Potentially becoming the best when it reopens.
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Bocabear
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I think the Paris version was the best before being overhauled...plussing up the effects is going to make it much much better..
DznyRktekt
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Realizing you are on the island during the ride is a Disney wow moment.
mikenatcity1
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While Hatbox is great, WDW's is longer and has better line areas. Plus, the entrance (when you enter the building) before you head to the stretching room(s) is much better.
Bocabear
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that is pretty subjective...I find the Anahein version far superior... The interior walking part of the house is MUCH better...WDW's strange graveyard Queue is really awful and sort of ruins the somber tone the Mansion needs for the first act... The interior Loading Hall it WDW is absolutely terrible mayhem... The Anaheim version of this is superior... Yes I like that we have a little more here, but the quality out west seems just a bit better.
*Q*
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I think of it as a spin-off. Shanghai Pirates is the Deep Space Nine to Disneyland's Next Generation.
1023
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The people mover track is currently being used in DL. Right now, there are projectors on it. There is also a big Tomorrowland sign on it! People use it to stand under for shade. Recently, the "the force" stuff was on there.
*1023*
NearTheEars
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I've always heard folks talk out how cool it is to walk through the gallery hallway. And yes, load can be chaos if they don't have the right rhythm down getting people in and out of the stretching rooms. But when they do, it's pleasant.
Bocabear
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but how often do they have the rhythm down to make it pleasant...I have been to WDW more times than I can count and have been a passholder for the last 15 years...I could probably count on one had the times I have been there when the loading hall is not absolute mayhem... YES, they CAN control the crowd flow to prevent this... but they never actually do... At Disneyland the Gallery section is longer before you get to the stantions and switchbacks...allowing it to move a lot smoother...
NearTheEars
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I should have said a pleasant surprise. It's rarely not a bottleneck.
The Empress Lilly
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Vintage MK was immensely superior to DL. Somewhere along the line it went downhill for us, while DL has had more of an uphill/downhill ride.
Much of what made the MK superior over DL has been demolished:
Toad, Toad 2, 20k, Penny Arcade, Keelboats, Snow White, a boat ride in the hub, MS, open spaces.
Better:
Space. WDW has a classic coaster, it is the best of its kind, fantastic mayhem and madness. DL has a modern one, but the limited space make it a mere mediocre one that can't hold a candle to a million bigger & better coasters of its type.
Jungle Cruise
Treehouse
Mansion
Small World
RoA boat ride, if debatable in the past, at any rate the MK will now have the superior version. Until the barbarians in Ops finally get their way and turn the steamboat into a permanently docked restaurant.
The castle
The other parks are more difficult to compare. Apart from the ride roster (not a negligible factor to be sure!) I'd pick all WDW parks over DCA.
The Empress Lilly
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Pretty, yes. Solid...lately you were happy if bits didn't fall on you. Made for an authentic earthquake mine ride I guess!
DznyRktekt
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Similar to WDW's Space Mountain?
A small plastic prop rock shattered quite a few years ago.
But they're now getting the projection map finale from DL to compensate.
brihow
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which park and ride are you referencing?
I assume Thundermountain DLP.
DznyRktekt
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Sorry, I forgot to use the reply feature. I was referencing DLP Thunder Mountain.
MotherOfBirds
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I had the opportunity to meet the new sheriff in town today. She's a delightful person and seems to have great enthusiasm for revitalizing TL. Some effects within Space Mtn. are to be plussed, but that overhaul people here are hoping for looks unlikely, at least pre-50th. I was also happy to hear that WDI is in talks to fix the ending of CoP and that "it's not going anywhere."
At last, a WDW executive I can feel optimistic about.
At last, a WDW executive I can feel optimistic about.
The Empress Lilly
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One small plastic prop for mankind, one giant injury for a man:
Around 3 pm on Monday, April 25, 2011 five guests were injured riding the Big Thunder Mountain rollercoaster in Frontierland of Disneyland Paris. According to theFrench paper Le Parisien the guests on board of one of the main trains (i.e. coaster trains) were hit by some fake rock work that fell down on them. According to first reports the train at that time was located on the final lift hill of the attraction (“lift C”). This lift hill is inside a tunnel in which movement of rockwork on the walls and above the guests together with lighting and sound effects is supposed to simulate an earthquake with an explosion followed by the tunnel supposedly caving in on the train which – normally – would escape at the last second onto the final section of the coaster track.
While four of the five injured guests on board of the train were able to continue their day inside Disneyland after being treated on-site by the emergency personnel the fifth guests – a 40 year old French men according to Le Parisien – had to be moved to the hospital Beaujon in Clichy-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) due to head injuries. According to a statement by a state official provided to Reuters the injury of this fifth guests is considered serious. According to Le Parisien the family of the seriously injured guest will be hosted by the resort for the time he is in the hospital.
http://www.coaster101.com/2011/04/25/accident-on-disneyland-paris-big-thunder-mountain/
While four of the five injured guests on board of the train were able to continue their day inside Disneyland after being treated on-site by the emergency personnel the fifth guests – a 40 year old French men according to Le Parisien – had to be moved to the hospital Beaujon in Clichy-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) due to head injuries. According to a statement by a state official provided to Reuters the injury of this fifth guests is considered serious. According to Le Parisien the family of the seriously injured guest will be hosted by the resort for the time he is in the hospital.
http://www.coaster101.com/2011/04/25/accident-on-disneyland-paris-big-thunder-mountain/
Buried20KLeague
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Paris and Shanghai would like to have a word with you.