Originally Posted By Dabob2 And some wolves and coyotes and birds along the banks. Even just simple BTMRR-style critters (hardly break-the-bank stuff) would improve it. And yeah, a grizzly in the cavern seems a natural.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "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." I think this is true for me too. And we had a connection that got us free key tickets. But to watch cartoons that we probably had seen already? Never. "(And they had frozen juice bars too.)" Loved those. The Welch's Grape Juice Bars were the bomb.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I think I might have put Mickey's Fun Wheel in 2 separate categories. Stationary in C and Swinging in D.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I understand that another major selling point of the Fantasyland Theater is that it was the only place in the park that was air conditioned.
Originally Posted By DlandDug And then there was this: <a href="http://davelandweb.com/fantasyland/images/DL_Posters_3DJ_tn.jpg" target="_blank">http://davelandweb.com/fantasy...J_tn.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan If Mickey's Fun Wheel did more full rotations, it'd be more than a B to me. But most of the ride consists of the process of loading and unloading.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I understand that another major selling point of the Fantasyland Theater is that it was the only place in the park that was air conditioned.> Was it really? That would be interesting to know. It's hard to imagine other indoor venues where you were watching a show for 20 minutes or more (Golden Horseshoe, Circarama and its progeny) weren't air conditioned. Even a (slow-moving) ride like Snow White would have been torturous inside that building that had been baking all day in August. Certainly by the mid-60's (when I started going), all the major venues and rides had AC.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Even a (slow-moving) ride like Snow White would have been torturous inside that building that had been baking all day in August. << But it really enhanced the Hell effects on Mr. Toad. ; )
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>I think I might have put Mickey's Fun Wheel in 2 separate categories. Stationary in C and Swinging in D.<< Good idea!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance How comes King Triton's Carousel gets an A ticket? Would the DL Carousel be an A ticket too? I'd give it at least equal merit to Heimlich's train, if not more.
Originally Posted By SafariRob I think that was why I put it there. I would have to go back and look at the retro Disneyland tickets to be sure. I tried to find equivalent rides and rate them accordingly.
Originally Posted By SafariRob So, it looks like Dabob2 and I have a few differences on C's and D's (and a few FREE's). We agree on the E's, though. A lot of this IS perception/subjectivity and not an exact science. Although, I have to say, there is no way I would waste a decent A ticket on the Bakery Tour! Writing it all out like this really underscores how far DCA has come.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Would the DL Carousel be an A ticket too?> It always was, when DL had tickets.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Then wouldn't you think pretty much all of the Bugsland rides would be A as well?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 No - Francis is a variation on teacups, which were a C. Flick's Flyer's is a variation on Dumbo, which was a C. Tuck n Roll and Heimlich didn't really have DL equivalents, but B seemed right to me.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Maybe my memory of Heimlich's horribleness is grossly exaggerated. I only rode it once, but it seems to me it went about 1 mile per hour and basically did a circle loop through some large food items.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance You're talking about it in the past tense like it doesn't exist anymore.
