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- The ride recreated iconic scenes from film history, including Ripley’s showdown with a Xenomorph at the end of Alien. Following that attraction’s success, Disney looked for more opportunities to use its license of the Alien franchise.
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The Great Movie Ride also included Alien, owned by 20th Century Fox, as Disney originally acquired the licensing rights to the film for a different ride, which was ultimately cancelled. Disney, however, retained the rights to use Alien and decided to incorporate it into the Great Movie Ride.
- August 13, 2017
- Removed
- May 1, 1989
- Hollywood Boulevard
Apr 3, 2020 · The Stitch attraction, which was an overlay of the existing Alien Encounter system, proved to be wildly unpopular with many guests, often earning the dubious distinction of “Worst Ride at Walt Disney World.”
Apr 25, 2019 · Disney had come close to building an Alien-themed ride in the 1980s called Nostromo, where riders would shoot down Xenomorphs with laser guns mounted to their cars.
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Sep 13, 2023 · However, in 2017, after a 28-year-long run, to the heartbreak of many fans, The Great Movie Ride closed its doors to make way for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — the first-ever attraction to feature Mickey Mouse.
The Great Movie Ride was an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort and a dark ride which took guests through scenes from famous films throughout motion picture history. The ride was located inside a recreation of the famous Hollywood landmark Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter was proposed for Disneyland for the "Tomorrowland 2055" project as part of the "Disney Decade," started by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner. It was to be installed in the space that housed the Mission to Mars attraction.
Feb 22, 2020 · The Great Movie Ride which took guests through some of the key scenes from important films in cinematic history officially shuttered its gates on August 13, 2017. Since then many fans have wondered what happened to the large number of animatronic figures that were featured in the ride.
