Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just a (bad) attempt at humor, and the joy of sayIng "super speed tunnel."
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Yeah it was widely panned. Mostly because, as 9oldmen said, it was the only dark ride in the park and didn't offer much in terms of a classic Disney dark ride experience. The fact that it was 'in the moment' rather than in the past or the future was the reason that I liked it. I also think its tongue in cheek cheesy stereotypes of LA's Hollywood subculture might of been slightly offensive to some people." I always liked the concept of the ride, quite a bit actually (although the "in the moment" concept would need constant updating). I just thought the ride was kind of ugly. And as Dabob points out, the celebrity list was pretty lame. But even that might've kinda worked if the celebrity AAs weren't so awful. And (again as Dabob points out), the (lack of) speed really didn't work. I really wanted to like the ride, but it just didn't work for me. "Perhaps they could have left the paparazzi thing out" I think the paparazzi part of the ride was one thing that did work. Your picture on thge billboard was kinda cool I think there's potentially a terrific Superstar Limo ride. But I think what we got was way off the mark.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Here's a ride-thru (including the queue): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXJR34OB60" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...JR34OB60</a> One of the thing it really lacked was charm. Which might be OK if the satire & parody worked a lot better. "although the 'in the moment' concept would need constant updating" After watching that, they would have. to redo the ride every 5-10 years, if not sooner, including (especially?) the CGI. Unless they were really committed to that, any Superstar Limo ride is destined to have the Tomorrowland problem. Too bad, the ride was a better fit conceptually than Monsters Inc.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I think the paparazzi part of the ride was one thing that did work.> I think it would be fine now (and would have even been okay then - I don't think most people by 2001 would have associated paparazzi with Princess Diana). But the slowness worked against the whole idea of "escaping" them. <I think there's potentially a terrific Superstar Limo ride.> So do I. It would have to be radically different if Hollywoodland is really supposed to be 20's/30's/40's (haven't seen an actual time line to this, unlike BVS) now. (And if it is, how do Muppets and Monsters work anyway?) Actually, a limo ride through "golden age" Hollywood could be kind of cool. They could even perhaps have all-time A-listers (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, you get the idea) in there, perhaps along with golden-age Disney stars. There were actually a few old Mickey cartoons that did this.
Originally Posted By tashajilek The ride doesnt look too horrible. I probably wouldnt have minded it because it's different from all the other dark rides. I am one of the few people who like the Great movie ride, so maybe im crazy.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I agree Tasha, and I cannot go to Disney Studios (MGM) without riding The Great Movie Ride, so save a straight jacket for me ;-).
Originally Posted By tashajilek I probably liked it a lot because of how interactive it was. "save a straight jacket for me ;-). " Saved! i will need the company anyways.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I haven't been on the GMR in years, but I remember the hype surrounding it when the park first opened, then I rode it and thought "That's it?". The AA Wicked Witch is pretty cool though, and I like that the ride mostly about films that aren't Disney.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I also enjoy the GMR, although after all these years some of the scenes should be changed to newer movies or at least updated to give people something new to look at!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Watching the video of the ride now, this lady making announcements during the que sounds like she works for a 1-900 adult phone line.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Okay, I thought it was terrible. To me this is a perfect example of a ride that may fit thematically but no one cares because it's so terrible. Which is one reason why I'm more concerned about the quality of the ride than if it's a perfect fit for it's location.
Originally Posted By danyoung I kinda liked SSL, but I took it for what it was - a C ticket attraction. I always thought that it failed because it was compared to Pirates or the Haunted Mansion, and of course it wasn't the next E ticket. And as others said, early DCA wasn't exactly overflowing with major attractions, so SSL needed to be more than it was designed to be.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I kinda liked SSL, but I took it for what it was - a C ticket attraction. I always thought that it failed because it was compared to Pirates or the Haunted Mansion," I think it failed compared to other C-tickets, like Snow White & Peter Pan. As a matter of fact, I can't think of a similar (old school style) dark ride that was anywhere near as bad. I find the difference in quality between the worst of the dark rides (Toad? Pooh?) and the best (Alice? Peter Pan?) to be pretty small. SSL (for me) was clearly a big step below all of those. I think I might even prefer Knott's Bear-y Tales (after some Weird Juice): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILN5cVYmWUE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...5cVYmWUE</a> Is there something wrong with me that I watched ride-thrus of both SSL & KBT within the last couple hours? And is that a testament to the greatness of the internet? Or a condemnation of its banality? Both? Neither? Or maybe I just had too much time on my hands today.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "As a matter of fact, I can't think of a similar (old school style) dark ride that was anywhere near as bad." Really? I think DL's Snow White is pretty bad as Disney rides go. Pooh, Toad, Roger Rabbit, etc, and even SSL, are all superior in my opinion. If there were still ticket books I'd rate it a B coupon.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think it's funny that when ticket books were around, Disney basically rated their attractions from best to worst.
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^^ LOL, thats pretty funny actually. "Yeah. Wasn't a fan at all. Different strokes" Everyone has different tastes and opinions of rides. A lot of people love small world and after about 2 mins i want to abandon ship.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Disney basically rated their attractions from best to worst.>> There is no question that we basically all looked at ride coupons in that regard. However, coupons were based on the magnitude of construction and operating costs for the most part. Since POTC can vacuum up guests at a rate of 2800 per hour while Peter Pan runs about 600 through per hour. Common business logic could say that Peter Pan is the premium boutique ride and should garner the "E-Coupon" due to its exclusivity and greater cost per rider,
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt You know what? Peter Pan Flight is too short. There, I said it.
