Changes
| type= Dark Ride
| Vehicle= Tram
| sponsor= Coca Cola Turner Classic Movies
| audio-animatronics=59
| opened= May 1, 1989
Originally, the final scene in the attraction was going to be an extension of the Wizard of Oz scene. Guests would have come face to face with the Wizard, who would say his famous line “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. Following this, the curtain would open showing that the bandit (or gangster) who had hijacked the ride earlier in the attraction was still alive. Finally, guests would approach a large platform where models of all of the Audio Animatronic characters seen earlier in the ride would reappear and take a bow. Although this scene was eventually scrapped, the Great Movie Ride opened with the Disney MGM Studios on May 1, 1989.
Since its opening, the Great Movie Ride has only seen two major changes. The first change to the attraction came shortly after its opening. The Footlight Parade scene that originally featured a rotating cake and attached water pumps (as seen in the movie) was significantly toned down. The cake in the scene was constantly breaking down and the water pumps would fail, causing the ride path to flood. Disney Imagineers eventually decided to leave the cake stationary, and use lighting effects instead of water pumps. The other change came in 2008 when the Wicked Witch of the West Audio Animatronic was replaced with a newer model.
On November 25, Disney and Turner Classic Movies announced that TCM would become the new sponsor of the Great Movie Ride. As part of the agreement in 2015 the attraction will receive an update in both the pre-show and the film montage shown as the attractions finale. TCM host Robert Osborne will appear in the updated version of the attraction.
==Attraction Plot==
