The Disney Top 50: #15 - 11

#15-  Dumbo the Flying Elephant (WDW - Magic Kingdom, Disneyland)

1955 (Disneyland), 1971 (WDW) -Present

91 total points

Appeared on 8 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #6 (Linda C.)

Dumbo the Flying Elephant is an aerial carousel-style ride located in Fantasyland at five Disney parks around the world. 

Based on the character from the 1941 animated feature, the sixteen ride vehicles each resemble Dumbo and are mounted on articulated armatures connected to a rotating hub. The passengers ride in the "Dumbos" and can maneuver them up and down with a joystick that operates a hydraulic ram. The ride itself rotates counterclockwise at a constant rate.

One elephant from the ride is in the collection of the National Museum of American History, donated in 2005, on the occasion of Disneyland's 50th anniversary.  

At Disneyland, a circa 1915 band organ occasionally provides background music for the attraction. This powerful instrument is capable of being heard more than a mile away. Naturally, it is operated at only a fraction of its potential.

During his 1957 visit to Disneyland, former United States President Harry S. Truman politely declined a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, due to the elephant being a Republican symbol.

#14-  Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters (Disneyland)/Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (WDW-Magic Kingdom)

2005 (Disneyland), 1998 (WDW) -Present

91 total points

Appeared on 7 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #4 (TMBG12.)

The Buzz Lightyear attractions are a series of video-game-inspired attractions based on the Toy Story movies found in Tomorrowland at Disney Parks around the world. Although each ride may have a different name, all share the same plot and major characters. As each form of the attraction appeared, new technology has allowed the guest to better interact with the ride and even connect with personal computer users.  

Astro Blasters" and "Space Ranger Spin" are equal parts shooting gallery and dark ride. Visitors board an Omnimover space vehicle featuring two laser pistols and a joystick. The pistols are used to shoot laser beams at targets of varying point values.

The major difference between the Walt Disney World and Disneyland versions of the attraction is that in Florida, the guns are secured to the ride vehicle, while in California, the guns are holstered and can be held at a higher height, allowing for a wider range of motion.  

Targets that are hit while lit up will produce much higher scores. A digital readout on the dashboard shows the player's score. The joystick allows full 360-degree rotation of the vehicle to assist in aiming. During the ride, if the ride slows down or completely stops (this is a result of either a handicapped guest or a ride breakdown) during the ride, this allows for "bonus points" as the pistols and targets do not turn off. There are 4 different shaped targets which are worth different amounts of points: round (100 points), square (1,000 points), diamond (5,000 points), and triangle (10,000 points).  

#13-  Journey Into Imagination (Epcot)

1983-Present

98 total points

Appeared on 6 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #2 (Linda C)

Journey Into Imagination is a classic Disney dark ride that takes guests on a tour of the components and inspirations of the human imagination.  The ride has gone two refurbishments since its opening in 1983, but every one of the six votes cast for it for this list were for the original version. 

The ride features The Dreamfinder and his "pet" the Figment of Imagination, a playful purple dragon, as they gather ideas in their harvesting blimp before depositing them at The Dreamport, an enormous location divided into rooms that portray different aspects of the imagination, including art, literature, the performing arts and science. 

The accompanying song for the ride, One Little Spark, was written by the Sherman Brothers, who had also created songs for other attractions including The Carousel of Progress, It's a Small World and The Enchanted Tiki Room, among many others.  

A 1998 refurbishment removed the Dreamfinder completely, and almost all mentions of Figment, and added Eric Idle as a scientist studying imagination, but due to fan backlash, the new version was scrapped after just two years and replaced with one that figured Figment more prominently. 

#12-  Wishes (WDW - Magic Kingdom)

2003 -Present

104 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #1 (Karen W.)

Wishes is a nightly fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. 

The regular show is hosted by Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy, and revolves around the wishes of famous Disney characters - good and bad. The lights on Cinderella Castle change colors throughout the show, reflecting the different stages of Wishes' narrative. At times it glows blue, imitating the Blue Fairy, but it is lit in angry reds and oranges for the "Villainous Wishes" sector of the show. There are also a number of special projection effects used on the Castle, such as the face of the Magic Mirror from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the stars and moon from Mickey's sorcerer hat in Fantasia. While most of the characters in the show are only heard as part of the show's music track, Wishes also features an appearance from Tinker Bell as she flies from the tallest spire of Cinderella Castle.

In September and October, during "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party", the show is replaced with Happy HalloWishes, and in late November and December, Holiday Wishes during "Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party".

#11-  Jungle Cruise (WDW - Magic Kingdom, Disneyland)

1955 (Disneyland), 1971 (WDW) -Present

107 total points

Appeared on 9 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #2 (TMBG12)

The Jungle Cruise is a slow-moving boat ride located in Adventureland in most Disney theme parks around the world.  Disneyland Paris is the only Magic Kingdom-style Disney park that does not have the Jungle Cruise in its attraction roster.

The attraction simulates a riverboat cruise down several major rivers of Asia, Africa and South America. Park guests board replica tramp steamers and are taken on a voyage past many different Audio-Animatronic jungle animals. The tour is led by a live Disney cast member delivering a humorous scripted narration.

The attraction was in the opening day roster of both parks, and has remained open and largely unchanged in theme and story since then. The original plan was to use real animals, but the animals would have been sleeping during the day. Aside from alterations and maintenance changes, four completely new show scenes have been added to date. In 1994 the river channel in the Disneyland version was rerouted to make way for the queue buildings and entrance courtyard of the Indiana Jones Adventure.

While the current version and most previous instances have made use of a comedic spiel, filled with intentionally bad puns, the original intent of the ride was to provide a realistic, believable voyage through the world's jungles. Until 1962,the original spiel had no jokes and sounded much like the narration of a nature documentary.

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#20-  The Carousel of Progress (WDW - Magic Kingdom, Disneyland)

1967-1973 (Disneyland), 1975-Present (WDW)

70 total points

Appeared on 6 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #6 (TMBG 12 & Mike T.)

Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress is an Audio Animatronic stage show originally created by both Walt Disney and WED Enterprises as the prime feature of the General Electric (GE) Pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair.  The attraction was moved to Tomorrowland at Disneyland as Carousel of Progress, remaining there from 1967 until 1973, before reopening in its present home in Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom in 1975.

Steeped in both nostalgia and futurism, the attraction's premise is an exploration of the joys of living through the advent of electricity and other technological advances during the 20th century via a "typical" American family. To keep it up with the times, the attraction has been updated five times (in 1967, 1975, 1981, 1985, and 1993) and has had two different theme songs, both written by the Sherman Brothers (Disney's Academy Award-winning songwriting team).

Various sources say Walt Disney himself proclaimed that the Carousel of Progress was his favorite attraction and that it should never cease operation. This can be somewhat supported by family and friends, who knew of his constant work on the attraction. 

The Carousel of Progress holds the record as the longest-running stage show with the most performances, in the history of American theater.

#19 -  MuppetVision 3-D  (WDW-Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's California Adventure)

1991 - (WDW), 2001 (Disney's California Adventure) - Present

81 total points

Appeared on 7 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #10 (TMBG 12)

The show is a 3D film featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Due to the use of Audio-Animatronics, a live full-bodied Muppet and other similar effects, the show is sometimes referred to as "Muppet*Vision 4-D" 

The film was directed by Henson and written by Bill Prady. The show was the final Muppets project with the involvement of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt and the last time they performed their characters. Henson and Hunt died in 1990 and 1992, respectively.

#18 -  Spaceship Earth - Epcot 

1982 - Present

82 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #3 (Dizneesmurf)

Spaceship Earth is the iconic and symbolic structure of Epcot, the second of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort. One of the most recognizable structures of any theme park, it is also the name of the attraction that is housed within the 18-story geodesic sphere that takes guests on a time machine-themed experience using the Omnimover system. 

The 15-minute dark ride demonstrates to guests how advancements in human communication have helped to create the future one step at a time. Passengers journey back in time to witness the origins of prehistoric man, then travel forward in time to witness important breakthroughs in communication throughout history—from the invention of the alphabet to the creation of the printing press to today's modern communication advancements, including telecommunication and mass communication. At the conclusion of the ride, passengers have the chance to design their own future using touch screens that are embedded into the ride cars.

There have been four versions of the ride, each featuring a unique narrator; Lawrence Dobkin, Walter Cronkite, Jeremy's Iron and Judi Dench, in order. 

The structure was designed with the help of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who also helped write the original storyline for the attraction. The term 'Spaceship Earth' was coined by Buckminster Fuller, who also developed the structural mathematics of the geodesic dome.

#17 -  Kilimanjaro Safaris - Disney's Animal Kingdom

1998 - Present

84 total points

Appeared on 8 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #3 (Elizabeth S.)

Kilimanjaro Safaris is a safari attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom on the Walt Disney World Resort property in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It simulates an open-sided safari ride through the savanna of East Africa.  It is the largest attraction in Walt Disney World by land mass and the entire Magic Kingdom could fit inside the attraction's footprint.  

Between each ecosystem includes both chain road sensors and bars to prevent animals from venturing between sections. The vehicles drive directly on these obstacles.

The ostrich eggs sometimes seen by the safari road are fake.  Sorry to crush your dreams, guys.  

#16 -  Rock 'N Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith - Disney's Hollywood Studios

1999 - Present

88 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #1 (Amanda G.)

Rock 'N Roller Coaster is an enclosed steel roller coaster ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios, accelerating from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds (making this the second-fastest attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort, behind only Test Track).

The riders experience 4.5 G (44 m/s2) as they enter the first inversion, more than an astronaut does on a space shuttle launch. Both versions of the attraction feature five trains, although only four can run at one time. The remaining train is kept in backup while being serviced (each train is rotated out periodically for safety reasons).

The ride formerly featured Uncle Joe Benson, a well-known Los Angeles, CA rock radio DJ, as the station's DJ. Currently, Bill Hart (known as Bill St. James), the host of ABC Radio's "Flashback", provides the voice for the DJ of "LA's Classic Rock Station".

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#25-  WEDWay People Mover, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, TTA, Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover (WDW), Peoplemover (Disneyland)

1967-1995(Disneyland), 1975-Present (WDW)

61 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #3 (Ryan W.)

The Peoplemover is an elevated method of transportation that takes guests in both Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on a tour over and around Tomorrowland. Passengers board trains not powered by motors within themselves, but rather by being pushed by rotating tires each with its own electric motor, embedded in the track once every nine feet.  

Both versions of the attraction enter the show buildings for various Tomorrowland attractions, and feature narration about the ride's surroundings.  A version of the Walt Disney World attraction in place from 1994 - 2009 helped enhance the theme that Tomorrowland was no longer a showcase for future technology, but a functioning city of the future, with the Tomorrowland Transit Authority serving as the "highway in the sky."  

The Disneyland version of the attraction featured a high speed tunnel portion of the ride, added in 1977, which was later modified to portray a Tron theme, with riders being told they were experiencing "the game grid."  In 1998, the Disneyland attraction was closed to make way for Rocket Rods, a short-lived racing attraction.  

#24-  Test Track (Epcot)

1998-Present

62 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #6 (Elizabeth S.)

Test Track is a giant slot car attraction located in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort that simulates a trip through the rigorous testing procedures that General Motors (now Chevy) uses to evaluate its vehicles, culminating in a high-speed drive around the exterior of the attraction.

The first version of the ride essentially made the riders into crash test dummies, subjecting them to tests like suspension; driving the car over various uneven road surfaces, anti lock brakes, and extreme test environments before sending them on the high-speed loop on the exterior of the show building.  

The newest version allows guests to design their own car while waiting to board, choosing from a variety of options including speed, handling, and gas mileage.  The designs are then loaded, via RFD card, onto the attraction and graded in real-time based on the test subject within the ride. The interior of the ride also reflects an almost Tron-like environment to simulate the focus on computer design.  

#23-  Mickey's Philharmagic (Magic Kingdom - WDW)

2003-Present

65 total points

Appeared on 6 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #8 (Linda C.)

Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 4-D film attraction found at the Magic Kingdom theme park in the Walt Disney World shown on the largest purpose-built 3D screen ever made, at 150 feet wide., The film was directed by George Scribner, who is best known for directing Disney's 1988 animated film, Oliver and Company, and is a 12-minute long show featuring 3D effects, scents, and water, as well as a number of characters from Disney movies. 

The attraction is unique in being one of a very select amount of attractions in the Disney theme parks in which Walt Disney Imagineering has collaborated with another division of The Walt Disney Company - in this instance, it was Walt Disney Feature Animation. Legendary Disney animator Glen Keane re-rendered Ariel from The Little Mermaid in 3D, returning after rendering her in 2D in the original film. Nik Ranieri, supervising animator of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, also returned to animate that character in 3D. Most of Donald Duck's dialogue is actually archival recordings by his original voice actor, Clarence Nash.  Tony Anselmo, Donald's current voice actor, recorded only five new lines for the character in this attraction (such as the scene where Donald Duck hums to the tune of the song "Be Our Guest".)

#22-  The Mad Tea Party (Magic Kingdom - WDW, Disneyland)

1955 (Disneyland), 1971 (WDW) -Present

69 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #4 (Bill H.)

Mad Tea Party is a spinning tea cup ride at all Disney theme parks around the world. The ride was inspired by the Unbirthday Party scene in Disney's Alice In Wonderland, and has gained infamy over the years for the number of guests who get motion sickness as a result of the spinning component to the ride.

Three small turntables, which rotate clockwise, each holding six teacups, within one large turntable, rotating counter-clockwise, make up the ride's operating system.  The sleepy Dormouse can be seen popping his head out of a large teapot in the middle of the large turntable, but only at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, as the other parks do not feature a central teapot.  

The original attraction at Disneyland is unable to run in the rain because once the turntables are saturated with a moderate amount of water, they slip and can no longer spin. The other versions of this attraction at Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland are covered to prevent such situations, as well as to protect riders from extreme heat and sun. Unlike its Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland counterparts, the Disneyland Paris version has a petal-shaped glass roof.

#21-  It's A Small World (Magic Kingdom - WDW, Disneyland)

1966 (Disneyland), 1971 (WDW) -Present

70 total points

Appeared on 7 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #4 (Kristen R.)

It's a Small World was created by WED Enterprises as the 1964 New York World's Fair's UNICEF pavilion sponsored by Pepsi. It featured a kinetic sculpture, The Tower of the Four Winds, a 120-foot perpetually spinning mobile created by WED designer Rolly Crump, at its entrance. It was added to four attractions (Magic Skyway [Ford], Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln [Illinois], The Carousel of Progress [GE], and CircleVision 360 [Kodak]) already under development which were used by Disney to sponsor, fund and test concepts and develop ride systems and innovative entertainment intended to be moved and re-built at Disneyland after the World's Fair closed in 1966. 

Mary Blair was responsible for the attraction's whimsical design and color styling. Blair had been an art director on several Disney animated features (including Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, and Peter Pan). Like many Disneyland attractions, scenes and characters were designed by Marc Davis, while his wife, Alice Davis, designed the costumes for the dolls. Rolly Crump designed the toys and other supplemental figures on display. The animated dolls were designed and sculpted by Blaine Gibson. Walt was personally involved with Gibson's development of the dolls' facial design (each animated doll face is completely identical in shape, hence the name "It's a Small World").

Walt showed a scale model of the attraction to his staff songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, saying, "I need one song that can be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round." The Sherman Brothers then wrote "It's a Small World)"in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which influenced the song's message of peace and brotherhood. When they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo and sang in counterpoint. Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction "It's a Small World" after the Sherman Brothers' song.

It is argued that this song is the single most performed and most translated piece of music on Earth.

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#30-Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (WDW-Magic Kingdom & Disneyland)

1955-Present (Disneyland), 1971-1998 (WDW)

51 total points

Appeared on 4 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #1 (Wesley D.)

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is a classic dark ride based on Disney's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, one of the two segments of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. 

In this ride, you board an old-fashioned motor car and go with Mr. Toad "on a wild ride to nowhere in particular," with destinations including Toad Hall, the English countryside, a fireworks factory, jail and HELL.  

YOU GO TO HELL IN THIS CHILDREN'S RIDE.  

While the Disneyland version of this ride is still open, the Walt Disney World one was closed in 1998 to make room for The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.  The Imagineers did not forget about Mr. Toad, however, as he is memorialized in two places.  In the first, a hidden portrait in Winnie the Pooh portrays him handing the deed of Toad Hall to Owl, and, in the second, his statue formerly found at the entrance to his attraction now sits in the Pet Cemetery at The Haunted Mansion.  

#29-Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

2010-2012

52 total points

Appeared on 5 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #9 (Mike T.)

Dinosaur (originally named Countdown to Extinction) is a dark ride enhanced motion vehicle attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom, using the same ride system found in the the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland.  

In the attraction based on the 2000 film, Dinosaur, guests board vehicles called Time Rovers and are taken on a turbulent journey through the Cretaceous period, featuring prehistoric scenes populated with Audio-Animatronic dinosaurs. 

Phylicia Rashad is in this attraction's preshow film.  

#28-ElecTRONica (Disney's California Adventure)

2010-2012

52 total points

Appeared on 3 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #3 (Kristen R.)

ElecTRONica was a nighttime event at Disney California Adventure, that was opened in conjunction with the film Tron: Legacy.  Located in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot section of the park, the attraction featured music, dancing, beverages and a re-creation of Flynn's Arcade from the Tron franchise.

ElecTRONica was a successor of sorts to GlowFest, a nighttime dance party that took place at Disney California Adventure during the summer of 2010. Disney held an open call in September for hip-hop dancers with martial arts experience.  ElecTRONica debuted on October 8 and was originally scheduled to run until April.  It was then extended through Labor Day, and Disney later announced the event would continue through April 15, 2012.

Mad T Party, a similar show based on Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, replaced it, beginning on June 15, 2012.

#27-Peter Pan's Flight (Disneyland & Magic Kingdom-WDW)

1955 (Disneyland), 1971 (WDW) - Present

53 total points

Appeared on 4 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #7 (Kristen R.)

Peter Pan's Flight is a classic dark ride at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris theme parks. 

The attraction differs slightly from traditional dark rides because of its suspended track.  Rather than running along rails on the ground through the attraction, the ride vehicles, themed after Captain Hook's pirate ship, are suspended from the ceiling to simulate flight.  

Peter Pan did not appear in the original version of the ride, since the original intent of the attraction was for guests to fly through the ride as if they were Peter Pan. Audiences did not quite grasp this concept and were left wondering why Peter Pan was not in the Peter Pan attraction. The Walt Disney World version of the ride, which opened in 1971, expanded on the original Disneyland attraction. While the overall theme and format of the ride was consistent with the original in California, the Magic Kingdom ride, as with the other dark rides, would feature its characters in Audio-Animatronic style.

#26-California Screamin' - Disney's California Adventure

2001 - Present

60 total points

Appeared on 3 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #3 (Bill H.)

California Screamin' is a steel roller coaster featuring a linear induction launch located at Disney California Adventure. California Screamin' is one of the park's original rides, and is the only roller coaster at the Disneyland Resort to feature an inversion. Its top speed of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) makes it the fastest ride at the Disneyland Resort, and one of the fastest rides at any Disney theme park.

Like Space Mountain and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, California Screamin' is set to music. On November 5, 2010, the attraction's original recorded safety spiels were updated with the voice of actor Neil Patrick Harris.

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#35-Remember...Dreams Come True Fireworks

2005-Present

37 total points

Appeared on 2 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #4 (Kristen R.)

Remember... Dreams Come True is a fireworks display commemorating Disneyland's 50th anniversary. Described as an "E ticket in the sky," the show features fireworks, lower level pyrotechnics, isopar flame effects, projections and lasers set to the soundtracks of some of Disneyland's most famous rides and shows. It was created as an homage to Disneyland, its lands and attractions, and its continuing legacy.

Narrated by Julie Andrews, the show weaves sounds and images from some of Disneyland's favorite attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, into the narrative of the show, and even projects images onto the castle including American flags to commemorate Main Street USA and targets to simulate the Frontierland Shooting Gallery.  

Each showing of the 17:30 minute display is estimated to cost $33,000.  

#34 - Living With the Land  (Epcot)

1982-Present

38 total points

Appeared on 3 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #9 (Amanda G.)

Living with the Land (originally Listen to the Land) is a slow-moving boat ride, which is part dark ride and part greenhouse tour focusing on agriculture, especially new technology to make agriculture more efficient and environmentally friendly.  

The first portion of the ride takes guests through simulated environments of different climates, including the rain forest, the desert and the American prairie, with narration explaining how life adapts to meet the different circumstances in each ecosystem.  

The second portion of the tour takes place in the Land pavilion's Living Laboratory, a giant greenhouse, featuring examples of hydroponics, aquaculture (the raising and farming of fish) and vertical growing techniques. 

#33 - Indiana Jones Adventure (Disneyland)

1995-Present

40 total points

Appeared on 3 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #7 (Wesley D.)

The Indiana Jones Adventure (formerly Indiana Jones & the Temple of the Forbidden Eye) is an enhanced motion vehicle dark ride attraction based on the Indiana Jones film series. Guests accompany intrepid archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones on a turbulent quest, aboard military troop transport vehicles, through a dangerous lost temple guarded by a supernatural power.

The enhanced motion vehicles that make up the ride system was invented specially for this attraction, and has only been implemented in one other attraction: Dinosaur, located at Disney's Animal Kingdom.  A guest's physically intense experience is programmed to achieve the illusion of greater speed and catastrophic mechanical failure using the enhanced-motion vehicle's ability to add several feet of lift then rapidly descend, shudder and tremble, and intensify cornering with counterbank and twist.

#32 - Radiator Springs Racers (Disney's California Adventure)

2012-Present

43 total points

Appeared on 4 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #4 (Dizneesmurf)

Radiator Springs Racers is a slot car dark ride attraction in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. The attraction features a third-generation version of transport technology originally developed for the Test Track attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World. 

The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through encounters with Audio Animatronic characters from the film Cars. Guests then race another vehicle through turns and hills, ending with a randomized race result.

At a cost of over $200 million, the attraction is the most expensive at Disneyland Resort and one of the most expensive theme park attractions in the world. It accounted for about 18% of the entire cost of the $1.1 billion expansion of Disney California Adventure Park. 

#31 - Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor (WDW Magic Kingdom)

2007-Present

46 total points

Appeared on 4 of 16 Lists.  Top vote: #7 (Mike T.)

Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor is an interactive comedy show featuring digital puppetry technology, which allows live actors to perform voices behind a large digital screen, while computer-rendered monsters appear on the screen to have dialogue with the show guests.  

Having mastered the technology to capture power from human laughter, the monsters of Monstropolis find that it is easier to invite humans into their Laugh Floor, rather than visiting each one individually.  Mike Wazowski (with one eye) is the show's emcee, and the various comedians that appear are tasked with making the audience laugh enough to fill the laughter can and make their quota (while supplying enough power to open the doors).  

The show's unscripted nature is designed to make each performance unique. However, there are some common jokes that appear more frequently than others.

As the guests are seated, the theatre's cameras will locate guests and provide humorous captions, early Saturday Night Live style, such as "will treat everyone to churros" or "has no idea where s/he is" or "doesn't know they're on the screen" or "always hides a third eye."

The show will always focus its attention on a single guest, known as "that guy," throughout the performance. Usually, the use is as part of a punchline of a joke; for example, a monster might say, "I know how I'm going to dress up for Halloween ... I'm going as 'that guy." This guest will receive an "I Was 'That Guy'" sticker at the end of the show.

Disney Imagineers have stated that as the show continues to evolve, more acts and jokes will be added and others will be retired based on guest reactions and feedback.

I have been the "guy about the spontaneously bust out dancing" twice and "guy who is treating everyone to churros" once.  I have never received a sticker.