#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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