Ranking the Disney World Parks (Orlando, Florida)
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- After spending a day at all four Disney parks this past summer, it's time to rank them from worst to best!
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I tend to agree. Magic Kingdom is the most popular park, but as an adult, it's a long day of riding flat rides that you can ride at the Carnival (minus the Disney theming). Animal Kingdom is just super well done.
yea once you’re an adult, if you don’t have kids idk why you’d go to disney for the rides
Here’s a video idea: rank all the hyper and giga coasters that you have been on
For the hell of it, include every coaster over 200 feet, including non-traditional hypers (like Griffon or other dive coasters)
@@jaysisemore1127 i actually did this kind of video but left off the b&ms
@@jaysisemore1127 yea that’s what I meant non traditional included
@@AirtimeThrills Ok, this may sound stupid(cause it probably is), but rank every ride you’ve been on from each manufacturer. Like every B&M, every Intamin, you get the gist
I have always loved Epcot as it’s unlike any other park to visit. The last time I went was 99 though so much has changed. Animal Kingdom had just opened and was OK but looks to have improved a ton since then. I still remember the old stuff at Epcot like horizons, the universe of energy and wonders of life. Showing my age now!
I fully agree with your nr1 spot. During my first (and so far only) trip to Disney World I was so blown away with the atmosphere of AK that I just gave away all my planned fast passes for my second MK day, just to spend the last day of my trip wandering through the park and absorbing the scenery.
This video brought back a lot of Disney memories for me 😍
congrats on 72K! I love your videos.
Thanks!
I have Magic Kingdom at #1, but that’s primarily because of Space Mountain. That coaster is one of my all-time favorites, and is my top ride at the resort.
Yep. 😌I love Space Mountain.😌
Before I watched this I was thinking about which of the parks I’m going most excited for to least excited for, and I ended coming g up with the same rankings that you did
Was not expecting Epcot in last! Mine is similar, but swapped 1 and 4.
1. Epcot - It's way more expensive, but I think it helps to stay at an Epcot resort (especially Yacht and Beach with the pool). In cooler months, it's a great park to walk around in the evening, get dinner, and go on a few rides.
2. Hollywood Studios - Really good rides, but it doesn't handle crowds as well, and the food options aren't as good.
3. Magic Kingdom - Harder to get to, and for a similar park, I like Disneyland more (although I like Seven Dwarfs hah).
4. Animal Kingdom - I like the Safari and Avatar rides, but not many of the others, and I like the layouts of the other parks more. It's also hard to get a good parking spot.
Overall though I like these parks a lot, they're all in my top 10.
Your rankings are spot on. The fact that people seriously rank Epcot first unironically is baffling to me cause unless you’re blindly nostalgic there’s no reason why someone would place that over the other three. It’s definitely better than it used to be with Remy and guardians but spaceship earth, the land, figment and nemo are all dying for refurbs and the two “thrill” rides with test track and mission space are underwhelming or straight up painful
Here’s how I’d rank them
4. Animal Kingdom: This park is insanely immersive, and probably the most beautiful park I’ve ever been to, but the ride collection is seriously lacking.
3. Hollywood Studios: This park has the greatest dark ride collection of all time, and two of the best areas literally next to each other, but this park gets ridiculously crowded since there aren’t many filler attractions.
2. Epcot: I know they have construction going on, but this park is just unique. The fact that World Showcase feels like a whole different park inside a park is insane. Plus the music is beautiful, and the food is incredible.
1. Magic Kingdom: I know they don’t have very many thrill rides, but this park is the classic Disney Magic. They have an amazing ride collection, the music and park areas are incredible, and the whole experience is unlike anything else.
Epcot is so overrated, i could go to sleep at their park, no magic, honestly mediocre at best
I agree
This is the best list in the comments
@@jaroj1112 So true. May sound weird but if it’s not packed it feels so dead and lacks the Disney “magic”
@@jaroj1112 Seems more like a corporation advertising platform- Kodak/Kraft sponsored a building/ride Disney was not presented but its at Disney- no characters were walking about in themed costumes when i was there.(possibly redundant with tomorrow land?
My favorite is honestly Magic Kingdom, but that'll probably change when I finally experience Hollywood Studios' Star Wars section! This definitely helps me plan for my trip!
As an old ass thrill seeker who's been to Disney so often that the magic wore off a decade ago, I'd actually put EPCOT first. But I think it's the ~worst~ theme park of the four, if that makes sense. None of the coasters at Disney blow me away (Everest and Space Mountain come the closest), so when you take that element out most of the rides just don't excite me. I just love the vibe and the incredible presentation of the World Showcase. It feels like one of the last vestiges of Disney before they felt the need to go corporate and stick their IP in everything (tho granted, they're trying very hard), and it's the only park in the resort where you can just relax and take things a bit more slowly.
That, and also the alcohol.
Need more Arrow loopers.
I wasn’t expecting us to have the same WDW rankings but i’m glad we do! love all these parks 🙌🏻
As a Disney park enthusiast, I’ve found your reviews and rankings of Disney World extremely interesting. I also see a clear top two and bottom two, but mine are exactly opposite of yours. Here’s my ranking:
1. Magic Kingdom
2. Epcot
3. Animal Kingdom
4. Hollywood Studios
Your rankings and logic behind them is really good. I think I generally have the same rankings but honestly they are always changing for myself...one day I might feel like MK is the best...then the next day Epcot.
I really appreciate the honesty in this ranking. I'm a mild Disney nerd myself, and it seems like every Disney fan I talk to would rank the exact reverse that you went with, but that's why there needs to be four parks at this resort. Different people with different interests want different things, and there's a Disney park for everyone at WDW.
I also think that people who say AK is lacking attractions have a point, but me spending 1 day there with an early closure didn't feel that lack of things to do...if I went a few times I'm sure I would and change its ranking
@@AirtimeThrills Yeah, and there's other factors too. Geographically, AK is further away from the other parks, and also from many of the more popular hotels on resort property. It seems whenever AK comes up from people that visit WDW regularly, it's treated as a park to go to for the first half of the day before going somewhere else. There's also the factor to take in that as long as there's a fair chunk of the park dedicated to wildlife habitats, it's difficult to build attractions that don't disturb that or make things stressful for the animals. I love Busch Gardens Tampa, but sometimes worry about the noise levels that come off of some of those rides in the vicinity of nearby animal habitats.
I don’t care about Disney parks but I have still enjoyed the series, actually really informative as usual!
Thx for the review
Very interesting ranking! At first I was triggered with MK ranked so low, but your reasoning makes sense 👍
It really is ranking an all star team so no real knock on it
I honestly love commenting 40 seconds the video is made. Because I always predict they are a banger.
Didn't expect your ranking to be almost exactly mine! My only difference is I have a strong #1 and a strong #4, with MK and DHS battling it out for 2nd. Depends on if I'm feeling the classics or the new stuff on a given day, otherwise the two are essentially two sides same coin.
Animal Kingdom doesn't jive with everyone but it's far and away my favorite Disney park in the US. Best theming, amazing narrative throughout, awesome shows, some of my favorite food in any theme park, and while the ride selection is small there's absolutely no filler.
Would love to see a ranking of all the parks in the Orlando area!
These are my home parks so I'm lucky enough to go to these all the time. I totally agree with your #1 and #2. I would swap epcot for #3 because I'm obsessed with Cosmic Rewind and I love walking the counties and grabbing food and drinks. MK is great, but it's a pain to get to and always so crowded, which is why I visit that park the least.
I can't wait to ride tron when it opens! I've always wanted to ride tron at Shanghai, but now it's coming to Florida
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Buy or sell: we will see a double launched raptor before kings island gets a better entrance
Edit: this got hearted but it had a typo so then I fixed it and it got unhearted :(
Rehearted
@@AirtimeThrills thank
I'm not gonna edit it to remove it but it did get rehearted
For me:
1. Animal Kingdom
2. Hollywood Studios
3. Magic Kingdom
4. Epcot
Yeh mine is the exact same as yours. Next time you go to Animal Kingdom you need to eat at the Yak and Yeti sit-down resturaunt. It is amazing!
How would you rank them including the California parks? For me it’s
6. Epcot (even though it’s my personal favorite park)
5. Hollywood Studios (great rides but weak atmosphere outside of galaxies edge)
4. Magic Kingdom
3. California Adventure (super underrated)
2. Animal Kingdom (the best themed park in North America and likely the world)
1. Disneyland
Disneyland ahead of MK, and DCA #1
I have yet to go to Disney World, but most agree with your ranking. Me personally I agree with AThrills, California Adventure is better than Disneyland.
That last bit (too harsh on MK or too nice to AK) hit me because YEP! I'd swap a few things. AK last, Epcot 3rd, MK 2nd, DHS first. Though my one and only trip to Disney World was in 2004 so it was LONG before anything major was in the park as a whole. Though I LOVED Rock n Roller Coaster (but I was also age 9 so I loved everything). That ALONE put the studio at #1.
I do think you sold Magic Kingdom short. To me it feels more like a full park because it does have just a lot more rides. That might be the growing up with Cedar Point as my home park but Animal Kingdom and Epcot feels light on attractions. I can see your point on Living with the Land I like it because I find the science of the displays interesting.
The last time I went to Disney World was about 20 years ago. At the time, Epcot was my favorite park. But apparently things have changed a lot in that time (especially in the front half); I wonder how much of it I would recognize now.
The Dinosaur dark ride (which did exist the last time I went) was a bit of a surprise. I had seen no warnings posted about the intensity of the ride, but intense it was. I'm not surprised you enjoyed it.
I didnt know what to expect with dinosaur til i saw the vehicles and i was like..oh no way its indiana jones
I have epcot as my fav. I haven't been since guardians opened but I think It mite make epcot just behind seaworld orlando 4 me so epcpt would be 4
@@AirtimeThrills I'm pretty sure Dinosaur is a clone or near-clone of Indiana Jones track layout, just with the different theming.
To me, Star Wars died in 1999. Now it's just Disney Wars. And this kid saw Empire's 1980 OG release in theaters!!
I haven’t been to Disney in a decade but from my 3 previous experiences and from what I know now this is how I’d rank them:
4. Animal Kingdom
3. Epcot
2. Magic Kingdom
1. MGM/Hollywood Studios
4 and 3 are pretty close for me. I remember the safari being one of my favorite rides as a kid but I think they took out the poacher storyline from it? I don’t remember it the last time I rode it.
Epcot the main draw for me is the food lol.
Magic Kingdom is just classic Disney. It’s the atmosphere for me.
I hope to get back sometime soon to ride all the new stuff at Hollywood Studios. Galaxy’s Edge looks amazing and I’m only a casual Star Wars fan.
For Disney World, here’s my ranking in terms of attractions:
1. Hollywood Studios
2. Magic Kingdom
3. Animal Kingdom
4. EPCOT
Theming:
1. Animal Kingdom
2. Magic Kingdom
3. Hollywood Studios
4. EPCOT
Food:
1. Animal Kingdom
2. EPCOT
3. Hollywood Studios
4. Magic Kingdom
Bathrooms:
1. Magic Kingdom
2. Animal Kingdom
3. EPCOT
4. Hollywood Studios
Yes, I did rank the bathrooms. And I have favorites in each park:
MK: Tangled (honorable mention for Tomorrowland for renovating their bathrooms. When I was there in 2018 they were looking like they’d seen better days)
EPCOT: The Odyssey Center (the building between Mexico and Test Track)
DHS: Galaxy’s Edge
AK: Pandora
Now this is information people can really use!
I’m sorry but there’s no way Animal Kingdom is ahead of EPCOT in terms of food options lmao, especially with the seasonal festivals
@@LucyAyler Epcot has more, but AK had better quality
The only disney parks ive been to were epcot and magic kingdom. Space Mtn was my first ever coaster but I think I prefer Epcot
My ranking: 4: Magic Kingdom: I love the park, but not enough thrills compared to the others, not saying it’s a bad park, just not my favorite. 3: Animal Kingdom, just like Magic, it doesn’t have a lot of thrills ether, but Dinosaur is literally my favorite dark ride ever! 2: Epcot, good thrills and family rides, and I like food. 1: Hollywood Studios, i just LOVE the theming of the distinct land, the only improving should be the Hollywood area. But tower of terror, Mickey, Rise, Rock, and Toy Story Mania are some of the best rides to date!!
I think my favorite part about Dinosaur is that the ride itself has held up well, yet the queue, pre-show, and even the smell of the ride is still stuck in the 90s/early 2000s. Adds even more nostalgia for anyone that remembers going to Disney back then.
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Another thing to mention while I know you hate water rides the river rapids at animal kingdom is actually really good and well themed. Its a very mild ride and the opposite of infinity falls at SeaWorld but its a great fit for the park that selectively gets you wet.
even though i wouldn’t judge no matter what your opinion was, it’s cool to see that we have the exact same ranking!
I agree with everything minus the Splash Mountain hate 😂 Splash Mountain is a jem and I’m such a sucker for water rides
Here's a video idea: ranking all the RMCs by intensity. We have only been on one so far!
1. AK - just needs one more large/mid size family coaster.
2. MK - a classic park but the new stuff is actually the problem. Underwhelming after going to Tokyo Disney.
3. EP - love the world showcase now that I’m an adult, but future world is kinda weird.
4. HS - big, new, and flashy, but felt empty. I only go for tower of terror/Indiana Jones.
Since my my last visit in 2016, my favorite is Magic Kingdom followed by Animal Kingdom, EPCOT and Hollywood Studios.
Remember when Cosmic Rewind was a 40 minute ride where a lesbian talk show host tries to compete on a game show by learning about energy from a science guy?
Your ranking is perfect. I agree 100%, Animal Kingdom is just unlike any other theme park and does everything right to me. In 5 years I expect EPCOT to surpass Magic Kingdom for me because the front of the park transformation will be complete
I would like point out that if you are staying at a Disney World resort hotel, they do have buses that take you up to the gates at Magic Kingdom so you don't have to take either the monorail or ferry from the Transportation And Ticket Center to the park.
Oh thats cool. Didn't know the shuttles dropped you off at the front
I last went in 2018 for a one year anniversary/second honeymoon trip, so they were still working on Galaxy's Edge, Ratatouille, Runaway Railway, and Guardians, but EPCOT wasn't ripped up yet. My rankings are of the following:
1. Magic Kingdom - I love the Disney IP that originated in the parks, so to me this has to be #1. Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, People Mover/Tomorrowland, etc. all have those backstories and easter eggs that I love. Plus the totality of rides and experiences is unmatched.
2. EPCOT - If I could go back and remember everything from my 1991 trip to Disney World when I was 2, plus do the things that I would have been too young to do, EPCOT would have probably have been my favorite park worldwide. At that time every pavilion in both Future World and the World Showcase connected to the mission statement of providing high quality "edutainment," which I as a giant nerd love. I understand that's not for everyone and that they've felt they need to fade away from that or at least evolve to a more mix. There is still a lot of great stuff here (Test Track, Mission Space, World Showcase). I totally agree that Spaceship Earth and Imagination need a refurbishment, unfortunately it sounds like the pandemic delayed it. Plus the food in this park at the major restaurants (again I know is not for everyone) is amazing.
3. Animal Kingdom - Agree with everything you said, only reason its down at 3 is the quantity is a bit light compared to the two above.
4. Hollywood Studios - When we went a lot of the park was still ripped up. No Galaxy's Edge, no Runaway Railway (RIP Great Movie Ride) and Toy Story Land had just opened so the waits there were crazy. I have to imagine my opinion would be different the next time I go.
video idea: top 15 PARKS that should be in your top 25(so basically your top 15 bucket list theme parks.
I got a similar video idea in the works about bucket list parks. Ive talked about coasters but not parks
I agree that spots 1 & 2 and spots 3 & 4 can be interchangeable with each other. My line up is basically the same with interchangeable parks on those spots. But I did put EPCOT over Magic Kingdom. But with Magic Kingdom opening Tron that can change as well. Hollywood Studios is #2 and Animal Kingdom #1. But only by a slight edge.
Very surprised by this! Most Disney enthusiasts think of AK as a half day park, so it's cool to see you thought it was the best. They announced a complete retheme of Dinoland recently, but won't be done for 3-4 years probably. I'm so curious to see how my rankings end up after my trip this year. Based on everything I've seen, I expect 1) HS, 2-3) MK and EPCOT, 4) AK but I could wind up being really surprised.
enjoy your trip!
How was the trip? Were going in October
@@only_son5040 It was great! I recommend Genie+ if you can, I studied how to use it and we were able to do literally everything in 4 days with no wait. The parks were decently crowded, like 6-7 out of 10 level.
,Animal kingdom is also my favorite, with the top 4 (Expedition, Avatar, Kilimanjaro, and Dinosaur), plus the atmosphere, it's my favorite
Video idea (might've already done it): Outlier rides. AKA "Coaster You've ridden multiple times and one of the rides was randomly way better or worse than the rest."
I think it's funny that you haven't seen most of the movies that inspired the rides. Do you watch any movies? Are there rides/coasters that you like more because of their IP?
15 years ago, Hollywood studios was in every Disney-goers Dead Last spot. Outdated attractions, Empty unused space, back in the day you can find yourself being the only person in certain areas. Now look at it!
Yeah just in the last 5 years, wow
I think you have to remember that Disney is geared as a family park and not an amusement park. You go for the experiences not for the rides. Granted, it's been over 25 years since I went, but I thoroughly enjoyed Epcot and visiting all the different countries of the world. We actually went to this park twice since we had a four-day pass (remember Animal Kingdom wasn't built yet)
I don’t think anyone forgets that Disney is a family park.
@@travisvanalst4698 ah - maybe, but the author of the video based his rankings on the rollercoaster type rides.
As a Florida resident (Tampa), EPCOT is like the main park I visit because imo it has the most to offer on repeat visits. I’d probably rank the parks currently like;
1. Epcot- primarily for the world showcase, which isn’t like anything else we have in Floridian theme parks. It also has the best food and drink and the seasonal festivals are worth a visit on their own. I can only imagine the park will get better too once all the construction has finished in Future World. Also the resort area surrounding it is very nice too and it’s an easy walk over to Hollywood Studios.
2. Hollywood Studios- All of its construction has wrapped up so it currently has the most to do currently of any of the four parks. However, you do have to get lucky with reservations to do those things and a lot of the time you’re just left walking around the park staring at stuff you can’t ride which can get really boring unless you want to wait for 90 minutes in the sun to get on Slinky Dog Dash.
3. Animal Kingdom- Well designed, has arguably the best water ride in Florida (rapids) and I love the animals but it’s out of the way from the other parks, there’s little shade so it gets really hot on the worst days; unfortunately it doesn’t really offer much that I can’t just get at Busch Gardens or my local zoo (although the safaris are cool).
4. Magic Kingdom- Cinderella’s castle is cool but aside from that and Space Mountain there’s basically nothing really unique about this park at Disney World atm. I think it might just be that I’ve been here so many times that returning just feels a bit redundant because they haven’t added much new in the last decade. Hopefully Tron will be good.
As a local passholder (Orlando), EPCOT is the best theme park in the world. The fact we go there more than any other park in the area, shows everything it has to offer.
I agree with your rankings, but the return of the night show Fantasmic later this year might be enough to push Hollywood Studios ahead of Animal Kingdom. Definitely see that show on your next visit -- it's Disney's best. My one worry about Animal Kingdom is that doesn't feel like I could spend a whole day there. It's missing one more major attraction. I'm hoping they revisit the Beastly Kingdom concept. Maybe build a ride focused on Elliott (Pete's Dragon reboot) defending the park from Maleficent.
Magic Kingdom is great for it's ambiance and theme work. Epcot is good for all sorts of non-ride things. However, I think both parks are dated at this time. TRON is going to give Magic Kingdom a big boost. I do hope there's a couple other sci-fi themed flat rides to support it.
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Based on my visits (the parks HAVE changed) since 2008. I'd visit Epcot (last day of Food/ Wine festival on Sunday. Monday WDW, Tues AK. Studios didn't have anything new. It was original Test Track. Id' ridden Soarin' @ DCA, then Epcot. I'd wished an Intamin launch for Slinky Dog instead of Vekoma. Disney likes Vekoma, but have Incredicoaster by Intamin. I loved Epcot because it's quirky and more adult vibe. Reflections was a great fireworks show. I rode the Maelstrom (a walk on) Also Epcot @ night with star dust walk way was soooo cool! I wish 7 mine train had more track. Swinging vehicles are unique. Only suspendeds do this & they a finer than a frogs hair now. Monorail WAS the way to enter (when you could sit with driver) Yep! after I-4 it's 4 miles in b4 you see "stuff" P-lot to park a long trek as well. It's a unique way to get to the park courtesy of Roy Disney.
I just went to Disney World for the 4th time this last June for the 50th anniversary (my first time was in 1996 for the 25th Anniversary; I also went in 1999 and 2015) and loved it despite it being so hot 🥵 and the afternoon showers 🌧⛈. For me, I would rank the parks like this:
4. Animal Kingdom- I love most of the rides here (I loved Kali River Rapids when I first rode it back in 1999 but I have since been on better rapids rides (including multiple rides on Grizzly River Run at California Adventure since 2002) and felt like this ride is too short). The shows are good too. But I feel like they can do a bit more.
3. Magic Kingdom- This is mainly based on the rides and attractions that they have that Disneyland doesn't have (or in the case of the Peoplemover and Country Bear Jamboree, no longer has).
2. Disney's Hollywood Studios- The rides and shows here are just awesome. Also, I prefer Tower of Terror over Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout in terms of theming (both rides have awesome ride experiences and Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout has the awesome Halloween overlay Guardians of the Galaxy: Monsters After Dark).
1. Epcot- This park is just so fun. My sister and I rocked out to Disco Inferno, September, and I Ran each time we rode Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (thanks to my sister successfully getting us a Virtual Queue and purchasing Individual Lightning Lanes (my parents ended up not riding it the 2nd time my sister and I rode it, so they gave us their MagicBands so we could ride it a 3rd time). Also my sister and I busted up laughing at how powerful our car was on Test Track (our car dominated in power, capability, and responsiveness but completely failed in efficiency 😂). We also took the time to enjoy some of the stuff they had out for the Flower & Garden Festival and took full advantage of the 5 minute wait that Remy's Ratatouille Adventure during the 30 Early Entry (this was all thanks to staying at Yacht Club resort and using the Friendship Boats to the International Gateway).
I have a hard time ranking these since I have only been to animal kingdom once but here ya go:
4. Epcot- this park has grown on me for sure. I appreciate the country areas more now that I am older, even if they don’t have the deepest ride lineup. I liked mission space a lot- Nemo not as much, but I rode both in 2017. I think I’ve done some of their other rides as well. I did journey into imagination when I was 7, but that’s the only time I know of.
3. Animal Kingdom- they have the weakest ride lineup in terms of quantity with about eight or so attractions but those rides look really solid. Dinosaur, expedition Everest, and of course, pandora. I have only been here once when I was one year old. I am ranking it based on where I would probably do it now.
2. Hollywood studios- this has my two favorite rides in the resort. Rock n Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. I liked the Great Movie Ride a lot as well, riding it in its last year of operation. And of course, they have Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land. Both were really well done, and I loved Millennium Falcon Flyers and Toy Story Mania. I wasn’t going to waste my time waiting four hours for Rise of the Resistance. I also did Star Tours in 2017, and it’s definitely one of the rides at the park.
1. Magic Kjngdom- they got the deepest ride lineup. I loved Snow White’s Scary Adventure as a kid, but that ain’t there anymore. Still, they got haunted mansion, pirates, Big Thunder Mountain, both of which are some of my favorites, and I also liked Space Mountain a lot when I was 7, but haven’t got back on it since. Great park overall and I think they have the most full ride lineup.
My favorite it probably Hollywood studios because I do enjoy Star Wars quite a bit, but maybe it’s because I was unable to get a ride on Everest this year.
100% agree with Animal Kingdom at #1. The atmosphere and quality blows the others away for me.
Wow, we have the same rankings. Two of my closest friends went to Disney recently and both said Epcot was their favorite park…I couldn’t believe it. Definitely last place for me. And I love Hollywood studios, but it’s so overcrowded and stressful to try to get through everything that it’s hard to enjoy at times. Animal Kingdom is the most beautiful park and has quality over quantity, plus only having a few rides means you can take in the surroundings and relax.
My ranking
1. Epcot: Great adult park and very chill
2. Animal Kingdom: Most Unique
3. Hollywood Studios. Probably the best rides, but the waiting times are ridiculous
4. Magic Kingdom: I’m from CA. Magic kingdom felt like a copy of Disneyland, but a lesser quality copy. The castle is nicer, but overall, Disneyland feels more complete to me.
"Mixing the old school Mickey and Minnie cartoons with the most modern ride technology"
It shows that you're not a crazed Disney fan, considering it's based off modern Mickey cartoons ^^;;
Also Rock n roller coaster is a really good ride for Disney standards
I couldn't agree more with your ranking, animal kingdom has the rides and a bunch of other things to do especially with all the animals
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Thank you for your insight. Taking the family to Orlando. Already paid and staying in the French quarters. We have to make an itinerary for the week and we have never been. So looking for insight and recommendations like your video. If anyone else has any please reply. I will definitely keep eye on comments. Thank you again. Visiting in early June. The girls are so excited. Me too!! Hope is worth the $5k. All info helpful and would be appreciated.
I’m glad to see animal kingdom took top spot! I don’t agree that Epcot is the worst. I didn’t get to go around the world showcase when I went 23 years ago. I dreamed monthly for 20+ years to come back to see the world showcase and it didn’t disappoint. So the 23 year wait for me puts Epcot at my top spot.
I enjoyed epcot but still think it was the weakest of 4 strong parks
@@AirtimeThrills I can totally see why! :)
I have Hollywood Studios at 1, Animal Kingdom at 2, Epcot at 3, and Magic Kingdom in 4th.
I'm a huge disney fan. Epcot is my favorite park but has my least favorite rides (well until Cosmic Rewind) Hollywood Studios has some of my favorite rides but is my least favorite park. Why? Disney and the rides are stressful, every ride at Hollywood has over an hour wait and it's hot. Epcot I can just walk in without a plan and explore the World Showcase and eat some food and shop around. They even recently brought the international cast back so if you look in each country many of the employees will be from there so you can ask them questions about the culture. If I do ride rides, most of them never have super long waits and are a nice break from the heat. Animal Kingdom is probably my #2 for for similar exploration reasons and Everest. Close behind would be Magic Kingdom for the classic vibes.
You didn’t mention Remy’s at Epcot? I think it’s A great ride. That alone would push it over MK for me.
Video idea: rank the Florida/California parks(all parks, not just Disney)
Animal Kingdom is absolutely #1 for me. Having been exposed to quite a bit of nature and animals through my life, plus having the best Disney coaster it’s definitely fully in my wheelhouse. And unpopular opinion: I prefer Flight of Passage over Rise of the Resistance.
When I last visited WDW, Hollywood Studios was in the condition where Epcot is now (only worse--the entire back half was simply shut down), so I rank that #4 by default, despite my really enjoying Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and Star Tours. It was only half a park at the time, and you could count the operating rides on one hand. I'd probably feel differently now.
Epcot's front half already seemed like a bit of a dead-mall wasteland when we visited, but Soarin' and Test Track were terrific E-tickets nevertheless. But the back half is great to just soak in, and it's huge and varied. Easily the most "adult" Disney park, with a boggling variety of food and potent beverages. So that gets it into the #3 spot.
Animal Kingdom gets the #2 spot for all that amazing, next-level theming and animal exhibits; and I do love Everest (my favorite Disney coaster), and Kilimanjaro Safaris, and I agree with you that Dinosaur is criminally underrated (though I can't stand "It's Tough To Be A Bug!"). Pandora was not open yet when I visited. For a long time Animal Kingdom had sort of an undeserved poor-cousin reputation at WDW, and I thought that was already outdated at the time. But it wasn't quite my favorite, though close.
I have no experience with Disneyland, so no reason to get bored with Magic Kingdom's stuff by comparison, so for me MK got the #1 spot just for having the most rides and other stuff packed into it, and all that classic Disney ambiance. I think just the experience of strolling into Main Street, USA was overwhelming; BTMR and Space Mountain are both terrific if not quite as good as Everest, and Haunted Mansion and Pirates are my favorite overall Disney rides, with this old-school, detail-overload style of Imagineering that you don't quite get these days. I agree that Storybook Circus seems like a bad addition to Fantasyland.
Hollywood studios without toy story or star wars would be a totally different experience so i agree
@@AirtimeThrills I'm guessing my ranking now would be closer to yours except that MK would still be higher.
It is sad because animal kingdom is the only Disney park that I have not been to
I’m trying not to be nit picky but Space Mountain at Disney World is the original
I didnt mean it was a clone just that it was similar to the space mtn I'm used to
Hollywood studios is like disneys California adventure but better
I loved Magic Kingdom for the very same reason you don’t like it: I love stepping back in time and feeling like a kid again in the early 90’s
Had some hot takes but I would put Hollywood studios under magic kingdom but other than that I agree with the rankings
1. Animal kingdom
2. Magic kingdom
3. Hollywood studios
4. Epcot
I totally agree with your rankings! As a west coaster who has been to Disneyland many times, i found Magic Kingdom to be a lesser version of Disneyland. To my family Disney world felt like they took the major rides from Disneyland/California adventure and spread them out over 4 parks then added some filler.
That's ridiculous. Disney world is a bigger better version of Disneyland and everyone sees it that way
@only_son5040 If you like half day parks that are so overcrowded, they become fullday parks, then by all means WDW wins. My family prefers being able to walk between parks and not waste time communting. Its why Disneyland and Universal Orlando are superior.
@krs12 it's funny that your saying a California park is less crowded but that actually proves my point. More people want to visit Disney world, it's probably because it's alot better and has better rides.
Unfortunately, I have never been to any Disney park. I'm fine with it. I like rollercoasters. These parks don't have much.
Everything I've heard about the current Disney experience (Genie+, Lightning Lanes, no Magical Express any more, etc.) honestly makes me reluctant to go back there, despite all the cool things that weren't there on my last visit. I feel like I barely scratched the surface of Universal Orlando on my one visit... but the park I'm itching the most to revisit is Hersheypark.
Now which parks are good for someone who went to Disneyland but was super bored for most of the day (except for splash mountain, Tower of terror, and California screaming) even Indiana Jones and space mountain was boring to me(I take a motion sickness pill which makes me drowsy so the rides need to be super thrilling in order for them to be fun)
Epcot is #1 for me and it’s the park I will visit every single day during a trip to WDW after spending half days at the other parks.
as someone who used to live in Florida, Epcot was the park we would go to just to get drunk and go to the other parks
Yeah and it was the only park that had reservations available last summer
Crazy that my ranking is the complete opposite of this. MK, EPCOT, DHS, AK.
After working at Disneyland for 10 years I have such an appreciation for Magic kingdom. The size and it accomplishes getting you away from the real world like Walt intended by taking that ferry boat across 7 seas lagoon, not hearing harbor Blvd from tomorrowland is nice too. They still have the people mover, carousel of progress and country bear jamboree! This is unpopular but I prefer Big Thunder and Space mountain here as well. The Disney bubble is real here unlike anaheim.
EPCOT, even under construction is just so much fun. Love SSE, test track and the best coaster at WDW, cosmic rewind. I can spend the entire day in world showcase as well.
DHS has the thrills for sure. I love that they have classic tower of terror still, that was my favorite ride at home. I agree that rockin roller coaster is meh. Rise of the resistance and runaway railway are elite dark rides and I’m thankful that one is and the other will be at Disneyland eventually!
DAK is fine, it’s always 10 degrees hotter at this park for some reason. I enjoy Everest but it doesn’t wow me, it’s fine. Feel like it’s all helixes with one backwards. Safari is cool but I prefer the one at Busch gardens more tbh I’d take safari on a train over a truck any day. Dino land is super cringe and dinosaur just isn’t as good as Indy.
I’m bummed they didn’t announce a Tron opening date at D23 or my next trip would be booked, planning on being there opening day, was never going to make it out to Shanghai so super stoked for it!
Thats funny that AK is hotter than the others. Youd think itd be cooler
Your ranking is the complete reverse of mine.
I would put:
4. Magic Kingdom
3. Animal Kingdom
2. Epcot
1. Hollywood Studios
I just went and didn't feel the magic in MK. I love animal kingdom for it's beauty, but it doesn't have a ton, but Dinosaur was a huge surprise! Epoct was a great park to have because it was a nice break, it was beautiful, and almost everything could operate in the rain. I would put HS first because everything there is so good and I could actually feel the magic.
I love your videos but these rankings are insane. You know Disney is all about the magic, not the thrills. Food, ambience, shows, parades, and lots of other stuff have to be included in the ranking of these parks. I'm not mad just disappointed. (I'm just messing around, thanks for the videos)
4. Epcot 3. Animal Kingdom 2. Hollywood 1. Magic Kingdom
Was this video filmed with an iPhone 4s?
Agree on the re-theme of Tower of Terror at DCA. I was really skeptical because of the California Screamin' / Incredicoaster fiasco, but it really is an improvement. But the Tower in Florida is awesome (I think far better) because the car leaves one shaft and moves to another. This was a complete surprise to me after riding DCA Tower numerous times.
The main thing with the original DCA tower was that many fans complained about its inferiority to Florida’s tower and then complained when they changed it.
I was thinking when that happened...wait the one at dca doesnt do this right??
Acording to Wikipedia the Florida version cost $140 million in 1994, so I think they were looking for cost savings with later builds.
Airtime thrills is the goat 🐐 I really like WDW, but I slightly prefer Universal because of the stronger ride collection. Plus Velocicoaster is just so amazing.
I think I found the total experience of Universal better in part because the more compact resort made it easier to get around--you didn't have to plan everything like a military assault or a work commute. But Epic Universe, located at a wholly different site, brings them up to more the scale of Disney World and it might change that.
Well soon Universal Orlando will have the superior collection of rides connected to Chris Pratt.
I’ve only been to Epcot and it’s was SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT! If your a big drinker than it might be for you but it’s was underwhelming the different regions, and don’t get me started on the rides. Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster was actually pretty nice I have to say! I didn’t try any of the food… it did look pretty tasty though! I’m excited to try out Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom! Thanks for the video.
It’s funny, because this is the exact opposite of my list.
4. Animal Kingdom - Best Ride: Avatar: Flight of Passage
3. Hollywood Studios - Best Ride: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
2. Magic Kingdom - Best Ride: Splash Mountain
1. EPCOT - Best Ride: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind