Ok, this actually a guest post by The Big Guy. He has hi-jacked my blog and is sitting next to me until it is typed. I guess he was inspired by our recent trip to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Disney’s Hollywood Studio, formerly MGM Studios, is located in the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Note: To be included in my lists all rides had to be at Walt Disney World in Florida. I have not considered rides at any other Disney park.

#10: Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (Magic Kingdom) is a combination of a ride and a video game/shooting arcade. It is probably a kids ride but it is a lot of fun.

#9: Dinosaur (Animal Kingdom) more of a thrill ride than a roller coaster. Dinosaur is rather fun but a good ride.

#8: Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom) was the first roller coaster I ever rode. Of course, that was Disneyland in California.

#7: Test Track (EPCOT) lets you be a test dummy. On my must list every time I visit EPCOT. Definitely worth a fast pass. If you are willing to ride single rider you can get in faster but the downside is you won’t be riding with other from your party.

#6: Tower of Terror (Disney’s Hollywood Studio) lets you enter the world of a Twilight Zone episode. It is a simulated free fall ride. The falls are randomized so you don’t get the same ride each time.

#5: Splash Mountain (Magic Kingdom) is one of three “mountain” rides at Magic Kingdom. Be prepared to get wet on this one.

#4: Toy Story Mania (Disney’s Hollywood Studio) is the newest Disney attraction. It opened in the Spring of 2009. I wasn’t very happy when the Millionaire Play It! was taken out to make room for it. I was pleasantly surprised the first time I rode it.  It is similar to the Buzz Lightyear ride.

#3: Big Thunder Railroad (Magic Kingdom)  is a runaway mine type roller coaster. I think the best time to ride it is at night.

#2: Located in The Land Soarin‘ (EPCOT) was originally from Disney’s California Adventure.  It is an interactive I-Max type film that will have you soaring over California.  It is really hard to describe.

#1: Expedition Everest (Animal Kingdom) is my absolute favorite ride. It is one of the smoothest coasters I have ever ridden.

Seth Stevenson asks a shrewd question in Slate: Why would anyone want to go to Disney World every year? And as an elementary school teacher who sees the same kids go to Disney World year after year after year, I’m curious to know his answer.

Stevenson explains that Mr. Walt Disney did not just create a company and open a few theme parks, but created a Disney ideology—he calls it Disneyism. Walt Disney’s career arc is comparable maybe to L. Ron Hubbard of Scientology fame, who also grew up in middle America and exploded into the mass-market. The “Disney-as-religion”, as Stevenson calls it, is indoctrinated into Disney visitors from the overabundance of souvenirs available to the five weddings a day that take place at the iconical Disney castle. Utopianism spills out of Disney’s ears and captures children and parents, convincing them that because things are so cheery, they must be doing something good.

I think Stevenson’s point (I didn’t get through the treatise he wrote on the subject) is that people flock to the Disney Empire because the Walt Disney Co. has done a fantastic job transforming the ordinary into the magical. The movie rides at MGM Studios are larger than life; the innovations at Epcot are sensational.

I’ve never been to Disney World, and if all Mr. Stevenson says is true, and all that my hundreds of students say is true, Disney World probably is just a bit as magical as it seems. I will probably take our kids there when they are at an age where they’ll love it and remember it. But only once. I certainly don’t need my (future) intelligent, creative children being sucked into believing that it’s an every summer sort of trip. And besides for the fact that I think my wife and I would go crazy, I think about all the other places that I want our (again, future) kids to experience, like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls.

The Disney empire in the U.S. includes:

• Disneyland – Anaheim, California
• Disney’s California Adventure – Anaheim, California
• Walt Disney World Tour – Orlando, Florida
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida
• Magic Kingdom – Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida
• MGM Studios – Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida
• Epcot Center – Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida
• Typhoon Lagoon Water Park – Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Lake Buena Vista, Florid

So my girl keeps bugging me about visiting the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. We took a trip to Orlando last year but didn’t have time to check out Mickey’s kingdom. I wouldn’t mind visiting the park though because I’ve heard the property is ginourmous, but what I really want to do is go back to Sea World in Orlando. I can’t bring that up though, I just dragged my girlfriend to the Sea World in San Diego on the weekend of HER birthday. She is so good to me. Our weekend trip to San Diego was so great that I think it would be awesome to plan another weekend getaway with just the two of us. I’m pretty sure we won’t have any trouble finding any Hotels near Disney World with that place being as big of a tourist attraction as it is. It will be fun regardless, but I think I’ll be able to con my way into a day with Shamu.

I’d really like to take this trip to make her happy, but I think it may have to wait. We are already going to be taking so many trips this year with my sisters wedding in Vegas in August, a visit to Denver in September, and my buddies college football game in the Twin Cities in October. It’s going to be a busy year, but I’m looking forward to every second of it. Until then, I’ll just go out and watch some Disney Movies.

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Un tenero incubo torna a fare capolino nella mia vita di adulta e può essere riassunta in una parola che mi fa rabbrividire: Disneyland, o Disney World, come preferite. Dipende dalla collocazione geografica: c’è il California Adventure Park a Los Angeles, il Florida Disney World a Orlando e i Disney World di Parigi e Tokyo.
Non ho niente contro Walt Disney, né contro Biancaneve e nemmeno contro i Sette Nani che vivono con lei. Ciò che temo è la fila; sia che chiamate “queue” con un francesismo, o “line” come gli americani.
Tra i rimedi per “accorciare” la fila troviamo idee fra le più disparate e stravaganti: tagliandini, numeretti luminosi, corsie preferenziali. In America, per 130$, puoi addirittura acquistare una tessera che garantisce file più veloci in alcuni aeroporti USA, accettando però di essere sottoposti a controlli più rigorosi.