Sweettears
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The Turner Classic Movies sponsorship was from 2015-2017. The ride closed in August of 2017. I think the ending of the sponsorship was a nail in the coffin for the ride. It was already feeling outdated at that point and without a sponsorship, I don't think Disney wanted to bother with spending money on a refurb.Can’t argue but if you go back and watch the video there is a great deal of violence projected. I understand the sponsorship changes but the ride survived that for quite some time.
Not saying I’m right just a thought.
I recall our visit when Alien came out at MK. Made it sound like it would scare the bejesus out of you. I went on it with my kids youngest was probably 10 ish. We laughed through it and I had my daughter walk out with her head on my shoulder. My wife was to chicken to go in and ran up to us worried about my daughter. Still have a laugh over that one.The Turner Classic Movies sponsorship was from 2015-2017. The ride closed in August of 2017. I think the ending of the sponsorship was a nail in the coffin for the ride. It was already feeling outdated at that point and without a sponsorship, I don't think Disney wanted to bother with spending money on a refurb.
I get the violence aspect of it. It had more "scary" parts of it than other rides did. I don't think I have ever been on it without a kid crying during the Alien scene. But there are other rides that have violence/scary stuff in them as well.
I believe in 2015 was when the new narration was added along with the new sponsorship with Turner. But yeah Turner had the sponsorship for GMR's last 2 years of life.I thought there was a gap between the Turner deal and the closure. That is what created the change in the narration
I absolutely agree with everything you say. The one point I would disagree with is the level of violence. Don’t get me wrong I take no exception and understand it’s place within the ride. I just wonder that with all that has gone on through the years that there wasn’t some thought of eliminating that aspect,I think it was a combo of the sponsorship ending and the chance to put an IP in its place. There were a lot of people complaining the scenes needed to be updated to more current movies, I'm not sure Disney wanted to spend the money to do that. It worked for them to put MMRR there if they weren't going to update it. They had been trying for a while to make HS more kid friendly (thus the whole Toy Story area). I don't think the violence had anything to do with it, there really wasn't that much and certainly not anything any kid wouldn't see on TV. I think it also had to do with the whole re-branding of HS from MGM and making it more current.
I wasn't a fan of the change, I've ridden MMRR a few times and find it a bit too busy and the dance scene is too jerky. I actually think GMR fit into the new branding of being inside the movies instead of seeing how they were made. I'm one of few who actually liked the old park and one of the reasons was because it wasn't as kid friendly (although my kid loved the heck out it).
As far as MGM is concerned, they rushed the whole deal with a semblance of concept with the main idea of opening before Universal. Although there were good elements in the early days it has taken a long time to make it into a respectable park. And after having achieved that they have eliminated parades fireworks street entertainment and …..I think it was a combo of the sponsorship ending and the chance to put an IP in its place. There were a lot of people complaining the scenes needed to be updated to more current movies, I'm not sure Disney wanted to spend the money to do that. It worked for them to put MMRR there if they weren't going to update it. They had been trying for a while to make HS more kid friendly (thus the whole Toy Story area). I don't think the violence had anything to do with it, there really wasn't that much and certainly not anything any kid wouldn't see on TV. I think it also had to do with the whole re-branding of HS from MGM and making it more current.
I wasn't a fan of the change, I've ridden MMRR a few times and find it a bit too busy and the dance scene is too jerky. I actually think GMR fit into the new branding of being inside the movies instead of seeing how they were made. I'm one of few who actually liked the old park and one of the reasons was because it wasn't as kid friendly (although my kid loved the heck out it).