History YMMV / TheGreatMovieRide

** In a 1998 Walt Disney World promotion video starring Mickey Mouse and his friends, Mickey and Minnie are seen on the Great Movie Ride. An attraction starring them replace GMR in 2020. The video can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPBwZf2l78 here]], and the moment starts at 37 minutes.

* BrokenBase: The 2015 Creator/TurnerClassicMovies overhaul attracted a lot of mixed responses from people when it came to adding in Robert Osborne's narration to the ride. Some felt that it added some much-needed freshness to the ride, while others felt that it was unnecessary and minimized the importance of the tour guide. It also didn’t help that Osborne brought a noticeably less “enthusiastic” sounding performance compared to the old narrator who would often give appropriate tones to the various scenes. On the bright side, most agreed that the upgrades to the queue and pre-show were for the better.

* BrokenBase: The 2015 Creator/TurnerClassicMovies overhaul attracted a lot of mixed responses from people when it came to adding in Robert Osborne's narration to the ride. Some felt that it added some much-needed freshness to the ride, while others felt that it was unnecessary and minimized the importance of the tour guide. On the bright side, most agreed that the upgrades to the queue and pre-show were for the better.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The ''Film/FootlightParade'' sequence was initially much more elaborate, featuring water effects and the five-tier "cake" spun. However, the effects broke down frequently, which eventually resulted in the sequence being toned down to something simpler and less prone to malfunction.

* {{Narm}}: The ride over time fell victim to this, due to many of the ride's effects and animatronics not working as well as they once did. Additionally, if the person playing the tour guide and/or the hijacker is bad at acting, this can be the result.

* TearJerker: '''''THE RIDE'S CLOSURE!!!''''' Need we say more?

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite being located in a Disney park and containing scenes for ''Film/MaryPoppins'', ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', and ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', the ride was often billed as being for the older crowd due to it featuring an ''Film/{{Alien}}'' sequence and other dark material.

* HilariousInHindsight: The inclusion of ''Franchise/Alien'' in this ride can be seen as pretty funny when one realizes that Disney would later claim ownership of the ''Alien'' franchise via their buyout of Fox's film and TV divisions.

* HilariousInHindsight: The inclusion of ''Alien'' in this ride can be seen as pretty funny when one realizes that Disney would later claim ownership of the ''Alien'' franchise via their buyout of Fox's film and TV divisions.

** In a 1998 Walt Disney World promotion video starring Mickey Mouse and his friends, Mickey and Minnie are seen on the Great Movie Ride. An attraction starring them replace GMR in 2019. The video can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPBwZf2l78 here]], and the moment starts at 37 minutes.

* TearJerker: '''''THE RIDES CLOSURE!!!''''' Need we say more?

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Mixed with EarWorm.

* EarWorm: The ride's version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN4LBEm1OQ Hooray for Hollywood]]" offers a nice and unique take on the famous song.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The ride's version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN4LBEm1OQ Hooray for Hollywood]]" offers a nice and unique take on the famous song.

* HeartwarmingMoments:

* AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The ride's version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN4LBEm1OQ Hooray for Hollywood]]" offers a nice and unique take on the famous song.

** The most iconic-ly moving scenes of ''Casablanca'' and ''Singin' in the Rain'' were accurately recreated in this ride.

** In the ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' sequence, the hijacker touching the cursed jewel and getting ''roasted into a skeleton''. The scene is usually PlayedForLaughs, but still.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite being located in a Disney park and containing scenes for ''Mary Poppins'', ''Fantasia'', and ''The Wizard of Oz'', the ride was often billed as being for the older crowd due to it featuring an ''Alien'' sequence and other dark material.

* AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The ride's version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN4LBEm1OQ Hooray for Hollywood]]" is quite glamorous.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The ''Film/FootlightParade'' sequence was initially much more elaborate, featuring water effects and the five-tier "cake" spun. However, the effects broke down frequently, thus the sequence was eventually toned down to something simpler and less prone to malfunction.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The attraction's overhaul for 2015 generally invoked this reaction from people.

* HamAndCheese: Mugsy, depending on how good (or not-so good) the person playing him/her is at acting.

** The most iconic-ly moving scenes of ''Casablanca'' and ''Singin' in the Rain'' are accurately recreated in this ride.
** The Munchkinland scene manages to quite magical just because of how well it replicates the feel and look of the movie.
** The finale montage of movies at the end is a big case of this, especially if you're a big fan of film.
* {{Narm}}: The ride as of recently has been falling victim to this, with many of the ride's effects and animatronics not working as well as they once did. Additionally, if the person playing the tour guide and/or the hijacker is bad at acting, this can be the result.
* NightmareFuel: Several scenes can fall under this, provided they're working correctly.
** The ''Alien'' scene is a rather obvious instance with the bleak tone of the sequence couple with the Xenomorph popping out of the ceiling and later the wall.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The ''Film/FootlightParade'' sequence was initually much more elaborate, featuring water effects and the five-tier "cake" spun. However, the effects broke down frequently, thus the sequence was eventually toned down to something simpler and less prone to malfunction.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite being located in a Disney park and containing scenes for ''Mary Poppins'', ''Fantasia'', and ''The Wizard of Oz'', the ride is often billed as being for the older crowd due to it featuring an ''Alien'' sequence and other dark material.
* WinBackTheCrowd: The attraction's overhaul for 2015 has generally invoked this reaction from people.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The attraction's recently announced overhaul for 2015 has generally invoked this reaction from people.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The ''FootlightParade'' sequence was initually much more elaborate, featuring water effects and the five-tier "cake" spun. However, the effects broke down frequently, thus the sequence was eventually toned down to something simpler and less prone to malfunction.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite being located in a Disney park and containing scenes for ''Mary Poppins'', ''Fantasia'', and ''The Wizard of Oz'', the ride is often billed as being for the older crowd due to it featuring an ''Alien'' sequence and other dark material.

* AwesomeMusic: The ride's version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN4LBEm1OQ Hooray for Hollywood]]" is quite glamorous.

** If the Wicked Witch of the West frightens you, you'll be not-so pleased to know that the animatronic of her gets pretty close to the ride vehicle and is probably the most life-like animatronic in the whole ride.

** The hijacker touching the cursed jewel and getting ''roasted into a skeleton''. The scene is usually PlayedForLaughs, but still.