This is part 6 in our ongoing series. Previous parts include:
1.Intro – 2. Ride Length – 3. Wait Times – 4. Length vs Wait – 5. Thrillingness
There is final key ingredient to what makes a ride enjoyable. I will call it that “Classic Disney” feeling. These are rides that may not be thrilling but are enjoyable in a historical and nostalgic way. For example, it’s a small world, the Enchanted Tiki room, and The Carousel of Progress are never going to be seen as thrilling, but they were overseen by Walt Disney himself and have a classic sentimentality that makes them just as enjoyable as a thrill ride, only in a different way. Also, not everyone one enjoys the thrills or maybe you have younger or older guests with you on your trip. In the Thrillingness blog post I mentioned the survey of 100 people of various ages. In addition to having them rank the excitement on a scale of 1-10 I also had them rate the Disneyness of each attraction. Again, I did encourage them to try to spread out the scores and give no more than 3 rides the same score.
Not everyone was able to follow the rule of 3 rides. I don’t necessarily agree with these results like I did with the Thrillingness but that is why I did the survey in the first place.
Here is the data…
| RIDE | DISNEYNESS | |
| 1 | Dumbo the Flying Elephant | 9.9 |
| 2 | it’s a small world | 9.8 |
| 3 | Haunted Mansion | 9.6 |
| 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean | 9.4 |
| 5 | Peter Pan’s Flight | 9.1 |
| 6 | Mad Tea Party | 9 |
| 7 | Space Mountain | 8.7 |
| 8 | Jungle Cruise | 8.4 |
| 9 | TTA Peoplemover * | 8.3 |
| 10 | Splash Mountain | 8.2 |
| 11 | The Hall of Presidents ³ | 7.7 |
| 12 | Enchanted Tiki Room ³ | 7.6 |
| 13 | Walt Disney Railroad ² | 7.4 |
| 14 | Carousel of Progress ³ | 6.8 |
| 15 | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | 6.7 |
| 16 | Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | 6.2 |
| 17 | Prince Charming’s Royal Carrousel | 5.9 |
| 18 | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | 5.5 |
| 19 | Country Bear Jamboree ³ | 4.8 |
| 20 | Magic Carpets of Aladdin | 4 |
| 21 | Tomorrowland Indy Speedway | 3.8 |
| 22 | Mickey’s PhilharMagic | 3.7 |
| 23 | Under the Sea -Journey of the Little Mermaid | 3.1 |
| 24 | Astro Orbiter | 2.9 |
| 25 | Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor | 2.7 |
| 26 | Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin | 2.4 |
| 27 | Barnstormer | 1.8 |
| 28 | Swiss Family Treehouse * | 1.7 |
| 29 | Stitch’s Great Escape | 1.3 |
OUR NEXT POST WILL HAVE THE FINAL RANKINGS OF ALL RIDES!
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