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crimson87 
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 20:09 |
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I went to Disneyland (Orlando) in 1996 being just 9 years old. I didn't go to Animal Kingdom though. But my favourites were Epcot and Universal ( I am not sure if it was a Disney theme park)
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The Quiet One
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 15:09 |
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^sorry if I confused you guys, but I meant Disney World from Orlando exclusively since I that's where I went this year.
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:19 |
^Ever been to a California Food and Wine fest with California wines and chefs? 
It is a great experience. I have Benn to some in Sonoma county and more local in Temecula but I really like the way Disney conducts theirs' here. I am sure it is put on the same way in Florida but I don't need to go to Epcot for that.
All I have ever heard from friends that visited Epcot is that is just a big shopping mall with themes. So what is the big deal? In case no one has heard there is more than one theme park in California and with the addition of Downtown Disney it makes it a complete experience. We already have a Wild Animal Park nearby and we have the real Hollywood although California Adventure has a scaled down model of the Hollywood Park. The news is they will expanding CA next year. I live 20 minutes from this place why would I spend a couple thousand to visit basically the same things sans Epcot in Florida?
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:05 |
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^ Ever been to Epcot? They have a food & wine festival as well, every year for about a month.
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:02 |
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California Adventure. You don't have it listed. They have a great food and wine festival in the Spring. Best Disney experience I have ever had and I grew up 1.5 miles away from the Anaheim Park when it was the only one.
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 14:58 |
Always been an Epcot fan.
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 14:54 |
This one (De Efteling, Kaatsheuvel, NL). I suppose that the offered choices are all to be found west of the pool.
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 10:33 |
 thellama73 wrote:
Disneyland is vastly superior to Disney World, so I voted for Magic Kingdom with the understanding that I am referring to the California one, not the Florida one.
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Disneyland is the Magic Kingdom with additions... Walt Disney World is a complete... world full of parks and experiences. It's obvious you haven't been to the second, since it's impossible to compare.
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 21:17 |
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I've only been to the original 'Disneyland' which by todays standards bites big hotdogs, but it's fun when you're a kid-- last time I went was in '85 and the lines were way too long
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 20:50 |
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Disneyland is vastly superior to Disney World, so I voted for Magic Kingdom with the understanding that I am referring to the California one, not the Florida one.
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Posted: February 05 2010 at 16:22 |
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It's been a few years since I went there, but I remember really enjoying Animal Kingdom.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: February 05 2010 at 13:29 |
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Epcot, easily.
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Posted: February 05 2010 at 13:25 |
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Animal Kingdom.
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Posted: February 05 2010 at 13:18 |
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Magic Kingdom for me. I can remember the days that you had to use tickets to get on the rides. Epcot/Disney World is fantastic but the MK holds many childhood memories.
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Posted: February 04 2010 at 16:14 |
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^ I went to Busch gardens and was highly underwhelmed. I'll take 3 or 4 high-quality coasters over 15 mediocre, violent ones any day.
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The T
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Posted: February 04 2010 at 11:38 |
I used to like Epcot. Now I can't stand it. It's boring as hell.
Magic Kingdom will always be the most magical. One truly feels like a child in there.
But the best is Hollywood, mostly because of the Aerosmith coaster (though it's too short) and the Twlight Tower. The first time I went I did the coaster 4 times and the tower 4.
I haven't been to Animal Kingdom. It only has one coaster. I'm much into coasters. Try Sea world's Manta if you're in Florida. Or you can drive to Busch Gardens. Or if you are someplace else try any Six Flags park...
My favorite, though, will remain the Magic Kingdom.
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Posted: February 03 2010 at 17:04 |
I am the biggest Disney buff on the forum, I promise you that!
I personally love Epcot, and it's grown to be my favorite over the years. The Illuminations fireworks show is my favorite show of any of them over at WDW. I used to love the 'Studios (Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is indeed a fantastic ride, along with the ToT) but I find that's it's becoming more and more themeless and amorphous. Animal Kingdom is my least favorite, probably due to the fact that they have designed a park hotter than the surface of the sun.
I could go on for pages. I won't put you guys through that.
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Posted: February 03 2010 at 16:29 |
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Epcot.
Going again in August so will let you know when we get back!
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Posted: February 03 2010 at 15:35 |
The Quiet One wrote:
rushfan4 wrote:
Yep, that was a really good fireworks show at Epcot. What did you think of Space Mountain? |
The first time we went to Epcot we had to wait 2 hours(!!) so we didn't go, however we(my brother and I) did wait for other rides like 1 hour and a half for them !
Anyways, the second time we went to Epcot which was our last day in Orlando, the only really good ride that my brother and I were missing was that, Space Mountain. I expected a lot from it, but at the end I was kind of dissapointed, Aerosmith's ride was, imo, much better.
Which one do you prefer, Aerosmith's or Space Mountain? |
Aerosmith by a large margin. I find Space Mountain pretty disappointing and slow.
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Posted: February 03 2010 at 15:34 |
The Quiet One wrote:
rushfan4 wrote:
Yep, that was a really good fireworks show at Epcot. What did you think of Space Mountain? |
The first time we went to Epcot we had to wait 2 hours(!!) so we didn't go, however we(my brother and I) did wait for other rides like 1 hour and a half for them !
Anyways, the second time we went to Epcot which was our last day in Orlando, the only really good ride that my brother and I were missing was that, Space Mountain. I expected a lot from it, but at the end I was kind of dissapointed, Aerosmith's ride was, imo, much better.
Which one do you prefer, Aerosmith's or Space Mountain? |
Probably the Aerosmith one. I've always liked Space Mountain though.
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