Great Movie Ride one of the lowest ranked attractions at WDW (Condé Nast)

tirian

tirian

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Condé Nast's Insider ranked every attraction at WDW and (conveniently) placed GMR, Ellen, and Stitch at the bottom of the list.

The rankings are quirky. Some attractions are in seemingly random places for odd reasons (e.g. Swiss Family Treehouse is ranked low simply because there are other things to do at the MK). Photos borrow freely from DL and WDW even though the article is only about Florida. But the authors are Disney fans because they lament the losses of the original Imagination and Living Seas, and highly recommend the Tiki Room and "original" TOT.

Condé Nast Traveler and its sister sites like Insider are regarded as some of the most influential travel publications for wealthy tourists. What do you think about these rankings?

http://www.thisisinsider.com/we-ran...n-everest-legend-of-the-forbidden-mountain-53
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MrConbon said:
Well I don't know what child these days knows about any of the movies in that ride except for maybe the Wizard of Oz. It's not something everyone is drawn to at a place like Disney World.
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Thank you... you have hit upon one of the problems with the edutainment philosophy of the old Disney. People just didn't get it. It was about Great Movies, but, that doesn't mean that they were seen by the current generation or the one previous and even my generation. Since we didn't spend our lives stuck in our electronics we were part of discussions that our parents had we might have heard of them peripherally, but, had no real knowledge of their basic stories. It was just entertainment with brief descriptions of what we were looking at and that was it. People that didn't understand that concept were upset because they were expecting to see movies that they had actually seen in some recent time frame. That is why it is just as good today as it was when it opened. It was the same for everyone, with the exception of a couple of them, very few people had actually seen the movies, but, we were being told about the best of the best and still are. This was a park about the Hollywood of old. "The Hollywood that never was and always will be."
 
tirian

tirian

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jyn erso said:
They also put IASM below Kali River Rapids...seriously? While I'm not IASM's biggest fan, I would argue it is a better attraction than Kali. Honestly, this whole list is all over the place...I wouldn't put too much merit in their judgement.
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The Empress Lilly said:
Energy, GMR and Treehouse below Triceratops Spin.

These people need flogging.
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I agree with both of you. This is a case where the professional critics got it EXTREMELY wrong.
 
MrConbon

MrConbon

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Goofyernmost said:
Thank you... you have hit upon one of the problems with the edutainment philosophy of the old Disney. People just didn't get it. It was about Great Movies, but, that doesn't mean that they were seen by the current generation or the one previous and even my generation. Since we didn't spend our lives stuck in our electronics we were part of discussions that our parents had we might have heard of them peripherally, but, had no real knowledge of their basic stories. It was just entertainment with brief descriptions of what we were looking at and that was it. People that didn't understand that concept were upset because they were expecting to see movies that they had actually seen in some recent time frame. That is why it is just as good today as it was when it opened. It was the same for everyone, with the exception of a couple of them, very few people had actually seen the movies, but, we were being told about the best of the best and still are. This was a park about the Hollywood of old. "The Hollywood that never was and always will be."
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Okay. Still doesn't make it a ride that interests the average park goer or holds up very well today.
 
No Name

No Name

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The problem starts with the very idea of ranking all of the rides.

How do rides like Dumbo and Spaceship Earth even compare? They are completely different rides that fill completely different purposes. It's not even comparing apples to oranges... it's more like comparing apples to Rubik's Cubes.

A better idea would be to split the rides into groups based on ticket level or ride type or something like that, and rank/rate them from there, but even that would have flaws. And as you mentioned, the article has many other flaws, such as including things that are not rides despite the title, using some incorrect/bad photos, not including Na'vi River Journey or Flight of Passage, and more.

I just hope people who read this are smart enough to pass it off as trash.
 
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Captain Barbossa

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jyn erso said:
They also put IASM below Kali River Rapids...seriously? While I'm not IASM's biggest fan, I would argue it is a better attraction than Kali. Honestly, this whole list is all over the place...I wouldn't put too much merit in their judgement.
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Please don't judge me, but it's been a long day and I'm tired and my brain isn't real sharp right now, but what attraction is IASM?
 
Captain Barbossa

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egg said:
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hope and a world of fears
There's so much that we share, that it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all
It's a small world after all, it's a small, small, small, small world
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I feel so stupid right now lol. Any other time I would of figured it out. I've never seen anyone use its initials.
 

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