I think people give Stitch way too much crap for what it is, and I actually like it a little better than ITTBAB.
Yes, it's immature, too scary for its target demographic, and replaced the beloved Alien Encounter, but when you look past all of that it's...ok? Not a masterpiece by any means but it's not the worst thing on Earth.
The animatronics are great, the pre-shows are done we'll enough, and the effects are still good. It's filled with things that contradict its own film and makes it almost like a separate universe (which the currently praised GOTG ride does as well), but to me it's more refreshing to see something inspired rather than copied from a movie scene.
And while Stitch's story isn't so great, neither is ITTBAB, which a lot of people seem to enjoy, and to me is almost a 3D equivalent to Stitch. Kids run out of that show crying all of the time.
Every scene in that show is setting up one of the effects. The spider is there to shoot air blasts, the termite for water, etc. You know what's going to happen when they appear. The animatronics there are great too, but I also find the effects there to be more obnoxious than Stitch's.
TL;DR: Stitch is just ok in a vacuum. It has redeeming qualities. ITTBAB to me has less of a story and I don't enjoy most of its effects.
Rant over, phew. Now that I've admitted the ultimate unpopular opinion I should probably go into hiding
