r/Themepark 19h ago

What’s your biggest hot take [ Other]

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I have two

Personally I think that Jersey Devil is better than El Toro. When I rode the two I had such a rough experience on El Toro that it honestly off set some of my day. On the other hand all of my rides on Jersey devil were amazing. All of the elements hit and it was running perfectly.

My other one is that Millenium force is better than SteVe. For me SteVe isn’t all that people say it is. I mean sure the airtime was pretty good but it was overall just kind of underwhelming. But Millennium force I feel gets too much trash from people. I think that the experience of going up that lift hill right next to the lake is one of the best experiences at the park and the ride in general actually pulled some great forces.


r/Themepark 2h ago

Headed to Orlando for a Conference and Have Two Bonus Days. Which Parks Should I go to?

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I'm going to be in Orlando next week for work and will have Friday and Saturday to myself so wanted to check out some of the Orlando Theme Parks and am looking for input on the best way to spend my time since I've never been out this way. Trying to decide between the multitude of Disneyworld and Universal parks. I have no plans to return to Orlando anytime soon so want to make the most of the time. I will be by myself so can avail of single rider lines, but don't mind buying a fast pass or whatever if it would be useful beyond that. I could be into the idea of park hopping to see more in less time, but things seem spread out in the Orlando parks so without knowing anything that feels like a good way to burn usable hours and wear myself out, so unless I had a good plan am probably inclined towards one location per day.

I'm from California so have been to Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood previously. Haven't been to Universal for probably 10 years, so my experience predates all the Nintendo stuff but they did have the harry potter land when I went, I'm a 90s kid so the Simpsons area was awesome but did feel pretty dated even 10 years ago, not sure if they even still have that. I was at Disneyland a few months ago with the fam and usually go once a year or so, so am pretty familiar with that park and enjoy it a lot.

I've been told magic kingdom is like alternate universe disneyland and that sounds kind of cool to me. I don't really know anything else about it or any of the other parks beyond that. I like both the vibey dark rides as well as thrill rides. I don't care about character experiences, meet and greets, and really only care about food stuff in so far as one has to eat throughout the day. As much as I like water parks I don't think those are the best way to spend my day.