Great Movie Ride closes for Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway

[DGsAtBLT]

https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...ons-of-mickey-and-minnies-runaway-railway.htm

Me: I’m going to do this one spoiler free! 3 weeks to wait is nothing!

Also me: Clicks article clearly marked with spoilers without hesitation and reads it in record time.

 

[rteetz]

Teaser video

 

[BigRed98]

Teaser video

My takeaways from this video:

Spoiler: Video Spoiler

1. I love the way the park scene looks especially the water fountain against the moving background and the Dapper Dans is a cool easter egg 2. I love the fluid motion of Mickey and Minnie's car and that little drift motion was pretty neat 3. The Mickey and Minnie AA's are a little weird but my biggest issue with them, is at the 26-27 second mark of the video where it looks like Mickey's nose is on the side of his face. I'm just hoping the camera angle is making it look that way 4. I'm nitpicking a little here but I wish the Goofy screen had a little more depth to it but overall I like how we can see Conductor Goofy 5. I like the painted train tracks on the ground. Thought that was a neat touch

Overall it looks pretty good.

 

[firefly_ris]

Looking forward to the full POV soon.

 

[BigRed98]

Oyby/Roy rode MMRR and gave his non-spoiler thoughts:

 

[R2Dad2]

I know I'm super late to this thread, but I'm going to miss the Great Movie Ride. I know it wasn't the most popular attraction and was very dated, and half my kids would groan when I made them go on it, but it was pretty central to the whole idea behind Hollywood Studios as it was originally imagined. Seems almost like getting rid of the castle in MK. Oh well, I'm sure Disney knows better than I do what will make them $, but that doesn't mean I won't be sentimental about it.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/firs...leased-for-mickey-and-minnies-runaway-railway

 

[hertamaniac]

Met a CM today who told me she and her husband rode it last week. The ride went down for about an hour. She told me the protocols they had to go through to get in the ride. We are still on track for opening day and hope it doesn't experience any/significant downtime.

 

[rteetz]

 

[BigRed98]

I’m very excited to ride this in May. It is very screen/projection heavy but it does work and it definitely looks like the shorts. The screens/projections have enough depth to make certain flats look like physical props. I just wish the animatronics were a little more advanced.

 

[Remy is Up]

Based on comments from.cms who have had the preview. It's certainly a family ride and lots of fun. I'm looking forward to it

 

[DoomBuggyGhost]

New to the forum (I used to frequent several forums daily but got burned out). It's been probably 4 years since I last visited WDW so I know a lot has changed and many new things have been added. I was sad to read this news about GMR as I used to really enjoy it. It had gotten a bit long in the tooth and as much I'm a purist and love to preserve original rides, this seemed like one that should have kept up with movie history a bit more. If nothing else, they could have updated a few sections but left the classic things like Casablanca and Wizard of Oz. Anyway, this new ride does not fit into the original design of the attraction or park at all but I can see where they were going. The photos look pretty cool and I'm sure it's fun. I like a great dark ride so I'm sure I will give it a go whenever I get to visit again. It's been too long!

 

[rteetz]

 

[hertamaniac]

Got a SB window of a little over an hour to ride this AM, so we pounced on it. I was very impressed with the ride and vehicles. A solid A!

 

[hertamaniac]

Whew! Made it before the ride went down and when ride times went up.

 

[yorkieteacher]

In line at 715 exiting at 915- fun, cute ride. Three year old grandson was delighted!

 

[CastAStone]

In line at 715 exiting at 915- fun, cute ride. Three year old grandson was delighted!

What was the posted wait when you got in line?

 

[yorkieteacher]

What was the posted wait when you got in line?

180 minutes

 

[HTH Patron]

Watched some of the POV videos (because we have no idea when we're going back) and it seems a bit chaotic. I can't tell if it's that the people filming the ride are trying to show a too much at once or if the ride doesn't guide focus to specific places.
Anyone who has been through have feedback?

 

[AngiTN]

Watched some of the POV videos (because we have no idea when we're going back) and it seems a bit chaotic. I can't tell if it's that the people filming the ride are trying to show a too much at once or if the ride doesn't guide focus to specific places.
Anyone who has been through have feedback?

It is chaotic. It’s supposed to be. You are on a runaway train