Let's throw some numbers around: 4-hour, 200 question exam on 44-process groups consisting of 500+ inputs, outputs, tools and techniques. Albeit difficult, getting the PMP certification was loads of fun and quite an enlightening experience.
Shortly before taking the PMP exam I was rather motivated by receiving the results that I had passed the test for PHP 5 Zend Certified Engineer, thus upgrading my PHP 4 cert. I am not sure if it was due to the different test or the 2.5 years of additional PHP-experience, but the ZCE for PHP 4 seemed like a much more challenging exam than the PHP 5 ZCE.