Before alabasta, the arcs and their order just becomes a blur

I know some of them like arlong park, but I feel like it's not until alabasta that OP actually get's going. Before that, most episodes feels like something I'd watch when I was 6, back in 2000, after an episode of pokemon. So it's just a mish mash of whatever. Once you reach alabasta it's skypiea, water 7, eines lobby, aaaaall the heavy hitters. And it just keeps going.