Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Needs more dancing scenes.

 

[DrAlice]

If they brought back the Jolly Trolley, Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland would have half as many rides as Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Ok sure. But Animal Kingdom has... um.... animals. I think to compare AK with other parks is unfair. It isn't a typical theme park, it's a zoo with some rides.

 

[waltography]

Exactly. Complete waste of the tracklesss vehicles to just move along one side of the tornado.

I’d rather they nix the tornado entirely for a room-wide projection effect (like in Mystic Manor), or use the tornado form as a surface to project a moving tornado animation. May as well considering how most of the ride is projection-based anyway, and it’d look much nicer than what they have in the WDW version.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

it's a zoo with some rides.

Who told you that? Everybody knows that DAK is Năhtăzū!

 

[DrAlice]

Who told you that? Everybody knows that DAK is Năhtăzū!

I started to type, "No one told me that. That was my impression from visiting!", then I decided to look up that crazy word you typed.

Wow. That's some crackerjack marketing. Just Wow.

BTW: I really liked DAK. A "zoo with rides" wasn't meant as an insult.

 

[Stevek]

Needs more dancing scenes.

It really just needs to be all dancing scenes...Minnie and Mickey and the fab 5 dancing through the decades

1920's: The Charleston
1930-40's: Swing
1950's: The Jitterbug
1960's: The Twist
1970's: Disco
1980's: Moonwalking
1990's: Breakdancing/Macarena
2000's: Line Dancing

 

[Professortango1]

Ok sure. But Animal Kingdom has... um.... animals. I think to compare AK with other parks is unfair. It isn't a typical theme park, it's a zoo with some rides.

If it had more animal exhibits, I'd agree. When I went there a few years back, we were done by noon. Granted, Dinosaur was closed and a few things on the trails were being refurbished, making a half day part seem even lesser. Gorgeous park, but eventually got tired of waiting for the nighttime show and left around 6 because we were tired of just doing the same things over and over.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

AK is more overrated than all other Disney parks, but I'd probably rather go there than DCA. It's got Dinosaur and Pandora, and tropical booze.

 

[DrAlice]

Everyone says it is a half-day park, but I happily spent a couple of days of my week there. (pre-Pandora!) But, I'm a biology nerd and like zoos, so......

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Everyone says it is a half-day park, but I happily spent a couple of days of my week there. (pre-Pandora!) But, I'm a biology nerd and like zoos, so......

Couldn't agree more... I could spend an entire day just exploring the trails!

 

[J4546]

AK is my 2nd fave park out of the 6 in USA. Even though it has the least amount of rides, its just so well themed and lush i love it

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

AK crew signing in. I too can spend a full day in AK just wandering around and enjoying every aspect of it. Last visit was my first experience with Avatar... and I just enjoyed the sunset in Avatarland as the lighting came alive.

 

[Little Green Men]

Everyone says it is a half-day park, but I happily spent a couple of days of my week there. (pre-Pandora!) But, I'm a biology nerd and like zoos, so......

Who’s everyone? Haha. I’ve seen some but a lot say it’s one of the best parks in North America

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I just like the Dinosaur ride

 

[Little Green Men]

I just like the Dinosaur ride

What about Navi river?

 

[Professortango1]

I'm excited to see AK now that it has Pandora. Its certainly the most beautiful of American parks, but I felt like there were only lands two explore when I was there last, Asia and Africa. It also hurts that I think Kali is one of the worst river rapid rides and Everest isn't repeatable enough for me.

Epcot also has little to do in World Showcase, but I do find that I can spend 2 days exploring that park since its essentially two parks built as one. A sharp contrast to MK being a half day park for us and DHS being a park we did in a few hours.

 

[milordsloth]

When I went last July I rode Everest 7 times that day and didn't get tired of it. I agree that I easily enjoyed the entire day at AK.

 

[Stevek]

Who’s everyone? Haha. I’ve seen some but a lot say it’s one of the best parks in North America

Arguably one of the most beautiful and while I love it, not my favorite Disney park

 

[Stevek]

AK crew signing in. I too can spend a full day in AK just wandering around and enjoying every aspect of it. Last visit was my first experience with Avatar... and I just enjoyed the sunset in Avatarland as the lighting came alive.

We've had no problem doing a full day. It's been a while though so we will see how it goes on our December trip.

 

[Professortango1]

When I went last July I rode Everest 7 times that day and didn't get tired of it. I agree that I easily enjoyed the entire day at AK.

We rode it about 5 times and I was good. My issue with Everest is there's no flow. The ride is constantly stopping and starting due to the slow switch tracks. That, and the Yeti at the end is too difficult to see in the current lighting. It's a better coaster than Matterhorn, but Matterhorn is a much better ride experience in terms of pacing and yeti implementation.

I have a layover in Orlando this August. I might try and see if I can pop over to AK to experience FOP or Dinosaur in the early morning.