With news this week that Stitch’s Great Escape is to finally be demolished there have been lots of comments from our readers about the reasons why they loved or hated this ride. I thought this would therefore be the ideal subject to base our next poll on. But first let’s discuss the results of our latest Polls.
Poll 3 Results – Should Disney Give Relief And Offer Options To Defer Monthly Payments For Annual Passholders
With Universal now confirming they are suspending monthly payments, Universal Orlando Resort Changes Several Policies in Light of COVID-19 Closure, an announcement from Disney is eagerly awaited as to whether they will also currently suspend annual passholder payments for those on the monthly payment plan. The Poll 3 results clearly shows that 50% of you think a definite yes, with 33% saying no and the remaining 17% saying a plan needs to be worked out. There are inevitably differing opinions on this, especially from those who have already paid their subscription upfront.
Poll 4 Results – After listening to YOU, what will you do first when you get into Disney’s Magic Kingdom?
I loved hearing the responses you gave to Poll 4 regarding what you are most looking forward to when the gates open to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. I took the top 5 results from Poll 2 which were Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean and added four others that had been most commented on. These were Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, taking a stroll along Main Street and around the Park, dining in your favourite restaurant, It’s a Small World and the Dole whip queue. The results currently stand at:
- Big Thunder Mountain – 10%
- Haunted Mansion – 20%
- Splash Mountain – 5%
- Space Mountain – 0%
- Pirates of the Caribbean – 7%
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 15%
- Taking a stroll along Main Street and around the Park – 33%
- Dining in your favourite restaurant – 0%
- It’s a Small World – 0%
- Dole Whip queue – 10%
So there you have it, the thing most of you are looking forward to when you get into Disney’s Magic Kingdom is taking a stroll along Main Street and around the Park. I loved one comment on Facebook which said “dancing down Main Street” which I think will sum up how we will all feel. Thanks for all your votes and comments.
About me continued . . .
The big news is we have survived the first week of home schooling. I hope you all have too! We have been enjoying the Joe Wicks 9am workout, well I say enjoying it, I have been absolutely tired out by the end of it but it has definitely been a good way to energize ourselves for the start of the day. Our boys are having a well earned rest this weekend, although they sneakily planned their own 20 minute workout for this morning, I thought great until I realized I had to take part! I told them that Sunday is historically the day of rest, to which they replied you can rest after the workout. That told me!
Our oldest son is fascinated by The Titanic so we are having a Titanic themed week leading up to the Easter holidays. The weather for us this week has been surprisingly beautiful and sunny everyday with temperatures of around 50 degrees which is good for the UK at this time of the year. We have made the most of playing in the garden, playing swing ball and tennis. We decided to have a School Trip to the local park on Thursday to take photographs of different trees, I thought that was clever! We cycled and took a picnic and sat right at the edge of park miles away from anyone else. The police came and moved us on saying we weren’t aloud to stop, perhaps I should take more notice of the news so I am clear about the current guidelines, oops!
This coming week the weather is supposed to turn colder and wetter so I think baking will be on the menu, although what to bake may be a problem as we don’t have much food in and I am reluctant to go shopping. I am sure we will scrape something edible together. I will update you regarding our home schooling ups and downs in my next article.
Back in Poll 1 – Don’t miss your Theme Park Fix! I explained a little bit about us and promised to continue our story. So in short, between 2013-2016 Nick worked every moment he could on building the site up as a business which I have continued to run since he unfortunately died at the end of November 2016. We had to update the modules the site was built on in order to adhere to current page speed needs and preferred user designs. The site migrated to where it currently is today in November 2019 and we are now working extremely hard to build up the number of readers and pageviews. Like it is for majority of businesses the next few months are going to be testing times but at Theme Park Tourist we will continue to do our best to keep you up to date on all the latest news and advice for theme parks around the world. Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Here is the next poll for you to take part in.
Poll 5 – Alien Encounter Vs Stitch’s Great Escape – Which do you think was the best?
So here it is, poll 5 is simply a head to head between Alien Encounter and Stitch’s Great Escape. Which do you think was best? While some theme park goers thought Alien Encounter was amazing, some came off crying. While some people think Stitch’s Great Escape was a great replacement, some could not have been more disgusted. The two couldn’t be more different in theming, the scary Alien compared to the cute Stitch so age and your situation is likely to have a major impact on your opinion. Those with children are likely to go with Stitch but not necessarily if you have slightly older children where Stitch has long since been cool.
I am sorry to say I haven’t ridden either which I am disappointed about as I love giving every ride a go. That is a slight draw back of living in the UK. Our last visit was in 2013 when our oldest son was just 9 months. We were adamant that we were going to go to Walt Disney World as a family. We were rebels and went between one of Nick’s chemotherapy treatments. So, which one is your favourite? Here is a bit of information about both to get your thoughts whirring.
Alien Encounter – Opened at Walt Disney World in 1995 and is summed up here by our excellent writer Brian, “Re-using the circular theaters of Magic Kingdom’s Mission to Mars, the attraction placed guests in shoulder restraints staring down a massive teleportation tube. Of course, something goes wrong and a bloodthirsty carnivorous alien (a cross between a grasshopper, spider, and dragon) was teleported into the tube. With a flash of strobe lighting, the creature appeared to break out of the tube. From then on, the experience was in total darkness as 3D sound and tactile effects saw the audience splattered with “blood” and terrorized by the menacing alien as it drooled down their necks. Remembered as one of the most unique rides ever to grace a Disney park, Alien Encounter was regarded highly enough to warrant its own look back in our Lost Legends: Alien Encounter feature.“
Stitch’s Great Escape – Opened in 2004, replacing the Extra TERRORestrial Alien Encounter. This more family-friendly take on the tale sees furry alien Stitch (from Disney’s Lilo & Stitch) escape confinement, causing mischief throughout the audience through 4-D sound and tactile effects.
I would also love to hear from anyone in the comments who rode Mission to Mars, which opened at Walt Disney World in 1975. That is definitely an attraction I really wish I could have ridden.
To vote in our poll CLICK HERE. I will discuss the results in Part 6 which is coming soon.
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Let me know if you have a great poll idea you would like to put to our readers. Like I said I don’t know where our adventure will take us and what we will find out but come along for the ride by voting and sharing this post to keep theme park lovers all round the world smiling!
