Looking back, that clip of bill bye saying ellen isn’t his best friend makes way more sense now knowing what we have found out about Ellen

It's so weird watching this from the Great Movie Ride breakroom.

I rode the Great Movie Ride back in spring, and... Yeah, it was obvious that the ride was dying. The cast members were bored and barely involved, the line queue had next to no recognizable props left, and the animatronics were... Well, lemme just say that Indiana Jones had amazing balance because he only had one leg left. While it's sad that this legacy is going away, this was a mercy killing more than anything.

You know, I could go either way with Energy Adventure, but losing great movie ride hurts

Just rode Great Movie Ride a few days ago. I will especially miss the Alien and Indiana Jones scenes

Rest in peace, Marty Sklar. Thanks for all of the dreaming and doing.

I'll miss the Great Movie Ride, but I don't know anyone who'll miss Ellen Energy Cri-ADVENTURE.

6:37 Last week I was in Disney, and decided to give Ellen a shot since it's closing and we'd never done it before. So we got on, we read/heard that it was almost 40 minutes long, and as soon as the doors on the vehicle close and the film started...nose bleed! Sat there for 40 minutes with just a tissue to keep the bleeding from getting too bad.

Never got to ride Ellen's Energy Adventure....all the way through. Every time I went on the damn thing, it'd break down. Hey, maybe Bill Nye will make a cameo in the guardians ride.

My Two Non-Main Point Releated Takeaways: 1. DON'T KNOW WHATCHA GOT...TILL IT'S GONE!!! (We Need More 10-Second Power Ballad Interludes in life) & 2. 5-Hour Energy, It's not a drink more like a drink. Drink 5-Hour Energy, DRINK 5-Hour Energy, DRINK DRINK DRINK 5-Hour Energy 5-Hour Energy 5-Hour Energy. (50 Worthless Zice points for those who get the reference)

Ellen's Energy Adventure was kinda great. Bill and Ellen still have Jeopardy night in my heart.

"Don't know what you got till it's gone" Damn right, Jerk!

I came here because of the NC review. And now I need to watch your whole backlog. I love your optimisim and energy. Keep on trucking.

My son and I rode the Great Movie Ride during its last week. I worked there back in the late 90's and my son has fond memories riding it while I worked it. This was his childhood and he actually cried at the end.

Who came back to this video knowing both replacements for both rides are absolutely awesome?

Thank god it wasn't a Bizzaardvark ride when it comes to a ride based on a Disney Channel Show. Let's just celebrate Mickey's first ride!

I'm gonna miss the Great Movie Ride. It was a great ode to the classic films of yesterday. . Oh, well. Goodbye Humphrey Bogart animatronic. Here's looking at you.

The Great Movie Ride will always be one of my favourite attractions at WDW.

Why do everyone hate the Carousel of Progress? That was one of my favorite shows in the park as a kid.

*R. I. P.* _Deuling Dragons/Dragon Challenge_ *May 28 1999 - September 4 2017*

I would love to see a Disney Villains ride.

It makes me sad that the great movie ride is closing. It was always my favorite ride in the parks. I still remember being an 8 year old and the magical feeling i felt sitting in the car. It sent me on a life path to make movies. One of my dreams was always to be a famous director working for disney and we would be promoting one of my new movies for them and I would take over as the tour guide on the ride and people would freak out and record it with their phones. Everyone experiences Disney magic differently, and thats mine.

“All but two lincensed by other studios” ...plus the ones they would own eventually

You are my new addiction ever since you appeared on Channel Awesome's "Real Thoughts on The Haunted Mansion." Thank you so much for being a fun and enlightening source for all things theme parks. Thank you so fucking much.

When it comes to the Great Movie Ride I wish they wouldn't get ride of it completely. I think what they should do is make new movie scenes to visit! Think about it Disney has Marvel, Muppets, and STAR WARS rights, and could make new scenes from those movies! Imagine how cool it would be to go from a scene from the Guardians of the Galaxy to a Death Star escape from a New Hope. The possibilities I think are endless. The Mickey Mouse ride seems cool, but I think there are less popular attractions to replace with something like that. Like the One Man's dream area could probably fit a dark ride inside the space, and how fitting would that be if Disney's attraction would get replaced with a Mickey attraction.

This was remarkably prescient regarding Ellen's later downturn in reputation. As with so many things, Bill Nye knew before the rest of us did.

I'm so glad I got to ride the Great Movie Ride last year with my parents. They loved seeing the classic movies they once enjoyed right in front of them. Not today's target demographic for Disney, that's for sure... oh well.

I never got to ride the Universe of Energy! But the Great Movie Ride was such an impact to me as a film maker

Am I the only one who considers ToT and Mission Breakout's vehicles to be traveling theaters, with a drop ride system implemented?

As a film buff and lover of Classical Era Hollywood I will dearly miss the Great Movie Ride. I always knew it wasn't thrilling to most people and it was increasingly pathetic that the animatronic scenes were never updated past Raiders of the Lost Ark, but I never cared. When that montage played at the end showing all those movies, all those legendary actors and actresses, all those genres, it brought such joy. I wish Disney preserved their rides by recording them for posterity. Then they could always be enjoyed via a virtual reality headset or at the very least a video (something more professional than a tourist's camcorder wildly darting about to catch all the details), but I'll just have to be content with my memories.

Oh my God you're playing "Hey, A Movie!" from The Great Muppet Caper during the Great Movie Ride scenes! I HEART YOU! I understand the Movie Ride was a little hoary, but I do kind of miss it...I loved the emphasis on classic movies. It's something I hope both movie-based theme parks don't forget. I'm all in favor of spotlighting newer faves, of course, but that can run the risk of becoming dated in time, and the classics should have a place as well.

Great "State of the Parks" video, as always, Tony. So "Guardians of the Galaxy" is the only Marvel property that Disney can use on the east coast? Well... Just like how the success of "Mission Breakout" will, more than likely, lead to an Avengers ride at DCA, following the success of "Guardians" at Epcot, we can all look forward to Walt Disney World's opening of "Dr. Strange Ride: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bargain." The Great Movie Ride was always one of my favorites growing up, and, despite TCM seriously messing up the pre-show/closing films, it's still a ride that I made a point of visiting at least once every trip, and I'm quite sad to see it go. Ellen, on the other hand...

Disney Executives: Let's make the rides bigger!!!! Super Wealthy Top Hat Guy: You fool, that'll never work!

The GMR will be dearly missed... it gave a young 8 yr old me a greater appreciation for classic film and I have great memories of my mom and dad telling me what's movie each scene was from. When I heard about the change to a Mickey train ride I was honestly upset that a great piece of park's history would be lost... not since TestTracks remodeling was I this upset (half due to nostalgia but also half due to it being kinda boring now...). Honestly, I'm less angry now and just hoping that they can make the new attractions work and be good. Hopefully I can visit the parks before the big 50 anniversary but I honestly am crushed I can't say goodbye to one of my favorite rides one last time.

It's funny, I've ridden the Great Movie Ride many times throughout my various trips to Disney World, but I've only ridden Ellen's Energy Adventure once or twice... Definitely goes to show which ride stuck with me the most and kept me coming back. It'll be sad to see them go, but like you said, I'm very optimistic about what's going to be taking their places. Here's hoping for the best!

lol, the Golden Girls House... when my brother was in high school he got to go to Disneyland with his marching band (I was rather jealous), and when he came back he showed me a picture he took of the Golden Girl House and said it was for me... I looked at it in puzzlement and said "What is this?" (You see what it looks like! ) and he exclaims that "it's the Golden Girl House, you like that show I thought you would like it." ... my brother went to Disneyland and brought me a picture of the GGH as a gift, and even though I like the show, I never really noticed their house, but I guess it was the thought that counted, lol ... sigh - but seeing it in this video made me think of it again after all these year and laugh, so thanks for that!

"The Ellen's Energy Adventure Ride goes into controversy" *talks about how it's because the science is inaccurate* ...Wow. I can understa... Wait, it's because she's a lesbian and LESBIANBAD or some shit, isn't it?

Dude! Amazing job as always.

This disappoints me so much. So many lovely memories on the great movie ride . Even my dad was upset. I shall miss you great movie ride. ❤️

This is an episode of farewells on multiple levels, and I empathize with you. I'll never get to ride either attraction. There's no way I'll get to Epcot by this Sunday, and I have to be somewhere on Sunday, anyway. Even if Movie Ride was a big TCM ad, I'd have probably enjoyed listening to Mr. Osbourne as I grew up with that channel. However, just as Mission: Breakout turned out to be amazing, I bet the new rides will also be amazing. They'll be an Epcot ride replacing nothing for once! You've said you've wanted them to fill up their park. I guess that's a bit of a dream come true. I hope to see you get to review all this new stuff for Disneyworld's 50th and that you have fun doing it. In meantime, keep on keeping on. You're really good. Thanks for the video.

new sub from your colab with Nostalgia Critic, this is awesome! I'm hooked!

YES! Been waiting for this video 🙌🏼

Two things made the Great Movie Ride worthwhile for me: twenty minutes sitting down in air conditioning and the queue areas with their showcased props and trailers from classic films.

I truly enjoy your videos good sir. They are really well put together and your story telling is fantastic and Always makes me laugh haha 😆 keep up the good work!

A ride car with stadium seating. Thanks, Jerk. You've shown me something I never thought possible and never want to think is possible ever again. * shudder *

I loved the Bill and Teds Soundtrack use at the beginning! VERY underrated soundtrack! Thanks!

Nice, I love these State of the Parks shows!

I'm glad I got to ride the Great Movie Ride when I went to Disney World a few years back, but I'm also excited for Mickey.

I loved the Great Movie Ride when I was a kid. It’s one of the few I remember from when I went to Disney World.

A bit out of my depth since I'm a fan in California and not Florida, and the last time I was at WDW I was just a toddler. But.... -Ellen's Energy Adventure, based on the various anecdotal accounts and YT POV videos...yeah, this one has been long, LONG overdue for an update. Even putting aside its' rep as being one of the lamest attractions in Future World. So it leaving isn't too big of a deal. Granted it's not helped that we still have no idea what kind of attraction the new GotG ride will be, so we kind of just have to leave it at that. -Great Movie Ride...yeah this one I imagine stings a lot more for Florida fans. Aside from being an opening day attraction, this was considered to be one of the big icon that represented Hollywood Studios. Sure, it not being able to update every few years with other movies kind of sucked, but considering the movies on display were the timeless classics it would have held up on its' own. So to have that taken over by, seemingly, more corporate synergy is...not something that could easily be brushed off.

I am going to miss theses 2 ridea

Jerk, this was a very sad video. RIP The Great Movie Ride. RIP Ellen's Energy Adventure. RIP Marty Sklar. ;(

That moment when you fired up "Don't know what you got (til its gone)", I lose my shit. You sir, are funny.

To be fair, at least it was a commercial for an actually GOOD basic cable channel.

I had just finished a Disney World trip right before D23's announcements and while at Epcot, I legitimately couldn't believe the Ellen ride was still there. Then when I sat through the ride again, it surprised me even more they would keep a ride so ridiculously dated and not in any of the funny ways like Carousel of Progress. The Great Movie Ride though I actually kind of loved more than I did as a kid because this time I actually recognized most of the movies on display. The GMR closing was actually the one part of the D23 stuff that actually made me sad.

The Great Movie ride was fun!! ill miss it. I am just happy that I went on it last month!

"Fare thee well, travelling theater...you were too stupid for this world" I almost spit out my drink there.

Your voice getting high.....your movie clips.....you just earned another subscriber my friend

Great video! I do sometimes wonder if Disney would've ever made it into The Great Disney Movie Ride, although I think at this point the overall traveling theater dynamic is a bit dated for contemporary audiences. I'll still miss the ride's hyper detailed sets and unique ideas.

Although I will miss the Great Movie Ride, the fact that Ellen's Energy Adventure is coming to a close is no hair off my chest.

Oh boy! A new video!

I'm gonna miss GMR but I'll miss it mostly for the Casablanca room, and the animatronic Humphrey Bogart!

Now we know why Bill Nye wasn’t invited to Ellen’s show and I think it was for the best.

While I do believe these new rides have the potential to be great, I wish there was some way to have them without removing existing material. Sure, Ellen's Energy Adventure might be cheesy and dated, but sometimes when you go to a theme park, you expect a certain amount of cheese, and I honestly like the educational parts of Epcot. And the Great Movie Ride is an all-time classic, not just because it was a day-one attraction, but also, where else in the world are you gonna see animatronic depictions of some the most famous movies of all time, let alone in one building? I wish I could've gone on either of these rides when my family went to WDW back in 2011, but I didn't have as much knowledge about them back then, and we didn't exactly have a lot of time there, anyway.

Yet another reason to look forward to four years

I was very lucky and my trip to WDW last week allowed me to see them both before they were gone, Like you I've had a soft spot for energy since it was one of the original rides..It is nostalgia talking i know. The Great movie ride filled a similar roll,.The fact that they are being closed with such short notice really did hit me hard...Disney studios is just a shell right now,

That Cinderella cut was great lol

I'm gonna miss my one true napping area (Universe of Energy)

The traveling theater will still exist in smallish form in the Hollywood Tower Hotel as it uses a similar traveling theater for the elevator cars to wander through the 5th dimension.

I love great movie ride too😭😭😭😭😭😭

Wow, Da Vinci's Notebook. That takes me back. (Yes, I suppose we can all still go see Paul and Storm, but...)

Geez, it's kinda sad I was so young that I don't remember anything about the old school Universe of Energy except for the song, and that's because we had the soundtrack and we would play it very frequently. I do remember loving the Great movie ride but I was still very young, and it was the only time I rode it... Oh well...

I will miss you great movie ride for one of my highlights Disney world

Instant like for appropriate use of "Two Heads Are Better Than One".

Reign of king is "considered a traveling transport theater" according to dynamic attractions, that is at least when it's not broken down and you don't have to be evac'd like I have twice.

My last trip to Hollywood Studios back in May we rode the Great Movie Ride as a time-killer to wait for a Fast Pass for another ride. I am glad we got to see it one last time before they closed it down. As for the "Ellenverse of Energy", I used to love the original Universe of Energy (yes even the so-called boring parts, I eventually found it fascinating info as I got a little older), but ever since they shoehorned Ellen into the ride, I didn't find it as entertaining as the original and I only rode it once or twice when it first reopened as such, and then I always tended to skip it in favor of other rides and attractions at Epcot like Test Track or Soarin'.

You sir, are a a KZfaq Disney nerd genius

Also where'd you find your amazing backstage stories? My mom is currently dating a man who worked on that ride and would stick his face and hands through munchkin windows while guests were riding, pretending to be a munchkin

I loved the dinosaur part immensely. Was at Epcon either on the opening day or opening week. Its the only Epcot ride I remember.

man hearing "shes not my favorite person in the world" absolutely retroactively crushed my hopes that they were gonna redo energy...

Honestly I just keep thinking about how hilarious it would be if Clint Eastwood DIDN'T sign off on his animatronic and they had to keep the paper bag over his animatronic's head until they could replace it. And yeah I'm also gonna miss the Great Movie Ride (at least I got to ride it last summer, for the first and last time) because when I rode it all I could think was; I wanna be a cast member on this ride if I do the college program because it looks like a lot of fun! And now I won't get the chance. I still wanna do the college program tho.

I’m looking forward to the guardians ride!

My only problem with Mickey & Minnie is that if they're touting this as "Mickey's first ride", I feel like it ought to use the official character designs, or the classic black and white designs, or heck, maybe even work in both somehow. Aside from that, it's a perfect idea for a replacement ride to put in the Chinese Theater replica I do have a gripe with the Guardians ride not being a clone of Mission Breakout, but that's largely just personal bias as to what I would have liked. I've seen some people say that it's because Florida already has Tower of Terror so it'd be redundant, but if that's the reason then what's Disney's excuse for Magic Kingdom having two Dumbos right next to each other and an Aladdin-themed Dumbo a short walk away...? I mean, I'm glad to see Disney make more original rides instead of just cloning rides from other parks, and there's no rule saying they couldn't just clone it anyway in the future and put it in, say, Tommorowland. And heck, what right do I have to complain when Disney World has two more parks than Disneyland and a digital Fastpass system that you don't have to pay for? But I can't say I'm not disappointed. Still, hopefully I can practice what has been preached to me and that I said "hey, you know what, you're right" to, and I'll try to head into the new Guardians ride with an open mind.

I feel like people should give rides a chance before claiming "what's better". Also to all you Epcot nerds who are saying "guardians isn't about future" what does oceans, flying, and purple dragons have to do with the future?

Closest thing I can think of is one of the Halloween rides at six flags but they made there monorail system into a ride for Halloween

I see the new Guardians ride being a ride simulator, which would allow them to keep the building without need to really build a track.

I agree with you thoughts on GMR Tony, and what makes the demise all the more sad is the fact that GMR was the origin for the Studios in the first place (Long story short, the attraction began as part of an Epcot Pavilion celebrating the history of Entertainment, and the idea grew from there)

I absolutely loved the Great Movie Ride and I'm so sad to see it go... Also, loved the Clint Eastwood joke, lol

I wish I had gone on Great Movie Ride back in 2012, I'm sure I would've enjoyed it but we were short on time since we had to eat at a restaurant near Echo Lake at Hollywood Studios at a certain time so we didn't really have the time to do it. Universe of Energy was okay, especially the animatronics but DINOSAUR has it beat honestly in terms of Animatronics imo. Hopefully both rides will do fine.

I loved the Great Movie Ride, but the last time my family rode it, even I had to admit that it wasn't showing its age well. Some of the animatronics looked... Worn out.

1:08 the covid pandemic/ Bob Chapeck becoming CEO: Allow us to introduce are selves

Kinda sucks that by the time I'll be at Disney World in a few weeks, both of these attractions will already be gone. Their closings were really announced on short notice, with only 1 month since the D23 parks panel. Even when Mission Breakout was announced last year, DCA's Tower of Terror still had plenty of months left before closing.

We, too, love the new Mickey shorts.

The only forseeable problem with the Guardians ride is that it could feel woefully dated in 20 years, not totally unlike Ellen's Energy Adventure. In 2041 these movies may not have the relevance or popularity that they enjoy now, and I don't know that they can be seen as "timeless" either. They're too irreverent and too steeped in the popular culture of both the present and the still-nostalgic recent past.

*sad face* I loved Lights Motors Action. As a kid I never really played video games but watched them, and my favorite game to watch was a PS2 game called "stuntman" in which you played a Hollywood stunt driver starting your career with small low budget flicks and working your way up to being fucking James Bond! So seeing that stunt show was like seeing that game in real life, and as a kid that's what I wanted to do as an adult. I wanted to be a stunt driver. I still tear up a little any time I watch the final run in Florida. Now I am 100% looking forward to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge in 20whatever, but the attraction it closed will always have a place in my heart.

Man, and here I was thinking that our Guardians of the Galaxy ride would make people from Florida come to California. But I guess them losing the Great Movie Ride is the same as us losing our Tower of Terror, so I'd call it even for now.

Foamers? FOAMERS? You've just created a great new, almost universally applicable insult! Thanks, Big G!

Tony Goldmark, with The Great Movie Ride closing its doors, you believe a name change is coming to Hollywood Studios itself? I myself thought this as soon as they announced Star Wars land, but this new development cements that to me. Also do you fear Epcot is straying from its original concept with a Guardians ride coming? PS cant wait to hear your opinion regarding Tron coming to Magic Kingdom.

I'll be there on the 13th to say a last goodbye to both attractions!

Yesterday I just rode the great movie ride. I'm at Disneyworld right now