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epcot attraction ratings

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:21:52 -0400

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ok, my mom usually does these, but I decided I’d take a shot at it. I'm going to use the same rating system my mom does. If I miss a ride, just leave a comment and I’ll go ride it and add it to the list.

**** sorin' - a great ride where you glide through many scenic places. The ride really makes you feel like you're there.

*** Ellen’s energy adventure - a slow moving ride that takes you through different types of energy

*** Journey into imagination with figment - imagination, imagination. a nice ride that takes you thought the sights, the sounds, and unfortunately the smells, of imagination.

**** Mission space - going to mars 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, LIFT OFF

*** Spaceship earth - a nice little slow moving ride, not much too it

**** Test track - weeeeeeeeeeee, lets ride again. a roller coaster like ride.

Magic Kingdom Attractions ratings - Tomorrowland

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:30:47 -0400

Mark, Kirsten and I went to the Magic Kingdom after school on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Mark requested no princesses or fairies. Kirsten requested princesses and fairies. Luckily, we could agree on rollercoasters and rides.

I believed that getting the princesses and fairies done first would be wise so we set off for Mickey's Toontown to meet the characters. Would you believe that the line for the fairies was over an hour long! We passed on meeting them this time, more on that in another blog.

We did wait the 15 minutes to see the princesses. Cinderella was a bit miffed to find out that the line for the fairies was out the building. Apparently having flawless princess skin, hair and a dazzling smile (not to mention the gorgeous gowns!) is just not enough to compete with the gals from Pixie Hollow!)

Having completed the princess meeting, we went off to Tomorrowland. This is my rating of the attractions we saw there. ( 5 star the highest - NR- not rated)

*** Indy Speedway. It was fun to ride the gas powered cars, but my children chastised me for going too slow. I'm telling you I had the thing floored!

***** Space Mountain - a roller coaster in the dark, what could be better? Even Mark liked this attraction. We fastpassed this and rode it twice.

*** Astro Orbitor - We waited a bit to get on this one. It is basically a children airplane ride that travels in a circle and you can make go up and down by pulling on the handle. The cool part about this one though is that it is on top of a building, so you have to take an elevator up to ride it. Normally, I am pretty good with rides, but I am not so keen on heights, so my kids would probably rate this higher than I would.

NR Transit Authority - This is a train ride that goes through Tomorrowland.

NR Carousel of Progress - We've seen this before so didn't do it again. Maybe next time.

**** Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin - We like this one so much we rode it 3 times in a row. It appealed to Mark because you could shoot things as you traveled along in the car. Too bad we have no idea how the points add up as you shoot things. It would be even more fun to challenge ourselves to get higher scores.

*** Stitch's Great Escape - I guess when the shoulder harness came down I expected this to be more like a "ride", but it was still fun to watch the show.

**** Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor - Great new attraction. We all laughed at the jokes (most corny) and the audience participation was fun to watch.

We spent about 3 hours in the park. The weather was absolutely perfect and I think even Mark had a good time (After the princesses that is.)

Magic Kingdom Attractions ratings - Fantasyland

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:51:27 -0400

On Wednesday November 12, 2008, Kirsten and I went to the Magic Kingdom without Mark and Dave. That left us free to ooh and aah over all the beautiful Christmas decorations without Mark groaning and rolling his eyes at us. We also spent a good deal of time walking through the stores and admiring all the Fairy stuff for sale. (Yes, Fairymania has hit Kirsten - she is the "true" Tinkerbell.) But we did have time to see a lot of the other attractions in Fantasyland. So here is our opinion of each of the attractions: (with Tammy's star ratings- 5 being the highest - NR-not rated)

**** It's a Small World - just try to get that song out of your head when you are done. But it was a lot of fun for us to try and figure out what country we were traveling through based on the costumes of the kids. Kirsten thought that she would love to get a job as one of the kids swinging on the swings all day. I told her there was a reason that they used all robots - it would get boring after awhile, she disagreed. I liked this one so much because Kirsten liked it a lot.

** Peter Pan's Flight - was cute but after going on the other theme rides, it was predictable.

**** Mickey's Philharmagic - this is a classic. The 3-D effects make it a lot of fun. Even I tried to reach out and grab the bubbles! And we loved the surprise ending in which Donald Duck goes flying.

NR Dream Along with Mickey - missed this stage show, guess we'll have to go back...

*** Fairytale Gardens - what a beautiful place to sit and listen to a story with Belle! Would be even better if Kirsten was young enough to be picked for audience participation, but they only picked the little kids (under 7 years- I guess it makes it more interesting because you never know what they will do.)

** Snow White's Scary Adventure - another cute, but predictable theme ride. Maybe Kirsten was just too old so we didn't "catch the magic" on this one. Once upon a time Kirsten was very into Snow White (she even dressed as her for over a month straight - wore that dress everywhere, school, the mall, church...) but now she is onto other things (think Fairies..)

NR Cinderella's Golden Carousel - long line and we have done carousels before, so we skipped this.

NR Dumbo the Flying Elephant - ditto

NR Ariel's Grotto - long line in which you get to meet Ariel, we passed.

NR Pooh's Playful Spot - designed for toddlers, we passed.

** The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - we waited an hour to go on this since we thought it was a new ride. I don't know if it was new or not, but it seemed exactly like the Peter Pan and the Snow White ride to us, just with different characters.

NR Mad Tea Party - this is the teacup ride. We passed since there was a line and we have ridden similar at Great Adventure dozens of times.

Kirsten and I had a great time together that day and it took us about 31/2 hours in the park to see the things I noted. We could have seen more if we had skipped the Winnie the Pooh ride, but now we know that it is not a ride worth waiting for. By the time our season passes expire next November, we will be Disney World experts!