Favorite Walt Disney World Park?

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Jun Thu 29, 2006 2:14 am

In Order:
1) Epcot- The food and wine fest. is KILLER!! If you haven't been, do yourself a favor and GO!!!!! Epcot is the only one of the parks that my DW and I have opened and closed in one day. We were the last couple to leave. It was funny because when we got to the gate they had a buss waiting for everyone of the resorts. It's so nice to be on property. Oh, if you stay in Epcot after the crowds, you can see the MK fire works from Italy and watch the blow off of the extra gas on the fire barge in the World Showcase Lagoon!!
2) MGM - Our 2DS like this one the best.
3) MK - I've been going to Mk since I was an early teen. If truth be know it's most likely the park we spemd the most time in. Try one of the Halloween parties, they're fun with or without the kids.
4) AK - Is OK but it's only a half day park
5) Downtown Disney - What nobody like to eat or shop??

indysoarin19 · Post by **indysoarin19** » Jun Thu 29, 2006 12:00 pm

My preference is EPCOT. I live near Disneyland, so MK doesn't have the same pull for me. MGM is a close second bcause it has the original Tower and LMA and RnRC. Yet, EPCOT is fantastic. I really like the Future World attractions (Soarin', Mission Space, Test Track) and walking around the lagoon and going into each country is nice and relaxing from all the thrill rides. France, UK, Italy, and American Adventure are my faves. Also, EPCOT is home to my #2 nighttime show, Illuminations (Remember is #1).

foldmama · Post by **foldmama** » Jun Thu 29, 2006 2:27 pm

Epcot. On most trips I spend at least two days at Epcot.

MK - is a very close second - just so many memories.

MGM - Grows on me with each visit.

AK - Getting better with age.

jrcohen · Post by **jrcohen** » Jun Thu 29, 2006 4:13 pm

Captain Schnemo wrote:If there were an Epcot '82 option, I would have gone for that one.

Since time stops for no man, I went with the MK.

Completely agree. I still chose EPCOT despite all the changes because I've always loved the looking to the future that the park does. It has such a great message. Look at all the wonderful things we can do for ourselves and our world if we work together. As they said on Horizions "if we can dream it, then we can do it."

On a side note, I can't fully judge since I have yet to go to Animal Kingdom, but that will change summer of next year.

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Jun Fri 30, 2006 2:05 am

jrcohen wrote:It has such a great message.

Well, it used to have that message. It's mostly about the present these days. Not too much future there any more.

Just imagine...one day...humans will drive in four-wheeled vehicles on long asphault strips called...roads! Dream of it, if you can!

Or, how about:

Gaze, if you dare, upon the showroom of a Circuit City from 5 years ago! Be dazzled by technology less advanced than the cell phone you're carrying with you! Imagine the possibilities of playing a video game that you got sick of 3 years ago!

jrcohen · Post by **jrcohen** » Jun Fri 30, 2006 10:13 am

Captain Schnemo wrote:
jrcohen wrote:It has such a great message.
Well, it used to have that message. It's mostly about the present these days. Not too much future there any more.

Just imagine...one day...humans will drive in four-wheeled vehicles on long asphault strips called...roads! Dream of it, if you can!

Or, how about:

Gaze, if you dare, upon the showroom of a Circuit City from 5 years ago! Be dazzled by technology less advanced than the cell phone you're carrying with you! Imagine the possibilities of playing a video game that you got sick of 3 years ago!

I guess I should have said that, yes. It was a great message. I believe it still can be, but they definatly would need to change a few things around the park.

bamafan19 · Post by **bamafan19** » Jun Fri 30, 2006 11:38 am

One of the things that amazes me every time I go is the technology they're using in the greenhouses. I wonder if they're doing any research in that section on ethanol and the best ways to produce it?

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Jul Sat 01, 2006 4:17 am

The greenhouse stuff is very cool, but the tech hasn't been updated in over 20 years. I wonder if biotech is too controversial, or if they're just lazy. Even if they wanted to stay away from genetic engineering, there's still lots of interesting new stuff to examine.

Lots of it is probably political. Corn seems to be just about as innocuous as a thing could be, but it turns out that it is responsible for all sorts of evils in the world (not, usually, the corn itself, but our overproduction of it). A truly futuristic, forward-looking examination of the topic would at least give this the "Disney treatment", such as when the old Energy pavilion simply said that nuclear power was "controversial" and left it at that.

And if Future World were actually living up to its name, the Energy show would have a lot more to say in a lot more detail about renewable resources. Exxon's Universe of Oil was not so great in this respect, but I absolutely hate Ellen's show. Seriously, this issue has been widely-known since the 1970s (and known to scientists and other thinkers since long before then)...to largely ignore this point from a futurist's point of view is pretty uncool.

(And, of course, there's a celebration of gas guzzlers right down the path.)

I suppose a large amount of this trouble is due to corporate sponsors. And the fact that it's tough to make some things entertaining, although Walt always seemed to manage.

Just Believe · Post by **Just Believe** » Jul Mon 03, 2006 1:17 am

It's interesting how Epcot Topped the list! I voted for it but I didn't expect the list to be first! I usually hear how Magic Kingdom tops the list but I was wrong

ttztotdca50 · Post by **ttztotdca50** » Jul Mon 03, 2006 7:14 am

I like Disney-MGM Studios (or whatever it is now). I like that it isn't a copy of Disneyland, which is about 30 minutes from my house.

jd3921fl · Post by **jd3921fl** » Jul Mon 03, 2006 8:57 am

My vote is MK. The original is still the best. EPCOT is a close 2nd and the rest are WAY behind.

Post by **spaulo** » Jul Wed 05, 2006 10:54 am

Of course, MK isn't an "original" anything, as it's just a clone of Disneyland with less rides... Epcot is the true "original" in the WDW lineup...

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Jul Wed 05, 2006 1:29 pm

Darn tootin' spaulo, MK was built for strollers and capacity, EPCOT was built from a vision. Don't get me wrong I love MK as much as any park (except AK, who said that) I just think that was why it is so stretched out for.

packwingfn · Post by **packwingfn** » Jul Wed 05, 2006 6:32 pm

I will always have a place in my heart for the Magic Kingdom but I feel home when I'm at EPCOT walking around the World Showcase.

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Jul Thu 06, 2006 6:27 pm

Jacca5660 wrote: 5) Downtown Disney - What nobody like to eat or shop??

That's not a theme park, that's a strip mall!

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