''Warner Bros. Classics and The Great Gremlin Adventure'' was a

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located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the

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, and Warner Bros. Movie World in

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(now

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). The ride has been replaced with the ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the two parks respectively.

History

On 3 June 1991, Warner Bros. Movie World opened to the public. One of its original attractions was ''Warner Bros. Classics and The Great Gremlin Adventure''. A duplicate of the Australian attraction opened with Warner Bros. Movie World Germany (later renamed Movie Park Germany) on 30 June 1996. It was named ''Gremlin Invasion''. The ride's soft-opening was on 29 June 1996. On 9 September 2001, Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia announced that they would be closing the attraction to make way for a new attraction set to open in 2002. On 17 June 2002, the ''

'' opened in the location of ''Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure''. In Germany, ''Gremlin Invasion'' remained open until the closure of Warner Bros. Movie World Germany on 31 October 2004. The park reopened on 19 March 2005 as Movie Park Germany, however, the ride remained closed. In mid-2011, the ride was replaced with

'', a ''

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Bobsled roller coaster. At Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia, many elements of the ride still exist to this day. The original facade for the attraction exists behind ''Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster''s Spooky Island castle facade. Two of the theatres that were used in the pre-show exist adjacent to the replacement ride's queue. Finally, the unload station still exists (albeit with theming removed) and is used as an evacuation path from the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster.

Ride

Riders would

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for the Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure on the outside of the

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. Groups of riders would be admitted into the building labelled Warner Bros. Studios. Inside guests would be ushered into one of several

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s. Here, the riders would watch some

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s from various

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such as ''

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'' before the screening was interrupted as the

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s had taken over. After exiting the theatre, up to 20 riders board a single vehicle which navigates its way throughout the film archive in order to escape the Gremlins. They are taken for a slow trip throughout various sets before exiting the building and being unloaded. Riders would exit past two crashed

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s, similar to those used in the

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(with Gizmo inside one of them). There is a slight difference between the two different rides that existed; during the ride at Warner Bros. Movie World, the character

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appears periodically during the tour of the film archives and studio, where as in the Movie Park Germany version of the ride the character ALF appears not only on the tour, but on film after the initial clips outtakes, getting harassed by the Gremlins.

References

External links

The Great Gremlins Adventure
at Parkz
Information about the ride at Germany
at Gremlins Online {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner Bros. Classics and Great Gremlins Adventure Former Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences attractions Amusement rides introduced in 1991 Amusement rides introduced in 1996 Amusement rides that closed in 2001 Amusement rides that closed in 2004 Animatronic attractions Dark rides Movie Park Germany Warner Bros. Movie World Gremlins (franchise)