Whats bigger?

[FoxwithEars]

Hey does anyone know which park is bigger in square feet? MK or Disneyland? im just curious =)

 

[Mom2micayla]

I just did a quick google search and am seeing Disneyland park is 85 acres and Magic Kingdom is 107 acres. Can't say for sure that's completely accurate, but having been to both, WDW definitely feels larger.

 

[skiingfast]

I don't know the amounts off the top of my head but MK was built to be bigger in many ways. I think DL started at 67 and is now 85. It has had expansion outside of the railroad's loop in Toontown. Also POTC, Indy, Splash, SW are outside or the RR tracks, "The Berm"

MK is 107 but I don't know where that is mearsured from. Space, Splash and POTC straddle the RR track boundary.

I'm also not sure if the acreage include the facilities areas. DL's expansions had to move into those areas. While at MK they are set far apart from the park interior.

 

[Frenchmickey]

Hi,

Magic Kingdom is bigger than Disneyland :

MK : 4.660.812 Square feet (433000 square meters)
Disneyland Park : 3.982.680 Square feet (370000 square meters)

I hope to answer to your question

Frenchmickey

 

[FoxwithEars]

sweet answered my question thanks guys i appreciate it!

 

[HydroGuy]

FWIW, MK is bigger than DL no doubt about it. However, the surface area at DL does not tell the whole story. DL extends outside its surface perimeter for some of the key underground rides. Indiana Jones and POTC do this. I have always thought HM does too but some people dispute HM.

 

[skiingfast]

DL extends outside its surface perimeter for some of the key underground rides. Indiana Jones and POTC do this. I have always thought HM does too but some people dispute HM.

What do you mean by underground rides?

 

[HydroGuy]

What do you mean by underground rides?

I mean the rides are built mostly underground.

POTC and Indy (and HM, I believe) extend outside the park perimeter but underground. So the surface park perimeter is a bit misleading when looking at the DL size. It does not mean that DL is bigger than MK, but ot does mean DK is bigger than the surface perimeter.

 

[jlmarr]

FWIW, MK is bigger than DL no doubt about it. However, the surface area at DL does not tell the whole story. DL extends outside its surface perimeter for some of the key underground rides. Indiana Jones and POTC do this. I have always thought HM does too but some people dispute HM.

HM definitely has the actual ride building outside of the train tracks. The entire reason for the stretching room is so that you can descend below track level and walk out to the ride building. People are disputing that? (Note that in the stretching room in MK the ceiling actually rises and the guests enter and exit the room without changing elevation. The HM ride building is within the park perimeter at MK.)

 

[DoomBugger]

One of the things about MK is that they learned so much about logistics and space management from DL and it's limitations that with the open spaces of central Florida they were able to make allowances that were not possible whithin the confines of Anaheim.

MK makes more 'sense' with wider walkways and more space but for me part of the charm of DL is how it is dense and everything overlaps... there is so much creativivty in just the way it all fits together, and I love that!

 

[skiingfast]

One of the big differences is the ques. In DL all except a small part is outdoors. While in MK they are indoors of under a cover for rain.

The problem is when MK gets busy they open another section of maze in the building. When DL gets busy they add some maze on the walkway setting up stantions and ropes where guests once walked. This makes the once fluid walkays now crowded with guest missing a few feet of thurway here and there. This is the Fantasyland disaster.

 

[iKristin]

MK may be bigger...but DL has more rides so DL WINS!! YAY!! lol

 

[Gisele]

Hm.... just remember, that it isn't size that counts, but rather how you work it baby!

 

[DoomBugger]

Hm.... just remember, that it isn't size that counts, but rather how you work it baby!

That's what she (Gisele) said

 

[Albort]

hmm, Indy isnt really underground... The queue is kinda underground, like half underground but thats about it...

 

[Disney Dreams]

I mean the rides are built mostly underground.

POTC and Indy (and HM, I believe) extend outside the park perimeter but underground. So the surface park perimeter is a bit misleading when looking at the DL size. It does not mean that DL is bigger than MK, but ot does mean DK is bigger than the surface perimeter.

Just a point of clarification:
Indy isn't built underground. The line takes you under the railroad tracks (and therefore outside the original park footprint) to the ride building, but the ride is not underground.

- Dreams

 

[HydroGuy]

hmm, Indy isnt really underground... The queue is kinda underground, like half underground but thats about it...

Just a point of clarification:
Indy isn't built underground. The line takes you under the railroad tracks (and therefore outside the original park footprint) to the ride building, but the ride is not underground.

- Dreams

I stand corrected. First time for everything.

The Indy queue has always seemed definitely underground because when you are in the safety video room you can look up and see the Eeyore sign that was part of the original parking lot - if you have a flashlight.

My original point was that some DL rides go outside the park perimeter while I do not think any do at MK. So the acreage comparison is slightly misleading.

It also points up other differences between DL and MK. When Disney built MK they did build a better infrastructure as discussed by a PP. The underground tunnel system is better and actually allows them to always run parades in the same direction because they can get the parade floats back to the original starting point.

DL cannot do that and hence when a parade runs twice in one day it goes in opposite directions.

Also, the water table in Orlando is higher so it is more difficult for them to build too far underground without water incursion issues. Anaheim has a lower water table so they can build underground with fewer issues.

 

[Disney Dreams]

...My original point was that some DL rides go outside the park perimeter while I do not think any do at MK. So the acreage comparison is slightly misleading....

Completely agree.

 

[skiingfast]

Where would you guys say the park perimeter is?

In DLR it seems to be between Ball, Harbor, DL Drive and the old parking lot.
But in MK the railroad is a viable border or the canals.

Does it only include guest accessable areas?
Does it only include undevloped areas?

 

[HydroGuy]

Where would you guys say the park perimeter is?

In DLR it seems to be between Ball, Harbor, DL Drive and the old parking lot.
But in MK the railroad is a viable border or the canals.

Does it only include guest accessable areas?
Does it only include undevloped areas?

I have always understood it to be "the berm" or large built-up hill to block the view outside DL.