Brer Oswald
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It does need something. Would like to see them revisit their scrapped plans for integrating it into the Indiana Jones temple/volcano.
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BlakeW39
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Unpopular opinion is that Animal Kingdom is the best park in Orlando and the second best park in the United States after Disneyland. Outside of the number of rides it has, it's exceptional at basically everything and is a better experience overall than Islands of Adventure or Magic Kingdom.
Moth
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Seconding. Flight of Passage being the best ride on WDW property adds to that too.
Streetway Again
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AK is wonderful, it just needs more.
BlakeW39
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I think Animal Kingdom is a bad park for people who want to jump from ride to ride all day long, but on a fundamental level, it is a better designed theme park than any other that I've been to. The park also has extremely well rounded offerrings that make it feel like a more complete experience than just chasing E-tickets all day, which in the end amounts to mostly "okay did that, onto the next one," spending most of your time in lines or mediocre food establishments.
That isn't to say it shouldn't have more rides, it *definitely* should. But I think DAK is more than the sum of its parts in a way that a park like IOA for instance is not. IOA is pretty much just as good as the rides within it.
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Streetway Again
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I need to break that, bad habit of mine. Wdw is great when you slow down. Learned that firsthand. Comes with getting older
BlakeW39
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Oh it's completely understandable. I like rides too, and I really enjoy IOA. Most people go to theme parks for rides. But I don't think rides alone are what make a great theme park. Not for $120+. A ride experience is mostly a line experience afterall lol. It's one reason a regional park I go to very often like Cedar Point becomes grating to me. Terrible lines and terribly short attractions.
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Br0ckford
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This
as I age , World Showcase and AK are becoming my favoriteStreetway Again
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Yes. Agreed. It’s the smaller things that make a park good. Too bad Disney kinda forgot that. I went last year, I found myself enjoying non ride things waaay more than years past.
I hope everyone here gets to experience the joy of sitting at the poly in a chair in the sand, looking across the lagoon with Hawaiian music playing and the steam whistles from the magic kingdom blowing. Pure joy.This
Jrb1979
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I don't disagree. The parks are great for the most part. It's the price and the nickel and diming I can't get past. Especially when my family can have similar fun at a Cedar Point or Dollywood
Brer Panther
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I love Animal Kingdom. Of course, I love animals, so that's probably a good part of it.
You misunderstand - it's BECAUSE we love the parks that we don't like seeing Iger and his cronies slowly destroy all that is good about it.
My most recent trip was in 2022. I had a great time.
You misunderstand - it's BECAUSE we love the parks that we don't like seeing Iger and his cronies slowly destroy all that is good about it.
joanna71985
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AK is a fun park. However, I don't think that it's better than MK
Tom P.
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I get what you're saying. I'm not claiming WDW is perfect. I don't think anyone can argue about the nickel and diming, as @Jrb1979 put it, or that there are some things that have gotten worse, such as the cramming of IP into everything. However, on balance, I still think it is a great place to vacation. I don't think, as you put it, Iger and company are destroying "all that is good about it." I think they have done some damage, but I still think there's tons of good left. I know others here disagree, but I am a long way from not wanting to vacation there any more.
Brer Panther
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Oh, I fully agree. As long as a lot of what I love about the parks are still there, I'll keep going.
John park hopper
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you must have missed
Walt Disney Company CFO Christine McCarthy suggested reducing theme park food portion sizes as a cost-cutting measure, and then jokingly added that it "is probably good for some people's waistlines," which drew criticism for being "fat-shaming".
Basil of Baker Street
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I liked New Coke and Crystal Pepsi
I didn’t miss it. I remember thinking the pizza was small before the pandemic.
Have you actually been to any non-Disney parks? While I can understand someone loving AK over all the other Disney parks, especially if they are really into animals.... I don't think I could ever see it topping a list of all parks in the world, or even all in the US... Then again, AK remains the one we will often skip or only bother with wasting a half day on.