Disneyland Queue Wars!

[e3751]

I agree, i think pirates that smell, and indy are the best.

but the smell on splash on the concrete stair well is bad....

[realcal]

My favorite queue is one that makes it hard for people to plant 1-2 family members and then have the rest of the family/friends join them right before they enter the ride. This was am epidemic during our recent trip in June. Cast Members seemed to be just fine with them doing it.

[sockfire]

Best queues to me are the two Lucas rides at Disneyland Resort: Indy and Star Tours.

[bigthunderlover]

One of my favorite queues is Star Tours. But I must admit that Space Mountain's queue used to be awesome before they renovated it. If I remember right it went through circle vision 360 and all those video screens that played the safety and rules and stuff for the ride. It was pretty awesome Tower of Terror has a pretty decent queue set up as well.

[subsonic]

But I must admit that Space Mountain's queue used to be awesome before they renovated it. If I remember right it went through circle vision 360 and all those video screens that played the safety and rules and stuff for the ride.

You're confusing Rocket Rods with Space Moutain.

Rocket Rods used the old Circlevision 360 acttraction and made it into a queue. They used video from Timekeeper and had safety videos. Outside of the 360 area they had the lame fluorescent wireframes of models. To me, Rocket Rods is the epitome of "on the cheap". It had the potential to be cool but they didn't put the time and money it needed. A prime example was the much needed reinforcement of the track. There were supposed to be banked turns and the car was supposed to maintain higher speeds. This is why the attraction is gone. The engines burnt out too much because of the ever changing speeds in which they weren't designed to make.

Space Moutain's old queue had the "Fly by" where you could see inside the mountain and see rockets racing through space. Personally, I think they should have kept this. But, it makes the inside much darker.

[bryceran]

I loved the Star Tours queue when I was younger. I still like it a lot, but I like smell of Pirates. I like the Star Tours queue the most though. It's great.

[Halvogirl]

but I like smell of Pirates

That is so funny! i thought i had to be the only person in the world to enjoy the smell of Pirates, but it looks like a lot of us enjoy it.

[elizabethswann]

POTC, Haunted Mansion and Indiana Jones have the best queues to me. I would say Space Mountain but I spend most of the queue outside and that's not too interesting to me even if the view of Tomorrowland is nice. Indy's is more exciting with the theme.

[treasure hunter]

My favorite queue is Star Tours. Love the droids,the commercials and the loading waiting area.

[MintJulepRoo]

My favorite is Splash Mountain in the evening just as the sun goes down. The glowing lights and the music are the best. I also enjoy Tower of Terror and Indiana Jones.

[billville]

Everybody named off some really cool queues and every time i read a new one it reminded me of how much i loved that one...and so on..heh!

I guess if i had to narrow it down it would have to be splash mountain, star tours, indy, and tower of terror. I really like the immersive queues and the way they prepare you for the ride.

[SimplyMagical]

I love the Indy and Mansion queues and the POTC smell is nice (btw, does anyone know where that smell comes from?) but i think the theming in ToT is amazing. I love the detail all through the lobby and boiler room, and the creepy outdoor music on the patio is quite spooky

[elizabethswann]

I love the Indy and Mansion queues and the POTC smell is nice (btw, does anyone know where that smell comes from?) but i think the theming in ToT is amazing. I love the detail all through the lobby and boiler room, and the creepy outdoor music on the patio is quite spooky

My guess is that the POTC smell is the chlorine mixed with the air conditioner. That's what I believe it is although I searched on hiddenmickeys.org, I found these.

During the years of riding on the POTC ride at Disneyland, I have noticed a familiar scent within the ride. It's kind of a musty/watery smell. My theories are that it is the smell of the chemical which provides the fog effect. Or that the smell is simply from the massive amounts of water which pump through the ride each day. However, through dozens of cleanings and refurbishments, the scent has remained.

The smell has been there for a long time and although it may have something to do with the water-way system, it probably has to do with Walt's attention to detail. Simmilar smells exist inside the entire park. Haunted Mansion has a musty "dead air" smell; Main Street smells like cookies, etc. The imagineers are just too smart in creating a realistic environment.

[blinkereye123]

Hi again. I may have posted this before somewhere else, but personally I do feel
that HM has thee best queue in DL.

Now, having said that, (and knowing what contention this brings), let me just say
that if you don't consider the gallery/stretching room into the equation and just
focus on the inner-hallway to the db loading area, there is still enough creative
elements to call it a proper queue.

Just the fact that in busier times, once you step out of the gallery you are almost
literally hit with a long line of 'guests' slowly moving to the loading area, it really
doesn't make you feel as though you're on the 'ride' portion just yet.

As far as the outside area in concerned; the area between the front gate and the
front door IMO, it is only sparsely themed. The pet cemetary, the headstones on
the hill, even the FP zone all add, albeit slightly, the overall sense of anticipation
before you're inside. Even the 'ghost' horse and hearse are sometimes lost on
people who may not get the gag while trying to hurry to the front of the line.

In any event, I still consider the HM 'queue' - outside AND inside - to be one of
the best at DL.

With Indy, Roger, and ST also on the list. Later. Peace.