Category Archives: closures

LAST RIDE EVER on The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Hope aboard a trip through cinematic history on our last ride ever on Hollywood Studios The Great Movie Ride! The attraction will be closed on August 13, 2017, to make way for “Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway”, which will take riders into a Mickey Mouse cartoon!

Last Ellen’s Energy Adventure Ride Ends in Evacuation and Fans Love It

Ellen’s Energy Adventure ride at the Universe of Energy at Epcot had its final day of operation on Aug. 13, 2017. This is the final ride. The ride broke down in the dinosaur section and guests were evacuated. Instead of following the cast member out, they decided to explore and the cast allowed it. The…

Goodbye to The Great Movie Ride

The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will long be remembered as a classic Disney Audio-Animatronic attraction, featuring wonderfully detailed sets, a breakthrough animatronic figure, and live performances from the cast that really brought the show to life.  

The Great Movie Ride Closing for a New Mickey Ride

The news of The Great Movie Ride closing in August for good at Disney’s Hollywood Studios has left us teary-eyed. The announcement was made at D23 Expo (with plenty of other huge news) that the classic Disney ride’s last operating day will be on Aug. 13, 2017. So Mickey Mouse is getting his very own…

TRON attraction to open at the Magic Kingdom in 2021

tron coming to Disney Magic Kingdom

  TRON Lightcycle Power Run will open at the Disney Magic Kingdom just before the park’s 50th birthday (probably 2020/21), replacing the Tomorrowland Speedway attraction which opened in 1971 as the Grand Prix Raceway. The Tomorrowland Speedway will likely close sometime in 2018 to make way for this construction.