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[TheMaxRebo]

Slinky is an E-ticket? Oh how far we have fallen.

Diet E-ticket? E-ticket lite? It puts the “E” in litE?

Guess it depends on how you looks at them, but thinking on the headliner of an area/what draws you in, I think Slink Dog qualifies - certainly does for my family

I mean, looking at the original "E Tickets" and it included things like the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island - so I don't think it is just the most advanced, biggest and greatest - or hasn't been historically.

If you want to only call the tippy top rides - basically just the LLSP rides - an E Ticket then no Slinky wouldn't qualify

 

[Professortango1]

Guess it depends on how you looks at them, but thinking on the headliner of an area/what draws you in, I think Slink Dog qualifies - certainly does for my family

I mean, looking at the original "E Tickets" and it included things like the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island - so I don't think it is just the most advanced, biggest and greatest - or hasn't been historically.

If you want to only call the tippy top rides - basically just the LLSP rides - an E Ticket then no Slinky wouldn't qualify

I look at an E-ticket as the shining example of Disney quality. It has great storytelling, a large sense of scale, is immersive. The rafts count, not because of the rafts themselves, but because they unlock TSI, a fully-immersive faux wilderness filled with explorable caverns, interactive elements, and tons of character.

The only reason I visit Toy Story Land is for Midway Mania.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I'm going to be at Toy Story Land this summer for the first time since it opened. Is Slinky Dog Dash worth going on with my 8 yr old niece who hates fast roller coasters and my 7 yr old nephew who likes them?

 

[FiestaFunKid]

I'm going to be at Toy Story Land this summer for the first time since it opened. Is Slinky Dog Dash worth going on with my 8 yr old niece who hates fast roller coasters and my 7 yr old nephew who likes them?

It might actually be perfect for that mix - enough thrill for kids that young, but not overly intense. I'd put it a little above mine train b/c of the height and a couple of the turns, but definatley below the intensity level of big thunder.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'm going to be at Toy Story Land this summer for the first time since it opened. Is Slinky Dog Dash worth going on with my 8 yr old niece who hates fast roller coasters and my 7 yr old nephew who likes them?

Personally I think it is the best family coaster at Disney - better than Mine Train. It's just fun but it does has some decent trills (for a family coaster) so guess depends how much the 8 year old hates them

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I look at an E-ticket as the shining example of Disney quality. It has great storytelling, a large sense of scale, is immersive. The rafts count, not because of the rafts themselves, but because they unlock TSI, a fully-immersive faux wilderness filled with explorable caverns, interactive elements, and tons of character.

The only reason I visit Toy Story Land is for Midway Mania.

Obviously different ways to look at it but I don't see how the rafts/TSI can be a e-ticket over Slinky

And for us Slinky is absolutely the main draw to TSL. TSM is an "if we have time" attraction

And Slinky definitely isn't a "no doubt about it" E-ticket but to me is what the new land was built around and what people focus on for rope drop or utilize after hours event time for, etc

 

[Professortango1]

Personally I think it is the best family coaster at Disney - better than Mine Train. It's just fun but it does has some decent trills (for a family coaster) so guess depends how much the 8 year old hates them

Better than Big Thunder, Space Mountain, and Matterhorn? I'd agree that it's better than Goofy's Sky School and Barnstormer/Go-Coaster.

 

[Professortango1]

Obviously different ways to look at it but I don't see how the rafts/TSI can be a e-ticket over Slinky

Quality of presentation. Slinky is the thematic equivalent of Dumbo. Its cute and fun and has the Disney charm to it, but it doesn't feel "real" or immersive. I'm not sucked into the story or world in the same way I am when exploring caverns, shooting at enemies via lookouts, seeing a "real" fort, balancing on giant rocks that move, and experiencing a "real" wilderness. The only really immersive thing about Slinky is Wheezy, which is cool but very minor to the attraction experience. Enchanted Tales with Belle is far closer to an E-ticket than Slinky for me.

People also focus on Peter Pan's Flight for rope drop and extra magic hours. It doesn't make it an E-ticket, it makes it a popular ride with poor capacity.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Better than Big Thunder, Space Mountain, and Matterhorn? I'd agree that it's better than Goofy's Sky School and Barnstormer/Go-Coaster.

I don't consider those others family coaster

 

[ToTBellHop]

I don't consider those others family coaster

Disney does.

I guess SDD is a junior coaster, maybe, but we are getting pedantic.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Disney does.

I guess SDD is a junior coaster, maybe, but we are getting pedantic.

probably - and honestly main thing I was comparing it to was Mine Train which gets a lot of focus as great as kids "first real coaster" - and I think Slinky is better in that role

 

[MR.Dis]

Personally I think it is the best family coaster at Disney - better than Mine Train. It's just fun but it does has some decent trills (for a family coaster) so guess depends how much the 8 year old hates them

My 8 yr old grandson favorite ride is Slinky Dog--he usually gets us to take him at least 2 times every trip to WDW.

 

[UNCgolf]

probably - and honestly main thing I was comparing it to was Mine Train which gets a lot of focus as great as kids "first real coaster" - and I think Slinky is better in that role

I think Mine Train is a better ride than Slinky, but Slinky is definitely more of a "real" coaster, for better or worse.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think Mine Train is a better ride than Slinky, but Slinky is definitely more of a "real" coaster, for better or worse.

Mine Train’s wait times after a decade continue to defy explanation. It’s a fun ride but I’m not waiting 90 min for it. Last trip we snuck on during the fireworks and were rewarded with a deer who looked like he had just had a stroke.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Mine Train’s wait times after a decade continue to defy explanation. It’s a fun ride but I’m not waiting 90 min for it. Last trip we snuck on during the fireworks and were rewarded with a deer who looked like he had just had a stroke.

I feel like at Disney things snowball as word gets out it is popular so people strategize to get in it and mental energy to make sure you get on it or your trip is ruined, which makes the line longer which makes people spend even more time ensuring they get to ride, and so on

Like no reason Peter Pan should get the line it does but everyone knows the line is long so focus on riding it, etc

 

[UNCgolf]

Mine Train’s wait times after a decade continue to defy explanation. It’s a fun ride but I’m not waiting 90 min for it. Last trip we snuck on during the fireworks and were rewarded with a deer who looked like he had just had a stroke.

Yeah I would never wait 90 minutes to ride it. I would never wait 90 minutes to ride Slinky either.

To be fair, I'm not sure there's any ride I'd wait 90 minutes for. Maybe something like prime Spaceship Earth, but it never has a line that long for multiple reasons.

 

[James Alucobond]

I feel like at Disney things snowball as word gets out it is popular so people strategize to get in it and mental energy to make sure you get on it or your trip is ruined, which makes the line longer which makes people spend even more time ensuring they get to ride, and so on

Like no reason Peter Pan should get the line it does but everyone knows the line is long so focus on riding it, etc

For Peter Pan, it's 100% a capacity issue. It's, what, 700-800 per hour? I think Seven Dwarves and Big Thunder, on the other hand, both sit in the 1300-1500 range, but Seven Dwarves inexplicably almost always has a significantly longer line.

 

[JackCH]

For Peter Pan, it's 100% a capacity issue. It's, what, 700-800 per hour? I think Seven Dwarves and Big Thunder, on the other hand, both sit in the 1300-1500 range, but Seven Dwarves inexplicably almost always has a significantly longer line.

I don’t know if it’s even possible, but I’d be in favor of a refresh of Pan with Shanghai’s ride vehicles. Might help with capacity.

 

[Professortango1]

I don't consider those others family coaster

Would you consider Big Thunder to be a thrilling coaster equal to Six Flags and Cedar Point coasters? Or even Rip Ride Rockit? I think you're thinking of Kiddie Coasters.

Disney typically doesn't get beyond family coasters. Hagrid's and Gringotts are Family Coasters.

 

[Professortango1]

For Peter Pan, it's 100% a capacity issue. It's, what, 700-800 per hour? I think Seven Dwarves and Big Thunder, on the other hand, both sit in the 1300-1500 range, but Seven Dwarves inexplicably almost always has a significantly longer line.

Its the way it sells itself to guests. It looks like Big Thunder in scope and the swinging gondolas seem like they would be an added thrill. But then you ride it and find its really bland. It has a decent start and the ending is cute, making it appear to be a fuller attraction than it is. It is a coaster that grandma can take the little kids on and it feels like a real ride to them.

Kids like it because they feel like they did a Space Mountain/Big Thunder without having any of the thrills. And Magic Kingdom is a park aimed mostly at smaller children, so it hits that target demographic. If the same ride was at IOA or Disneyland it would not have the same waits.