Originally Posted By SafariRob Now that the makeover is complete (for the foreseeable future, anyway), I thought it would be fun to rate each attraction on an A-E ticket scale. Anyone want to play? By my count, DCA now has six E-Ticket rides. I got the attraction list from the official site. I rated each attraction by referencing Disneyland tickets from the 50's - 80's. I used my own own experience/judgement when it wasn't clear-cut (no comparable attraction). Here is my (subjective) list: A - King Triton's Carousel of the Sea A - Red Car Trolley B - Animation Academy B - Disney Animation B - Heimlich's Chew Chew Train B - Jumpin' Jellyfish B - Redwood Creek Challenge Trail B - Sorcerer's Workshop B - Tuck and Roll's Drive'Em Buggies C - Disney Junior: Live on Stage C - Flik's Flyers C - Francis' Ladybug Boogie C - It's Tough to be a Bug! C - Luigi's Flying Tires C - Mater's Junkyard Jamboree C - Mickey's Fun Wheel C - Monsters, Inc. C - Muppet*Vision 3D C - The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure C - Turtle Talk with Crush D - Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular D - Golden Zephyr D - Goofy's Sky School D - Silly Symphony Swings E - California Screamin' E - Grizzly River Run E - Radiator Springs Racers E - Soarin' Over California E - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror E - Toy Story Midway Mania! FREE - Princess Dot Puddle Park FREE - The Bakery Tour FREE - Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar FREE - World of Color I would love to hear yours.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Pretty good. For certain I'd swap Little Mermaid and the Golden Zephyr, and It's Tough to be a Bug with Goofy's Sky School. Everything else (and not much else)is kind of borderline as to whether or not I'd move it, and I haven't been to Carsland, so I'll leave it at that.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I'd rate TSMM as a D instead of an E. Unless you are trying to boost your scores I don't think it's as repeatable as a true E ought to be.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I'd move Muppets, it's tough to be a bug, and Mermaid to "D" and the Zephyr and Swings to "C" otherwise looks about right.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I would move Luigi's, Mermaid, and Fun Wheel to D, and move the Zephyr, Sky School and Swings to C. Otherwise the list looks good to me.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo I'd make these changes: C - Golden Zephyr C - Goofy's Sky School C - Silly Symphony Swings D - Grizzly River Run D - It's Tough to be a Bug! D - The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure E - Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular "I'd rate TSMM as a D instead of an E. Unless you are trying to boost your scores I don't think it's as repeatable as a true E ought to be." I think it's one of the most repeatable rides in the park. But making at a D ticket isn't unreasonable.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Little Mermaid would be a temporary D-ticket and after one year, I would change it to a C-ticket.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I wouldn't put ticket values on Aladdin or World of Color at all. They are shows not rides, in the same vein that the Golden Horseshoe and Fantasy In The Sky fireworks were free shows in the ticketed 1950's-80's. And Mermaid is definitely a D Ticket and Zephyr and Swings are C Tickets. Unless something special is happening to someone on the Golden Zephyr that I don't know about? Otherwise, this is a great list and shows just how much there is to do in DCA now!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Based on how DL used to ticket things - based not only on basic quality of ride, but operating costs, popularity, and how Dumbo could be a C but its essentially identical but "big brother" Rocket Jets could be a D... A - King Triton's Carousel of the Sea A - Red Car Trolley A - The Bakery Tour B - Animation Academy B - Heimlich's Chew Chew Train B - Jumpin' Jellyfish B - Sorcerer's Workshop B - Tuck and Roll's Drive'Em Buggies C - Flik's Flyers C - Francis' Ladybug Boogie C - Mater's Junkyard Jamboree C - Golden Zephyr C - Silly Symphony Swings C - Monsters, Inc. C - Turtle Talk with Crush C - Redwood Creek Challenge Trail D - It's Tough to be a Bug! D - Muppet*Vision 3D D - Goofy's Sky School D - Mickey's Fun Wheel D - Luigi's Flying Tires D - The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure E - California Screamin' E - Grizzly River Run E - Radiator Springs Racers E - Soarin' Over California E - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror E - Toy Story Midway Mania! FREE - Princess Dot Puddle Park FREE - Disney Animation (Lobby and static exhibits) FREE - Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular FREE - Disney Junior: Live on Stage FREE - Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar FREE - World of Color
Originally Posted By DlandDug The list above looks about right to me. (Having experienced Mater's, I would be willing to move it from a C to a D. But D is right, too.) There is a precedent for putting a "show" in the list. The Mickey Mouse Club Theater was a B ticket (I believe).
Originally Posted By da_tick Even though Aladdin and World of Color can be viewed for free, I would rate them as a ticket attraction. The Abraham Lincoln show was free, but I don't think Disney ever offered picnic packages for it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I haven't experienced the Carsland attractions, but I certainly agree with the placement of everything I've experienced... Dabob's list is dead-on.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "The Mickey Mouse Club Theater was a B ticket (I believe)." I think it was in the early days of tickets. By the time of full A-E tickets ( or at least from 1966, the first guidebook I have) it was a C and continued as a C through the 70's. It was I believe the only attraction of its day I never set foot in. My friends and I just couldn't fathom giving up a perfectly good C ticket to watch cartoons when there were four can't-see-them-anywhere-else dark rides (plus Mad Tea Party, plus Autopia) literally steps away.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>My friends and I just couldn't fathom giving up a perfectly good C ticket to watch cartoons<< Hey! Cartoons are not on trial here!!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Plus I think it was sponsored by Welch's, so you could guzzle grape juice and watch classic Disney cartoons.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, you could (and we did) guzzle the grape juice anyway. And that was some COLD grape juice. They used to keep it just this side of frozen. Mmmmmm. (And they had frozen juice bars too.)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Oh, you could (and we did) guzzle the grape juice anyway.<< That's cheating! Veering back on topic, Grizzly is an E Ticket in terms of scale, but it'd be cool if they would "plus" it soon with some critters throughout. At least a grizzly in the little cavern!
