Rank the Disney parks you have attended from best to "least"

[The Empress Lilly]

I wrote this list over 5 years ago. My revised list would be:

1. Tokyo Disneyland
2. Tokyo DisneySea
3. Disneyland Paris
4. Disneyland
5. Hong Kong Disneyland
6. Magic Kingdom
7. Disney Adventure World
8. EPCOT
9. Animal Kingdom
10. Disney's Hollywood Studios
11. Disney California Adventure

I've really soured on DHS. At this point I only care about ToT, RotR, Fantasmic, a couple of the restaurants and the leftover aesthetic/vibes from its MGM-Studios days.

EPCOT is a shell of its former self, but World Showcase is a much more enjoyable place to be and there's nothing else like it in the parks portfolio. SSE, LwtL and AA are all unique, special attractions and the dining selection is unmatched.

WDSP/DAW is once again graded on a curve knowing what's coming. ToT is the main reason it edges out EPCOT.

I still think HKDL is a more pleasant park to visit, and it's better now than in 2020, but I'll give Disneyland the higher ranking here because it has so many attractions that even if some are not the best versions, or skippable, its undeniably impressive and the park is more enjoyable at night.

TDS and DLP could easily be swapped

I did think you put HKDL just a little bit too high five years ago. I probably had the same experience upon my first visit, being utterly charmed. But after repeat visits you really start to feel how small the park is and how limited the resort as a whole is. HKDL will be haunted for decades by its ultrasmall initial layout. Like Universal Singapore, really just a miniature version, not the full thing. Still a superb park though, HKDL oozes charm.

I can't relate to your love for WDSP/The Disney Adventure IP Dump Park. Ugly, limited, if indeed saved somewhat by a few good rides. The verdict on the new park is not in yet, but apart from Lion King surely it's all not that interesting and exciting. The usual underwhelming Frozen ride, a soso Marvel land with little charm and a Spiderman ride whose ride technology sounds better in a boardroom than in an actual ride through.

EPCOT and DAK can be higher. Both permanently ran into the ground by management, but their foundations are so strong they remain superb experiences despite more attempts to club them to death than a fur seal. Somewhat the opposite of HKDL and WDSP then, two parks that suffer forever from their flawwd origin despite every effort to uplift them.

Hollywood Studios I can relate. There have been times when I thought this the best park on the planet, but I've grown sour on it, and I even seem to like Galaxy's Edge better than most. The latest round of plans only exacerbates that feeling. That old vibe is all but gone, that of golden era Holywood, The Studio's superb mix of excitement, grand gestures, whimsicality, and stylish melancholy in the place of the charming nostalgia of the US castle parks.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I did think you put HKDL just a little bit too high five years ago. I probably had the same experience upon my first visit, being utterly charmed. But after repeat visits you really start to feel how small the park is and how limited the resort as a whole is. HKDL will be haunted for decades by its ultrasmall initial layout. Like Universal Singapore, really just a miniature version, not the full thing. Still a superb park though, HKDL oozes charm.

It's attraction line up is also disproportionally flat rides. Imagine if more of them were like the two Storybookland rides or smaller dark rides? It would go a long way in making the park more substantive, despite its small size.

Still lots of potential going forward. A Spider-Man Tower of Terror would not be my first choice for expansion, though.

I can't relate to your love for WDSP/The Disney Adventure IP Dump Park. Ugly, limited, if indeed saved somewhat by a few good rides. The verdict on the new park is not in yet, but apart from Lion King surely it's all not that interesting and exciting. The usual underwhelming Frozen ride, a soso Marvel land with little charm and a Spiderman ride whose ride technology sounds better in a boardroom than in an actual ride through.

I'm more optimistic about the future of WDSP than EPCOT. EPCOT is the better park now, but knowing what it was and what it could be is a disappointment that's hard to overcome.

DCA is even more infuriating because it was never that good to begin with, started getting better, and then went right back to being bad.

EPCOT and DAK can be higher. Both permanently ran into the ground by management, but their foundations are so strong they remain superb experiences despite more attempts to club them to death than a fur seal. Somewhat the opposite of HKDL and WDSP then, two parks that suffer forever from their flawwd origin despite every effort to uplift them.

I'm biased towards the castle parks, as they represent the quintessential Disney theme park experience to me. Most of the second gates ranking so low doesn't mean I don't like them, they just would not be my first choice.

Hollywood Studios I can relate. There have been times when I thought this the best park on the planet, but I've grown sour on it, and I even seem to like Galaxy's Edge better than most. The latest round of plans only exacerbates that feeling. That old vibe is all but gone, that of golden era Holywood, The Studio's superb mix of excitement, grand gestures, whimsicality, and stylish melancholy in the place of the charming nostalgia of the US castle parks.

That Galaxy's Edge is near identical to Disneyland makes me think less of DHS. That park is rapidly losing anything unique to it, which makes it even less desirable to visit. Disneyland Park in California alone has all 3 Star Wars rides plus Runaway Railway (with a better queue).

 

[hopemax]

I can't believe I haven't replied to this yet.

1. Disneyland (it's minuscule between 1 & 2, and more about nostalgia, happy place. I'm going tomorrow for the first time since 2021, we'll see if I am forced to drop it down)
2. Tokyo Disney Sea
3. Disneyland Paris
4. Hong Kong Disneyland
5. Animal Kingdom
6.. Tokyo Disneyland
(gap)
7. Epcot
8.Magic Kingdom
(gap)
9. Disney's California Adventure
10. Hollywood Studios
(the Grand Canyon)
11. Walt Disney Studios

In general, all 4 WDW parks have fallen from where I would have put them in another era. After our first trip (1995) MGM would have been my favorite. Hong Kong gets a bonus for the complete lack of stress in visiting, and Grizzly Gulch / Mystic Point are fantastic. I'll have to see if my DCA ranking needs to be bumped up after this weekend too. MK is going to drop dramatically after July 6th, for me.

 

[monothingie]

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[mkt]

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[Ztonyg]

Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disney's California Adventure
EPCOT
Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

[Touchdown]

Update after visiting DLP:

1. Disneyland- Still the best
2. EPCOT
3. Disneyland Paris-Only because it lacks sone rides, it’s 1-2 E tickets away from beating #2 and with 6+ could potentially eclipse 1. This park is beautiful, loved it so much. It needs better food too.
4. MK
5. DCA
6. AK
7. DHS
8. DSP-oof this park is in rough shape, the addition should vault this park to 7 though. Loved their ToT, Mickey and the Magician, and even prefer Avengers to RnRC.

 

[SoFloMagic]

1. Animal Kingdom
2. Epcot
3. Magic Kingdom
4. Hollywood Studios

I think this is the correct ranking for the florida parks if nostalgia is ignored.

Adding in CA and France:

AK
DCA
EPCOT
Disneyland Paris
Magic Kingdom
Disneyland
Crush's Coaster Park Paris
Hollywood Sudios

 

[jaxonp]

Tokyo Disneysea
Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland
Animal Kingdom
Parc Disneyland Paris
Epcot
Magic Kingdom
Disney California Adventure
Hong Kong Disneyland
Hollywood Studios
Shanghai Disneyland
Studios Paris


Top 6
I've been lucky enough to visit every international park 2x or more. Tokyo has lost a bit of magic the past few years for me, not sure why but it's still incredible. Disneyland just has it. AK is a beautiful masterpiece and different. DLP is so wounderful (food sucks).. EPCOT will always be special, even when they try to ruin it.
Bottom 6
MK is great and all but it's my home park and I want it to be better. DCA, great place to hang out, could be higher depending on new developments. HKDL, not sure there is a better natural setting, needs more to do. Studios is a mess, SHDL is a complete concrete mess with rude park guest to boot and then there was that Six Flags park built next to DLP.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

1. EPCOT
2. Disneyland
3. Animal Kingdom
4. Magic Kingdom
5. Hollywood Studios
6. California Adventure

 

[BrianLo]

1. Disneyland
2. Tokyo DisneySea

Space

3. Tokyo Disneyland
4. Magic Kingdom
5. Epcot
6. Disneyland Paris (though it is the optimal version of a castle park, it’s stuck)
7. Hong Kong Disneyland
8. Shanghai Disneyland (haven’t been post Zootopia)
8. Animal Kingdom, but more circa last decade

Space

9. DCA, ditto
10. DHS

Space

11. WDSP

The only park I would not recommend is WDSP, though DAW will hopefully change that.

 

[Raineman]

1. Magic Kingdom 2. Epcot 3. Animal Kingdom 4. Hollywood Studios
2 & 3 could be interchangeable.

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

DHS
CA
DL
Epcot
MK
DAK

 

[FiestaFunKid]

I like them all for different reasons and this list changes with my mood. I really appreciate AK's commitment to theming and little areas to explore....but if I'm honest, most of the places they are depicting (although very well) aren't as enticing to me as what's in the other parks.

DL
Epcot (been there through the 80s)
MK
DHS (including MGM days)
CA
AK

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Depends on the time - right now DHS ranks lower than current Studios Paris - but it used to be one of my favorite parks.

I’d say Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Epcot are the top 3 for sure, add in current MK for the top 4 until July 7th.

Bottom 2 would be DCA and DHS with DAK and studios Paris in the middle.