Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-77890.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Poll: If You Had to Close One of Walt Disney World's Four Parks...</b></a> <p>If you had to close one of Walt Disney World's four parks (including permanently taking away all of its attractions), which park would you remove?</p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">[[poll:50]]</font></p>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Without a doubt, Magic Kingdom. It is the weakest of the four parks, IMO, and it also has mostly cloned attractions that can be visited at other Disney resorts. Yes, it would make us lose Carousel of Progress, Hall of Presidents, TTA, and English-speaking Country Bears, but I tihnk that overall it has the least to lose. While the Studios could use some improvements, the attractions are mostly unique, and I really just enjoy the never-was-but-always-will-be Hollywood vibe that the park has. Somehow, even the 'backstage' parts of the park have some charm (dare I say more than many areas of MK).
Originally Posted By tashajilek Even though i havent visited WDW i would have to say Animal Kingdom. Dak has very few attractions and i have been to many awesome zoo's. Dak is really a beautiful park, but just too few attractions.
Originally Posted By dshyates Sooo, I'm wondering. Why are we closing one of the parks? Because, from an operational standpoint I think it would be most cost efficient to close Animal Kingdom. It has a low carrying capacity, limited operational hours, and high cost in caring for all the animals. But if you just want to know which one I enjoy the least I would have to go with DHS.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Animal Kingdom is a wonderful park...much more than a zoo. And Expedition Everest is awesome!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip If I HAD to close one, which I would really hate to do, I would close Magic Kingdom. As has been pointede out, people can see a very similar, but better, park in California. The other WDW parks are all very unique. Closing the MK wold also offer these other benefits: 1) Largely rid WDW of the stroller brigade. 2) Reduce overall park attendance so you could easily make reservations at Disney Table Service Restaurants.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip If I HAD to close one, which I would really hate to do, I would close Magic Kingdom. As has been pointed out, people can see a very similar, but better, park in California. The other WDW parks are all very unique. Closing the MK would also offer these associated benefits: 1) Largely rid WDW of the stroller brigade. 2) Reduce overall resort attendance so you could easily make reservations at Disney Table Service Restaurants. 3) Would make the monorail resorts MUCH MORE affordable. Of course this post is somewhat tongue in cheek. I would hate to see ANY of the parks close, but the Florida park that is least unique would have to be the Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Sorry... I have no idea how the first incomplete version of the post got posted. I must have hit some combination of keys that unintentionally resulted in that.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper DAk DAK DAK DAK Should have never been built to begin with. Has the weakest lineup of attractions. The attractions that are there are weak save for the Safari. Dinorama is there, etc.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmmm, interesting. I pondered DHS, but there are some truly excellent attractions there and my wife adores Muppetvision 3D as her fav attraction in all of WDW. So for me, it would have to be the MK. It is the worst of all the MK parks save maybe Hong Kong. All the attractions that are there and other MK's, the other MK's have the better versions. Maybe it is my love of DL and DLP, but the MK actually makes me grumpy, making me wish we had gone to California or Paris instead as it is really no where near as good. Yes, I would miss the TTA, Carousel of Progress, Country Bears and Hall of Presidents, but the other parks are far more interesting (save maybe the Studios). Heck, it is really only DAK (though we like the San Diego Zoo almost equally) and Epcot (and I can be to most of the real countries within a few hours for about $100-$200 round trip), that interests me at WDW.
Originally Posted By Malin After taking everything into account I would go with the Studios. While I would be sad to see the Great Movie ride and Indiana Jones Stunt Show removed. Nothing else at the Studios stands out to me as unique enough to want to save. And several of the other attractions have better versions located in other parks across the World. With maybe the exception of Tower of Terror. Plus Orlando has another Studio themepark not to far from Disney property. You have absolutely no chance that I would consider closing Epcot or Animal Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom while being stale. Is still home to several outstanding attractions that I couldn't dream of loosing even if in some cases better versions exist elsewhere in the World. Plus I really want to see the Fantasyland expansion finished.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub NONE is my vote. I can not even imagine a world without all 4 parks. Especially with the water surround/approach to the MK makes it a more inspiring entry into the magic.
Originally Posted By MousDad Studios. Without MK, there is no Disney World, whether you like strollers or not. DAK and Epcot can't be found anywhere else. All the good attractions at DHS can be found elsewhere. Seems like a no-brainer.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I just want to say, the first person who says "Let's get rid of Epcot," I will virtually smack them
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I could never wish Sci Fi Dine In theatre away and Star Wars Weekends.,Flower&Garden Festival Food&Wine,Chubby Checker at Epcot,the Holidays at the MK,and the amazing gift of being able to visit real life in the middle of Walt Disney's World of animal characters. I guess I love it all.
