rides you can miss,maybe or must do?

[RobDIS]

MK:
Miss: Tom Sawyer's Island
Maybe: Riverboat, Alladin
Must: Space, Splash, BTMRR, PPF

Epcot:
Miss: Nothing
Maybe: Gran Fiesta
Must: Mission Space, Soarin'

Animal Kingdom:
Miss: Flights of Wonder
Maybe: Kali
Must: DINOSAUR, Nemo Musical

DHS:
Miss: Lights, Motors, Action
Maybe: TSMM (decent ride, but wouldn't wait the typical stand by times)
Must: Muppet Vision, Indy Jones (if I feel like getting picked to be in it)

 

[nansmama]

MK:
Miss -- CoP, Stitch
Maybe -- Dumbo (we are more apt to ride Aladdin)
Must -- Just about everything else, but especially People Mover, Splash, and POTC
Never done -- Hall of Presidents. Maybe we'll finally get to it this next trip.

Epcot:
Miss -- Soarin' (not worth the usual wait, and we're not FP people)
Maybe -- Mission Space
Must -- All of World Showcase. We love it! Also, Nemo and Spaceship Earth.
Never done -- Test track. Seems like it's always either closed or the line is longer than we want to wait.

DHS:
Miss -- The Great Movie Ride. We almost always meet up with friends while at WDW and somehow always get conned into going on this ride. This will be our first "family only" Disney vacay so we'll finally get to skip it!
Maybe -- American Idol. We like this but sometimes we don't want to commit the time to it.
Must -- Fantasmic, ToT, Star Tours
Never done -- RnRC. This always gets pushed to the bottom of our list and we still haven't gotten to it. The big thrill rides generally aren't a priority for us because we have a Six Flags next door if we want roller coasters.

My kids will not do AK anymore after several bad experiences, so we don't go there.

 

[LekiaHall]

Miss all of World Showcase? You don't go eat anywhere there ??
AK Miss everything except EE Wow...thats harsh! LOL

You got me, I'll venture into World Showcase for the sushi. Otherwise, not real big on this area.
re: AK. To be fair, I've only been once to this park. Going to try it again this December. I'm sure we'll find some things to add to the maybe/must list.

 

[disneyworld1977]

You got me, I'll venture into World Showcase for the sushi. Otherwise, not real big on this area.
re: AK. To be fair, I've only been once to this park. Going to try it again this December. I'm sure we'll find some things to add to the maybe/must list.

I was just giving you a hard time!

But hey..Dinosaur is good, Lion King show is good (if its still there) Safari, if one likes animals hit some of the areas to look at them. Everest is great though.
But this is an easy park to get through in a small amount of time.

With World Showcase, we usually just hit a couple of restaurants. But last time we actually hit some more countries to browse. If you have the time, its alwasy nice to do, just take a stroll.

 

[figment814]

MK:
Miss -- Speedway, Carousel, Dumbo
Maybe -- Laugh Floor, Splash Mountain (depends on the weather and the plan for the day)
Must -- People Mover, Haunted Mansion; CoP, Jungle Cruise; POTC
Never done -- Astro Orbiter.

Epcot:
Miss -- Figment
Maybe -- Ellen's Energy Adventure; Soarin'
Must -- All of World Showcase; Spaceship Earth; Living With the Land; Test Track
Never Done--Mission Space


DHS:
Miss -- Toy Story Midway Mania (Usually too late for fast passes, and refuse to wait in a huge line.)
Maybe -- American Idol; Any of the shows...the timing is key
Must -- ToT, Star Tours; Muppets

AK:
Miss--Triceratop Spin
Maybe--Lion King, Nemo....takes planning!
Must--Safari, Dinosaur, Tough to be a bug

 

[wishing4PA]

Hmm, picking one in each category:
mk:miss-country bears, maybe-tom sawyer's ,must-space mountain

epcot:miss-MS, maybe-SE, must-turtle talk with crush

dhs:miss-american idol, maybe-GMR, must-TSMM

ak:miss-primeval whirl,maybe-kali, must-EE.

 

[dmdelight]

MK:
Miss -- Speedway, Carousel, Dumbo
Maybe -- Laugh Floor, Splash Mountain (depends on the weather and the plan for the day)
Must -- People Mover, Haunted Mansion; CoP, Jungle Cruise; POTC
Never done -- Astro Orbiter.

Epcot:
Miss -- Figment
Maybe -- Ellen's Energy Adventure; Soarin'
Must -- All of World Showcase; Spaceship Earth; Living With the Land; Test Track
Never Done--Mission Space


DHS:
Miss -- Toy Story Midway Mania (Usually too late for fast passes, and refuse to wait in a huge line.)
Maybe -- American Idol; Any of the shows...the timing is key
Must -- ToT, Star Tours; Muppets

AK:
Miss--Triceratop Spin
Maybe--Lion King, Nemo....takes planning!
Must--Safari, Dinosaur, Tough to be a bug

figment814-you miss figment?!

 

[Masonmj84]

Mine:

MK:
Miss - Stitch, Carosel, Astro Orbiter, Flying Carpets, Teacups, Barnstormer, Dumbo
Maybe - Jungle Cruise, Winnie the Pooh, any show
Must - Splash, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, People Mover, Big Thunder, Peter Pan

EP:
Miss - Ellen's Energy Adventure, Figment, Captain EO
Maybe - Nemo, Turtle Talk, Gran Fiesta, Maelstrom
Must - Soarin, Test Track, Mission Space, Living with Land, Spaceship Earth

HS:
Miss - Stunt Show, Studio Backlot Tour
Maybe - Great Movie Ride, any other show
Must - TSM, Rock & Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Star Tours

AK:
Miss - Primeval Whirl, Triceratop Spin, Rafiki's Plant Watch
Maybe - Dinosaur, nature walks, any show
Must - Safari, Everest, Kali River Rapids

 

[DakotaRose]

Miss: MK:Space Mtn, Teacups, Stitch,
EP:Seas Pavilion, Imaginations Pavilion
AK:Triceratops, the small coaster near it, arcade games
HS:Little Mermaid show, Idol
Character greetings (kids are grown)

Maybe: MK: Jungle Cruise
EP: Ellen, Illuminations
AK: Kali
HS: stunt/car shows

Must: Philharmagic, Buzz, Wishes, Citrus Swirl
EP: Soarin', love World Showcase
AK: Safari, Dinosaur, Pangani/Maharajah Treks, TTBAB
HS: Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story

 

[dmdelight]

Notations are as follows ... (oie)=once is enough (oitm)=once is too much (ne)=never experienced

MK miss: speedway (ne), presidents (ne), country bears (ne), stitch (oitm), carousel of progress (oitm), parades and shows (oie)
MK maybe: tiki room, teacups, all spinning rides
MK must: all mountains, peter pan, pirates, philharmagic, buzz lightyear

EPCOT miss: all movies (oie)
EPCOT maybe: american experience, musical performances
EPCOT must: spaceship earth, test track, soarin, mission space, all boat rides

DHS miss: lights motor (ne), fantasmic (oie), backlot tour (oie)
DHS maybe: little mermaid, indiana jones, great movie ride
DHS must: rock'n'roller, tower of terror, star tours, beauty&beast, toy story

DAK miss: finding nemo(oie), tough 2B bug (oie)
DAK maybe: flights of wonder, primeval whirl, dinosaur, animal trails
DAK must: everest, kali river, safari, lion king

I'm going to extend this to "the other parks" ...

USF miss: Terminator 2 (oie), shrek 4d (oie)
USF maybe: live shows, twister, disaster
USF must: rip ride rockit, mummy, MiB, ET, Simpsons

IOA miss: Sindbad (oitm), Poseiden (oitm), Dr. Doom (oitm), Pteranodon fliers (ne)
IOA maybe: Suess trolley, dragon challenge, hippogriff
IOA must: hulk, spiderman, dudley doright, popeye barges, jurassic park river adventure, harry potter, cat in the hat

wowsa-so detailed-i'm impressed.

particularly interested in your usf/ioa additions as we've never been-going next year for the first time.

may i ask, why you have never experienced some rides/shows?

 

[lynypixie]

Take in mind that I haven't been since 2005 (so TTM wasn't there yet)

MK:
miss- the treehouse. Speedway
maybe- carpets
must- Splash (so sad it'S closed in feb!), HM and pirates.

Epcot:
miss- canada's pavillon. I'm from there and they need to quit the lumberjack. Bring my HOckey!!
maybe- the sea
must- the big golfball

DHS:
miss- backlot tour
maybe- muppets, star tour
must- little mermaid, beauty and the beast

AK:
miss-Nemo
maybe-Kali River Rapids
must- Dinosaur, Expedition Everest, Safari