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View Poll Results: What do you think of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride?
It's a classic--I love it!
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I'll ride it if there's nothing else to do
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Booooooring!
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Who was Mr. Toad again?
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Okay, out with it: Mr. Toad's ride--awesome or awful?
I rode Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at WDW on my first visit years ago and was unimpressed. I tried again at Disneyland a couple of years ago, to see whether I still found it boring and pointless. Yep, I did.
I know many people love it, maybe because it's a classic. The queue is cool, I'll give it that.
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Well, ummmm, I can't remember being the least bit tempted by it at either WDW or DLR, so I'm kind of at a loss for an opinion. Don't even remember seeing it, in fact.
Of course, that I was at DLR before most current PassPorters were even born may have something to do with that.
And, btw, I haven't a clue who Mr. Toad is... So, you know which option I checked on your poll, Ginger.
ETA: After some help from Friend Google: Ohhhh, THAT Mr. Toad! I've never been much of a fan of The Wind In the Willows, so no wonder I'd nary a clue who this was.
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I know as a kid, I loved it and drove my parents crazy whenever I wanted to go on it. Now as an adult, I really don't know what I would do. I did find a YouTube video for it and it really didn't do anything for me. Especially when you take into account it's only in California and my chances of going there to ride it are two - slim and none. I do really like Pooh in Disney World which replaced Toad and ride that multiple times per trip.
Mr. Toad is a character from Wind in the Willows. And it's a classic. Rode it each time we went to DL, and looking forward to finally riding again after a 16 year absence from DL.
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Yep, in there with the awesome brigade! Lots of fun, just a gentle, harmless ride that makes me laugh with joy. I miss it from WDW, and was delighted to find it in Anaheim.
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"It's fine". I ride every visit, and I like the queue and I like pretending to drive the car for some reason. But I'm just not that impressed with the basic fantasyland dark rides in general, with the exception of Peter Pan, which is made awesome by being above the world on a ship that tilts with the "wind" etc. I'd rather do Storybookland canal boats than Mr. Toad's, but I ride it because it's a classic and it's there.
However, as a kid, I just loved it because I thought it was fun but as I got older I really "got it". You drive recklessly the whole ride, blow things up (I mean, it's like a giant ongoing hit and run!), ride through a bar then you go to court where you are convicted. Once convicted, you peel out of the courtroom and get hit by a train then end up in Hades. Lesson to teenage kids . . . don't drive like Mr. Toad! LOL
I've ridden MTWR every visit to DL, my kids loved it when they first rode it and I had them "drive" and then was yelling 'watch out of that train!" "Where are you taking me?!" "I'm never letting you drive again!" Of course I'm just playing around and they knew it but we had so much fun. A ride/attraction does not have to be high tech to be fun and I think it is important to remind ourselves about the 'olden days' with rides like these.
It is a must do since it was removed from WDW. Although whenever I ride Pooh at WDW, I always think of Mr. Toad (since that is what is currently in that space) especially in the room that used to be "hell" - it's still hot in there!
We loved it when we were there a couple of years ago, but then again, we loved all of those old, unique and fascinating old attractions that you don't find at WDW. Mr. Toad was gone from WDW before we started visiting there.
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So, you know which option I checked on your poll, Ginger. 
. A ride/attraction does not have to be high tech to be fun and I think it is important to remind ourselves about the 'olden days'
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