The Top 10 Best Rides and Shows at Walt Disney World's Theme Parks

10. Turtle Talk with Crush

• Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 0
  This is a charming show with no gotchas or scary moments.
• Height Requirement: None
• Location: The Seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion in Epcot
• Fastpass: No

            Some might find it odd to choose the "Finding Nemo"-themed show above classics such as Jungle Cruise, Star Tours, and Big Thunder Mountain for a top-10 list of best Walt Disney World attractions. But Turtle Talk with Crush, in which the surfer dude interacts with audience members via real-time animation, is an astonishing Imagineering breakthrough. Between laughs, adults scratch their heads in bewilderment, while young kids nonchalantly, if delightedly, chat with the witty reptile. If you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for, dude?

9. Splash Mountain

• Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 4.5
  One giant splashdown
• Height Requirement: 40 inches
• Location: Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom
• Fastpass: Yes

Disney marries the classic log flume ride (with one humdinger of a drop) to an animatronics-filled dark ride themed to the Uncle Remus characters from "Song of the South." You'll be humming "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" (once you regain your composure from the drop).

8. Expedition Everest

• Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 6
  Fairly intense positive G-forces, backwards coaster motion, darkness.
• Height Requirement: 44 inches
• Location: Asia land in Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Fastpass: Yes

As a roller coaster, Expedition Everest is just OK. And as a themed dark ride, the attraction would be just OK without the coaster elements. But the combination of the coaster, which is integral to the ride's story, and the attraction's lavish, immersive environment, creates another Disney E-ticket must-ride and a welcome addition to Disney's Animal Kingdom.

 to be continued in part 2, part 3