best bang for your buck rides

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Married5Times

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There is a pretty much universal agreement that there are 2 sought-afte rides that are too short: Na'vi and Dwarf...........these make for poor 'buys' considering typical waits of 45. + and 65+ respectively. These 2 got me wondering what is the best bang for your buck(time). If we factor in ride length, quality and wait times some attractions are better "buys" than others.

Here's my list of very good bang for your buck:
Kilimanjaro Safari
Pirates
Mansion
Living with Land
Banshee(yes, I said it only because waiting 80+ minutes in the most elaborate queue and experiencing the best simulator on the planet is way worth the money/time invested). Long wait yes, but the product delivers.

A special shout out to Nemo and Friends and Gran Fiesta because they are decent enough (easy to admit that they are certainly not great), have adequate length and many times you can practically walk straight on making them outstanding 'buys'.

The worst is Slinky Dog. Giving up 65 minutes of your life to stand in an unthemed exposed to the elements queue for close to an off the shelf very short 2 minute ride?? Really? What's wrong with you(just joking).......no, really, what's wrong with you?





****As for best bang for your buck anywhere in the 12 park Disney universe is hands down Pirates in Califonia. 15 minutes of solid E ticket experience for typically 25 minutes of queuing****
 
JIMINYCR

JIMINYCR

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Splash is/was ( until its discontinued for good) always IMHO the best bang for your buck on property. It has many varieties of entertaining animatronics, memorable songs, lengthy ride through and that thrilling drop that was always one of the best.
Others on my top list for what you get for your time and money : FoP, RotR, PoTC, EE, ToT, Dino.
And I'll include CoP and American Adventure show as being well worth my time.
 
Skibum1970

Skibum1970

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While I haven't been on Rise, I would say:

MK: Pirates and Haunted Mansion
Epcot: Spaceship Earth
HS: Rise of the Resistance
AK: Flight of Passage.

Honestly, based these on length of ride, story, and personal preference. AK was a little difficult. I suppose that Safari should have been there but Flight is so fun.
 
graphite1326

graphite1326

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MK: Pirates, Splash, Mt. Railroad, Buzz
EPCOT: Soarin, Living with the Land, SE
HS: RNRcoaster, ToT, Toy Story
AK: FoP, EE, africa Safari & walk thru
 
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Married5Times

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I'm seeing some Rise of Resistance here.

One certainly can argue it is the best ride, period and it has an impressive 15-minute length so I agree it's a great value even at 2+ hours wait.
 
NelleBelle

NelleBelle

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AK: even though I love the queue for FoP and love the ride, best bang has got to be Safari! You never know what's going to happen. We once got stopped by a bunch of giraffe eating in the middle of the road for 20+ minutes. Every time you ride you experience something different.

EP: It's a tie for me between SE and LwtL. SE is such an iconic classic (although I wish Jeremy Irons were still narrating) and there's just something about LWtL that still gives me the original vibes of, dare I say it, when Epcot had more of an educational (?) theme to it (missing 90's Epcot).

HS: Even though RotR is an awesome ride, it breaks down way too much and has such a long queue that it just doesn't do it for me like ToT does! Love the theming, CM characters, ride...it's totally HS! And I have to give Star Tours an honorable mention. I really like that they change it up now!

MK: SM, HM, and PoTC (but DLR totally has the better version)!
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Spaceship Earth and Carousel of Progress are far and away the leaders in this category. Two of the best attractions on property and they usually have little to no wait.

Living with the Land is up there too, and Kiliminjaro Safari is a good pick.

While I'm a big fan of Navi River Journey and think it's one of the 5 best rides they've built at WDW this century, it's definitely a good example of bad value for the wait time. It's a very good ride for a 20 minute wait. It doesn't deserve a 60+ minute wait.
 
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Married5Times

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anyone agree that Slinky is the worst buy on property at 85 minutes(though nowhere near the worst ride)?

I mean 85 minutes of extremely lousy queueing for 2 minutes of a minor and deficiently themed ride has got to be one poor shopping experience. My threshold is 20 minutes of waiting for that; thus, looks like I'm never riding again.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Married5Times said:
anyone agree that Slinky is the worst buy on property at 85 minutes(though nowhere near the worst ride)?

I mean 85 minutes of extremely lousy queueing for 2 minutes of a minor and deficiently themed ride has got to be one poor shopping experience. My threshold is 20 minutes of waiting for that; thus, looks like I'm never riding again.
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Yes. I would never wait that long to ride Slinky.

However, I can understand why the wait might be worth it for small kids.
 

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