![]() ![]() WDW is enormous! Its almost the size of San Francisco and nearly twice the size of Manhattan. Size – Another shocker for me was the difference in size between the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort. They may look very much the same to the naked eye, but trust me, grab a guide map on your way in so you can figure out how to move around the park. ![]() While the Magic Kingdom goes around almost in a circle around the Hub, Disneyland is full of narrow passages and dead ends. But really, that’s where the similarities end. There’s a Main Street USA, a castle, similar lands, etc. Boy, was I ever WRONG! At first glance, Disneyland looks a lot like the Magic Kingdom in WDW. I had studied the Disneyland map, read the Frommer’s guide from cover to cover a few times, and thought I had a good handle of what it would be like navigating Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom. So Similar, But SO Different – I had been to the Magic Kingdom literally hundreds of times. Here’s my spin on a Walt Disney World Fan’s Guide To Disneyland. If you consider yourself a big Disney and Walt Disney World fan but haven’t been to Disneyland, I’ll tell you why you need to go as soon as you can scrape the funds together. The sense of Disney history and nostalgia that you get from just walking up to the turnstiles gives me goosebumps right now as I’m writing this, 3000 miles away from the Disneyland esplanade. I was HOOKED all over again! Disneyland is the mecca for Disney fans. I took something like 20 trips to Walt Disney World between the ages of 12 and 25 (including working there for quite a bit) but didn’t get out to Disneyland until my wife and I took our honeymoon in 2008. I wanted to experience ALL there was in the Disney universe. But as soon as I got to the Magic Kingdom, I was hooked. ![]() The Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Sixers were all I ever thought about up until my first WDW trip in 1991. I was raised in Philadelphia and like most kids in my neighborhood, I was obsessed with sports (and I still am). I just really had no desire to go and see them. Sure, as a younger kid, I knew of Mickey Mouse, watched some of the old cartoons, and knew there were places called Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Contrary to what my blog posts and career may indicate, I didn’t really “grow up” on Disney. ![]()
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