Marathon Weekend 2022

[DisneyParrothead]

Tiki Room! And not under new management. I’m very happy they switched it back.

 

[Kerry1957]

SAFD: OK, it's not actually my top favorite, but I want to share some love for the:

• Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

I have not visited it on the last couple of trips and it is now "temporarily closed" but it was a lot of fun to spend your dollar for 35 shots and see how many targets you could hit. I felt 11 years old again (50 years later).

 

[azrivest]

SAFD: it's a small world

Brings back so many memories of riding that ride as a little girl and being amazed by all the dolls

 

[princesspirateandrunner]

I second that—definitely Haunted Mansion!

 

[FFigawi]

Good morning, runDisney all-stars! We are 93 days from the kickoff of Marathon Weekend 2022!

Welcome to another addition of Sundays are for Disney, the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter (or am I thinking of something elseEas?). For this week's Sundays are for Disney, let's celebrate the opening of the theme park that made this all possible - Walt Disney World! Tell us your favorite opening day attraction (list found here).

Easy choice for me! Haunted Mansion has long been a top WDW ride for me. The ride has definitely changed over the years, but I'm sure I'd enjoy it just as much 50 years ago.

Have a great week, everyone!

In solidarity with Teetz, I’m going with Country Bears

 

[Neon Cactus]

Definitely Haunted Mansion.

 

[SheHulk]

SAFD: The correct answer is Haunted Mansion, but I just want to add that I'll bet it's impossible for younger people to appreciate just how amazing attractions with the audio animatronics like Country Bears or Tiki Room were at the time they came out. When I was little, in the 70s, it was absolutely amazing to me. I was allowed one souvenir on my first Disney World trip, and I insisted on getting a "Big Al" plushy. My mother was horrified, he was so ugly. Was I sure I didn't want a Thumper, or a Minnie Mouse? Nope, it was Big Al or bust. I cherished that plushy for years.

Also tiki room scared my pants off when the tikis started drumming and chanting.

 

[The Expert]

SAFD: For sure HM is the attraction, but the thing that makes me most nostalgic about those early days of MK and my childhood is Orange Bird. I think I've mentioned here before that for years I was pretty sure I had made him up in my head or was mixing him up with something I'd seen elsewhere. When they decided to bring him back, I was beyond excited -- not just for new merch, but to validate that HE WAS REAL, and was indeed at Disney!

I remember having to stop at the orange juice stand and get a whole huge orange with one of those "straws" you stabbed into the side to drink the juice out. We had a drawer full of those things at home (and probably still do somewhere at my mom's).

 

[The Expert]

im not a "Seasoned" international runner, infact this will be my first ever one ever overseas, however, i am also thinking much like yourself at trying to keep my body on GMT (UK) time.

Great plan! Coming from the western US, the transition is always hard for me. If I were to keep my normal schedule, I'd be in bed at midnight and up at 9am -- not good! So for MW 2020, I tried taking a redeye flight. I left home around 11pm and landed about 5am (which was 3am to my body), got a restless few hours of sleep, and functioned on a heavy dose of caffeine upon arrival. But it worked! I was tired, but able to function, and was well and ready for bed by 7 or 8 that night.

 

[Naomeri]

SAFD: Hall of Presidents. Haunted Mansion is a favorite now, but I didn’t ride that for the first time until 2020, but HoP is favorite from forever ago

 

[GollyGadget]

SAFD: OK, it's not actually my top favorite, but I want to share some love for the:

• Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

I have not visited it on the last couple of trips and it is now "temporarily closed" but it was a lot of fun to spend your dollar for 35 shots and see how many targets you could hit. I felt 11 years old again (50 years later).

I saw this was opened again and I think free. I've never checked it out but hoping to take my nephews and niece in January

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

I saw this was opened again and I think free. I've never checked it out but hoping to take my nephews and niece in January

We have photos of us at the shootin’ arcade during our honeymoon. So much fun.

 

[DanaVonSchweet]

SAFD: I noticed that 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage isn't on that attraction list at all . It opened 10/14/71, so can we count it? I was about 7 years old the only time I rode it and it absolutely captivated me. Every time Captain Nemo announced, "We've got to go deeper!", you'd be introduced to another mesmerizing seascape. I wish I could ride it now and see if it lived up to memory...
If it doesn't count then, yeah, count me in with the Haunted Mansion fans. Adore that one.

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

SAFD: Tea Cups!

 

[Barca33Runner]

SAFD:

I don’t think it’s cheating to go with the Fireworks. I’ve always been an attractions guy, but HEA turned into my single must do item for a day in MK.

Even though I wasn’t enchanted by my initial viewing of Disney Enchantment (online, not live), specifically the original song and soundtrack, it’ll be a decent enough show live. (ETA: Decent enough definitely shouldn’t have been the goal for an early HEA replacement that was meant to be one of the signatures of their 50th Celebration, but I digress…)

In a close second, I’ll add the afternoon parade. I miss Festival of Fantasy and I’m incredibly disappointed, in lieu of literally everything else being back, that Disney is pinching pennies on live performers and appears to be in no hurry to bring a legitimate, non-cavalcade afternoon parade back.

 

[Aerorad]

SAFD: Tea cups, though now I get very quesy on it and my kids try to make me extra quesy now that they can spin the middle.

 

[GreatLakes]

SAFD is easy for me, Haunted Mansion.

 

[Carol_]

SAFD: Jungle Cruise. They can take Trader Sam away but he still scares me.
If DS6 were answering: Speedway

 

[Baloo in MI]

SAFD:
That is a good list! But I only needed to read the first option: Country Bear Jamboree! No trip to WDW is complete without a visit to see the The County Bears!

I can remember when it was still at DL and seeing the different shows, I loved the holiday show.

 

[steph0808]

Jungle Cruise. I've said it once, and I've said it more than twice, and I'll say it again, the terrible jokes and the guests that don't understand them are the best.