Originally Posted By SafariRob I was reading my WDW planning guide and was shocked to find out some of the rides that offer Fast Pass at WDW. In particular: Pooh Peter Pan Jungle Cruise Disneyland doesn't offer FP for those rides...and it would be great if they did for Peter Pan. Obviously these rides are popular enough at WDW to warrant FP. Are they different than their Disneyland counterparts? I just cannot imagine getting a Fast Pass for Pooh. I have never waited more than 10 or 15 minutes for Pooh at Disneyland.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Pooh and Pan are superior at DL. Jungle is different in that there is an in door temple sequence, but other than that the DL one is better. MK doesn't have baboons, the piranhas, or the shooting gorillas. Still I would recommend going to WDW's JC just beacause it's the JC.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 Personally I think its a waste. We waited 30 mins the other day at Pooh for what would have been a 15 min wait without FP. Its a terrible system.
Originally Posted By Krankenstein <<Pooh and Pan are superior at DL.>> Funny, I have heard (numerous times) that Pooh is superior at WDW. I've never been, but you are the first person I've heard that said that DL's was better.
Originally Posted By Hista98 WDW's pooh is much better, Also FP used to exist at pooh in DL. FP for peter pan at dL would not work, the line is too narrow and there would be no where to merge.
Originally Posted By SafariRob The Jungle Cruise is one of my favorite attractions (in case my name isn't a dead give-away). I can't wait to ride the WDW version and see the indoor temple! That sounds cool. I'm glad to hear that there are different versions of rides in each park. I have to admit that I was also shocked to find out that there is no Indy at the Magic Kingdom. That pretty-much eliminates the Adventureland gridlock, doesn't it?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Sadly the flying carpet ride provides the Adventureland gridlock. But because the walkways are wider, I've never had as much claustrophobia trying to get through AL at WDW.
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>Sadly the flying carpet ride provides the Adventureland gridlock.<< LOL! That IS pretty sad. In the pictures it looks like a Dumbo-clone...only with magic carpets. As popular as Dumbo is, I guess it makes sense that the Magic Carpets would be too. Adventureland at Disneyland will give even the most crowd-loving person a serious case of claustrophobia. It's horrible...even on slow days. Does anyone know if any of the new construction in Fantasyland will be complete by February 2011?
Originally Posted By mousermerf Fantasyland? No. They've barely started. You might see those castle wall bits but nothing besides some basic scenery could be completed by then. As for Pooh - WDW's is much better. It's not the Tokyo version, but it has different vehicle modes. It can go through scenes like normal, it can "bob" or float through the rainy day, and it can "bounce" with tigger. All are different vehicle movements - not to mention the show scenes are more fully fleshed out then DL's. It's a decent Fantasyland dark ride. It replaced Mr. Toad. As for Adventureland - the Treehouse is off to the side, sort of looming over Jungle Cruise, and the JC is actually down and off to the side with a seperate courtyard from the main path. The Magic Carpets do sort of have this "plopped in the middle of a plaza" look but the pathways around it are wide. The Tiki Room is near it and again well off to the side of the path. The Tiki room is actually part of the central block were there's restaurants and such at DL. At the far end, right before the path doubles back on the otherside as Frontierland, is Pirates. Nothing is stacked on top of each other the way it is at DL. The center block of shops/dining divides Adventure from Frontier and has big covered portals that shoot straight through - no small winding hill paths like DL. Also, the complete lack of New Orleans Square helps.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb It's not so much that the carpets are popular, it's more a case of them being plopped in the center of the courtyard that causes the blockage. Sort of like arterial plaque.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Not to mention the horrid thematic clash as you go from Jungle to Dessert and back again.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I actually believe that Winnie the Pooh is better in California than the one they have in Florida. It comes across as a slightly longer ride with more detail than the one in Florida. But because you have more of an international crowd in Florida than you do in California, there are less repeat visitors to ride it and this is most likely the reason there is a need for Fastpass in Florida's version.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Pooh and Pan are superior at DL./// Why do you say that? ///WDW's pooh is much better/// And what's your reasoning?
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I know that the part in Pooh where the vehicle simulates a floating motion is what makes it special to me. I enjoy the ride but that one special effect is what keeps me coming back to ride it again.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<The Jungle Cruise is one of my favorite attractions.>> As it should be. <<I can't wait to ride the WDW version and see the indoor temple!>> The temple is awesome. Let's hope it gets the effect it's supposed to during the eventual overhaul. <<I have to admit that I was also shocked to find out that there is no Indy at the Magic Kingdom. That pretty-much eliminates the Adventureland gridlock, doesn't it?>> No, unfortunately we have a crap spinner attraction that creates gridlock. I'd take Indy gridlock, at least that's warranted. <<Why do you say that?>> Because I just assume DL is better. Kidding of course, but the outdoor queue/load for Pooh is awesome and WDW's Pan is basically falling apart.
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>I know that the part in Pooh where the vehicle simulates a floating motion is what makes it special to me.<< Sounds cool to me. The one at Disneyland doesn't do that.
Originally Posted By yamabuki The ride vehicles at DL have a sort-of slow bouncing motion throughout the whole ride. And a really great queue!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "I have never waited more than 10 or 15 minutes for Pooh at Disneyland." I don't know why but this sentence just made me laugh!
