# The 25 Best Walt Disney World Rides

> Opening-day dark rides, modern thrill coasters and a few gentle boat cruises spread across four parks. Rope-drop strategy starts with this list.

*By YPB Team · Published October 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-25-best-walt-disney-world-rides*

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1. **Avatar Flight of Passage** — score 1000/1000
   Banshee-riding simulator over Pandora, often called Animal Kingdom's best ride.
2. **Seven Dwarfs Mine Train** — score 794/1000
   Family coaster with swaying mine cars that winds through the Dwarfs' diamond mine.
3. **Na'vi River Journey** — score 750/1000
   Boat ride through a bioluminescent Pandora rainforest featuring the Na'vi Shaman of Songs.
4. **Slinky Dog Dash** — score 676/1000
   Family launch coaster built as if from Andy's toy set in Toy Story Land.
5. **Mad Tea Party** — score 625/1000
   Spinning teacup ride inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
6. **Space Mountain** — score 577/1000
   Magic Kingdom's indoor roller coaster that races through the dark of outer space.
7. **Star Tours** — score 566/1000
   Motion simulator with randomized Star Wars destinations, an original of Hollywood Studios.
8. **Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind** — score 500/1000
   EPCOT's rotating-vehicle coaster set to 1980s hits, among the longest enclosed coasters in the world.
9. **Haunted Mansion** — score 500/1000
   Doom Buggy tour of a mansion home to 999 happy haunts in Liberty Square.
10. **Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin** — score 500/1000
   Interactive dark ride where guests blast targets to defeat Emperor Zurg.
11. **it's a small world** — score 500/1000
   Gentle boat cruise past singing dolls from around the globe.
12. **TRON Lightcycle / Run** — score 423/1000
   Launched motorcycle-style coaster under a glowing canopy in Tomorrowland, opened in 2023.
13. **Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway** — score 423/1000
   Trackless dark ride that drops guests into a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
14. **Kilimanjaro Safaris** — score 423/1000
   Open-air truck safari past live African animals on a 110-acre savanna.
15. **Peter Pan's Flight** — score 423/1000
   Suspended pirate-ship ride that soars over London to Never Land.
16. **Spaceship Earth** — score 423/1000
   Time-travel ride inside EPCOT's iconic geodesic sphere.
17. **Pirates of the Caribbean** — score 423/1000
   Classic boat ride through a pirate-raided Caribbean town, complete with Captain Jack Sparrow.
18. **Kali River Rapids** — score 333/1000
   Whitewater raft ride through an Asian rainforest that soaks its riders.
19. **Jungle Cruise** — score 333/1000
   Riverboat tour of exotic rivers narrated by famously pun-loving skippers.
20. **Expedition Everest** — score 333/1000
   Coaster through the Himalayas that runs backward before meeting the Yeti.
21. **Big Thunder Mountain Railroad** — score 333/1000
   Runaway mine-train coaster through a Wild West mining town in Frontierland.
22. **Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance** — score 333/1000
   Multi-part trackless adventure aboard a First Order Star Destroyer at Hollywood Studios.
23. **Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run** — score 0/1000
   Interactive simulator where guests pilot the Millennium Falcon.
24. **Mission: SPACE** — score 0/1000
   Centrifuge simulator that mimics a launch and mission to Mars.
25. **Toy Story Mania!** — score 0/1000
   4D carnival shooting-gallery ride hosted by the Toy Story characters.

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