouse". VERY VERY DISAPOINTED!!!!!

Not happy at all about this development. I'll be heading to Disney in October and what was once our favorite park will be a shell of what it has been in the past. Four rides in a park that has always had long lines, I can only imagine how long the lines will be now.

The Great Movie Ride is so old fashion and outdated. Time to go! I love that Mickey is getting is own ride and in the premiere attraction location at the studio, the Chinese Theate is fitting. However, I hate the name and theme. The Great Mickey Ride is a way better name. I would have much preferred a ride based on Mickey over the years, not the lower quality TV version.

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Right, because there's nothing outdated & old about Mickey Mouse, conceived 90ish years ago in 1928. Such a shame Disney is trying to make every park look like Magic Kingdom. There's a reason 4 parks exist: variety! In a decade or so from now, Disney won't even be worth going to. Who wants every ride to just be like a 3D movie that shakes you around? That's a hell of an expensive movie.

I HATE the Look of the characters they will be using in This. I don't know who they are, But " STICK FIGURES" are NOT what WALT drew!

I'm very unhappy they are taking this ride away. It's one of my favorites. Mickey?? Really?? Can't they put it somewhere else??

Although the great movie ride had some cool memorabilia from classic movies, it has become only a way to get out of the sun. Much of the mystique of the ride was in the que and the film just before you get onboard, but that has been swiped away over the years. As much as older generations enjoy it, everyone knew it would not stay. The disappointment comes in the choice of the ridiculous current toon version of Mickey and Minnie that they are going with. USE THE ICONIC MICKEY, that has been around for at least 40 years and was still current with Mickey Mouse clubhouse and racers. Next, don't just keep the same ride and change the scenes, demo the entire inside of the building and start over. I'm a long time fan of Disney, but the changes at frozen forever were too basic. All you did was change the sets. Nothing new to the ride itself.

This is... Heartbreaking. My favorite ride in my favorite park is gone, and I won't even have a chance to visit it one last time! This has me worried about what Hollywood Studios is going to become with all of these changes. I don't want to lose that old-hollywood feel that made it my favorite park.

While it's always exciting to hear about new attractions going into Disney, it's also sad that longtime rides have to be discontinued. The Great Movie Ride was literally the first ride my family and I rode when we went for the first time in the summer of 1990. It's synonymous with Disney and Hollywood Studios. It's classic old school Disney. Really sad to see it go. It's going to be really strange not to see there anymore.

Do you know when it will open? Thanks!

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty upset about this. By the time I go back (most likely next May, so I won't even get to ride before it's gone), they'll have gotten rid of yet another of my favorite rides after they already replaced Maelstrom with the Frozen ride.

The Great Movie Ride was one of the few attractions at Hollywood studios that was fun for the whole family. Removing it is a mistake. Leave the Great Movie Ride and add the MIckey and Minnie ride somewhere else. #Sad

Will truly be sad to see the Great Movie Ride go. The park was my favorite as kid, back when it was still MGM. I got a chance to ride it last year, and got to hear the Robert Osbourne soundtrack (just before he passed) and it still reflected the love and the joy I have for movies. From Bogie and Bergman to the Wicked Witch to Indiana Jones to the still-legitimately scary scene aboard the Nostromo. All gone now. I understand the reasoning, but still...If someone touches my beloved Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, though, there will be words, is all I'm sayin'.

Judging by what they shared with us it looks like this really is going to be a groundbreaking attraction and I'm sure it will be a huge hit. But a couple things don't really sit well with me. Why do they need to replace the Great Movie Ride? It just seems like Mickey's first ride should be in the Magic Kingdom. Now of course there are practical reasons why this might not be able to happen but still. Plus The Great Movie Ride was the iconic attraction at MGM studios. It would be the equivalent of getting rid of Spaceship Earth.

The second thing I have an issue with is why in the world are they basing Mickey's very first Eticket attraction on the only recently produced, non-iconic, somewhat irreverent, not popular current Mickey Cartoon short series. That is the most baffling choice to me. Any other style from his 90 year history would be infinitely more iconic and timeless. But maybe I'm being short sighted.

Yes! Exactly how I feel as well. I'll admit I dislike the new art style and did not enjoy the few shorts that I watched.

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