I don’t know about all of you folks, but I sure am glad it’s the weekend. (First week back to school is all well and good, but I’d forgotten how action-packed these days can be.) We’re already a quarter of the way through the Elite Eight of the Ultimate Disney Parks Attraction bracket, and have…well, I sure think it’s an easy vote today, but I don’t know.
Either way, we have a vote to get to!
(4) Kilimanjaro Safaris vs. (10) The Haunted Mansion (WDW): I love the first couple seasons of Arrested Development. If the show had truly ended with its third season on Fox, as opposed to the overlong and expanded seasons on Netflix, I’d argue it’s the best modern comedy of all time. Either way, it has spawned many great memes and GIFs online, and as you can tell, I’m referencing one of those in the subhed for today’s vote.
My hand to God, I do not understand how Kilimanjaro Safaris is in the Elite Eight. I’m not saying it’s a bad attraction at all. It’s quite good! I expected it to do reasonably well throughout this bracket. Just not…y’know, this well. And as I alluded above, I presume that facing off against the Haunted Mansion means its days are numbered.
But…well, it got this far. Maybe you’re about to surprise me again!
Kilimanjaro Safaris
The Haunted Mansion (WDW)
I love Kilimanjaro Safari, it’s quite possibly the best proof of concept park attraction of them all (and I say this as a huge Spaceship Earth fan and someone who deeply misses Great Movie Ride)… but it’s not better than Haunted Mansion.
Kilimanjaro Safaris deserves to be in the final four. Haunted Mansions does as well. This is a tough choice.