The Best and Worst Theme Park Ride Queues Of All Time (Creepy Old Crypt #46)

The wait is over - well, not if you're in line, though. But Kevin and I are gonna sit down on Main Street and hash out our top 5 favorite ride queues to line up in... and our 5 worst too! Which queues make us excited to be standing in one spot for an hour? And which makes us want to die?

[@smittyramirez522]

Agree with Kevin on not dwelling on negativity and the term "soda" - Bushong never wrong

[@DrSpookula]

I'd love to see an episode on how Disney, Universal, Knotts and any other parks do Halloween. Your guys favourite things about it and events, snacks and such. I know you've done the haunted mansion and talked about the christmas overlay and you've done a christmas episode because Rocco loves christmas but give some love to Halloween!

[@hamsandler2]

Tower of terror in Florida is a pleasure waiting in line hanging around the building, coming into the entrance. Perfectly shaded. Always fun

[@demonry2]

I love their enthusiasm about queues. They're so cute

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

Rocco, I know you'll never be caught dead on the ride... But I highly recommend going through the Jurassic Park Veloci-coaster queue. Went to Universal for the first time, and that queue blew me away. I won't spoil it but there's an amazing effect they do with the ride vehicle going by a window at one point, and there is one of the most life-like animatronics I've ever seen in person, and they have it like a foot away from you while you're in line. Universal has been killing it as a life long childhood Disneyland stan

[@jameskouns2743]

I like the Expedition Everest queue because there’s all this mountain climbing and tibetan stuff, and they build up the story of the yeti sightings with newspaper clippings and photos. I don’t get to stop and look at it as much anymore since it’s not as popular a ride, so there’s not time to really stop and look at stuff

[@iluvbacon1985]

I'd like an episode of detailing tips and strategies for going to the parks. I'm a little overwhelmed thinking about trying to fit in everything in a limited vacation time. There's some of this scattered through other episodes but it'd be nice to have it in one place. Or, an episode about what Rocco did at Cedar Point because I can't begin to imagine what that's like for someone that doesn't like roller coasters. Especially in context to this episode because there aren't queues there, just tons of switchbacks.

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

I call it fizzy drinks but maybe that's a UK thing My favourite queue line is probably Baron 1898 at efteling which has an amazing animatronic and does a fantastic tale of telling the story of the attraction (essentially you are a miner coming to work in the Baron's mines but people have been disappearing after volunteering) They used a lot of real donated mining equipment too so it feels very authentic. Efteling is full of fantastic dark rides and queue lines in general, hopefully these 2 get to visit the Netherlands and go there sometime, there's even rumours Walt Disney visited it before building the first Disney park and it helped inspired it.

[@Deekman]

6:50 Johnny with the Two-Face approach to decision making

[@daveatron_]

the Roger Rabbit queue is so brilliant! so many details and the way they bring the cartoon sets to life is just fantastic. another one i like is Journey to the Centre of the Earth at tokyo disneysea. the queue is pretty simple in a cave system with several cases full of gorgeous artefacts to look at, but the best bit is where you get in a big steampunk elevator that takes you 'down' to the loading bay

[@707tinman707]

You guys should do a collaboration with Mega Strange and do an episode about Disneyland deaths and accidents. 😱

[@sgttibbz297]

Does Rocco even know the Mega Strange guys

[@MrMaxtothemax]

This was one of my favorite episodes. Queuing is such a fragile art form. Amazing to explore. My top is Indy and my bottom is Indy in Paris. Mindless switchbacks for hours in the jungle to the point where you don’t even know which direction you’re supposed to move, all leading to… another set of identical switchbacks! Almost had a panic attack waiting for that ride.

[@dunchtimesnack]

Full respect for this list. Indiana Jones at Tokyo DisneySea had me in tears. Exploring the temple, seeing the ruins etc it is sublime. Indiana Jones is a set of some of the worlds best theme park rides.

[@BrxIghtside]

You guys definitely need a six flags creepy old crypt and best and worst merchandise

[@SigmaOmegaDelta]

Kevin talking about the 2-stories of switchbacks on Ghost Rider blasted me back in time into the queue for another Knott's attraction: Voyage to the Iron Reef. Voyage was a steampunk dark-ride virtual shooter that was very half-baked but still fun. It recently got redesigned into "Knott's Bear-y Tales" based on an old dark ride from the 70s, but that's neither here nor there. In the wait to get onto Voyage, it starts outside between the Arcade & the Johnny Rockets but you spend barely any time there before you enter this huge dimly lit cube that is all switchbacks and no air conditioning. This was already a mediocre ride, so being forced to wait inside with all those bodies contributing to the heat and humidity was like the 6th Circle of Hell. I am so relieved that how terrible that was never stuck with me, and also incredibly relieved that I can now use the elevator to skip that portion of the line for Beary Tales because of my younger step-brother's slight palsy qualifying us for a handicap pass. Hopefully his physical therapy helps him get out of those leg-braces soon, nonetheless.

[@themonkeyjungle871]

Surprised to not see Expedition Everest in Disney’s Animal Kingdom mentioned. That’s my favorite Disney queue it has hundreds of artifacts from Nepal and a whole Yeti museum it’s so authentic. I understand that Rocco would not know about it because he is afraid of roller coasters.

[@statefarmjoke]

Was feeling scared for Indy after the interactive object conversation, but I’m glad things turned out the way they did! My home park has practically no themed queues, so it’s always nice to see one when I’m traveling.

[@trentrissubsidiary4619]

Pumped for some quality Kevin uninterrupted time. Good episode, love you guys❤️

[@dunchtimesnack]

I do appreciate the Pirates Florida queue. Once as a kid I encountered a Jack Sparrow character lurking around the queue and interacting with guests. I had never experienced a queue like that and haven’t since. Really magical.

[@SWITHCentral]

Two of my favorites are now gone (well only one location remains for one): Back to the Future and E.T. The video they created for the queue for BTTF with Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson reprising their roles is so great. Thankfully they put it as a special feature on the Blu-ray and 4K so you can still watch it, and in its unedited form its surpisingly long at like 20 minutes. And E.T. is just classic. Great atmosphere and I cannot forget that forest smell even all these years later. Happy to see Rocco mention it.

[@GearsLGLF]

Pop is very much a rural Midwest thing. “Soda pop” I heard all the time growing up in the Philly burbs.

[@Racmaster00]

I genuinely wish I had the time to watch all of these. I’ve enjoyed every single one I’ve watched, but between the main podcast, the various special streams like MLK, mega64 day, Halloween stream, it’s a lot to watch and I can’t keep up. I used to watch everything while I’d get ready for work, and I stayed pretty caught up. But now that I work from home, I get out of bed and get on the computer. I’m really hoping to catch up and give these the videos the time they deserve

[@jros2721]

Man these are the best type of videos while working on a project, so damn chill! Keep up the awesome content

[@zayicza]

When I was at Disneyland as a kid, I loved how short the line/queue for the River Rapids was, ran though that maybe a million times within a week span

[@zayicza]

also pop kid here in canada

[@jeremyderp]

I get excited everytime I see you upload a creepy old crypt

[@Racmaster00]

I think Tokyo Disney sea has some of the best queues, tower of terror and journey to center of the earth have so much to see and have a great atmosphere. I would say the only downside is they are massive queues, and if no one is in line it feels like you’re walking through a line for 10-15 minutes

[@Kivan12]

I love these videos guys. No tower of terror love?? Absolutely my favourite Worst queue SAW ride in Thorpe park UK. chain link fencing with switchbacks in the sun

[@brianblast391]

Gotta agree with Rocco that the charm of the ET ride really makes it stand out and I pray every day that they never remove it from Florida

[@butterfingersman]

mostly agree with soarin being the #1 worst for you rocco, i hate the way that line is built, but the patrick warburton video saves it slightly, thats an iconic video for me. oooh and why not here's a prediction for #1, im assuming it's haunted mansion but silently hoping its minnie mickie. [wow! big surprise that it ended up being indy, totally agree, that queue is fucking awesome!] that queue is fucking awesome and definitely cracks the top 5 for me. my lists would be: best: 5) roger rabbit 2) haunted mansion 3) minnie mickey 2) indiana jones 1) rise worst: 5) peter pan 4) web slingers [thank god it has that cool loading room cinematic or it would be misery] 3) soarin 2) midway mania [last time we played the stupid disney interactive experience app and it absolutely sucked but it thankfully made the time pass slightly faster] 1) grizzly river run [had a 90 minute queue there in the summer once... holy shit was actually getting delirious i swear. its a really pretty well designed area but holy shit]

[@Yuzuincrash]

If you’re ever in Oregon you NEED to check out the Enchanted Forest theme park in Salem. It’s is like a poor man’s Disneyland. It has a Matterhorn, Haunted Mansion, Old Western theme area. But the main attraction is, it has a dark ride called Challenge of MONDOR where you help a Gandolf knockoff save the dwarves from a Sauron knockoff.. with PISTOLS. I shit you not

[@SaltwaterTaft]

the queue for Guardians of the Galaxy is done up like a museum with dioramas, displays, little video interviews, great stuff. Rode it twice and felt that the line was going too fast to see it all both times

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

That Rocket animatronic was amazing. And I have no idea how they do the Walkman effect at the end. Absolute blast of a queue, coming from a Tower of Terror stan

[@juvefan154]

I love the idea of Johnny being the Harvey Dent of the group: always has a coin, ready to make some big decisions :)

[@benbarnes3260]

Not sure what my whole top 5 would be off the top of my head, but Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: Breakout would DEFINITELY be on there. That Rocket animatronic is so good

[@thorbahn3]

Pirates of Caribbean at Disney World has a good ride queue. You walk through a old fortress.

[@coelacamth]

From the midwest. Everyone calls soda, “pop”. Doesn’t weird or annoy me when people say soda, soda pop, or a coke. Another weird thing apparently?? Lollipops and suckers. From my experience we call the spherical tiny lollipops, like a Tootsie Pop for example, suckers. And lollipops are what we call the larger flat circle lollipops.

[@Chadodoy]

My wife and I love this podcast, please upload all of them Spotify :)

[@powerfulghost]

The queue for the simpsons ride is astonishingly bad. It's bad enough that they're just playing old clips (with a few ride-specific ones cut in), but the loop isn't even long enough-when the ride's busy, you see the same clips three or four times. The inside is also terribly executed, where you watch several more videos before you're allowed on the ride. Worst of all, you're now so used to the iconic style of the simpsons that the 3D renders for the ride look even worse (and they are very bad).

[@obscure.reference]

you guys should do one on the carousel of progress/innoventions. bums me out that they replace it with marvel/star wars stuff, it felt so integral to the tone/concept of tomorrowland. that secret room with all the oldschool stuff you guys said you visited reminded me of it, sucks that they hide the coolest things like that.

[@jordanpanzer8504]

Love that I watched this video right after I saw that Rocco did indeed make it onto the Star Wars Cruiser…

[@Dylanman99]

last time at disneyland, i saw a lil boy translating the messages on the walls of indiana jones with his mom. was so wholesome, made me happy and nostalgic. y'all were spot on with reversing time being more magical than progressing it

[@TheWisestWizards]

I'm cracking up at Kevin picking a hot dog stand as the worst line queue.

[@RxYouth]

Man synchronicities are crazy sometimes, I literally got on my computer and hovered over one of the dozens of video tabs open for a split sec before moving my cursor and thought it said Creepy Old Crypt, then I immediately thought "nah cant be, they havent uploaded in a bit and I would have remembered clicking on it, but hopefully they do soon," went back and double checked anyways and saw the video just ended with the word CREEPY, so I go to my subscriptions and this is like the 6th video in and the first thing I see. Stuff like that seems to be happening to me more and more as of late. Either way this looks like it'll be a good one, I love some of the themed aspects of queues and how they can be incorporated with the ride and hopefully they talk about some I'm not familiar with.

[@jonapello245]

seems Mega Strange

[@RxYouth]

@@jonapello245 indubitably!

[@dr_ryan_r]

I'd go 1. Rise of the Resistance 2. Indiana Jones 3. Tower of Terror 4. Mickey's Runaway Railroad 5. Harry Potter Honorable mentions Mario Kart, Haunted Mansion and Smuggler's Run. Picking just five is hard.

[@drew8079]

So I actually havent been on Peter Pan's flight in ages because of the line. (For clarification, the Florida version of the attraction.) I haven't gone in YEARS until very recently with my girlfriend when MK was open to 11. I didn't remember the queue being iconic scenes from the darling home, but the zig zag formation w/ that addition is really agonizing.

[@zachfakename3747]

Rocco I’m gonna be at Disneyland on the 12th I hope I see you there brother. Always love the stuff brother

[@ValcristRoda]

Growing up, my entire family called Soda "pop". I've changed what I call it now because people look at me like I'm an alien.

[@MusicFromAnotherTime]

I say soda, but my wife says pop. We're on the verge of divorce everytime we go out to eat.

[@MaryDan]

I’m Team Pop all the way! Sometimes I’ll say sodie to be a bit of a goof. One of my favorite queues is for a single joke: Muppets 3D for ‘a net full of jell-o.’ What can I say, I’m an Annette nut! I love the Men In Black: Alien Attack queue - the cheesy 60’s bait and switch going into MIB headquarters is super cool. I love seeing all the aliens! The old Test Track line was so boring to me as a non-car person. I haven’t been to WDW for a decade so I can’t say whether or not the Tron version is better. I’m going to Lost Island in Iowa with some friends at the end of the month - I hope there are some highlights there!

[@eltomservo5804]

I disagree on Soarin'. i think the worst is buzz lightyear. If you spend anymore than 30 mins in that queue listening to the siren and terrible music going off (and if you are lucky screaming kids), you'll be ready to beat that animatronic Buzz to death.

[@sdgaara2]

Actually kinda pissed none of you had that fuckin Cars ride on your worst lists. I stood in that thing for 3 hours in the California sun with no coverage and every time you think you’re about to make some progress, you turn a corner and see a million switchbacks. Not even anything cool to look at either, which is CRAZY since the rest of the land is so well done. Fuck that queue man. Never again.

[@Fromaginator]

As soon as I saw the title I tried to think of my favourite queue and same as Rocco's number one (no spoilers)

[@uniformoctober]

Usually when it sounds like a kid is being tortured at Disneyland it’s for the most minuscule thing you could not even imagine. My daughter blew out my eardrums at Disneyland last week because she couldn’t get the color lollipop she wanted ( she already had a bag full of them but she only likes the purple ones)

[@armpitpuncher]

I grew up in Washington state saying pop. At some point, I'm not sure when, I switched to saying soda because I just preferred the sound of it.

[@moldingthegalaxy]

Aside from obvious/frequent future episode suggestions like the other Disney World parks and Universal Orlando, episodes on 'Theme Park Festivals and Events', 'Game Days Experiences', and Adventure Land would be cool!

[@canids4401]

I thought I was a weirdo for caring about this exact topic. Thanks for another video!

[@dunchtimesnack]

Good queues for bad rides? A few queues come to mind, queues that are better than their rides: Race Thru New York w Fallon: Guests seem to enjoy the museum and the studio replica way more than the actual ride Transformers: I remember feeling so hyped to enter this universe and save the world with these characters because the queue is so energetic and engaging and yet the ride itself is just the worst version of Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man Mission Space: For kids who couldn’t attend space camp, this queue really feels like an interstellar mission and then the ride is such a disappointment

[@MrTooner101]

Forget to factor in non-Disney queues. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, E.T. Adventure, and Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge def deserved those mentions. My personal top 5 would be: 1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye 2. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance 3. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey 4. The Haunted Mansion 5. Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin *I've only experienced the single rider queue for MK: Bowser's Challenge

[@arcade-zero]

I'm surprised Knott's Beary Tales didn't make anyone's worst queue list. That's a fine enough ride, but the queue experience is the closest I've ever felt to being in hell on Earth

[@kennyholden9390]

My grandfather would always call it tonic. Miss you grampy

[@benos2023]

No, that old lady doesn't want you to feed you. She might be a witch.

[@onnieIND]

I'd love to see you guys do an episode on Legoland CA

[@Nupawru]

Incredible episode can't wait to watch it

[@SlavicGold]

episode on the star wars hotel will be legendary

[@RealHumanBean4U]

Knott's is definitely lacking in terms of ride queues.

[@acespaceboy]

Event food could be a good vid? Like the food and wine festival or some of the Epcot festivals.

[@Harotham]

Pop is a Pittsburgh thing, all my relatives used to say it

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

the soarin' queue is so fucking terrible, it feels like it's long by design. my dad is notoriously impatient and easily angered and that absolutely set him off. i think we even had *a delay* in the middle of the queue.

[@nazislam4066]

I like the opening Very mega64 Oh snap thats u guys!😊

[@Berserk-ei6be]

I really enjoyed this lol

[@panziei]

I need a top 10 worst theme park guests witnessed

[@MrMatrixman92]

Midway Manias line at california adventure is hell on earth

[@dasenase]

great ride queue, never rode it

[@zsrqpooha]

I spilled my hibiscus mint julip on one of those tables!

[@rohan_christopher]

I’m from Illinois and say pop, but I live in the south now and have never once heard anyone use coke as a generic term. All my friends from the south haven’t either. I’m convinced it’s made up

[@RocknGuitar14]

Any plans for a ghost town alive ep? We need a check in with sad eye joe

[@MartinRadio2]

cool

[@nulltrope]

I was always so pissed that Indiana Jones ride in Florida was just a show... the one in CA is way better

[@DangerMenace]

I love Kevin.

[@ethanwilliams1570]

“This is the future that we’ve earned”

[@N0kel]

The queue for the ride at Wizarding World that's inside Hogwarts is god tier

[@Kyogre_97]

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The queues for Gringotts and Hagrid's are great too.

[@SuperFr3q]

4/5 of the queue for Gringotts is a 2 hour switchback outside where only half of it is under a shaded roof. Nothing to look at outside besides the wall decorated to look like Gringotts. Once you're inside the bank, sure it's nice, but the majority of the time is spent standing outside the bank.

[@_skeevers]

I'm from the UK and we call all sodas "fizzy juice"

[@Rades99]

These monthly scheduled releases are getting longer and longer!

[@Rades99]

Also I'm from Australia and everyone only calls it soft drink

[@Rades99]

ALSO I feel that Jungle Cruise should've gotten an honourable mention with all its props/fake radio.

[@jjmini]

I keep thinking the thumbnail for this video is from REmake lmao

[@TheHipsterfuck]

Almost the entirety of Canada says 'pop'

[@francisconikotian2326]

I just dont understand why rides dont have seats or stuff to lean on, the worst line for me is Rip Ride Rockit in Universal, you have to leave every thing in the lockers, if you even have your keys on your pockets they make you go back and do that part of the line again, then you enter this 2 floor nightmre red maze with this horrible horrible mid 2000 flash animation characters saying the lines again and again to torture you. but the ride is awesome.

[@Astro]

Beauty and the Beast queue bro.

[@drew8079]

Also, just a second comment; but Soarin's line is equally shitty in Florida.

[@Ratspressoh]

Men call soft drinks POP

[@rancorprimegames]

We call it Pop in Canada

[@user-tv9wj7ld1j]

Rocco and Kevin are my friends

[@KidsWreckMovies]

I call it a zesty drink

[@burkedigital]

can I smoke here? edit: growing up in the upper midwest, it was always "pop"

[@KrisJoshJones]

Team Soft Drink!

[@222beanz]

Pop for sure but I’m from indiana lol

[@ryanbaconsizle9119]

Anyone who doesn't say just "soda" is a narc

[@stomach-turningthrush9432]

It's called soda.

[@_KevinLong]

#TeamSoda

[@hapahapahappy]

It's pop

[@WeCareAlot4693]

I say coke for everything. It's a southern thing

[@supertoaster44]

Roger Rabbit queue is great, love the lighting when you're in the back alley. Tower of Terror is definitely a top queue for me as well, love the theme of that one.