5. Spaceship Earth, Epcot

Spaceship Earth© Disney

The most recognizable building in Epcot, Spaceship Earth is housed inside the 18-story geodesic sphere that visitors encounter when they first enter the park. But once you step inside, you get to take a journey — well, a dark ride journey, at least — through time, watching important breakthroughs in the history of communication.

It might sound dull, but it really isn't — with elaborately dressed scenes with audio-animatronic characters narrate your trip from the dawn of man all the way into the future... and all in a trip that takes only 15 minutes. How's that for time travel?

6. CinéMagique, Walt Disney Studios

Rather like the Great Movie Ride in Florida's Hollywood Studios, CinéMagique takes viewers through the history of cinema… but in its own unique way. While the film starts rolling, showing you moments from early cinema, an audience member’s phone rings — as he chats, the characters on the screen are frustrated by the interruption and, with a puff of smoke, he’s transported from the stage to the screen. From here forward, the audience member (now played by Martin Short) jumps from film clip to film clip. As he goes, he risks certain death to recover his cell phone (we've all been there) and even manages to win the affections of the leading lady.

If you visit the Paris parks, this unique show - you won't find its like anywhere else - is definitely worth checking out.

7. Star Tours, Disneyland Paris

Star Tours© Disney

I know what you're thinking: Star Tours is everywhere, isn't it? But the Paris park is the last place you'll find the original version of Star Tours, featuring hapless pilot Rex (voiced by Paul Reubens). Though the updated Star Tours: The Adventure Continues found at other parks features big improvements in ride technology - with 3D images and a mix-and-match story that makes each ride unique - it replaces Rex with C3PO.... and while we love C3PO, it’s hard not to miss poor, bumbling Rex.

Even though it shows its age, the original Star Tours is still a great experience - and a classic Disney attraction you can't find anywhere else.

8. Mystic Manor, Hong Kong Disneyland

Mystic Manor© Disney

Mystic Manor ostensibly fills the role of a Haunted Mansion at Hong Kong Disneyland... even though it differs greatly from the mansions present in other parks. For a start, Mystic Manor isn't haunted: you won't find a single ghost here, but you will find plenty of supernatural occurrences. Mystic Manor is the home of Lord Henry Mystic who is a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, an academic society of legendary explorers and adventurers.

The manor is a trackless dark ride — technology also used in Tokyo Disneyland's Pooh's Hunny Hunt — in which cars move independently instead of on a track, which makes every ride a bit different. As you tour the manor to examine the many artifacts Lord Mystic has collected over the years, his monkey, Albert, opens an enchanted music box. Don't expect scares here, but there's plenty of Disney magic as paintings, instruments, suits of armor, and other household items come to life with audio-animatronics and digital projections.

9. Journey to the Center of the Earth,Tokyo DisneySea

Journey to the Center of the Earth© Disney

Disney's international parks take a lot of cues from Jules Verne that you won't find at domestic parks (though the ballroom in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is home to the organ Captain Nemo uses in Disney's version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea). In Disneyland Paris you'll find Space Mountain: Mission 2, a version of Space Mountain that takes its cues from Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, while Tokyo DisneySea's Mysterious Island area features rides based on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Aboard this ride, you hop into a steam-powered car which sends you through a tunnel down to the center of the Earth. Expect to see a world unlike any you've encountered before... not all of which is entirely hospitable.

10. Pooh's Hunny Hunt, Tokyo Disneyland

Pooh's Hunny Hunt

Though the Pooh rides at most Disney parks are conventional dark rides, sending you winding down a fixed track past painted sets, Pooh's Hunny Hunt isn't the hum-drum trip through the Hundred Acre Woods you might expect. Instead, Tokyo's take on Pooh features a unique trackless system that sends riders on a unique path each time they ride, meaning no two rides are alike. Riders sit in cars stylized like honey pots which move through Hundred Acre Woods scenes — some of which will be familiar to those who have ridden other versions of the ride — with the random pathing allowing you to see and interact with different set elements each time you visit. Cars will move to music and even sometimes dance together.

The end result is one of Disney's most unusual attractions, and it's always worth a visit whether you're brand new to the ride or you've ridden it a hundred times... something that's confirmed by the ride's always-long queues.