Helpful Identification Guide

[captain_slinky]

ONCE AGAIN, I am outraged by the amount of "Disneyland Expert" apps and websites that use a picture of the castle at Disney World as their main image. As I said recently over on Facebook, it's like the difference between Chinese and Japanese - YOU may not be able to tell the difference, but if you say we're going out for Chinese Food and you take me to a Sushi Restaurant? I'm gonna have to mock you.

"But Captain Slinky" I hear you asking, "How can I, an average person of minimal Disnowledge, tell the difference between the two castles?"

Here you go.

If you've just entered the park and passed through the tunnels below Main Street Station to find yourself on Main Street USA where you feel like you've been transported to a bustling turn-of-the-century town, and there in the distance, at the other end of the street, you see a man holding hands with... is that a mouse? ANd the man, he seems to be pointing to something... is that... oh my gosh, is that a castle? THAT'S DISNEYLAND.

If you've just entered the park and passed through the tunnels below Main Street Station to find yourself on Main Street USA and go HOLY CRAP THERE'S A GIANT CASTLE AND hey these buildings look kind of old-fashioned that's weird", THAT'S DISNEY WORLD.

Please feel free to print this out and keep it handy for your own personal reference :)

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

So, not knowing which of the two castles pictured above goes to which park, are you saying it is the scale of the castle that tells you which is which? I'm not clear on that. I can't tell which castle is larger since they are in different scales.

Why doesn't the man kill the mouse instead of holding its paw? Is he pointing because he is calling the shot where he is going to throw the mouse?

On a more serious note, I watched a few days ago something put out by Disney Parks that talked about some of the maintenance jobs and one of them was to put out mousetraps! Have we ever seen Bianca and Bernard in costume at the park?

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

I've been to Disneyland a total of 3 times. One of these days i'll go again; but first...New Zealand! I MUST see the Shire.

[aurora77]

Another distinguishing factor is that you can't go through the arch in Disney World. The inner section of the castle is in use by a restaurant. It looks like you could at one time, but not anymore. The castle interior is used by a restaurant now.

[dagna76.livejournal.com]

Tell em, Slinky!!