The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios - The "Alien" sequence

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[@xxharv3st3rxx44]

Was terrified of this part as a kid, so nostalgic.

[@philhawley8635]

Same.

[@crypt5098]

ikr i’d always have to duck down

[@willalford7562]

@@crypt5098 I did the same.

[@willalford7562]

So was I. This is why Disney is in no hurry to establish Alien attractions at the parks, and probably one of the reasons why they did away with the Great Movie Ride.

[@lingoistj1956]

Yeah, especially the xenomorph in the ceiling.

[@bakasooka8074]

They need an entire ALIEN ride

[@eriksanchez1721]

alien encounter was supposed to be the alien ride

[@theopman248]

Baka I agree

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

It was, but since the movie was rated R, they had to make up there own alien. But since they own the rights to alien, it could be possible

[@TristenTheArgonian]

@@GojiBoiEarth1964 especially since they already have a lot of the materials from this ride.

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

Tristen Argonian maybe, but since the ride closed, I have a feeling Disney ether dismantled them, sold them, or kept them only for them to rot. Hopefully those weren’t the case.

[@godaninja]

I was 5 the moment I saw Ripley I was like I know what's going on and tucked myself under the seats

[@DearAlloy]

Same

[@tattedzelda]

I did this when I was 12 I saw Ripley and just went nope not today!! 😂

[@lingoistj1956]

I was 7. I could’ve sworn they put her in a different outfit back in the 90s

[@libertyerichsen3904]

I was 5 heard loud sounds saw a scary creature saw bright lights experienced it then cried really hard

[@Chef_Alpo]

@@lingoistj1956 I saw this back in '90 I believe as a 5 year old, I don't quite remember Ripley wearing a different costume but I do remember the lighting being somewhat different. I don't remember the corridors being so red either, if anything there was more natural looking lighting and perhaps yellow lighting in more areas, but it's possible that part of the lighting might have been out of order that day. I also don't remember the spaceview at the entrance of the Alien section, in fact I think that part was under construction or maybe maintenance as I recall the area being unfinished and blocked off at parts.

[@witnessme602]

I think seeing this as a kid is what gave me my love of the Alien movies.

[@mystifiedd6043]

Same 10 years old, i'm sure the 1 in the ceiling used to come out more

[@gradyallen2931]

The attention to detail on the set design of this ride was really phenomenal. A lot of small Easter eggs. At 3:42 you can see that they placed Brett’s Hawaiian shirt that he wears in the film on a table as the riders enter this section. Small but very nice touch.

[@BathSaltShaman]

Right? They also had the swinging chain sound effect playing there that’s heard when Bretts looking for Jonesy under the cooling tanks too. Even at 6, years before Alien would become one of my favorite film series, this was my favorite part of the ride. Glad I got to experience it.

[@willalford7562]

That's most likely because when you change films/dioramas, you start in the Nostromo's landing claw bay, the location in the movie where Brett was killed by the Xenomorph.

[@SpiraLawliet]

Missed my only chance to see this ride nearly a decade ago, I still regret it to this day. They really nailed the atmosphere of the original Alien.

[@ColinLooksBack]

Ceiling Xenomorph scared the heck out of me...

[@TheShadowcompany1]

Colin Gorman I remember the first time I was legitimately scared in life was during that part of the gmr. I had accidentally watched the end of alien when I was maybe 6 and it gave me nightmares! I told myself it wasn't real until I went to Disney and saw it! I was convinced that I was about to die! I'll definitely miss this ride.

[@bsgfan1]

It was the side one that got me when I was a kid. I was sitting at the farthest right seat so I ended up closest to it.

[@eagleeyepitts7803]

Colin LooksBack Yes. I hated the siren in there. It gave me nightmares. Its weird though because now I go back and look it up just to hear it. I liked all of The Great Movie Ride.. Except Alien

[@eagleeyepitts7803]

bsgfan1 It was always the one in the smoke on the ceiling. It would always launch down and the stupid operator would stop right as I was under it. And one time I screamed.

[@DearAlloy]

Me too

[@inboxnews]

Super cool that they let you walk around. Today was the last day :(.

[@lightningwu]

The walk around was for the Disney Parks Blog meet up before the official closing. It was super cool! :)

[@davidlabelle361]

WHAT?!? They got rid of the Great Movie Ride?!?! That’s fucking unforgivable. I made the trek to MGM for the sole purpose of seeing the Alien portion of this. Wizard of Oz was cool as well. Singin’ in the Rain was pretty great, too.

[@eagleeyepitts7803]

Dave LaBelle same. All except the alien portion. It always scared me.

[@diegofavaratozfilms962]

They got rid of The Great Movie Ride because the animatronics were old and the movie references were outdated

[@LemonGoofball]

I love the alarm. I saw alien for the first time last night and damn. The whole time the alarm went off I was thinking about this ride lmao

[@lingoistj1956]

Is that why they let people walk through it instead of riding the boat?

[@matrixlag4074]

Ya it was the best part of MGM.

[@Gryphon1269]

Easily the best part of the ride (and one of my favorite parts of Disney). Sad it had to go, but maybe they could utilize the Xenos somewhere else?

[@stargirl_xo_2004]

It’s been so long since I’ve been on this ride, but I remember going on this ride for the first time when I was 10, not knowing about the movie. As soon as the siren started I was nervous. Saw the xenomorph from the ceiling pop out and I was freaked out, but then the one from the side of the wall popped out, and I was sitting at the edge closest to it. I screamed bloody murder and was crying till we left that area.

[@Robert_Douglass]

I remember there was supposed to be a maze like area that started with a room, where you were actually given replica Colonial Marines armour to wear and an M41-A pulse rifle, and you were guided through what appeared to be the Hadley's Hope colony complex and the atmosphere processor, and when Xenos popped out of cracks and crevices you got to aim and shoot at them, then they'd retreat into the darkness and you walked on. It's probably not there anymore, if there ever was such a "walkthrough ride". Would have been nice to be there, to experience it first hand...

[@Braadguy]

Playing alien isolation really gets you familiar with the siren sound

[@happycompy]

Facts

[@pianoluver1222]

I feel like I’m reliving a traumatic moment of my childhood watching this haha I was 6 when I rode this and the cowboy who hijacks the car freaked me and my mom thought she was being fun by playing along with it, not realizing that I thought we were going to die. Then, when the alien was in the ceiling, I was water form sprayer must dripped on my leg, and my dad, being the dick he is, yelled, “Alien spit!” I screamed the rest of the ride. I couldn’t even look at these aliens until college, which now I love those movies. But man, that kind of messed me up lol

[@evyalley]

I so wish they still had that there and they moved Mickey and Minnie’s RR into the Animation area somewhere. If I went on this at my age I would 100% reach my hand out at Sigourney and yell “Ripley I love you!!!” With absolutely no shame and it would’ve been the best part of my trip.

[@iziahwilliams9895]

If Disney doesn’t make an alien ride now that they own the franchise I will be highly disappointed

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

Iziah Williams alien encounter was going to be based off the xenomorph movie. But due to its graphics violence. They had to make there own alien

[@TheDarkwingj]

Slim chance cause the parks are focused on Star Wars galaxy edge

[@joaquinbarboza3223]

Alien is too disturbing for little children.

[@vrver2802]

@@joaquinbarboza3223 thats making kids soft , they should be exposed to fear to grow confident .

[@willalford7562]

@@joaquinbarboza3223 I agree.

[@TristenTheArgonian]

This bit right here is what introduced me to the alien franchise

[@frankbrown4780]

You know, that wasn't a Ripley animatronic. They just hired Sigourney Weaver to stand there looking scared all day. Easiest £50 she's ever made.

[@M1n1Taur01]

I keep looking back and watching this because I was like four when I went on this ride, and the ceiling one had a malfunction right above me, I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch the Alien movies to this day and that was nearly two decades ago now, but I loved this ride so much as a kid, and still wish it were around.

[@WesleyWhiteside]

There needs to be a Disneyland Retroland.

[@hunterhudgens4185]

Yes! With all the old rides rebooted and old props and animatronics being pulled out of Disney’s archives.

[@rolliemcsplat7618]

@@hunterhudgens4185 I think they refuse a lot of the animatronic and set pieces for other rides, and if not they get thrown away

[@Chef_Alpo]

I saw this back in '90 or '91 when I was 5 or 6. I mostly remember the ceiling alien giving me a bit of a scare, but I also vaguely remember not quite knowing how to process that stiff Ripley looking so scared, it looked odd but also invoked fear as well.

[@matrixlag4074]

This ride scared the Hell put of me as a kid. Now 25years l8tr, not so much.

[@elasmith4218]

This is where my fear of the movie began 😂

[@magnum1165]

I went on this ride with my parents when I was 11 back in 2001, when I realized we were entering a alien themed section my dad practically had to hold me down cause I was gonna jump off the ride lol

[@jenhaley]

Rode this when it was still Disney-MGM , and way before I saw Alien or Aliens in it's entirety (I caught a part of Aliens when it aired on CBS as the Saturday Night Movie), but i was SPOOKED! (Ripley looks a bit different. New wig and face model?

[@BonesYourDaddy]

They need to make a new side of the park called 20th century land and put alien terminator predator attractions etc. it’s a goddamn gold mine and give adults a way to stop saying Disneyworld is for kids

[@alyssah4018]

Omg i loved this part my favorite ❤️

[@JoeyHowellArt]

That is so dope you got to see it out of the cart!

[@Universal_exports87]

Terrified me as a kid. But Alien and Aliens are now two of my all time favorite movies!

[@butterpiggie9624]

I just wanna know where the xenomorph animatronics went. The idea that a perfectly good alien animatronic exists and is no longer being used haunts me.

[@jordansteele2181]

Hi there. I found out the other day that one of the xenomorph animatronics was saved when the Great Movie Ride closed and is now in the Walt Disney Archives. 🙂

[@butterpiggie9624]

@@jordansteele2181 That's great news. I can now sleep in peace

[@realgooddoty9395]

I remember this ride

[@jaydenswift9856]

Why did they have to get rid of this awesomeness

[@talkaboutwacky]

My favorite part of the ride. Breaks my heart that this ride is gone now

[@a.a.c2171]

I had no idea that people weregiven an opportunity to walk through! Im so jealous!

[@phoenixrising2430]

"So, um...we think we need to discuss the bonus situation..."

[@grudgematch6653]

This reminds me of the AvP house at HHN

[@Hermionegoh]

We need a full alien + doom themepark!

[@The_Great_Eye]

I used to duck so low in my seat you couldn't make me out in the vehicle haha

[@hunterhudgens4185]

Came here because I know I remembered it but I guess the Great Movie Ride is gone now. How sad

[@nickharris7219]

What song is this?

[@Martin_._._authority]

Disney should make a ride based on Alien vs Predator since they own rights to both films now.

[@the_gp9_802]

Is nobody gonna talk about how Disney owns alien now

[@TheDarkwingj]

Disney now that they own Alien and Predator they still won't build an alien ride cause its not "family friendly"

[@Qwertys01]

@@TheDarkwingj they did at one point. The end result didn't have a xenomorph or any ties to alien, but that was the original intention. Look up "the history of alien encounter" on KZbin. There's some pretty good videos that go in depth on it :)

[@socialmisfitmgmt]

Idky but this version seems super scaled down from the one I remember as a kid.. I remember ripleys being sitted on the floors

[@CzolgoszWorkinMan]

0:33 wow I didn't even know Parker Posey was in Alien

[@kleverstudios]

oh no way, they have brett’s hawaiian shirt sitting there lol

[@nickthetrex]

Original voice over: This is "Alien". You are with Sigourney Weaver aboard the spaceship Nostromo. Something has gone wrong. One by one, the crew has vanished, and somewhere in the ship, a terrifying creature waits to claim its next victim.

[@RoboJoseCarioca]

1:13 alarm

[@evanpatel3947]

WAIT WHEN DID THEY GET TO WALK THE RIDE??

[@randomtravelvideos]

rip gmr

[@FlyBoyBigBlue]

Whaaaa?!?! Was the backstage invite only, or could any cast member have done it?

[@lightningwu]

This was for the Disney Parks Blog meet up a few days before the closing.

[@FlyBoyBigBlue]

Ahh, o.k., just saw a few nametags in there and thought I missed out ona chance to take a pic with Ripley. Oh well, such is life. Thanks for the answer.

[@lightningwu]

No worries :)

[@Bryanma0119]

It will be at the best if it’s Alien and a bit of aliens theme + the Indiana Jones kind of ride

[@vrver2802]

fun fact they changed the alien head in the ceiling - i went through the ride in 1994

[@perranmorris5150]

Very bad ass

[@amydamjanovic9183]

Were those people walking through as part of an evacuation or were they just treated to it because the ride was closing?

[@rebelscum1825]

They had let people walk through it?

[@lser3185]

I used to hide my head on my mom on this ride

[@lser3185]

Vvery sscary

[@barbaralee7385]

This would have me pissing on myself….

[@insideleosmind4313]

The woman with the gun is just as creepy as the Xenomorph

[@p3achgrl]

THAYS RIPLEY😭😭 she's the main character

[@insideleosmind4313]

@@p3achgrl Yes. She did scared me because she looks real!

[@laceaanderson2915]

I love the movies about them but dang those creatures terrify me...

[@jr4elena]

Interesting how Disney has this ride and now they own it same with Star Wars not sure how that works in the real life but in the end is all Business 😑

[@zacez4512]

I hated this ride specifically cause of this scene

[@onkcuf]

Weak.