Damn bruh. Great question. I'll give you my top 5, then I would like to hear yours. (The order can change depending on my mood lol)
1. Pirates of the Carribean-This is a perfect ride for me bruham. Am I happy with the changes, auction/jack sparrow, hell no. Nevertheless, this ride is hard to beat. The peaceful bayou scene with the old geezer playing the banjo. The Talking Skull. The 2 drops in the dark. The memorable music. The staggering number of AA's. Dead men tell no tales. Paul Frees.
2. Haunted Mansion-The beautiful Southern mansion. The Hearst. Stretching room. The Corridor. Paul Frees, again. Memorable music. Practical sets/effects. Madame Leota. Hatbox Ghost (duh). The ballroom scene. The hitchhiking ghosts.
3. Splash Mountain-The beautiful Tolkien mountain. The realistic looking briar patch. The thrill factor. The Logs. The pacing. The music. The surreal trip inside the mountain. The smell. The staggering number of AA's. Burrow's lament. The final drop.
4. Peter Pan's Flight: The beautiful exterior. The rooftops of London. Flying into Wendy's bedroom window. The music. The star room. The quaint AA's. The pacing. Neverland. You can fly!
5. Matterhorn Bobsleds= The beautiful mountain. The yodeling. The darkness. The new terrifying Harolds. The 2 separate tracks with different experiences. The great views of DL. The thrills. The roughness. The splashdown.
What is your top 5 bruh?
Damn bruh, this is a most excellent top 5.
So I kind of run into issues when trying to come up with a TOP list because I wonder... as an AP, do I go with the attractions that are more fun/ and repeatable or do I pretend I’m a tourist and list the most impressive attractions. Or do I pretend someone said Disneyland is being destroyed and you can only save 5 attractions. With that said here’s my attempt... in no particular order.
1. Splash Mountain - it really has it all. Thrills, great songs, tons of AAs, a great pace and just that Disney X factor. The Brer Bear @$$ drop into the Laughin Place scene is just pure quality.
2. Pirates of the Carribean- seriously the first half of this ride alone would make the list. The bayou, drops into the caverns through the battle scene I think is still the best place making that I have ever seen on any attraction and If im not mistaken, it’s hasn’t been topped worldwide.
3. Thunder Mountain- only recently became a huge fan of this. As a teen/ young adult it just felt too slow. But when you ride at night, I think it’s one of the best experiences DL has to offer. It feels faster because the cool nighttime air. Going through all the caves in the dark and hearing the wolves as you zoom by just really takes you somewhere. Sitting in the very back i fine also really pluses the experience. It’s rides like these make me wish the Endor coaster was green lit. Even if they axed the Falcon ride for it and just kept Star Tours.
4. Haunted Mansion- this ride is probably why the word “attraction” was invented. It’s more of an experience than a ride. The Q leads into the ride so perfectly that people debate where the ride actually starts. I mean that’s genius imagineering.
5. Space Mountain- I kind of feel bad putting this on this list and not Indy but it is what it is. Definitely the most thrilling ride at the park and a classic. Q sucks though and that almost knocks it out of the Top 5 for me.
Matterhorn is probably #6 for me followed by the DLRR. Honorable mentions go out to Indy, Pan (although I feel like they kind of ruined London when they did the 60th updates) Alice and Jungle Cruise.
If we re talking Top 5 DLR, I think only TOT would make the list from DCA.
