The Fantasyland dark rides are the definition of carnival rides, yet no one complains when one of them is added.
So there are carnival dark rides where I can soar over London with Peter Pan while "You Can Fly" plays in the background, then visit NeverLand and defeat Captain Hook?
Or watch the Seven Dwarfs heroically chase the wicked witch until she falls to her doom, and than see Snow White live Hapilly Ever After, to the tune of "Some Day My Prince Will Come"?
Or see Pinocchio prove himself brave, truthful, and unselfish and then see the Blue Fairy bring him back to life as a Real Boy, to the sublime melody of "When You Wish Upon A Star", and then cheer with happiness as Pinocchio, Gepetto, Figaro, Cleo, and Jiminy Cricket all live Hapilly Ever After?
Or have fun with Winnie the Pooh as he meets Tigger, has a fun psychadelic dream about "Heffalumps and Woozles", and eventually gets to celebrate with all the other animals after the rain goes away?
Please tell me where the carnival is located in which their dark rides take me on such wonderful adventures like this! If it comes anywhere near me when I'm not in Florida, it sure would be a swell way to get a dose of Disney Magic to tide me over!
The Fantasyland dark rides are my favorite rides in the park, along with Splash Mountain and Small World. I don't care how short or "lesser" in technology they are, for me it's all about STORY STORY STORY! And how the attraction touches my EMOTIONS! And MUSIC! And CHARM!
PS. Every carny dark ride I can remember ever riding had a cheap, garish feel with nothing but macabre horror gags. The Fantasyland dark rides blow those COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER!
PPS. As far as the thread topic goes, the biggest thing I am envious of DL over is that they have 6 extra attractions in their Fantasyland that are missing in the MK, and THREE of those are dark rides based on Animated Classics (Pinocchio, Toad, and Alice)