What is the best ride you have ever been on?

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Hagrid’s is the best.

• incredible theming from queue to exit
• a fun story with easily audible dialogue
• great pacing so you get multiple moments to pause and enjoy before the next launch/action
• two different themed seating options
• and if on the motorcycle seat you can time hitting the dragon’s breath button just right to feel that extra touch of fun and immersion.

And all of this at a “goldilocks” thrill level that is both exciting and highly accessible to families.

Honourable mention to Flight of Passage: it sure feels like a ride, and like no other, grinning ear to ear.

Excellent choices

 

[AdventureHasAName]

It might be the Backlot Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, back when it had the large King Kong animatronic. The best Disney ride is probably either Horizons or Spaceship Earth in the mid-80s. Maybe the Great Movie Ride (in the early 90s when they were still cleaning it occassionally).

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Horizons, the big mothership of Disney dark rides.

 

[Magenta Panther]

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Blew me away first time I rode it. Thank god the version in Florida remains in its original form (although badly maintained, according to reports from people here. I can't comment, because I haven't visited WDW in years). It still makes me sick that some dumdum suit from Disney wanted to gut the Tower and stick Marvel heroes in it. Happily, that desecration only occurred in Disneyland. Can you imagine that Guardians eyesore in DHS? Barf.

 

[DisneyDoctor]

Cosmic Rewind for thrill and how unique it is. But every time I step off Expedition Everest I'm blown away. The queue is so immersive, and the ride never fails to surprise me.

I would love to try some of the international Disney parks though. A lot of those rides look incredible. Also, I've heard such great things about Hagrid's.

 

[Rich T]

Hagrid’s. Pure fun from start to finish and perfect use of an IP. I’ve probably ridden it about a hundred times since it opened, and it’s still an absolute blast every time.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Best coaster experience? 1984, the 100th anniversary of the roller coaster…Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ…for that year they put the cars on Rolling Thunder backwards!
A GREAT classic twin wooden coaster…RIP

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Best coaster experience? 1984, the 100th anniversary of the roller coaster…Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ…for that year they put the cars on Rolling Thunder backwards!
A GREAT classic twin wooden coaster…RIP

The ultimate screecher

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Carousel of Progress

 

[TalkToEthan]

Carousel of Progress

Is that even a “ride”??

Yes, it does a full rotation at slow speed broken into 4 equal segments but in all essence it’s clearly a show.

 

[ChrisFL]

To me, a "ride" is anything that involves movement, even if it's simulated using hydraulics and a screen, etc.

So in that case, for me, CoP (barely) counts, Soarin' counts, but Alien Encounter does not.

 

[tpoly88]

Peter Pan affects the kid in me more than anything else.

But Rise of the Resistance has to be the best attraction experience I've ever been on, with Guardians a close second.

i agree with you Peter Pan just gets the kid in me back and i remember sitting in front of the TV watching the wonderful world of Disney. Big Thunder is great but nothing got me like the first time i was able to go on space mt in 1979. Wow that was cool.
Rocking Roller coaster was great when it first opened but comic rewind is just unreal.

 

[Vclguy90]

Runner up's
- Spaceship Earth - Pre Dame Judy
- Expedition Everest - Pre Disco Yeti
- Indiana Jones Adventure - Pre turning off effects
- PotC - Pre Johnny Depp
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Pre Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Winner
- Journey to the Center of the Earth

 

[George]

alien encounter

Not my all time favorite, but very good. Too bad people didn’t understand that there was an attraction in MK that could actually traumatize little ones.

 

[John park hopper]

Not my all time favorite, but very good. Too bad people didn’t understand that there was an attraction in MK that could actually traumatize little ones.

If only people could read maybe we would still have AE

 

[George]

For me, it is Horizons. World of Motion is in my top ten somewhere. Trying my best to not have any expectations for the TT update.

 

[Vclguy90]

For me, it is Horizons. World of Motion is in my top ten somewhere. Trying my best to not have any expectations for the TT update.

I wish I could've experienced both

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh

 

[Figgy1]

Ugh, I hated Wildcat. It was ridiculously rough. The last time I went on it I ended up with a migraine. I much prefer Lightning Racers and Comet. Heck, Comet is almost 80 years old and smoother than Wildcat was. Wildcat's Revenge is so much better.

Wildcat was rather smooth, not perfect but not bad the first year or 2 and got rough quickly. That said it never bothered me but dh wasn't a fan

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I’ve got to go with Splash. To me it was a complete ride. Theming was great but what really did it for me is it was multi-faceted.

Had elements of a water ride, a dark ride, some thrills, great soundtrack.

I don’t think it was necessarily the best in each of those categories. But putting all of those categories into one ride was genius.