Poll: best queue in Magic Kingdom

[JustAFan]

As a continuation to the previous poll on best queues in WDW (https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/poll-best-queue.962126/), this one is specific to Magic Kingdom. For this poll, the queue would include everything you experience before riding (i.e. the stretching room in Haunted Mansion).

 

[EagleScout610]

I'm on team Splash Mountain. It's surprisingly cool even tough there's no AC and the smell of the water is almost inviting...until you get on the ride itself

 

[Heppenheimer]

Jungle Cruise. Before they added the Jungle Navigation Company elements, this was one of the most boring waits in the park. But now, I love the period details, particularly the up-tempo big band music and humorous commentary on the DBC radio broadcasts.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I'm on team Splash Mountain. It's surprisingly cool even tough there's no AC and the smell of the water is almost inviting...until you get on the ride itself

Temperature really shouldn't be a factor in the choice of "the best queue"...IMHO, it should be based on immersiveness...while JC, PotC and 7DMT are great, again, my opinion, BTMRR is the best at MK

 

[EagleScout610]

Temperature really shouldn't be a factor in the choice of "the best queue"...IMHO, it should be based on immersiveness...while JC, PotC and 7DMT are great, again, my opinion, BTMRR is the best at MK

Oh, I love Splash for that as well. It perfectly puts you in the middle of a cave that could be found in either our world or the cartoon world

 

[larryz]

Believe it or not, I think the best queue is the one for mermaid.

Unfortunately, it appears they ran out of ideas and money at the end of it.

 

[mariedarling]

I voted for Big Thunder Mountain because i like the views from the line.

I almost voted for Pirates BUT i hate that the lights are so low it messes with my vision.

 

[Glasgow]

Just has to be PoTC IMO. The only queue that rivals it would be IJA in DL.

 

[Plowboy]

Voted Jungle Cruise. For all the same reasons as listed above by Heppenheimer.

 

[drizgirl]

Jungle Cruise. Before they added the Jungle Navigation Company elements, this was one of the most boring waits in the park. But now, I love the period details, particularly the up-tempo big band music and humorous commentary on the DBC radio broadcasts.

Don't you just love all those chains and switchbacks!!!

 

[larryz]

Don't you just love all those chains and switchbacks!!!

And that one kid who keeps picking his nose and wiping it on the rails...

 

[Raineman]

And that one kid who keeps picking his nose and wiping it on the rails...

That was me. Sorry.

 

[JIMINYCR]

PotC. Love walking through the old fort corridors, with the assortment of cannons, cannon balls, swords and muskets. But I always look forward to seeing the skeleton chess players stuck in the stalemate.

 

[justintheharris]

So I don't count the stretching room as part of the queue so Haunted Mansion isn't my favorite. I feel like a lot of people who vote for it consider the foyer and stretching room as part of the queue? Maybe?

 

[HauntedPirate]

For this poll, I had to vote for PotC. Even walking up to the front of the show building, you feel like you are back in time. Then, once you enter the queue... that is one of the pinnacles of Disney Imagineering on display. As much as I love Splash, the queue doesn't approach that of Pirates. BTMR... the queue enhancements help, without a doubt, but it's still a whole slew of covered switchbacks.

 

[SamPR810]

Jungle Cruise. Before they added the Jungle Navigation Company elements, this was one of the most boring waits in the park. But now, I love the period details, particularly the up-tempo big band music and humorous commentary on the DBC radio broadcasts.

Jungle Cruise all day every day!

 

[Heppenheimer]

These polls made me realize something. Disney World has much better queues than Disneyland. Not only is the themeing usually less detailed in California, but you are often exposed to the mid-day sun with very little cover. I do prefer Disneyland's waiting area for the Tiki Room, mainly because you can sit around eating your Dole whip in the shade vs. standing in line at Disney World. The Jungle Cruise, Splash Mountain and maybe Big Thunder Mountain are about the same, but in almost every case for ride-by-ride comparisons (off the top of my head), Disney World does it better.

Indiana Jones has a great queue, with much of the same atmosphere as the Jungle Cruise, but of course, Disney World doesn't feature this ride.

 

[Kevin_W]

I voted Peter Pan - after the extended queue was added a few years ago, you could argue that the queue is as good or better than the ride! PotC, BtMRR, 7DMT were also in the running for my vote.

 

[Hank Hill]

The one with least amount of people in it. I vote for Splash though, once inside, you are not stuck with people on all sides and can see things on either side. Also, the cave definitely has AC blowing in it.

 

[Victor Kelly]

POTC on the FP side as standby is not that detailed.

I have always liked going through the queue. Would love to have a house set up like that.