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The Great Movie Ride is an attraction at Walt Disney World's Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida.
The ride is located inside the Grauman's Chinese Theater facade. The entry line winds through a Graumann's-styled lobby, with occasional display cases containing movie costumes, props, and set pieces. The queue then zig-zags through a small theater, where persons in line are shown a series of very brief trailers for various famous films. There the line ends, and riders walk into a 'studio' area to board waiting 'cars'. After a brief spiel from the guide, the cars drive through various movie scene recreations / vignettes populated by audio-animatronic figures. At the end, the cars line up in a large, dark theater where a compilation of famous movie scenes & lines is shown for about 5-10 minutes. The cars then exit the theater, returning to the 'studio' area where passengers disembark.
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During the course of the attraction the ride vehicle (which uses the same "rolling theatre" system used by Ellen's Energy Adventure, only slightly smaller, with an open cab in front for the tour guide) is "hijacked" by a cast member portraying an escaping bank robber, in either the "gangster movie" scene or the "western" scene. The hijacker then takes over as tour guide through several scenes, unsuccessfully attempting to "rob" the passengers, until the vehicle enters an "Ancient Egypt" scene, in which the hijacker attempts to steal a large jewel mounted on an "ancient tomb." A robed figure appears, ordering the hijacker to stop. When the hijacker refuses, he or she vanishes in a puff of smoke, while the robed figure removes the robe, turning out to be the original tour guide.
If crowds are light, and only one loading gate is being used, the hijacking will normally always occur in the "gangster movie" scene; if both loading gates are used (even for only some loading cycles), the vehicle at the front loading gate will be hijacked in the "western" scene, while the one at the rear loading gate will be hijacked in the "gangster movie" scene. If both scenarios are running, and guests are willing to wait, cast members can honor polite requests for the "western hijacking" scenario.
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