The Best Thrill Rides at Walt Disney World

When most people think of Walt Disney World and its four theme parks, The Magic Kingdom, Epoct, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom, they think of children meeting Mickey Mouse and spending countless hours riding in a boat past happy singing dolls. However, the theme parks at Walt Disney World offer much more. For teens and adult, each of the parks offer some fantastic thrill rides.

Below are my favorite thrill rides from each of the four theme parks. I've only listed my two favorite from each park although there are many more.

Each is also listed with a thrill factor with 1 being not so scary to 10 which is thrill-tastic!

Magic Kingdom

Splash Mountain - Get ready to get wet on this Disney take on the classic log flume ride. At first this attraction seems like a slow-moving, leisurely ride as your log travels through scenes from the movie "Song of the South." However, it soon becomes apparent that Br'er Rabbit is in trouble as Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear follow him thought the ride. Finally, you see that Br'er Rabbit has been caught in the brier patch and things go downhill from there, literally. Your log (with you in it) plunges 52 ½ feet down to a watery finish and everyone winds up soaking wet!

Thrill Factor 7

Space Mountain - This classis Disney ride takes space travelers on a high-speed, indoor rollercoaster ride through space. As you're rocket is set to "launch," you travel past mission control on your way to the launching pad (and, being this is an attraction built in the 70's, the mission control mannequins are dressed in the finest polyester space crew uniforms of the day). Once at the top, your rocket begins its travels through space as it twists and turns and encounters a few, albeit small, drops.

Thrill Factor 7

Epcot

Mission Space - Feel the sensation of blast off with the same technology that NASA uses to prepare their astronauts for flight. In the space vehicle, each person of the four person flight crew is assigned a task to make the mission successful. As your space craft "launches" into space, you feel the G forces push you back as your window to space shows your progress as you race toward the heavens.

Thrill Factor 9

Test Track - You would have to be a "crash test dummy" not to enjoy this high-speed tryout of the latest safety technology found on automobiles. Riders put concept cars through their paces as the proving grounds. While some of the tests are not that exciting (sure, the car can handle at slow speeds a road made of Belgium blocks - whatever those are), it's the breaking at high speeds without the anti lock break feature and the outdoor speed tests that will get your adrenalin pumping.

Thrill Factor 8

Disney's Hollywood Studio

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Find yourself in an episode of the classis TV show "The Twilight Zone." From the moment you step in to the deserted Hollywood hotel, you know something's not right. From the hotel's boiler room, riders are whisked in to a service elevator for a journey to the top of the hotel... 13 stories up. Along the way, the elevator stops on different floors to reveal scenes straight of the Twilight Zone. Then, without warning, the elevator plunges 13 stories straight down.

Thrill Factor 10

Rock 'N' Roller Coaster - Aerosmith invite riders to be VIPs at their concert. The only problem is that the show beings in just a few minutes. Riders are invited to get into a stretch limo and it takes of from 0 - 57 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds. From there, it's a super-fast journey through the freeways of LA to get to the show on time. Along with plenty of ups, downs, and loops, riders rock out to an awesome speaker system in each "limo" playing some of Aerosmith's greatest hits.

Thrill Factor 9

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Kali River Rapids - Join a crew of other explores and make your way down the Kali River. However, the Kali river can be torturous, and the before long, you and your boat have encountered the dreaded rapids. While you'll probably survive the rapids, you're bound to come out soaking wet.

Thrill Factor 6

Expedition Everest - Enjoy a scenic train trek to the top of Mount Everest, at lest until the infamous Yeti changes that plan. As your train emerges from a cave, riders catch a glimpse of the Yeti's shadow and the train track ahead is ripped into two. Unable to proceed, the train starts going backwards, downhill into a dark cave and speeds over and around Mount Everest to escape the Yeti.

Thrill Factor 8