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Well said. To me that’s what separates Disney from other theme parks, the design and theatrics of the rides. If you just wanted thrills you could go to Busch Gardens or Six Flags or Cedar Point- so while I know that they might pivot away from the traditional animatronics, I do hope they sense...

See I like Tiki Room for the animatronics, and the music. To each their own though. I don’t know if I’ll ever tire of animatronics on rides/shows, even though I know parks will pivot away from them as computer animations become cheaper and easier to do.

I didn’t really even think much about the music, but that’s a good point. It does add to a potential repeatability factor for sure.

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I think you nailed it. There are some that are just fun, I try not to be that person yelling out every line from the ride‘s story (It’s just an internal monologue) Some I try to find new stuff on, even if I’ve rode it 1000 times before (Haunted Mansion, Splash) or just a couple times (M&M...

I mean, I don’t argue with you, isn’t that most Disney rides? I mean they will never compete with Busch Gardens, Universal, or something like Cedar Point as far as pure adrenaline thrill rides. Especially if it’s a coaster meant for all ages. If anyone thinks GotG is going to be some white...

If I compare the experience to the last Disney ride to have such high demand, I think it’s worlds better than FOP. The ‘wait’ experience is far superior to ‘wiggle around’ on that one. Runaway Railroad honestly is a better experience pre and hopefully soon post Covid. I find that one to be...

My “what the ?” On this list was Uncharted 4 over UC2. Four was great, although it didn’t really wow you like 2 did when it came out. 2 started with a huge bang and only let up occasionally to tell a great story. I still enjoy it. Most on here make sense although you can certainly squabble about...

I contemplated getting this during Targets buy 2 get one sale this week. But I scored a PlayStation 5 so I got 2 games for it and a Switch game. I’ll possibly wait for a sale. (obviously I own a lot of consoles and some peripherals!)

If you want a very stupid combo to never try, I had a large alcoholic beverage at Universal and then right after ride HP Forbidden Journey. Everything stayed down, but j had to go sit perfectly still in the AC for nearly an hour before I could continue. I wonder what the worst combo is, I’d...

I know I can enjoy when we ‘get over’ and get a good list of rides that day, but I feel for (some) people who for whatever reason don’t really get FP before they go. I know one day a nice family visiting at AK, that was in stand by on Safari, asked me what we did to get FP. They honestly didn’t...

We ran into a family in AK that lost a bag that apparently had everything essential in it- money, credit cards, ID’s, their keys... I’m sure there was a lesson in there about maybe keeping that stuff safer/not letting it out of sight, but man... they were in a real bind. We helped look and got...

I did lose sunglasses there myself, and didn’t go look for them, but I think I was out $5 tops for mine. (If that, they may have been a giveaway somewhere) I lost a pair of Ray Bans before, thus it was my last expensive pair of sunglasses (hence the cheap ones I lose now!) but that stinks. From...

Where did they find it, and what condition was it previously in? ive found their lost and found to be tremendous. My wife lost my wedding ring on Frozen and they’d found it by the time we walked back to the front. I’d told her it was gone, and let’s just continue on, but we went, and sure...

Ok, there’s a fairly big consensus here, so I’ll try and rank a few- Least: Splash, Pirates, and, hear me out, 7 dwarfs- less for the ride, more for the long, mostly outdoor concrete walkway line. 9 months a year in FL, that is almost like fire walking. Not coincidence all these rides are at...