I often ask myself why?

[pickles]

When you think about it, many of the rides are merely museums with stuff you ride by in a vehicle/boat and look at and we do so over and over

rides like HM, POTC etc..
I love these rides and many people do, but I keep asking myself 'why" I mean if they just let us do a "walking tour" and walk thru i suspect it wouldnt be as enjoyable..does the slow moving doom buggie and the slow moving boat really make that much difference for us? after all we are adults?! I can see the kids being thrilled.

anyone know "why" we keep doing these rides over and over?

 

[Phil'sFrontier]

That's not really for me. I have not been to disney since I was 8, that was exactly 20 years ago.
I would have to guess people do it because it makes them happiy imho

 

[disnut8]

There's a reason Disney World has attractions and not rides. Rides are what you get at a typical theme park. Very little theming (if any). You stand in line, you get into some sort of vehicle, you ride, you get off.

With Disney World, most of the queues are experiences in themselves. The vehicles match the attraction (does any place else really call their vehicles something to match the actual ride?), the ride part is as immersed as you can get (there usually is a story line to follow, it's not just randomness), and even as you exit, you are still in the experience. If you exit into a gift shop, at least it's one to keep you within the attraction. I love exiting into the Pirate shop at the end of the attraction - I'd never venture in there if I didn't ride the thing. And I spend time there after I've ridden simply because I'm still in the mood.

Really, from the moment you join the line until you totally leave the building, you are a part of the attraction. I don't get that from a boat ride at a theme park.

 

[Poohbear123]

Well said disnut8

 

[wishspirit]

The detail!!!

I went on HM at least 4 times, because every time I see something I have never seen before!

Just because I am not rocketing at 100 miles an hour (not that I don't enjoy that from time to time) doesn't mean I don't enjoy the other rides on a different level.

Plus some time out of the Florida heat is always a bonus!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

I really enjoy the "themed attractions." It's what makes Disney "Disney." I do the regular thrill rides at Hersheypark in the Summer... but it's just not as fun for me.

 

[Micca]

Maybe it's because we think "it can't be all that great" and yet when we board the vehicle it's like "wow, that is so cool" all over again.:earboy:

Many of these attractions aren't just "rides", they're masterpieces

 

[jworkkul]

Actually, when the original concept of these two attractions were made it was supposed to be a walk-through attraction but problems with capacity and how to get a lot of people through these attractions in a timely matter lead to the development of the boats at Pirates and the Doom Buggies at HM. Also, Walt wanted these attractions to be like a "cocktail party"--a lot going on so that one will not see and hear everything the first time. That is why when we ride those attractions, we can see or hear something different every time.

 

[jb01]

I think because it makes us feel like kids again.

 

[mmtska]

I can't see PoTC as a walk through. It NEEDS a boat!! I am such a thrill ride lover, but this is my all-time fave ride at Disney. It's just fun. And if it was a walk through-I'd probably never leave.

 

[goofyernmost]

I think because it makes us feel like kids again.

That is a large part of it. For me it is happy memories. I loved WDW when I first went in 1983. I never really knew what it was about before then. It was our first big family outing. My kids were 6 and 8 years old. The memories from that experience are still in the front of my memory "Q". I have been at least 20 times since then, with my "older" family, escorting people with both physical and mental challenges and by myself. Those memories of the first trip still come to the surface. It is going to the "old" rides that trigger it the most.

I felt like a kid when I first went and I was 35 years old at the time. I still love to go. I was scheduled to go this December with my daughter and my grand kids but I had an unfortunate accident that has left me with my right leg only marginally working (temporary) and an amazing decline in stamina for reasons of which I am not sure. I'm going to have to cancel my scheduled trip. I was hoping to make new memories with the little ones, but, it wasn't to be this time around. There will be other times I hope.

Anyway, I never ask why, I know why. It is because I love them. The old, the new, the chance to escape into a fantasy, however brief. Never question or second guess why you enjoy it. That would be like being an adult and there is no room for that here.

 

[TinkerbellinLouisian]

I love all of your comments!

I have always tried to 'put a finger' on the "Why" do I love Disney so much...

I'm not sure I've ever found a complete answer.

I do think a part of it is caused by my love and respect for GOOD Marketing and Customer Service...( and to me in WDW's case...it isn't just GOOD...it's Excellence)

I remember being 13 years old and reading about the secret doors and the virtual city underneath MK...and the costuming...and being fascinated by everything.

I do have a Marketing Degree... I'm 44 now...and still working in marketing... I LOVE to go to WDW and marvel in the theming, costuming, the last little detail to everything... (remember the Mickey butter?)...and love it all.

Disney Hugs,
Mary

 

[MissionMouse]

...but I keep asking myself 'why" I mean if they just let us do a "walking tour" and walk thru i suspect it wouldnt be as enjoyable.....

Your statement reminds me of the first time I went to IOA and visited the Poseidon's Fury! Escape from the Lost City. I thought it was a ride and was carrying my youngest daughter at the time...just waiiting to get through the walking component...to sit down and enjoy the ride. Well I started to realize this was it and I would be carrying my youngest daughter throughout the experience. She enjoyed it while I "worked out."

 

[TinkerbellinLouisian]

I remember thinking the very same thing...

And couldn't believe 'that's all there was to it".....HAD WDW done an attraction like that.....it would have been SO much better...much more of a storyline...I left that attraction going...."I must have missed something"....

Same thing with Seuss.....Not at all comparable to anything WDW....

sure there's some theme-ing...but mostly just a ride...it didn't even have the

veritable "....and then something dreadful happens" hook that most WDW rides have....left us going..... "meh"....

 

[jasper]

We visited Disneyland Paris in April and did the "walk-thru" Aladdin attraction. Let me say it was kinda weird not being in a moving vehicle and really not all that good. I can't imagine PotC or HM would be half as good without the boat or doom buggy.

 

[jayandstacey]

I think the reason is that people are generally fascinated by different types of transportation. As pointed out, many parks dwell on the extreme (scarey/fast/motion sick) rides, but Disney folks appreciated the universal appeal of simple powered movement and incorporated it virtually everywhere.

Seeing pirate stuff on foot would be, well, a museum. But making it a ride makes it a special event.

You know, bigger museums like the Smithsonians could take a page out of this playbook and have a few, simple, slow-moving rides that present a story and information for some of the exhibits. I'd bet the attendance would skyrocket.

But back to Disney - It really is, if you think about it, a transportation wonderland.

You arrive by car, take a tram to the boat ride over to Magic Kingdom, where on your way forward, you pass under a monorail, then a under a train - only to potentially ride a trolley to the castle - and from there, you can go ride the TTA, the pirates boat, a rollercoaster, teacups, mini cars, a giant paddlewheel boat, flying magic carpets, flying elephants - etc. Even one of the shows, carosel of progress, is a moving ride of sorts. And at 3 o'clock you can sit and watch a bunch of motorized vehicles glide past you!

 

[ShannonMB]

Well, one of the reasons I, for one, prefer that these types of attractions are "ride through" is that my feet are already dying walking from one to the other, nice to take a load off the dogs!

I really don't know "why", but all of my favorite rides at WDW are the ones where you ride past on a little boat or cart and look at awesome stuff.

 

[jayandstacey]

Well, one of the reasons I, for one, prefer that these types of attractions are "ride through" is that my feet are already dying walking from one to the other, nice to take a load off the dogs!

I really don't know "why", but all of my favorite rides at WDW are the ones where you ride past on a little boat or cart and look at awesome stuff.

Right there with you, and surprised more parks don't do this.

Heck, I'd love to see a park where you get a cart as you enter - kind of wheel-chair-ish. And as you approach each ride, the cart is loaded to the ride and becomes your seat. That way you never leave it!

It could have guns added to it for TSM/Buzz like rides, it could load onto a train, it could load to a track for things like spaceship earth.

And no, I'm not ginormous or overly lazy.

 

[mainegal]

Maybe it's because we think "it can't be all that great" and yet when we board the vehicle it's like "wow, that is so cool" all over again.:earboy:

Many of these attractions aren't just "rides", they're masterpieces

I totally agree with you.
And some who hasn't been to WDW just doesn't understand!

 

[yankeeGLEEgirl]

remember on Sunday evenings the magical world of disney?

well, i waited decades to get to go the first time.

why? because I get to feel the magic again.