# What is Your Favorite Disney World Ride? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151 "2018-05-14T18:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/1 "2018-05-14T18:13:39Z")
As you can see from my signature, Mrs. Cups and I have an Orlando-based instagram account. We’re in the process of creating a blog about Orlando things as well and we’re obviously going to have a big Disney section. (Fun Fact: Our Disney posts get the most amount of traction. The second most? Believe it or not. it’s pro wrestling. Wrestling and Disney are practically equal…who knew? But I digress…) Part of our Disney section is going to be "Everything you need to know about (insert ride/attraction here). We’ll eventually cover all of them, but I just need to know where to start. So I’m asking all of you in the most unscientific way possible. What is your favorite ride or experience in Disney World? It can be any park (Magic Kingdom, Epcot. Hollywood Studios or Animal Kingdom) and it doesn’t necessarily have to be a ride (You might really, really love a certain character dining). I’ll see what everyone says and I’ll start making posts based on the most popular responses. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/2 "2018-05-14T18:16:35Z")
I don’t even need to think about this one. [Twilight Zone Tower of Terror](https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/hollywood-studios/twilight-zone-tower-of-terror/)! ---
**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/3 "2018-05-14T18:26:21Z")
Soarin! Too bad it was closed for renovations last time we were there in Mar 2015. Grrr! Really enjoyed the “Festival of the Lion King” as well both times we were there. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/4 "2018-05-14T18:29:14Z")
It’s kitschy, it’s old-fashioned, it’s in desperate need of an update in its final section. And yet it remains our one absolute cannot miss attraction on every trip. It is, of course, the Carousel of Progress. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/5 "2018-05-14T18:42:09Z")
It used to be The Maelstrom. Now I don’t have a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/6 "2018-05-14T18:44:50Z")
The Haunted Mansion. It’s the entire reason I go to Disney\*, and I want to ride at least twice. \*Theoretically. I have been there many times, but it’s been years since the last trip. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/7 "2018-05-14T18:48:08Z")
Hmm, it appears that my favorite ride - Horizons at Epcot - was shut down after I was last there (1998). Looks like based on my enjoyment of Horizons I’d be in to both Soarin’ and Mission: Space. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/8 "2018-05-14T19:22:23Z")
When we were there, the Cub’s favourite was Splash Mountain. He even got Mrs P on it, even though she doesn’t like roller coaster type rides. And I felt very old identifying the characters to him, and explaining that they’re from an old movie that you can’t get any more, no, not even on Netflix, and yes, Dad saw it once in the movie theatre, but no, some movies just don’t get shown after a while … ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/9 "2018-05-14T19:41:17Z")
I think the Haunted Mansion is my favorite overall. Pirates of the Caribbean is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/10 "2018-05-14T20:25:46Z")
The one that sticks in my mind is the boat ride through the Epcot hydroponics garden. Yes, I am an old fogey. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/11 "2018-05-14T20:29:45Z")
No question - the Haunted Mansion. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/12 "2018-05-14T21:01:50Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > The one that sticks in my mind is the boat ride through the Epcot hydroponics garden. Yeah that was always neat. Apparently it’s called [Living with the Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_with_the_Land), used to be called Listen to the Land. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/13 "2018-05-14T21:55:26Z")
The Haunted Mansion, is clearly best. Jungle Cruise is also a fave. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/14 "2018-05-14T23:01:29Z")
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! Lemme tell y’all a story here: Back when I lived in Kissimmee (early '90s), I could get a Florida Resident Annual Pass for less than $100. It granted access to all parks and transportation systems on the property any day of the year _except_ 2 weeks around Xmas & New Years, 2 weeks in the spring, 4th of July and Thanksgiving Day. I worked 3rd shift at Universal Studios, Sunday-Thursday. So I could get off work at 8:30am, race home, shower and change, drop some acid and head off to DisneyWorld. By 9am, as the park opened, I would be getting out of my car and entering MGM Studios theme park. By 9:05 I could be at _and on_ the TZToT! The ride would end and I could get right back in line and often _right back on the ride_. Once I rode it 14 times before I had to stand in a line at all, and I got in with the next group anyway! By 10am people would be showing up in droves tho, so I’d head over to Space Mountain, which by then would be seeing it’s initial rush of visitors abating so I could ride that a few times in quick succession. I used to go to DW so much that I could guarantee friends and family that if they stuck with me, they’d go on every ride worth riding with minimal wait times. The park has (had?) an ebb-and-flow that was palpable back in the '80s and '90s, and I was well-schooled in riding that flow. But hell yea, TZToT is the shiznit! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/15 "2018-05-14T23:06:37Z")
I think I had the most fun on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in Orlando. I loved that you ended up in hell at the end. Looks like it’s gone now. The Haunted Mansion is perhaps my second favorite. I liked the Carousel of Progress in the New York World’s fair, where the audience was on the carousel instead of the stage. I was disappointed that they changed it. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/16 "2018-05-14T23:28:27Z")
I can’t decide if I’m resentful that Orlando got to keep their Tower of Terror and we had to get rid of ours, or if I’m happy that it still exists even if it’s across the country. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/17 "2018-05-14T23:37:43Z")
Another vote for the Tower Of Terror, I love those giant drop rides. I’d probably put Expedition Everest up there as well. Those broken tracks got me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/18 "2018-05-14T23:43:05Z")
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/19 "2018-05-15T00:49:08Z")
I’ve only done it once with a FastPass (no ride is worth 3 hours of standby), but Flight of Passage is hands down the best ride I’ve ever been on. For the other parks, Haunted Mansion in the MK. May be worth mentioning the Spirit Photography available in Memento Mori, since it doesn’t seem to be massively advertised. Rock 'n Roller Coaster is HS (I like Tower of Terror but have a hard time doing it more than once per trip) Living with the Land in Epcot (honorable mention goes to France for letting me sit down while watching their country montage) ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151/20 "2018-05-15T03:41:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I liked the Carousel of Progress in the New York World’s fair, where the audience was on the carousel instead of the stage. I was disappointed that they changed it. [They didn’t.](https://youtu.be/3zJzAYB0gLo?t=38s) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-disney-world-ride/814151.md?page=2)