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10. The Size It’s no mystery that Disney World is much bigger than Disneyland. In fact, it’s enormous. Perhaps the biggest clue is that it hosts twice as many parks as the California resort does. But even more mind-blowing is that it’s about as big as San Francisco, and twice the size of Manhattan! So you definitely can’t get away with calling it ...

9. The Lands Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios are the equivalents to California’s Disneyland Park and Adventure Park. You’ll find all the familiar lands at Magic Kingdom except for New Orleans Square, Critter Country and Mickey’s Toontown. For Disney’s Hollywood Studios, 2018 will see the arrival of Toy Story Land, but its California-counterpart will also soon host Pixar Pier, so ...

8. The Parks Disney World isn’t just home to Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios – it’s where you’ll also find Epcot and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park. This isn’t to say Disneyland is any less magical, but facts are facts. And while Disney World is bigger, at least your Disneyland bucket list won’t go to infinity and beyond and take ...

7. The Water Parks It’s not just under the sea where wetter is better, as Disney World has its own water parks, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park. That said, Disneyland is of course located in California, with the gorgeous Southern California beaches not too far away. And the resort’s hotels even have water slides ...

6. The Rides You’ll find many classic Disneyland rides at Disney World, such as Peter Pan’s Flight and Star Tours. But while each resort also boasts attractions that the other doesn’t, those which are seemingly-identical differ in some way too, even by name, like Disney World’s Toy Story Mania and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. You could say each resort ...

5. The Wildlife Disney’s Animal Kingdom doesn’t just feature animals from our planet, it’s also home to otherworldly ecosystem The World of Avatar, where you can take to Pandora’s skies on Avatar Flight of Passage and explore its rainforests on the Na’vi River Journey. Sadly, Disneyland doesn’t sport such attractions, but remember that the Florida heat is better-suited to wildlife ...

4. The Hotels With dozens of hotels, including Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas, there’s no shortage of places to stay at Disney World. But then it is a bigger resort, meaning Disneyland has the right number of hotels it needs. The California resort is the perfect size, and any more hotels – and even its own ...