Although Disney’s animated films are in a different division than their theme parks, there is significant overlap. Movies that do well in the box office (or on Disney+ as during the pandemic) sometimes get short-tracked for attractions at Disney parks. Sometimes the release date corresponds closely to a character appearance in the parks. It usually takes many years before a ride might get themed to the movie.
The inspiration for this set of rankings comes from a couple of acquaintances who are doing a 6-part podcast on all 60 of the Disney Animation Studios movies (i.e. those that make up the Disney movie canon). Of note, you will see that Pixar-only movies are not included in these rankings. At the start of the pandemic, the movies I hadn’t watched yet, I went ahead and watched them. So I have seen all of the movies at least once. Based on feedback, I might need to go back and watch “Bolt” (as some people put it much higher up than I do). Without further ado, below are the rankings. I may do another article to explain the rankings. 1 Beauty and the Beast 2 The Little Mermaid 3 The Lion King 4 Aladdin 5 Big Hero 6 6 Cinderella 7 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 8 Alice in Wonderland 9 The Emperor's New Groove 10 Peter Pan 11 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 12 Pinocchio 13 Bambi 14 Hercules 15 The Princess and the Frog 16 Encanto 17 Tarzan 18 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 19 Wreck-It Ralph 20 Treasure Planet 21 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 22 Fantasia 23 Sleeping Beauty 24 The Great Mouse Detective 25 Ralph Breaks the Internet 26 Moana 27 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 28 Mulan 29 Frozen 30 Lady and the Tramp 31 The Jungle Book 32 The Sword in the Stone 33 Melody Time 34 Home on the Range 35 Zootopia 36 Raya and the Last Dragon 37 The Rescuers Down Under 38 Robin Hood 39 Oliver & Company 40 Dumbo 41 The Rescuers 42 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 43 Pocahontas 44 Frozen II 45 Fantasia 2000 46 The Aristocats 47 Tangled 48 The Black Cauldron 49 Lilo & Stitch 50 The Three Caballeros 51 Fun and Fancy Free 52 Winnie the Pooh 53 Make Mine Music 54 Brother Bear 55 Bolt 56 Saludos Amigos 57 The Fox and the Hound 58 Dinosaur 59 Meet the Robinsons 60 Chicken Little
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Bible: Matthew 28:1-11, Mark 16:1-11, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18 Replacing “Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith” in Bible World is “Roll the Rock Coaster starring TobyMac.” Outside the attraction building (where the giant electric guitar is found at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster) is the large rock that had been rolled away from the tomb. There are also two angels in dazzling white clothes. Entering the queue, quests find themselves in a budding garden in spring time. The pre-show (similar in style to the Aerosmith one in Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster–mixture of set piece and projection) is the Upper Room where the Apostles have locked themselves in for fear that they would face a similar death as Jesus. The mood of the Apostles is depressed. Some of the women disciples have been carefully let-in. They tell the Apostles that they are on the way to Jesus’ tomb to finish off the burial rituals and that they will return when they are finished there. After the women leave, the Apostles share their desires that Jesus was still alive and working miracles. When guests leave the pre-show, they are on a path that leads to a rock tomb in the background. Cast members assist the guests to rows for boarding Resurrection trains, which look sleek and metallic with a different color for each train–dark green, dark blue, dark red, and yukon gold (a brownish gold). The American Christian rapper and singer TobyMac provides the soundtrack for the attraction. Guests will get one of four of his greatest hits: After guests board the Resurrection train and are securely fastened, the train moves out of the loading station and pauses. The countdown marks the moment when the Resurrection occurred. As an aside, scientific analysis of The Shroud of Turin, a cloth that many Christians believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus, suggests that the image was produced by a several billion watt burst of light (something similar in strength to the Big Bang; see, for example the last 7 minutes of the presentation below). That burst is more than enough to launch the train from 0 to 57 mph in 2.8 seconds! The “light” is also used to capture an on-ride picture. Everything else within sight of the riders has turned to white and sparkles with LED lights. The roller coaster has the same three inversions as the current iteration. The 2-dimensional sets on the ride tell the story of the purported events of the Easter Sunday: the women finding the tomb empty only to go tell the Apostles, the tradition that Jesus’ first appearance was to his mother Mary, Peter and John running to the tomb and encountering the rolled-up burial clothes, Mary Magdalene thinking he was the gardener only to find out that it is him, and then running back to the Disciples. As the Resurrection trains break at the end of the ride, one last scene with Audio Animatronics shows the resurrected Jesus appearing to the joyful but incredulous Apostles and saying “Peace be with you.”
At the unloading station, guests disembark, check out their on-ride photos and enter the gift shop where they can purchase mementos from their own “roll the rock” experience. As you have seen, the Roll the Rock Coaster will continue to thrill guests like its predecessor while telling a well-known story–the greatest story ever told! |
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