It has been a few weeks since I have done a Disney Ride Video. I was working on editing my PhotoPass pictures and got into a rather big Disney mood. So off I went to find a video to match my mood. The video I found is for the Enchanted Tiki Room which can be found in Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. This is more of an attraction than a ride as you watch a show full of parrots singing and talking. Mike and I never made it to the show this time around but I had it on my try to do list and will put it on the must do list when we return in a few years. It is a great place to relax and cool down in the heat of summer so definitely give it a try on your next trip. It is great for all ages so why not?!
One of my favorite rides as a kid visiting Disney World was Pirates of the Caribbean. The ride is your typical “boat” ride that kinda just coasts along on a track and brings you to different rooms or scenes similar to It’s a Small World but it is fun never the less. The ride has become more popular in the last few years thanks to Disney’s trilogy movie series that was developed from this very ride. The ride has undergone a series of renovations in the past few years as well updating the ride and adding in a few elements to link it to the movie.
So what can you expect when you go to Disney? As stated above, a pretty mild ride. The ride is on the darker side which may make it a little scary to small children but it isn’t too bad. There are also a few skeletons and a few “bombs” that may seem scary but it goes by quickly. There is lots of singing in a few scenes so you may get a little song stuck in your head for the rest of the day. But hey, yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me isn’t nearly as bad as it’s a small world to some people. lol
This video I found is a pretty good video showing the ride and what you can expect. It is shot in black and white so it makes things a little darker than the ride really is. It’s about 5 minutes long and shows the ride from start to finish so if you haven’t been and don’t want to ruin the excitement just skip over the video part.
After reading some positive feedback on how these videos are helping people plan their Disney vacations I have decided to find a few more videos to share with everyone. Today, I am featuring the third and final Magic Kingdom Mountain (the other two are Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad), Splash Mountain. Splash Mountain is your basic “log ride” as I like to call them. I believe some people call them flume rides? The theming of this ride really makes it worth riding the ride once because it has the story of Brer Rabbit and gang and ends with you going into the briar patch like Brer Rabbit did. It is a fairly long ride but the story as you to to the top keeps your attention and you really don’t notice how long you have been on the ride.
Pros: great on a hot day (you get a little splash at the end of the ride), interesting story line, you get to see Brer Rabbit and gang which is hard to do nowadays, the drop is very fast
Cons: If you are a chicken like me you will not like the drop - there are no safety bars or belts - and it is pretty high, the ride is long so it may seem like it is dragging on, if you get offended by Song of the South skip this ride!
So now that we have that out of the way on to the video!
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has 3 famous “mountain” rides. I have already posted a video about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - a fun roller coaster themed around a runaway train in the wild west. The second mountain I would like to call attention to is Space Mountain. Space Mountain is another roller coaster ride and is located in Tomorrowland. The roller coaster is completely inclosed and is completely dark - similar to the Aerosmith Rock ‘n Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I am a fan of Space Mountain. It is a pretty cheesy/tame roller coaster but I am not a roller coaster buff so it works for me. The ride isn’t super fast and does not do any special things like flip or roll while you are on it. The main thing you need to worry about is keeping your hands inside the ride at all times. This is not a coaster that you can hold your arms up above your head or to your sides as there is track all around you and you really don’t want to lose a limb. If you have a member of your group afraid of the dark this might not be a good ride to take them on.
I found this video on YouTube to share. To be totally honest, the quality isn’t the best but this is a hard ride to video tape because it is completely dark. This video version is of the ride with the lights on. I thought this would be helpful to demonstrate that there are no loops or barrel rolls in the ride as well as to drill down my point of keeping your hands inside the ride. If you have someone nervous about riding this ride, this video will help ease their fears.
Posted under Disney by The Blonde Diaries on May 1st, 2008 12:16 am
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Disney Trivia
I thought this would be a fun series to start. I hope you enjoy it as I know Mike and I have been thoroughly enjoying our new books and reading the weekly Disney Insider emails from Disney. To keep things simple I am going to pick between 3 and 5 trivia questions to post and then you can find the answers on the Disney Trivia Answers Page. Let’s do some easy ones this week to start us off and then we can move to harder ones as we get better about this.
A. In what year did Walt Disney World open?
1981
1975
1965
1971
B. Where is Walt Disney World actually located?
Orlando
Lake Buena Vista
Kissimmee
Orange County, FL
C. What is the busiest day of the year at Walt Disney World?
The day after Thanksgiving
New Year’s Eve
Easter Sunday
Christmas Day
D. Which of these is the largest Disney-owned theme park in the world?
