Originally Posted By Doobie It has a higher capacity than either of those so equivalent lines would mean more guests riding. Doobie.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i like the attraction. is it the greatest attraction ever created? no. but i find it a fun little diversion.
Originally Posted By berol I ffailed to say people rate pooh lower than those 2, but it's ridden at least as much as they are. Maybe it's more than those. = You could chalk that up in part to location, thanks to Splash and/or the meet n greet.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I like the ride too. It's not a favorite by any stretch but I find it cute and very visually appealing. A lot of little ones appreciate the the gentle ride and maybe some of the more elder guests do too.
Originally Posted By DLTheo Overall I enjoy the Pooh ride, but there are a couple parts of the ride where I feel like I am in a huge empty warehouse with just a few visuals to look at, which I don't ever get in the Fantasyland dark rides. Another reason why I will usually ride the Fantasyland rides more than Pooh is nostalgia. This may be true for a lot of people in the over 30 category. I would ride Snow White or Pinnochio several times in a visit and I'm willing to wait 30 minutes to ride Peter Pan, but I won't go on Pooh unless it is a near walk-on. I don't think this because of a quality issue, but rather that the other dark rides provide that sentimental link with my youth that the Pooh ride doesn't. One other thought I had, I wonder what others think of this. I think there is a benefit to having all the Fantasyland dark rides clustered together in one place. When I go to Fantasyland I am in the mood for riding dark rides. It's what I'm looking for. So I'll go from ride to ride. Pooh being all by itself (as a dark ride), when I go to Critter Country it's a different attitude. First, there are only two attractions there. If I'm there it's usually because I just did Pirates or Haunted Mansion and I'm looking for another thrill ride in Splash, so I'm not in a frame of mind to do a dark ride. And I don't normally cross a park just to ride another dark ride. E tickets are what move me from one land to another, usually. So, I guess my point is, while the location may be ok as far as traffic, the traffic going through there is less likely to be looking for a dark ride than the traffic passing through Fantasyland. What do you all think of that?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think there's something to that. I like Pooh as much as Snow White - but if I'm in FaL doing dark rides, and SW is a walk-on (which is usual), I'll do it. If I'm in CC and have just done Splash, I'm more likely to feel like doing HM, or the canoes, or taking the train than doing Pooh. This ties into the concept of Pooh being in the "wrong place" - in FaL you ARE in "dark ride mode" and on the west side you're often not. I'm often not, anyway.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i kind feel a little peace while waiting for winnie the pooh. it is a beautiful, tranquil location. with the little brook and flowers, the upbeat music, watching people board the beehives, and gazing across the way and seeing splash. i don't know the whole area just makes me happy.
Originally Posted By dresswhites when it comes down to it, i think critter country is one my favorite areas of the park.
Originally Posted By jeffshultz I wonder if one of the reasons that the other dark rides get more traffic than Pooh is because they are all logically grouped together in Fantasyland, which, deserved or not, tends to be the "kidzone" of Disneyland - from the Castle to Small World the area is more accommodating to the short set. I imagine many of that age spend most of their time there. Pooh may be in a high traffic area, but that traffic is significantly older and looking for a bit more in the way of thrills than a dark ride. For that matter, that's probably part of what doomed Bear Country Jamboree, aside from the fact it took them ages to put anything else in back there, and Splash Mountain changed the face of it significantly. Okay, that's a long enough exposition from me.
Originally Posted By jeffshultz Hmmm, looks like I missed about half of DLTheo's post before I posted - and we seem to be in agreement by and large.
Originally Posted By berol It's a long walk for a C ticket. I skip it unless I'm going on Splash or canoes/rafts. Sometimes the mansion gets me close enough to mosey over.
