Marathon Weekend 2022

[shairpdrh]

SAFD: My favorite is Big Thunder! So fun.

 

[shellott-hill]

SAFD: The battle of the mountains...

1. Everest for the thrills
2. Splash for the immersion
3. Big Thunder for the root·in'-toot·in'
4. And then space for the nostalgia when my back can handle it.

 

[SarahDisney]

SAFD: Space.
... but with Big Thunder as a close second.

The other two I can take or leave.

 

[flav]

SAFD, mountains in order for me:
1- Hyperspace (Star Wars overlays) at DL
2- Everest
3- Splash
4- Big Thunder (BTMRR)
5- Space at WDW
6- Matterhorn Bobsleds

DH can only ride 3 and 4. He tried Everest once (my bad, I was so amazed the first time I rode it that I recommended it to him, forgetting his motion sickness ).

 

[bovie]

SAFD: Splash is my favorite ride overall. Excited to see the retheme.

 

[hotblooded]

Splash, so long as I remembered to pack a poncho. Anticipating the drop never gets old.

 

[Rogue224]

SAFD: I like them all but Splash is my favorite. DW and I get some of our best silly pictures on that ride.

 

[meye1099]

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[azrivest]

SAFD: This is easy. Everest is my favorite rode at Disney.

Same. Here's a pic of my kid when I convinced him to try Everest for the first time. I still giggle when I see his face.
My husband deems me an unfit mother Must not've been so bad since I convinced him to try it again later that day.

 

[steph0808]

1. Big Thunder
2. Everest
3. Splash
4. Space

 

[marty3d]

I didn't think picking a favourite mountain would be so hard.

Everest - why?
- Anticipation - we were at AK multiple times while it was being built
- the queue
- riding Everest while running the Marathon

 

[PrincessV]

SAFD: EE for the win!

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Since this is the Marathon thread I'll pick Everest because it is the only one that I have ridden during the actual Marathon. Otherwise it would be Splash by a huge margin for me.

 

[MamaBTX]

SAFD
If I have to rank them:
1. Space
2. Thunder
3. Everest
4. Splash
But all are good in my book!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

SAFD Souvenir: A very difficult choice. I managed to narrow it down to 3.

1. Sleeping Beauty Hand Inked Cel and Pin Framed Set from The Magic of Disney Animation at Disneyland. It's Aurora in her Briar Rose disguise with Prince Phillip in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. So my favorite animated movie combined with Disneyland on an old school hand drawn and hand inked cel.

2. Jedi Mickey Framed Hand Inked Cel from The Magic of Disney Animation at WDW.

3. The Royal Waltz. Disneyland commissioned the painting for the 45th Anniversary of Sleeping Beauty. It features Aurora in blue dancing with Prince Phillip in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland at night. Added bonus. I became friends with the artist of this painting who actually worked on the film Sleeping Beauty and told me all sorts of cool stories about working on that film. In case anyone could not figure it out, Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney movie ever.

SAFD Battle of the Mountains:

Space Mountain at Disneyland after the 2005 refurbishment is my second favorite roller coaster ever. The only one I love more is Hyperspace Mountain, the tremendous Star Wars music and effects overlay used at Disneyland frequently between 2015 and 2019.

Honorable Mention: Does Rise of the Resistance count because the spires of Galaxy's Edge are kind of like mountains? And at Disneyland, they look like a distant extension of Big Thunder Mountain.

 

[BikeFan]

Space Mountain at Disneyland after the 2005 refurbishment is my second favorite roller coaster ever. The only one I love more is Hyperspace Mountain, the tremendous Star Wars music and effects overlay used at Disneyland frequently between 2015 and 2019.

Not sure if they're still using the overlay, but the Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris was in Hyperspace Mountain mode when I rode it in 2019. If you liked the Disneyland version here in the US, the Paris version will knock your socks off. Among other thrills, that one has inversions!

 

[Baloo in MI]

SAFD:
Now this is a tough one! I love all four, here is my order.

1) Space: It is the memories. It is a family favorite. Really not the best simply from a coaster ride perspective. I absolutely loved the Red Hot Chili Peppers overlay the DL ride had once. I did not even know that was happening until on the ride. Such a fun memory!
2) Big Thunder: “The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness!”
3) Splash: End of the night, ride it again and again and feel the sense of pride on the soaked ride back to the resort.
4) Everest: Probably the best coaster ride, love how much the backwards section scares me every time. Just not the same history as the other three for me though.

 

[The Expert]

Not sure if they're still using the overlay, but the Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris was in Hyperspace Mountain mode when I rode it in 2019. If you liked the Disneyland version here in the US, the Paris version will knock your socks off. Among other thrills, that one has inversions!

psst: It's the same track as Aerosmith RnR.

 

[BikeFan]

psst: It's the same track as Aerosmith RnR.

Really?!? Hadn't known that - thanks for the info!

 

[The Expert]

Really?!? Hadn't known that - thanks for the info!

Yep, they just elevated the launch at an angle!