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2. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

The other ride that comes with video is the crown jewel of Fantasyland. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train features a ride video with a much different tone. The music from the ride sets the tone as you re-live your interactions with the glorious Audio-Animatronic dwarfs. Halfway through the clip, the most famous song in Disney movie canon begins, and you witness a third person perspective of your time spent on the mine train.

The roller coaster’s ride photograph takes place at a more easily calculable time than most of the others listed here. It occurs just outside of the tunnel in a bright area. When you sit toward the front, you can see the camera from a distance. As such, you can pose for it more easily, even when you’re not a Disney veteran. Guests in the back are still in the tunnel, so it’s not as easy there, but you’ll be smiling so much from the ride at this moment that your picture will turn out amazing anyway.

1. Splash Mountain

This list features a sort of symmetry. It starts and ends the same way, with a boat splashing down into water. While Frozen Ever After is terrific in its own way, it can’t hold a candle to Splash Mountain, the ultimate in Disney ride photos.

Splash Mountain is what triggered or at least elevated the ride photo industry. Its infamous “Flash Mountain” pictures caused a stir. Even after Disney cleaned up Splash Mountain photography, removing any potential x-ratings, the media stir led to a hilarious outcome. Guests started to stage photographs, creating elaborate backstories that prove a picture truly is worth a thousand words.

In fact, the image above was purely organic. The complete strangers sitting behind us wanted to “do something,” and that’s what we all came up with on the fly. Sure, it's not the greatest, but there's a group of eight people from across the world united in that one moment. The next time you’re on the ride, make a new friend by taking an improvised ride photo! Then, you can all laugh together as you dry off and look at the various pictures, not just your own.

The greatness of Splash Mountain’s ride photos is such a certainty that virtually everyone reading this article knew what would win. Some of you probably skimmed down to the bottom to verify. A handful of Walt Disney World attractions create amazing on-ride photo ops. Some even have videos now. But nothing else can match the greatness of that perfect Splash Mountain picture.

 
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