From:
http://www.mousebuzz.com/forum/trip-...tml#post711704
Let’s see..
As for as rides go…..
A lot are the same,
Splash Mountain is different but over all equal to the WDW version. Maybe a little bit wetter at DLR
Peter Pan in DLR is cooler because of the themeing, movement of the ride, and the flying through the stars scene of the ride (It is a simple thing but makes a big difference to me).
Indy Speedway(WDW) vs. Autopia(DLR)…..Autopia much better.
Nemo Subs (DLR) vs The Seas with Nemo and Friends(WDW) …….Subs are way cooler.
Monorail…..DLR takes you inside the Magic Kingdom …WDW is larger and has A/C….hard call here…..tie.
Train……With a extra stop in Tomorrowland and the Dioramas ….DLR’s is better
Haunted Mansion ….Once the referb is done at WDW the ride itself should be close to the same …….but the outside look, inside queue, and the first room (That is really an elevator which makes the stretching room effect feel really cool) Makes the DLR version much better.
Winnie the Pooh ….. I like the Hunny Pots better…WDW is much better
No
Country Bears at DLR anymore …replaced by Pooh…..Bad DLR bad.
Jungle Cruse ….. DLR guns seem to always work….been a while since I heard the WDW ones….DLR better……a little…..maybe
Small World……DLR is a stand alone building and loads outside……bigger is better…it is one of the 1964 Worlds Fair attractions as well.
Pirates of the Caribbean ……… DLR is longer with a few extra scenes and two drops……DLR is better.
Tiki Room……I like the original show better…DLR much better.
Buzz……DLR you can pick up the guns and the AA Buzz with the big Etch a Sketch makes it better over all.
Tower of Terror …..Better queue and more ride to story before you start to drop makes the WDW version much better.
Grizzly River Run (DLR) vs. Kali River Rapids (WDW) …more to the DLR ride. Faster and more rapidy….but no on ride storage for your stuff on the DLR version.
DLR has
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride (WDW has a Mr. Toad statue in the HM exit Grave yard ..that’s just sad), Alice in Wonderland, and, for now, the 50th anniversary display and movie.
WDW has a lot more stuff over all.
DLR is small and intimate and you can get around it very quickly.
WDW is BIG and has A Lot more stuff.
Castle vs Castle……..Bigger is better……but DLR’s has a real draw bridge.
Fix up of DLR’s California Adventure will be a BIG help….
Screamin’ is a very good coaster…but the Amusement feel of the Pier sections is to me very un Disney.
As an DLR AP pass holder you get discounts just about everywhere by just showing your AP. I just got 50% of my room price for my next DLR trip by using the AP and had a great selection of rooms to choose from. You get at least 10% off you room at any time with your DLR AP. Adult DLR AP’s cost $379
I have never been able to get an AP discount room, that I wanted, using my WDW AP, even when trying the morning the discounts come out. But I have only tried to get these discounts for the monorail resorts and was offered other resorts at the discount.
The DLR AP is plastic, not paper like the WDW AP's, and the DLR AP's have your picture on the back.
Walt’s Apartment at DLR.
What I think....time for a short trip up to a week = DLR....time for a week or more = WDW
but do both if you can an see for yourself.
Walt spent a lot of time in the DLR Magic Kingdom…….sadly none in WDW
……..Both are Great and special in there own way……They are not clones of one another and though a trip to DLR does not have to be as long as a trip to WDW to see everything, it is without a doubt, worth the trip.