TP2000
Well-Known Member
All the other parks and things to do in Florida really make it outweigh CA overall, but just MK vs. MK... Wow, there's just no comparison.
I couldn't agree more. The MK at Disney World is kind of crummy compared to Disneyland. But what has bothered me the most the last few visits to Disney World isn't that the MK rides were designed with inferior or shortened versions, it was more that the upkeep and overall maintenance was noticeably poor at Disney World's Magic Kingdom compared to the upkeep at Disneyland.
In Disney World's MK on major attractions..... Animatronics creaked and shook. Audio was garbled and out of whack. Lighting was bad. CM showmanship was lacking; at the Haunted Mansion they weren't even attempting to do the stretch room thing, they just had both sets of doors opened and the queue slowly snaked through the stretching room. At Disneyland that's never an option because they are real elevators that take you 40 feet underground, but that should never be an option at WDW to begin with.
Overall at the MK there were major E Ticket attractions that clearly hadn't been updated or plussed since Jimmy Carter was in office. Why not add the attacking pirahnas and exploding TNT barrels to the Jungle Cruise? Why not fix the audio on Pirates? Why not bring back the Canoes and the second riverboat? Why not add the four missing dark rides? Where's StorybookLand and Casey Jr. Circus Train? And how on earth do they excuse not updating the Haunted Mansion? If they don't want to spend the money on all the new digital effects and fancy extras, couldn't they at least grease the track so the buggies don't screech and scratch as they move along?
The one exception to this was MK's Splash Mountain, which is a better designed ride and show experience than Disneyland's. But pretty much every other attraction was inferior to Disneyland, from design to maintenance.
Plus there's the fact that Disneyland has over a dozen more rides than the MK does, from C Ticket dark rides to fancy E Ticket extravaganzas. Why don't they add some rides to Magic Kingdom?!?
For instance, Disneyland has SEVEN different dark rides, while Magic Kingdom only has three. What's up with that?!?
Magic Kingdom dark rides;
Peter Pan's Flight
Snow White's Scary Adventures
The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh
Disneyland dark rides;
Peter Pan's Flight
Snow Whites Scary Adventures
Pinnochio's Daring Journey
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Alice In Wonderland
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh