I put Pirates because it has always been my favorite ride. When I was younger I was scared of / too small for things like Space Mountain or Indiana Jones, I always loved Pirates and Haunted Mansion because they were just so fun to go on and look around the sets, which I obviously thought were real when I was that young. Growing up, these rides have remained my favorite, the ambiance they create is so fun and incredible and immersive, but I do believe Indiana Jones deserves so much praise. It is how thrill rides should be done, real sets, physical thrills in a bumpy jeep in a temple, incredible detail and theming, it is truly amazing what they have created. Even though so many effects are broken / missing, the ride still stands as one of the most popular in the entire park. When I go with my family, we always go straight to Indiana Jones for our first ride of the day, sometimes even twice. But again, Pirates has always been so magical to me, the smell of the water, the cool skeletons in the caves and it was so fun always looking around seeing all the hijinx the pirates were getting into, and the magical feeling of going up a waterfall. When I was younger, I was scared the guns were actually shooting in the shootout scene, so I would always duck and make sure I didn't get hurt during that part. All these years later, I still like to pretend and make sure I'm dodging the bullets, never wanna look down the barrel of a musket with a drunk pirate behind it!
