Walt Disney World Resort: "The Great Movie Ride"

Good afternoon! I must say I am VERY excited at this news that I have just seen today.

Now, if you have been to Orlando, and in particular Walt Disney World, then I very much hope that you are familiar with the amazingness that is "The Great Movie Ride".

If you have been to Walt Disney World and are sat there thinking "The Great Movie what?", be ashamed. If you've never been, then you're forgiven, because.. well that's just fair enough. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

Anyway, just a quick summary of what it actually is. "The Great Movie Ride" is the ride through the greatest movies of all time - pretty self explanatory. However, if you think you're just going to be sat there on a moving vehicle watching different clips of movies, think again. You will be accompanied by a tour guide as you delve into dazzling film sets, and experience audio-animatronic figures who look scarily like the best known actors of all time. So, that's pretty much it. Bright lights, big stars, legendary films that you're bound to recognise (think Casablanca, Tarzan, Mary Poppins, Alien, Indiana Jones and my personal highlight of the ride, The Wizard of Oz) and a tour guide who is practically awesome. And to top it all off, you literally feel like you're in a movie as the ride becomes a show and you watch your tour guide being involved in a gun fight and then having your vehicle being taken over by a vicious gangster (where else would any of this sound sane if it wasn't Disney World?) 

However, the best part of the whole ride is the film montage at the end of the ride. 

Tour Guide: "Here's a look at some of my personal favourites..."

Sit back, relax and enjoy some of the most famous movie clips of ALL time. 

So Disney have just announced that they have teamed up with Turner Classic Movies to change and update the ride. I LOVE this ride, and it's my favourite thing in the whole of America, but if anything it is a little bit outdated. With all the Disney World updates being made e.g. Avatar Land in Animal Kingdom, the Frozen expansion in Epcot, Star Wars Land rumours etc., it would look very old. But maybe that's what makes it so traditional. I am excited for the updates, but I don't want it to be ruined. My heart would break into a thousand pieces.

Let's hope they include references to recent blockbusters e.g. Harry Potter, Titanic, Avatar or maybe as it's in Disney World, maybe we can get a glimpse of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Lion King... the list goes on.

Bring on Spring 2015. Disney will be announcing more details of the update soon. But in the meantime, if you haven't experienced The Great Movie Ride (and I feel sorry for you), here's a complete journey through... It's quite long but just skip through. Trust me, it's worth seeing, especially if you're a fellow film buff.