DLR vs. WDW
(Disney Land Resort) (Walt Disney World)
There isn't really animosity between the two parks, but there are some disagreement. Because DLR was the original, it has seen a lot more finer tuning over the years and was blessed with Walt's personal touch. Walt wasn't there for the completion of WDW so he didn't get the final say in what happened with it.
The two locations are set up for a completely different experience due to their limiting factors. Between its two parks, DLR probably couldn't hold more that 100,000 people; where as, WDW has 4 parks, a couple water parks, and some extracurricular activities to entertain more than 4 times that amount. So while WDW offers quantity they can get bombarded by all the work it takes to run a large ship leading to things that are very "cookie cutter" with expectations of handling mass exploitation. Not that this is a bad thing, it just happens to be the most efficient for their operation.
DLR, while unable to stretch its limbs in the over developed city of Anaheim, has to make up for quantity by compensating with quality. DLR is in a great location that sits within a dense population. With the amount of applications to the DLR every day, they can hire the cream of the crop. This fleet of cast members is polished and trained to add a warm welcome to any guest's DLR visit. DLR also sits just half an hour away from Hollywood. This is key when it comes to entertainment; it opens the DLR castings to the wonderful cesspool of young ambitious artist that want a chance to shine and the casting office loves new talent.
Other than the structure of the two, the general attitude of the people in terms of what they think is better for a theme park is grossly different. If you grow up on the west, you are subject to favor DLR, and the east to favor WDW, respectively. With that predetermined tip of the scale, it is easy to find fault in the other or be frustrated when the other location is different from the closer one which you have grown up with. If you really want to see a difference though, try visiting Disneyland Tokyo, it is not even owned by The Walt Disney Company. There are a lot of things about that park to make cast members at any of the other parks jealous.
-D.T.N.
(Disney Land Resort) (Walt Disney World)
There isn't really animosity between the two parks, but there are some disagreement. Because DLR was the original, it has seen a lot more finer tuning over the years and was blessed with Walt's personal touch. Walt wasn't there for the completion of WDW so he didn't get the final say in what happened with it.
The two locations are set up for a completely different experience due to their limiting factors. Between its two parks, DLR probably couldn't hold more that 100,000 people; where as, WDW has 4 parks, a couple water parks, and some extracurricular activities to entertain more than 4 times that amount. So while WDW offers quantity they can get bombarded by all the work it takes to run a large ship leading to things that are very "cookie cutter" with expectations of handling mass exploitation. Not that this is a bad thing, it just happens to be the most efficient for their operation.
DLR, while unable to stretch its limbs in the over developed city of Anaheim, has to make up for quantity by compensating with quality. DLR is in a great location that sits within a dense population. With the amount of applications to the DLR every day, they can hire the cream of the crop. This fleet of cast members is polished and trained to add a warm welcome to any guest's DLR visit. DLR also sits just half an hour away from Hollywood. This is key when it comes to entertainment; it opens the DLR castings to the wonderful cesspool of young ambitious artist that want a chance to shine and the casting office loves new talent.
Other than the structure of the two, the general attitude of the people in terms of what they think is better for a theme park is grossly different. If you grow up on the west, you are subject to favor DLR, and the east to favor WDW, respectively. With that predetermined tip of the scale, it is easy to find fault in the other or be frustrated when the other location is different from the closer one which you have grown up with. If you really want to see a difference though, try visiting Disneyland Tokyo, it is not even owned by The Walt Disney Company. There are a lot of things about that park to make cast members at any of the other parks jealous.
-D.T.N.
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i meesed you oh so much. i didnt tell you when you were here, but i think i couldnt sleep last night because I missed you too much..