When looking through RTQ Database’s ride data, there are a few types of highlights I wanted to focus on. Today’s post focuses on the top five attractions with the highest number of attempts in each park among survey respondents. A place on this list does NOT guarantee that people were able to experience these attractions, however info on the percentage of users who requested accommodations and whether the CMs attempted to help is included with the list as well. Bolded items are those where a majority of guests who did ask for accommodations were offered some form of assistance.
NOTE: One of the big trends on this months surveys was that Walt Disney World Resort has generally higher percentages of Cast Members offering some form of a “Return to Queue” type accommodation, be that Queue Re-entry or Return Times than Disneyland Resort. Please keep that in mind while reading through this post and the next one (which will focus on which attractions had the highest “success rates” in each park)
As always, please note that this information comes from anonymous survey results, and I make no claims that it is 100% accurate. This site is not endorsed by The Walt Disney Company or any of it’s subsidiaries. This is a blog run by a Disney Parks fan, who also happens to be disabled, and the RTQ Database is an attempt to make sense of the changes to the disability accommodations, recognize trends occurring around the
“alternate accommodations” being recommended to disabled guests, and help guests understand what some possibilities of what kinds of situations they may experience.
Walt Disney World Resort
Magic Kingdom
5. Jungle Cruise (68% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 53% said they had requested accommodations. Notable, 100% of mobility device users indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction, while 67% of users without mobility devices indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.
4. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (76% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 31% said they had requested accommodations. 60% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction, including 100% of mobility device users.
3. Haunted Mansion (76% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 50% said they had requested accommodations. 63% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction, including 100% of mobility device users.
2. Tomorrowland Transit Authority People Mover (81% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 18% said they had requested accommodations. However, 2/3 of the respondents (including 100% of users without mobility devices) indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available. Mobility device users were split 50/50.
1. Pirates of the Caribbean (82% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 28% said they had requested accommodations. 60% of respondents who who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction, including 100% of mobility device users.
EPCOT
5. The Seas with Nemo & Friends Attraction (59% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, only 8% said they had requested accommodations. However, 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM told them that there were no accommodations available.)
4. Spaceship Earth (59% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, only 8% said they had requested accommodations. 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.)
3. Living with the Land (64% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, only 29% said they had requested accommodations. 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.
2. Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros (64% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, only 7% said they had requested accommodations. 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.)
1. Soarin’ (68% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 47% said they had requested accommodations. 43% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
5. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway (58% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 27% said they had requested accommodations. 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.)
4. Slinky Dog Dash (61% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 36% said they had requested accommodations. No mobility device users responded that they required accommodations to ride, and others were split 50/50 between indicating that they were told there were no accommodations available and indicating that a CM attempted to help.
3. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (61% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 55% said they had requested accommodations. 83% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.
2. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (67% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 33% said they had requested accommodations. 100% of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM Attempted to Help them experience the attraction.
1. Toy Story Mania! (78% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 21% said they had requested accommodations. 2/3 of those who requested accommodations indicated that a CM told them that there were no accommodations available. Mobility device users were split 50/50.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
5. DINOSAUR (44% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 100% said they did not require accommodations for this ride.)
4. Avatar Flight of Passage (44% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 57% said requested accommodations, but 3/4 (including the only mobility device user to request accommodations on this ride) of those indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.)
3. Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain (56% of park attendees attempted this show. Of those, 89% said they didn’t need accommodations. However, the only person who DID request accommodations indicated that they were told there were none available to them.)
2. Festival of the Lion King (56% of park attendees attempted this show. Of those, 44% requested accommodations, and only 1 person indicated that they were told there were no available accommodations.)
1. Kilimanjaro Safaris (81% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, only 31% requested accommodations, and only 1 person indicated that they were told there were no available accommodations on this ride.)
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland
5. Pirates of the Caribbean (43% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 84% said they had requested accommodations. 60% of those who requested accommodations indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available. Notably, mobility aid users were being offered help from CMs, while others indicated that they were not.
4. Snow White’s Enchanted Wish (50% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 71% said they had requested accommodations, but 80% who requested accommodations indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.)
3. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway (50% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 57% said they had requested accommodations. 75% who requested accommodations indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available. Mobility users were split 50/50.)
2. Star Wars: Ride of the Resistance (50% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 86% said they had requested accommodations, but 2/3 who requested accommodations indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.)
1. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (50% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 86% said they had requested accommodations, and 2/3 who requested accommodations indicated that the CM attempted to help them experience this attraction.)
Disney California Adventure
5. Toy Story Midway Mania! (56% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 80% said they had requested accommodations, however all of those respondents indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.
4. WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure (56% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 100% said they had requested accommodations, however, only 20% of those guests who requested accommodations indicated that the CM attempted to help. Notably, all three mobility device users indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.
3. Radiator Springs Racers (56% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 80% said they had requested accommodations, but 3/4 (including the only mobility device user to request accommodations on this ride) indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available.)
2. Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree (56% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 60% said they had requested accommodations, but 2/3 indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available. Mobility device users were split 50/50 between indicating that they were told “No Accommodations Available” and “A CM Attempted to Help”.)
1. The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure (78% of park attendees attempted this ride. Of those, 57% said requested accommodations, but 3/4 of those indicated that they were told there were no accommodations available. Notably, the mobility aid user who attempted this ride was the only person who indicated that the “CM Attempted to Help”)
More on the RTQ Database
Check back later this week for a discussion of which rides and experiences had the highest success rates at each park of survey respondents – that is, the ones disabled guests were successful in experiencing, overall, with or without accommodations.
- To fill out an RTQ Survey for either Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World Resort, go to the RTQ Menu and scroll down to the correct survey link.
- Click here to view the RTQ Database
- Click here to learn about some of the other trends we’ve been seeing on the July RTQ Summary relating to Demographics, “Alternate Accommodations” recommendations, and a comparison of average ride counts and hour spent in parks before vs. after the DAS changes.
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