Flame Wars: OS calls out Disneyland

The Orlando Sentinel has thrown down the guantlet. In an article today, an Orlando Sentinel editor posted several reasons why he feels Walt Disney World is superior to Disneyland. There's just one twist: the article is comparing the parks based on qualities required to make a successful basketball team.

Check out an excerpt below and click through to read the full article.

Height: Consider the park icons: the castles. Disneyland's short and rather squat Sleeping Beauty Castle is 77 feet tall. Disney World's graceful, soaring Cinderella Castle reaches a lofty 189 feet. No contest there.

Speed: The fastest ride at Disneyland is considered to be the logs on the Splash Mountain flume. They can hit about 40 mph as they drop into the briar patch. Well, Disney World has Splash Mountain too. Oh yeah, and a little ride called Test Track -- that hits speeds more than 60 mph.

Endurance: If you want to measure endurance by walking, Orlando wins hands (and tired feet) down. Just look at the relative sizes of the Magic Kingdoms alone: At Disneyland, 85 acres. In Florida, 107 acres. In terms of mental endurance, well, it's a tossup:  The duration of the "it's a small world" boat ride is roughly the same in each park.

Fans: The numbers don't lie. Estimates say roughly 17 million guests clicked through the turnstiles at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 2008. Disneyland drew just 14.7 million.