Sadly yeah, though it’s been in top working order since the Turner Classic Movies sponsorship a few years back. The Footlight Parade intro area has been broken since 1997.
Though I’ve always had a lot of fondness for the ride. It’s always popular, and a great centerpiece to the park. I had held out hope that they would go for a big rehab to fix the broken bits, swap out a few movies, and give it a refresh, but the new ride that’s replacing it (an immersive Mickey ride that’s supposed to make you feel like you’re in a cartoon) sounds pretty terrific.
21 years is still new-ish, I guess, but that’s a long time for a park to have the same ride as its signature centerpiece show.
I will miss it for exactly that reason, as well as the corny dialogue. And the huge massive moving theater. “Dinosaurs are just cool!”
