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We are going to my DH's company picnic at Six Flags this weekend, and I know we'll be comparing that park to WDW just like we do every other park we go to. We've gone to many amusement parks since we started going to WDW in 2000, and nothing quite compares to our favorite place on earth. Everytime we leave a park we always comment on how they could take a lesson from Disney. Does that happen to you too?
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Yes, we have Holiday World here which supposedly has been voted cleaniest park. Well when you are on the rides which look really old and have no que (I love the building before the ride) there is gum on the ground and trash. They also have a water park and it was the first time I had been there and they had very few changing rooms. So I stand in line and there is one open so I go in there only to find to my dismay-------warning something gross-----------------a turd was on the ground yes someone used it as a bathroom. They need a big lesson.
We were at Holiday World just a few weeks ago for the first time. I found most of the park was very clean when we were there. We rented a locker to put our swim gear in and they were literally about the size of a shoe box. Their rides for the most part are either roller coasters, spin, or kids size rides. The only rides we found to our liking (or our speed, I should say) were the carousel I went on with my GD and the old fashion cars.
I agree - nothing can compare. We went back to Knotts a few years ago and I only went on one ride (most were either too big or too small for me) and most of the CS food places were closed up - very disappointing!
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I grew up going to Santa Claus Land(Holiday World now) and it does not compare to Disney nor does it now compare to what it was like when it was Santa Claus Land. I have been to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom from the time it was just Kentucky Kingdom and to me it is no WDW either. Boy I just realized that I am old.
My favorite non disney park now will have to be Kings Island in Ohio, it was great when I was a kid and still is, no WDW mind you but I like it.
I've been to Holiday World a few times (the first time, I was a child and all that was there were a few carnival rides and Santa Claus). We love it as a family - it's a nice one or two day trip.
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom from the time it was just Kentucky Kingdom is nice - but no WDW!! Never will be - but it's also the State Fair Midway!! That's the best Midway I've ever seen!!
Did it all day yesterday at Kennywood. We were so disappointed....just wasn't the same.
The only thing they DID allow that I liked over Disney was we packed coolers with lunchmeat, bread, fruit, chips, etc. and had a picnic in a covered pavilion. Just wish Disney let us do that too. My only purchase was a cotton candy & soft pretzel for the kids.....we had our own drinks.
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Did it all day yesterday at Kennywood. We were so disappointed....just wasn't the same.
The only thing they DID allow that I liked over Disney was we packed coolers with lunchmeat, bread, fruit, chips, etc. and had a picnic in a covered pavilion. Just wish Disney let us do that too. .
You can do that in Disney. I always bring a packed cooler, the bottom we keep the cold stuff and the top we keep the non perishables (separate compartments). We do it alot since buying DVC and having the kitchen.--- I even saw lots of people with rolling coolers this trip, and even some hard sided coolers (which I always thought were the one thing you couldn't have). We saw people having a picnic lunch in the covered tables outside Electric Umbrella. I only wish there were sandwhiches my kids eat so we could do that. Usually we just buy counter service for the kids-- Joe and I always have food packed for ourselves, and usually we just eat Dinner (table service). I've never bought a drink at Disney unless it's alcoholic, came with a kids meal, or we are eating table service.
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Silver Dollar City in Branson is one of our favorites (next to disney)--the cave, the rides, the entertainment. Probably the only railroad line I've been on where the train conductor carries a rifle (old west feel-the train get's held up).
Yes. It's hard not to compare. Our local park, Valley Fair, has some good rides but there are no fast passes, no themed queues (with little or no protection from the sun), not many good options for food....you get the picture.
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