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Special 'The Disney Beat' Podcast Episode

We have been running the Ultimate Disneyland Resort Tournament of Rides on our website and social media accounts. Over four days we had 62,055 votes covering 20 head to head matchups for the tournaments first round.

Today, we reveal the winners that will move on to Round Two next week.

My dear friends Myken Nunes and Marci Vernon join me to reveal our own picks in each matchup, before revealing the fans' choice.

A number of the bigger rides, (IE Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Incredicoaster, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission breakout, etc) got a bye in the first round and will pop up next week.

I will post all of the winners, along with the vote split, on TheDisInsider.com on Sunday January 16th. Voting for round 2 begins Monday January 17th at TheDisInsider.com, Twitter handles @SeanNyberg and @TheDisInsider, and both the Instagram and Facebook pages for The DisInsider.

We will be revealing the Round 2 winners next week here on The Disney Beat.

So check it out and hear which rides are moving to Round 2: Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Mark Twain Riverboat, Disneyland Railroad, Star Tours, Toy Story Midway Mania, Goofy's Sky School, Gadget's Go Coaster, Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin, Snow White, Peter Pan's Flight, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Sailing Ship Columbia, Grizzly River Run, Monster's Inc Mike and Sully to the Rescue, Soarin' Over California, Soarin' Around the World, Main Street Vehicles, Winnie the Pooh, Davey Crockett Canoes, Mad Tea Party, Finding Nemo Submarines, Autopia, Astro Orbitors, and more.