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22-02-2005 02:34 PM
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Date of Holiday: Aug 2003
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Submitted By: Mrs J Dry
Overall Rating: 9/10
Comments: It's every kid's fantasy to take a trip to Disney World and every parent's fantasy to be able to take them there. I will say from the start that Disney definitely isn't for everyone - cynics of the Disney culture and it's almost sickly sweet way of making your hand dig deeper in your pocket will not be converted. In fact, if you do not go with the attitude of taking Disney at face value or the pleasure you will get from seeing your children's faces light up then it is not worth going at all. However if, like me, you are a big kid at heart and have enjoyed all things Disney you have encountered before then be prepared to be amazed.
There are four main theme parks in the Disney World complex, plus two water parks, Downtown Disney, the ‘Wide World of Sports' and various hotels. Your best bet, if you want to experience as much of Disney as possible is to get a Park Hopper Plus ticket, which, depending on the amount of days you buy it for, gets you into all the major theme parks plus one ‘extra', such as a water park. To totally immerse yourself in the Disney experience, book into a Disney hotel. These range from the cheap and cheerful Pop century hotel to the Disney to the Animal Kingdom lodge. To keep it simple, you get what you pay for and whilst everyone would love to say at the deluxe Disney resort, Joe average has had to scrimp and save just to get into the parks. There are tons of villas close to the resort that offer a more reasonable price for accommodation. Also, its sometimes nice to escape the Disney crowd!
There are a number of different ticket options. You can buy one-day passes, which are valid only for one of the Disney Parks. Or there are multi-day hopper tickets (available for 5-, 7-, or 10 days) and hopper plus tickets, which give you extra options (either 1 or two), more of which will be explained a bit later on.
Getting to the complex is easy enough - its well sign posted. It's finding your way out again which is the problem! We also had quite a few incidents where we drove past the turnings to get to the individual parks - but be vigilant and you'll find your way around easy enough.
Entry into Downtown Disney is free, but don't think that means you will leave with money still in your pocket, it's basically an open air complex of shops and restaurants, with ‘Pleasure Island', full of nightclubs thrown in for good measure. (You have to pay for entry into Pleasure Island or it can be included as an ‘extra' on a hopper plus ticket. Also remember that the legal drinking age in Florida is 21, and it's not unheard of for people older than 30 to be asked for ID.) There is also Disney Quest, which describes itself as the worlds first inside theme park, but others describe it as a glorified arcade (but it still sticks to the high quality Disney is famous for). Again, this is extra but is included as an ‘extra' on a hopper ticket.
But the Magic Kingdom is the park that everyone imagines when they think of Disney World and contains probably the most famous Disney landmark, Cinderella Castle. You see the castle first on the monorail or boat ride from the carpark to the park (it is a good distance from the where you park to the actual theme park entrance!) and you'll also get a good glance at a few of the other attractions, such as Space Mountain. Once you get to the park and through the turnstiles, you're off! The best advice I can give to you for any Florida theme park is arriving early and PLAN! Don't be too put off if you don't stick to your original plan, there are many ‘distractions' which make every trip to Disney unique, but use it as a rough guide to try and get everything you want to do done. Obviously this will vary depending on the age of your party and whether or not you have visited other Disney parks, such as the one in Paris, as a few of the rides are very similar. Hopefully you'll pick up a few tips on planning from this review and I'll be happy to send anyone who asks a personalised suggest itinerary (something I desperately wanted, but couldn't find anywhere without paying a ridiculous amount!). Just leave a message for me on my guest book and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Here are a few tips to stick to when visiting any of Florida's theme parks:
- Don't run for cover at the first sign of rain! Just get out your water-proofs (they sell them everywhere in the rainy season, and even my fashion conscious 14 year old brother walked round wearing the bright yellow Mickey poncho!). Crowds get noticeably thinner, and most of the rides remain open (unless lightning threatens). We went in the middle of the rainy season (yes, August is the hottest and wettest time of year!) but I haven''t to say the heavy downpours were quite refreshing after the blistering heat and there was only really one day cut short because of the weather (animal kingdom).
- Sweaters, jackets and other bits that you might need later but don't want to carry round with you can be left in the lockers at the entrance. Disney also do a collect as you leave service, whereby you can collect any souvenir shopping at the exit. (Good job really - I don't think my snowglobe would have survived 3 rides on the tower of terror.).
- Bring a plastic bag to put you camera etc in for the water rides. Florida offers some of the wettest rides I've ever seen in my life (although perhaps not Disney, Busch Gardens and Universals Islands of Adventures offer the real soakings!).
- Referring to the last point, I was advised to bring a spare pair of socks as walking around with wet feet may have caused irritation. I chose to ignore this advice and didn't suffer too much (no more than could be expected spending near enough all day everyday on your feet, rain or shine).
- Definitely take drink with you. Get each person to carry a bottle each, rather then putting it all in one bag. Gatorade is good. Buying outside the park ensures you pay a decent price and don't have to queue in the heat when your are dying of thirst.
- Make use of the Fast Pass (or Express passes at Universal parks) services. This is basically a system by which you put your ticket through and are given a time slot for which to return to the attraction. when you come back, you can basically skip the queue, with the longest we had to wait with a Fast Pass being about 10 mins of Big Thunder Mountain. Most of the new and busy attractions have the service and it can prove invaluable for getting round a park in limited time.
-There are always plenty of places to grab something to eat but many of the sit down restaurants require reservations and try to avoid stopping for something to eat between 12-2pm, the places are always packed!
- Be prepared for queues. However, they were not AS bad as I had been warned about. We went in the peak time of August, and, although there were a couple of rather tedious queues, most could be overcome with the FastPass system and I was surprised about the amount of attractions that had very little or no queue at all!
When you enter the Magic Kingdom Park, via Main Street, the biggest temptation is to dive straight into one of the many elaborate shops littered down Main Street. Resist this temptation, although there are many interesting shops and restaurants. It might be a good idea to book in advance a character breakfast here. Although we didn't do this in Florida, we did in Paris, and found that it was most enjoyable, if a little on the pricey side. I assume it works pretty much the same in Florida, you get a good hearty breakie to prepare you for the day ahead and it saved time when in the park, as the kids had already seen quite a few of the characters before hand. It also allows you early entry to the park. It's a good idea to get children an autograph book (although you may prefer to buy this out of the parks, for budget reasons) and a chunky pencil, so the characters can grip it. Whatever you do, make sure you arrive as early as possible, during peak times the park opens at 9am (sometimes earlier). In Main Street, you'll find a train station for the Walt Disney World Railway, which takes you on a tour around the park, with stops at various lands. There are also various other forms of transportation, including horse drawn carts, but these will only take you up and down main street for a (comparatively) small fee.
A word of caution for any one who smokes -Disney doesn't really like it. You are only allowed to smoke in designated smoking areas, which are few and far between. If you do light up anywhere else, you are likely to be swiftly approached by a ‘cast member' who will politely but firmly direct you to the nearest smoking area. Stopping to smoke and looking for the nearest smoking area can waste precious time at these big theme parks, but it does sometimes provide a reason to have a quick break from the hustle of the theme park. The Universal Parks are slightly more flexible on their smoking policies, as is Downtown Disney. It is just something to be aware of.
You may also wish to book a later meal at customer services but first things first - grab a map. Then find customer relations on the map to go and book the table if you wish. Cinderella's Royal Table is supposed to be a pretty nice restaurant to round off the Magic Kingdom experience. I recommend you head straight to the busy rides, which I shall detail here, obviously which of the busy rides you head for will depend greatly on the age range of your party.
********Tommorowland********
This is probably the most thrilling land in this park (but it has to be said, if its an adrenaline rush you're after, this isn't really the place for you!) except maybe Fronteirland. The idea here is the ‘future that never was'. The kind of predictions for the future that were made 70 years ago.
ExTERRORestrial Encounter
This is one of the first attractions to head for, as it gets some of the biggest queues. This one was hyped up a lot for me - when I was younger my best mate told me of her terror when an alien escapes before your eyes and then starts breathing down your neck. And also how she cried her eyes out afterwards. Needless to say, the big wuss I am I was nearly crying before it started! It definitely isn't one for the real kiddies, or anyone scared of the dark, as you are warned all throughout the queue. Yet I will be bold and say that tougher over 8's will probably be fine (even though the signs warn that under 12's will be throughouly frightened.) The build up is what makes it scary, after being let through a few ‘holding pens' you are brought in to see a demonstration of a new transporting device, which is demonstrated using poor little ‘fluffy' the alien. Then you are led into a darkened room, with numerous seats in a circle around a cylinder in the middle. A metal shoulder harness prisons you into your seat, the kind of restraint you would expect on a roller coaster. You are then given a demonstration of the transporting device, which goes terribly wrong when suddenly (shock, horror) a killer alien is transported into the room with you. Shattering the ‘unbreakable' glass, a few light flickers, harness bounces and ‘blood' splattering later, it's all over. Exit to gift shop. I don't know whether this wasn't as thrilling as promised because of my expectations or whether I'd ridden too many new 4-D rides in other parks that this felt like a bit of a let down. Go in with low expectations is my advice, and hopefully you'll be pleasantly (if that is the right word to use) surprised.
Height requirement: 44" (112 cm) minimum
Space Mountain
Another popular attraction in Tommorowland. Chances are you would have seen it on your way to the park from the monorail or boat. This ride is definitely something a bit different, a jolty roller coaster in the dark. A different ride altogether from the Paris version - slightly tamer yet still an experience worth having. It's similar (yet superior in my opinion) to the Black Hole at Alton Towers, yet my party were split in opinion. Just ride it and see what you think.
Height requirement: 44" (112 cm) minimum
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Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
The newest addition to Tommorowland, and its something that the whole family can enjoy. Blast your way through a whole world of brightly lit targets with Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story fame. Try and beat the rest of your crew and achieve star command ranking. Out of this and the similar Men In Black ride at Universal, I would say the latter is better but both are highly enjoyable and Buzz is better for those with youngsters.
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Other attractions in this land (which I did not ride) are:
Carousel of Progress - wasn't running when I was there. This is how the Disney web page describes it: Debuted at the 1964 World's Fair, this classic attraction traces the impact of the technological progress on Americans' daily living from the beginning of the 20th Century to the near future. The theatre actually revolves around four scenes consisting of Audio-Animatronics® figures.
Space Orbiters - went on them in Paris, exactly the same here. They have massive queue and are basically a variation on the classic up and down Dumbo ride. Little kids always want to ride them, which can be annoying because of the queue but it does give you a bird's eye look over Tommorowland. Miss it if you can!
Tommorowland Transit Authority - Basically, little buggy things that you can see moving above you head all around this land. They looked like quite good fun, if you've done everything else you've wanted to do in the park and they give you a kind of tour over Tommorowland.
The Timekeeper - Again, the same as the Paris version so we had no need to ride it here. It is quite entertaining, as an audio-animatronics robot takes you for a look into the past, present and future in a 360-cinema.
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway - self drive go-kart things that again, have an enormous queue and, again, kids love them. However they are quite common to many British theme parks such as Legoland, so I'd try and skip it until you've ridden the rides unique to Disney.
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There is a perfect picture opportunity just outside the entrance to Tommrowland where you can get the castle in the background. Better than trying to stop along the bustling Main Street first thing.
And so we move on to
*********Adventureland*********
This land is more concerned with ‘scenic rides'. It's the land of explorers, transporting you to far off places.
Jungle Cruise
This ride is what some would call a classic and others, outdated. It is basically an extensive boat ride, taking you on a trip through the rivers of 4 different continents. It's quite a peaceful ride, nothing really jumps out at you, and even the dark cave has no hidden surprises. However, we were very lucky to have a rather sarcastic (yes, apparently Americans do get sarcasm!) and hilarious ‘tour guide', who I would expect to be more typical of the Universal parks than the Disney parks. Little kids might like pointing out all the animals at the beginning, but they will probably be fidgety before the ride is through. So take them on Pirates of the Caribbean next!
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Pirates of the Caribbean
One key thing to bear in mind is that the film was based on the ride, not the other way round! There are a few key ‘scenes' that are recognisable but apart from them, and the fact that they both contain pirates, the two are fairly separate (the figures look nothing like Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp!). Nevertheless, this ride has been a bit of a favourite in our family since Paris. The queues are rarely that long (although we did visit pre-film release, it may be more popular now) although they may appear to be, but the load onto the boats is constant, so it goes down pretty quickly. Where you do have to queue, there is plenty to look at. Soon you'll be loaded onto a boat and travelling through a ride that is neither too scary for kids or mind numbingly boring for adults. There are a couple of little bumps along the way, but nothing that really turn your stomach. Definitely something the whole family can enjoy!
The Enchanted Tiki Bird Room - Under new management
This is one for the kids, and again won't leave the adults brain dead, although it doesn't quite have the same balance as Pirates. Basically, after a pre-show talk by a couple of cheeky birds in the queuing area, you are moved into a room full of audio-animatronics birds, including Zazu from the lion king and Iago from Aladdin. What follows is a rather annoying yet catchy song and mini-show thing. The attention to detail inside the hut is nice, the song is something you won't forget - it's still as clear as day to all of us nearly a year on! Think it's a small world but with birds! A great advantage to it is the queuing time - even though it was raining when we went on it and it was an inside attraction, there was no queue!
Other attractions here which I did not ride:
Magic Carpets of Aladdin - again, your basic up and down ride, mainly for kids, this time with a spitting camel!
Swiss Family Tree House - Same as Paris. Walk round and explore the settling for the storybook family.
********Frontierland*********
Splash Mountain
Looks a lot steeper than many other log flumes I've seen! The queue is humongous, especially in the dry season, and in the dry moments of the rainy season. I recommend you grab a fastpass for either this or Big Thunder Mountain and ride the other whilst you are waiting as half your day will have probably passed if you queue full time for both. Yet, as with most Disney rides, there's quite a lot to look at whilst looking as you meander in and out of Briar Rabbit's home. When you finally board your 8 seater boat, you are taken on a tour through the briar patch with many of the characters from ‘Song of the South' and another rather annoying yet catchy tune about a laughing place. After a couple of ‘practise' drops, the music turns sinister as you are dragged up the mountain, only to be plunged straight back into the briar patch below. Stomach churning stuff, little kids might be frightened on the big drop, even though the rest of it seems pretty tame. Definitely one to ride.
Height Requirement: 40" (102cm) min.
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Big Thunder Mountain
Best described as a fun family coaster, this runaway train is not really one for those who like their coasters to have drops and loops. It is however, thrilling enough for many adults and the attention to detail means you will probably want to ride it a few times to really appreciate it (but you won't want to queue that long again for it!). It is rather jolty, but much tamer than many of Florida's rides and offers a different experience to the one at Paris. Both my Grandparents and 7 year old cousin loved it. Try to get front or back seats to make it that little bit more exciting.
Height Restriction: 40" (102cm) min
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We also watched the ‘Share a Dream Come True Parade' from here, the main daytime parade (although they change parades regularly.). In this one, giant snowglobes with all your favourite Disney characters glide down the street, whilst other characters skip around them, greeting the spectators. There was also a chance for the kids to go and play a quick game with Wendy and the lost boys before the parade moved on again. Good if it's your first Disney experience or you've got little ones, as the parades really encompass the real Disney and magic kingdom spirit.
Other attractions here I did not visit:
The Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Revue - An Old Western show featuring comedians and dancing girls
Country Bear Jamboree - Another ‘classic' Disney attraction, similar to the Tiki Room, except featuring Bears with a flair for Western Country music.
Tom Sawyer Island - After a raft ride over, you are left to explore all the nooks and crannys of Mark Twain's island. Looked like great fun!
There is also a shooting arcade (that requires more money) and a train depot for the railway here.
*********Liberty Square*********
Haunted Mansion
The most popular attraction in this area (and the only one we went on) and for good reason. We had to convince my Nan to go on it, she hates things jumping out at her and after all the 4-D rides we'd been on at other parks, with unexpected feelies, she was a bit nervous. But this ride is not your typical ghost train, the emphasis is more to amaze you rather than make you scream. It is better described as a scenic tour through a deserted mansion. The effects here are great, even though the ride is not a new one, and you'll ponder for ages how they created a whole ball room full of dancing ghosts. Again, whilst queuing, there's plenty to look at (at least when you get inside there is) and your first encounter with the house, in a room full or portraits really sets the standard for the whole ride. You then clamour into your ‘doom buggies' before embarking on a journey through a house haunted by 999grim grinning ghosts. Again, we went pre-film production, so the average queue size may not apply now and again, it's worth bearing in mind that the ride came first. Needless to say my Nan loved it! In fact I can't think of many people who wouldn't., except maybe very sensitive children.
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Other attractions here which we did not visit:
The Hall of Presidents - a patriotic look at US history through the mouth of an Audio-animatronics Abraham Lincoln. All the other presidents are there in their robotic form, but looked a bit tedious to me, especially if you have got children.
There are also various boat rides on the huge man-made lake.
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*********Fanatasyland*********
The land that every associates with the Magic Kingdom. It is basically a kids (big and little ones) paradise, with many slow, scenic rides through the worlds of their favourite fairytales.
Most of the rides here are exactly the same as their Parisian counterparts and, because the youngest kid we had with us was 7, we decided that we really didn't need to ride them all again. Not that they aren't fantastic, or not worth re-riding, its just we re-rid them so many times at Paris, and we wanted to make sure we could fit everything at Magic Kingdom in one day. So I'll write these reviews based on my experiences at Disneyland Paris.
The best time to do Fantasyland is later on in the evening, because most people with little children rush to this area first and many of these people leave the park pretty early because, as I'm sure you are aware if you have some of your own, kids can get irritable after walking round for a few hours, even in a place like Disney World!
It's a Small World
A classic Disney rides, and the only one we rode this time. It is probably the most annoying ride in the world, as jolly little audio-animatronics children sing about how ‘It's a small world' in a variety of different languages. So why on earth did we ride it? It is just so amazingly annoying it is good, we couldn't envisage going to a Disney park and not riding it! It does have some plus points, there is plenty to point out and again, and Disney's attention to detail is immaculate. But once you've ridden this, the song will NEVER leave you. The queues get relatively big, but usually go down quite quickly as there is a constant load onto the ride. Infact, the queue was a lot quicker than the time of 30 minutes on the sign outside, and I have to say that was the case with most of the rides, they overestimate the queue time.
Peter Pan's Flight
In my opinion, the best ride in Fantasyland. There is perhaps slightly less to look at whilst meandering (something else Disney do remarkable will with in queues!) around the rather long waiting line (It will be long, trust me!) but it is definitely worth it. Grab a FastPass for it if you can! Once your family clamour aboard your hovering pirate ship, you fly out of the nursery window and off to Neverland. I always find the ‘star' scene absolutely amazing and flying over Big Ben is also fantastic! Worth the ride even if you don't have kids!
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Another long queue (although it moves faster than Peter Pan for some reason!) and this time there is no FastPass. Hop onboard a mine cart and your taken on a ride through Disney's first animated feature film. Although it's a children's ride initailly, it is of Disney quality, so most adults won't mind taking a ride through it. Saying that it's a children's ride, I'll point out it's Snow White's SCARY adventures, and some children will probably find some of the scenes a little distressing (the witch in particular!). They've had to tone it down since the rides opening, as too many children got frightened.
Mad Tea Party
A glorified tea cup ride that, again, usually has pretty long queues. Ride it if you want, but you can get the same thing at basically ANY theme park or funfair you visit.
Dumbo The Flying Elephant
Another basic ride, yet one that children love. Basically, you fly around in a circle, controlling whether Dumbo goes up, or down. It's good for getting a bird's eye view of the land and for entertaining little ones, but any kid over 8 will probably just find it boring and will resent waiting in line for so long for it. It is a bit of a classic though, so you may wish to give it a go, although I have seen them at a few British theme parks (Windsor Safari Park had one exactly the same before it closed!)
Cinderella's Golden Carousel
A beautiful carousel, built in 1917, with no two horses alike. Obviously there are no thrills or surprises with this but riding a carousel whilst catching a glimpse of Cinderella's castle and classic Disney songs twinkling in the background is enough to send anyone back to their childhood. Worth it at the end of the day when the queue is much much smaller.
We also managed to catch the end of Disney Mania, a show performed outside the entrance to Cinderella's castle, featuring many of the Disney characters. There was a HUGE crowd there, but what we did manage to see looked pretty good, a lot of singing and dancing to well-known Disney songs and there did seem to be some kind of story interwoven into it, but it was hard to make out from the last 5 minutes of it! See it if you can and if you have got children, it looked like something for those who still believe the woman in the dazzling blue dress was really Cinderella.
Other attractions I didn't ride were:
Mickey's Philar Magic - Looks fantastic, but was still under construction when we visited. Basically a 4-D musical extravaganza with Mickey and Co, from what I can gather.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - After much controversy, the Mr Toad ride was replaced with this. I wanted to ride this, but the rest of my party thought they were too old for it! From what I read about it, it is similar in style to Snow White's Scary Adventures, only with Winnie and friends and a lot less scary! (FastPass Available)
There is also the Sword in the Stone here, with loads of kids (and adults - mostly men, it has to be said) trying to test their strength (or fate as ruler of the realm). Every so often, Merlin comes along and chooses on lucky child to pull the sword from the stone. They get a certificate and the applause of the crowd who gathers to watch it.
Finally
*********Mickey's Toontown Fair*********
Here is where to be if you want to meet all the characters.
There is only one ‘ride' here, and we didn't ride it, the other attractions are all walk rounds.
The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacres Farm
A roller coaster designed for the children that takes you on a ride around Goofy's farm and then straight into his Barn!
Height Requirement: 35" (89cm) min
Mickey and Minnie's Houses
Here's your chance to step inside the houses of the famous couple and straight into a world that looks like it's come from a comic book. There are plenty of good photo opportunities and lots of nice little touches, which I won't spoil by listing for you here, it's nice to point them out when you get there. Definitely worth doing, especially if you have small children who love saying they've visited the home of Mr Mouse.
Mickey's Toontown Hall of Fame
This is the place to meet all of the characters and start to really fill up that autograph book (or go through another film in your camera). Again, it's for children in particular who love coming face to face with their favourite character. The characters, which are in here, vary throughout the day, but there are a few constants, including Mickey himself. There is also a special section where Disney villains lurk!
Donald's Boat
A play area where the kids are free to run wild. It is particularly good when the heat is getting too much for some as it contains many cheeky fountains and other hidden, watery surprises. A change of clothes may be in order afterwards though, unless you prefer to dry off in the Floridian sun. It's a great place to leave slightly older kids (those who are responsible enough to be left on their own) whilst you go an browse the big shop next to the Hall of Fame.
There is also another train station here for the Walt Disney World Railway for travelling back to Main Street without hassling your weary feet.
Finally, the night-time ‘spectromagic' parade is something not to be missed (although it features another rather annoyingly catchy song, without words this time). There is something extra special about seeing Mickey and co float down Main Street in lighta. The fireworks display over the castle are also a must see. There are very few places in England where you would see such a spectacular display and it's hard to contemplate that that amount of fireworks is let off every night at peak time. Even if fireworks don't really float your boat, it's the perfect round up to a spectacular day.
And that is all there is to it really. No matter how many times the park is described to you, you can never get a real flavour of it until you are there. Even many of the pathways could be considered attractions as there are new surprises around every corner and, as I've said throughout, Disney's attention to detail is immaculate. Don't be cynical about it before you go, as you won't enjoy it, take it at face value and its guaranteed you will. A word of caution though, I will say that I prefer the Paris park to the Florida one (just the Magic Kingdom, for the whole Disney complex, Florida is far to big to compete with) but I think that is a case of you prefer which ever one you see first. Not that the Floridian version is not fantastic in its own right, it's just once you've visited one, you know what to expect and so are not as amazed by the Disney's magical touches to the park.
My final warning, I know it costs loads, but if you spend the whole time reminding yourself how much you've spent to get in, chances are you will feel conned by the end of your day, but if you go in with an open mind, you'll have much, much more fun and so be able to look back on it afterwards and say it was worth it
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| i have to disagree with you about the stitch ride in tomorrow land. it was the biggest waste of time ever. i was there the day it opened and even then workers at disney weren,t impressed. :thumbdow:
the rest of it was brill my favourite is pirates of the carribean. :occasion1 and the rock and roll coaster in mgm. went on 9 times.
best holiday i have had in ages. ps i am 27
mickys philamonic was a fab 3d show with water shame you missed it. we only went in it because an american guy told us and it was amazing.
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23-02-2005 10:23 PM
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| i really wished i had never stood the 15 minutes to get on. worst thing at the park. but 15 minutes on opening day so really it was bad. did you ever go on the alien's ride. i think it was at universal, not sure if they still have it but it is like that. one big circle and the chair vibrates in the dark.
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| The Stitch ride replaced the Alien ride during december 2004. The alien ride was superb, imho, and the Stitch one is a real letdown.
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06-07-2005 02:08 PM
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| I thought the stitch ride was a big let down, you are just expecting it to start when its actually finished!. Theres some great rides though, my faves have to be Jimmy Neutron Blast at universal, Rock n roller coaster at MGM, and Spiderman at Islands of Adventure. Its a great place to go.Ive been twice, this year and last year and i will definitely go again maybe in 2 or 3 years time
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| My favorite place to go in Walt Disney World Resort is Epcot. Because the
new Spaceship Earth Ride. I can't wait to go to Disney World.
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