If you had to close one park

[BryceM]

Sadly, if I had to chose one, it would be DAK. Though I don't get the bashing that this park gets. It's honestly gorgeous, it's completely unique and is just simply beautifully designed. Plus, the animal trails and enclosures just look so natural. I definitely don't feel bad about the animals at DAK like I do at other zoos.

I wouldn't dream of closing any of the others though. I love DHS and I could not imagine a trip to Disney without walking down Hollywood Boulevard, turning down Sunset Boulevard and seeing the Tower of Terror looming over the streets.

 

[righttrack]

I guess I'd pick Animal Kingdom. Compared to the rest of the resort, it's a hot mess.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Disneyland, redundant since 71 as the sandbox version of the MK. The other parks are all unique.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Disneyland, redundant since 71 as the sandbox version of the MK. The other parks are all unique.

Yet the majority believe Disneyland is considered superior to Magic Kingdom.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Yet the majority believe Disneyland is considered superior to Magic Kingdom.

Sadly, history has treated DL much kinder than the MK. Much of what made the MK superior has been lost, much of what made DL inferior has been improved.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Sadly, history has treated DL much kinder than the MK. Much of what made the MK superior has been lost, much of what made DL inferior has been improved.

What do you mean when you say history has treated DL better than MK? I don't understand.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

What do you mean when you say history has treated DL better than MK? I don't understand.

Why, that DL like a vintage wine has gained in body and taste while the MK has gone sour.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Why, that DL like a vintage wine has gained in body and taste while the MK has gone sour.

Okay, I think I understand what you're saying.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

I pick DHS unless it gets fixed for attraction. I have ranked DHS as my worst WDW Park for a time. If it wasn't for DHS, I would say AK.

Getting a rid of Disney Channel Rocks and the current daytime parade doesn't mean a thing to me unless the summer attractions announcement on April 25/April 26th involves DHS.

The layout always been a mess there even when I first went there in 1991. DHS is lacking in rides and attractions in my view even more than AK is for me. DHS has attractions that really need to be updated and hasn't been for years. There also is the issue of Backlot Tour not being a good attraction for a very long, besides theme problems such as where Pizza Planet is located as an example

I actually spend more time in AK than DHS. The fact is if AK's Avatar attraction comes, that means I could spend even more time in the park, while DHS has nothing announced yet.

DHS has attractions that I like though in Star Tours: the adventure continues, the great movie ride, one man's dream, Toy Story Midway Mania, Muppet Vision 3d. It is easy to move some of the stuff DHS has to other parks at WDW such as Star Tours: The adventures goes to Tomorrow, ToyStory Midway Mania goes to Tomorrowland also. One Man's dream also can be moved to MK also.

The fact is if this included oversea parks, I would say DSP because the fact is its the worst attended Disney Park and is one of the reasons Disneyland Paris is in debt.

 

[Californian Elitist]

As some of you know, I haven't visited the Florida parks, yet, so I'm not going to vote because that wouldn't be fair. I will, however, state which Florida park I have the least amount of interest in.

After being on these forums for almost a year, learning and soaking up information about WDW and gaining lots of WDW knowledge, I have to say that DHS holds very little interest in me. The very big hat seems very annoying and almost obnoxious. DHS' Fantasmic! doesn't hold a candle to DL's version and I'm very turned off by the "backlot" of the park. It's not being used and it comes off as this wannabe movie studio to me. It seems that Disney was trying to copy Universal Hollywood's concept with this park. I'm also not feeling the "Hollywood that never was" concept, with the Hollywood and Los Angeles street names and the replica of the Chinese Theater. I'm positive it's because I live in Los Angeles. Anyways, that's my opinion. The other three parks happen to interest me a lot.

 

[Bloopers]

I'm not an animal person by any means but Animal Kingdom is probably my favorite park. Dinosaur, Expedition Everest, Kali River Rapids, and Primeval Whirl are fun rides. I don't care for the broken yeti or the corny little carnival games in Dinoland, but I love the rides! If they moved those 4 rides to another park, then I would choose for AK to be closed. I have to say though, I'm excited about Avatar land.

Other than that, I'd probably have to choose Epcot. Test track is fun, Soarin' is "eh", and Mission Space makes me wanna puke (literally). Not really into "walking around the world" either.. Maybe when I'm old enough to purchase drinks around the world, then I'll come to appreciate Epcot a bit more.

Yup, I'm rating this based on the rides.

 

[FettFan]

Animal Kingdom. Basically....Busch Gardens is just down the road, and they do it so much better.


EDIT -- Plus all of the walking....eesh. Surely they could get a tram in there or something?

The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans has a tram that goes around the park.....looks identical to the WDW parking lot trams, but it is much shorter with white orange and black tiger stripes.

EDIT -- Or at least they used to. Now it's a big Trackless Lame...uh... Train.

 

[BryceM]

As some of you know, I haven't visited the Florida parks, yet, so I'm not going to vote because that wouldn't be fair. I will, however, state which Florida park I have the least amount of interest in.

After being on these forums for almost a year, learning and soaking up information about WDW and gaining lots of WDW knowledge, I have to say that DHS holds very little interest in me. The very big hat seems very annoying and almost obnoxious. DHS' Fantasmic! doesn't hold a candle to DL's version and I'm very turned off by the "backlot" of the park. It's not being used and it comes off as this wannabe movie studio to me. It seems that Disney was trying to copy Universal Hollywood's concept with this park. I'm also not feeling the "Hollywood that never was" concept, with the Hollywood and Los Angeles street names and the replica of the Chinese Theater. I'm positive it's because I live in Los Angeles. Anyways, that's my opinion. The other three parks happen to interest me a lot.

I'm pretty sure it was built trying to compete with Universal Studios Florida, and it really fell short. All Sunset Boulevard, Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster really helped to strengthen this park, but the faux studio half of the park still just doesn't really work. MuppetVision and the area around it is also pretty nice. Streets of America is the worst. It's so awkward and big, especially compared to the more intimate and authentic feel that USF's New York gives off. And it bothers me how they really try to force on you that you're on a movie set by making the scaffolding and everything very visible, when nothing notable has been filmed there in forever.

Basically I absolutely love half of the park (Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard) and just feel "meh" about the rest.

 

[PUSH]

I'm pretty sure it was built trying to compete with Universal Studios Florida, and it really fell short. All Sunset Boulevard, Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster really helped to strengthen this park, but the faux studio half of the park still just doesn't really work. MuppetVision and the area around it is also pretty nice. Streets of America is the worst. It's so awkward and big, especially compared to the more intimate and authentic feel that USF's New York gives off. And it bothers me how they really try to force on you that you're on a movie set by making the scaffolding and everything very visible, when nothing notable has been filmed there in forever.

Basically I absolutely love half of the park (Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard) and just feel "meh" about the rest.

I agree. Once you get past TSM and MuppetVision3D, it's very awkward and seems like a "filler." It's like they just wanted to make the park bigger so they threw in Streets of America. I hope that there's a Pixar Place expansion going in there sometime soon. Get rid of the BAH too, it makes the plaza there feel cluttered. Oh and AIE and the building that Sounds Dangerous used to be in need to be made into something worthwhile. Star Wars perhaps??

I guess it's not just the SoA, but that's a lot of wasted space, IMO.

EDIT-- Just realized that Osbourne lights go there during the holidays. So I want that to stay, but put some stores or shopping carts or something there so that there's something to do.

 

[Bloopers]

Animal Kingdom. Basically....Busch Gardens is just down the road, and they do it so much better.


EDIT -- Plus all of the walking....eesh. Surely they could get a tram in there or something?

The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans has a tram that goes around the park.....looks identical to the WDW parking lot trams, but it is much shorter with white orange and black tiger stripes.

EDIT -- Or at least they used to. Now it's a big Trackless Lame...uh... Train.

You're not seriously complaining about walking at a Disney park..

 

[FettFan]

You're not seriously complaining about walking at a Disney park..

I am when it comes to Animal Kingdom. I don't mind the walk...but to walk through Animal Kingdom is so godawful boring.

Epcot Center has the saving grace of giving you something to look at. Mexico! Norway! China!

Animal Kingdom....has forests...and more forests. Especially on that torturous path between Africa and Asia.
Every so often you might get a break in the forests to look at the Tree of Life.

Then you go back to the forests. You might see the vine lady, but god she's so boring, the only reason to stop is to watch how little kids react to her in a strange mix of awe and fear.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I'm pretty sure it was built trying to compete with Universal Studios Florida, and it really fell short. All Sunset Boulevard, Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster really helped to strengthen this park, but the faux studio half of the park still just doesn't really work. MuppetVision and the area around it is also pretty nice. Streets of America is the worst. It's so awkward and big, especially compared to the more intimate and authentic feel that USF's New York gives off. And it bothers me how they really try to force on you that you're on a movie set by making the scaffolding and everything very visible, when nothing notable has been filmed there in forever.

Basically I absolutely love half of the park (Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard) and just feel "meh" about the rest.

I figured some sort of Universal knock-off was going on there. I'm not feeling DHS, at all. Maybe my feelings will change.

 

[FettFan]

I'm pretty sure it was built trying to compete with Universal Studios Florida, and it really fell short. All Sunset Boulevard, Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster really helped to strengthen this park, but the faux studio half of the park still just doesn't really work. MuppetVision and the area around it is also pretty nice. Streets of America is the worst. It's so awkward and big, especially compared to the more intimate and authentic feel that USF's New York gives off. And it bothers me how they really try to force on you that you're on a movie set by making the scaffolding and everything very visible, when nothing notable has been filmed there in forever.

Basically I absolutely love half of the park (Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard) and just feel "meh" about the rest.

I figured some sort of Universal knock-off was going on there. I'm not feeling DHS, at all. Maybe my feelings will change.

Uhhhh....NO.

Location​

Walt Disney World Resort, Bay Lake, Florida, United States

Coordinates​

28°21′25″N 81°33′22″WCoordinates:

28°21′25″N 81°33′22″W

Theme​

Show business

Owner​

The Walt Disney Company

Operated by​

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Opened​

May 1, 1989

Location​

Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida, United States

Coordinates​

28.4752°N 81.4670°WCoordinates:

28.4752°N 81.4670°W

Theme​

Show business

Owner​

NBCUniversal[1]

Operated by​

Universal Parks & Resorts

Opened​

June 7, 1990

Disney's studios were in operation a full year before Universal opened.

Eisner's main focus of the Studios was to be an actual production facility with one or two rides. However, the bean counters wound up shutting down the production facility, so MGM has been left in the awkward transition from a facility to a major park in order to survive.

And the reason for the girders? Because you really WERE on a movie set. The New York Street area was a production backdrop for movies and TV...it was closed to visitors and the tram would run past it, then travel down it. Back when Dick Tracy was in theaters, you would actually get held up by a bunch of gangsters.

 

[BryceM]

Uhhhh....NO.







Disney's studios were in operation a full year before Universal opened.

Eisner's main focus of the Studios was to be an actual production facility with one or two rides.

Well aware. I just read that Disney-MGM Studios was built after hearing word of Universal opening their Florida park, and they wanted their movie park opened first.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Uhhhh....NO.

Disney's studios were in operation a full year before Universal opened.

Eisner's main focus of the Studios was to be an actual production facility with one or two rides.

Uh, yes. Universal Studios Hollywood opened in 1964, twenty-five years before DHS opened. The concept of DHS is exactly the same as USH's.