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Disney California Adventure
File:Disney California Adventure logo.png
LocationDisneyland Resort, Anaheim,  California,  United States
OpenedFebruary 8, 2001
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Operated byWalt Disney Parks and Resorts
ThemeCalifornia
WebsiteDisneyland Resort Homepage
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Disney California Adventure is a theme park in Anaheim, California and one of two theme parks comprising the Disneyland Resort (with the original Disneyland Park being the other). It opened on February 8, 2001 as Disney's California Adventure Park, with its name change (the removal of the possessive and the word Park) announced on May 28, 2010.[1] The park is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of the Walt Disney Company.

The 67 acre Disney theme park - built during the 'Disney Decade', a growth initiative of former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner - was designed as part of a major expansion that transformed the Disneyland area and its hotels into the Disneyland Resort. Whereas the original 85 acre Disneyland Park contains eight themed "lands," Disney California Adventure is divided into eight themed "districts": Buena Vista Street, Hollywood Land, Grizzly Peak, Pacific Wharf, "A Bugs Land," Cars Land, Condor Flats, and Paradise Pier. Each district is meant to resemble various aspects of Californian culture and landmarks, both stylized and idealized.[2]

In October 2007, the Walt Disney Company announced a $1.1 billion re-construction of the park (against its initial $600 million price to build) to counter initial criticisms that the park lacked the immersion, character experience, and timelessness of Disneyland Park.[3] As a result of the initiative, each district was re-imagined to transform the park from a veritable spoof of modern California culture to a romanticized, idealized version of the state exploring specific time-periods and historic settings. For example, the park's Paradise Pier (originally a modern, seaside carnival-style wharf with comedic midway games and rides like Maliboomer and Mulholland Madness) was re-themed to a Victorian Era pier with flashing incandescent lightbulbs, classic midway games with Disney character references, and the Toy Story Midway Mania interactive attraction. The ambitious re-construction project began in December 2007, and will be completed on June 14, 2012.[4]

In 2010, the park attracted approximately 6.28 million guests, making it the 11th-most visited theme park in the world, its highest ever attendance total for a calendar year.

Dedication

To all who believe in the power of dreams, welcome. Disney's California Adventure opens its golden gates to you. Here we pay tribute to the dreamers of the past: the native people, explorers, immigrants, aviators, entrepreneurs and entertainers who built the Golden State. And we salute a new generation of dreamers who are creating the wonders of tomorrow, from the silver screen to the computer screen, from the fertile farmlands to the far reaches of space. Disney's California Adventure celebrates the richness and the diversity of California... its land, its people, its spirit and, above all, the dreams that it continues to inspire.

— Michael Eisner, February 8, 2001

Concept and construction

See also: Disneyland Park: Park becomes Resort, Disneyland Resort: Planning an expansion, and List of never built Disney attractions

In 1991, Disney announced the plan to build a second gate in Anaheim, WestCOT, a west coast iteration of Epcot, in place of the existing Disneyland main parking lot,[5] but due to various reasons the project was canceled in 1995, which led to the idea of Disney's California Adventure (DCA), a park to celebrate and pay tribute to California, providing a similar experience to stepping inside a California postcard. DCA was part of the plan to expand the one park property and convert it into a greater, multi-day vacation resort destination which would be able to appeal to a greater audience - similar to Walt Disney World resort.

The construction of DCA began in 1998, as part of the Disneyland Resort expansion project which included the new theme park, the Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, Downtown Disney, and the renovation of the Disneyland Hotel and the Paradise Pier Hotel, and was completed in 2001. DCA occupies the site of the former parking lot for 5,000 vehicles, and parking is now provided in the multi-level "Mickey and Friends" parking structure, giving space for more than 10,000 vehicles.[6]

Timeline

1990-1999
  • 1991: The Walt Disney Company announces plans to build WestCOT.
  • 1995: WestCOT plans are scrapped and Disney instead announces plans for a California-themed park.
  • 1998: Construction begins on Disney's California Adventure.
2000-2009
2010-present

Park layout

Buena Vista Street

File:Buenavistastreet.jpg
Buena Vista Street
Main article: Buena Vista Street

Buena Vista street is the first "themed district" inside the main entrance of the California Adventure Park. Guests enter Buena Vista street through the park's main entrance gate, which resembles the landmark Pan-Pacific Auditorium. Buena Vista Street, which takes its name from the Burbank street on which the Walt Disney Studios are located, leads guests into the park in an immersive recreation of early 1920s Los Angeles when Walt Disney first arrived with Mission and Art Deco facades housing shops and restaurants.[4] A recreation of Carthay Circle Theater, which showcased the world premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 sits at the end of Buena Vista Street serving as the visual anchor for the district. Red Car Trolleys travel from the entry, up Buena Vista Street to Carthay Circle, then down Hollywood Boulevard towards the Tower of Terror. Buena Vista Street is currently under construction, and will open to the public on June 15, 2012.[9]

Paradise Pier

View of Paradise Pier from Paradise Park
Main article: Paradise Pier

Paradise Pier is themed to directly resemble a Victorian-era California boardwalk. It is an idealized and romanticized version of popular coastal boardwalks such as the Santa Monica Pier and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. The district's attractions, such as California Screamin’ (a launched steel roller coaster built to appear as a classic wooden coaster) resemble the timeless amusement park rides found at many boardwalks. Toy Story Midway Mania! is an interactive 3D attraction inspired by classic midway games. Mickey's Fun Wheel is a 160-foot (49 m)-tall Ferris wheel overlooking Paradise Bay, a large body of water that dominates the Paradise Pier area. A hydrotechnic show, World of Color is performed nightly on the waters of Paradise Bay (using fountains, projection, and flame effects) and showcases a series of vignettes from numerous Disney and Pixar films.

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure opened in 2011, and is a classic audio-animatronic based dark-ride. It is based on the animated motion picture The Little Mermaid. Paradise Pier also features Goofy's Sky School, a typical Wild Mouse roller coaster based on the 1940 animated Disney Short Goofy's Glider. As well, a wave swinger swing ride entitled Mickey's Silly Symphony Swings is based on Disney's The Band Concert short. King Triton's Carousel of the Sea is another fun and innovative ride in the Paradise Pier district, it's a classic merry-go-round surrounded by fan fountains that features sea creatures (sea lions, sea horses, dolphins, and whales) in place of traditional horses.

The Paradise Garden Grille and the Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta are two classic Victorian restaurants in the Paradise Pier district that are connected by an outdoor, shaded seating area built around a gazebo in which bands play daily.

Golden State

Soarin' over California

Golden State represents California’s rich history, from the gold rush days, to the beautiful natural wonders, to its aeronautical achievements.

Condor Flats

Condor Flats is themed after an airfield in tribute to California's pilots and engineers from the 1940s to the mid-1960s. The district's retaining walls are made up of old railroad ties, and World War II runways. The featured attraction of the area is Soarin' Over California, a ride that simulates a hang glider tour of California. Condor Flats also contains the Taste Pilot's Grill counter service restaurant, a shop, a water play area with a giant rocket jet that sprays mist, and Minnie's Fly Girls Show, featuring Minnie Mouse. The number 47 is hidden in various places as a reference to 1947, the year the sound barrier was broken. Also, the clock on the Fly 'N Buy Souvenir Shop is stopped at the exact time the sound barrier was broken on Oct 14, 1947 by Chuck Yeager.

Pacific Wharf

Pacific Wharf

Pacific Wharf is based on Monterey's Cannery Row area, especially as depicted in John Steinbeck's novels, and also resembles San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. This area includes the Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill, Pacific Wharf Cafe, and The Lucky Fortune Cookery Chinese restaurant, along with a Karl Strauss beer truck and a margarita stand. The area also features the Ghirardelli chocolate factory built to resemble the iconic San Francisco chocolate factory. The area also contains the Boudin Bakery Tour, which is a tour of the sourdough bread making process with Rosie O'Donnell and Colin Mochrie as video tour guides. The area is also home to the Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar, which opened in October 2008. Blue Sky Cellar is an attraction that displays the construction projects currently being worked on in California Adventure park. The Blue Sky Cellar exhibits will be rotated every few months until June 2012, when the major park improvement project is scheduled to be finished. It is unclear if the attraction will remain after the completion of the expansion.

Grizzly Peak

Main article: Grizzly Peak Recreation Area

Grizzly Peak Recreation Area is themed to California's wilderness and national parks with particular references to Yosemite and Redwood national parks. The main attraction of the district is Grizzly River Run, a fast-paced river rapids ride around Grizzly Peak, the park's icon. Nearby is the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail; an interactive playground area, which also includes a show featuring characters from Disney Pixar's 'Up!'. A special entrance to Disney's Grand Californian Hotel is also located in this area, used exclusively by hotel guests.

Hollywood Land

Main article: Hollywood Land

Hollywood Land is an area styled to appear as an active movie studio backlot, with Hollywood, television, and movie-themed attractions. A version of the Tower of Terror attraction from Disney's Hollywood Studios opened in Hollywood Land in 2004. The Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! attraction is also featured in the Hollywood Land district, the ride is based on the characters from Monsters, Inc.;. The 2000-seat Hyperion Theater located in the heart of Hollywood Land currently plays host to Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular. Disney Junior is currently held in Hollywood Land as well, it opened on March 25, 2011 and features "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" in the show.

Also featured since the park's opening is Muppet Vision 3-D, a show that also originated at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Both the Tower of Terror and Muppet Vision 3-D benefited from the many advances and new technology made available to the Imagineers since their original incarnations opened in Florida. This allowed the DCA versions to be technologically superior in certain aspects. The Hollywood Land bathroom area is in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer House, located in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles. The stamped concrete structure is typical of Wright's pioneering design.

"a bug's land"

Main article: a bug's land
Fliks Flyers

"a bug's land" is seen from the point of view of a bug, and the character of "Flik" from a bug's life. Oversized human items and foodstuffs are scattered around the land. This land features flik's fun fair (a collection of themed, family and child-friendly attractions such as Fliks Flyers, Francis' Ladybug Boogie, Tuck & Roll's Drive 'em Buggies, Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and Dot's Puddle Park) and it's tough to be a bug!, a 3D film based on the Disney-Pixar film a bug's life. The land opened as the park's first expansion in 2002 to expand the park's family-friendly attractions.

Cars Land

Main article: Cars Land
File:CarsLand.jpg
Concept art of Radiator Springs Racers, the main attraction being constructed in Cars Land

Cars Land is a new land that spans 12 acres (49,000 m2) and contains three attractions. The largest attraction, Radiator Springs Racers, is a dark ride that utilizes the technology of Epcot's Test Track. Based on Pixar's Cars films, the ride begins with a race briefing from Lightning McQueen and ends with an outdoor side-by-side dueling race to the Wheel Well Motel. With a budget at an estimated US$200 million, it's the most expensive theme park ride ever built.[10]

The other two attractions at Cars Land are family attractions with smaller height requirements: Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, a tea-cup-like attraction; and Luigi's Flying Tires, which is similar to the 1960s Tomorrowland Flying Saucers ride. Cars Land also features a life-size model of Radiator Springs and several dining and shopping venues.

Cars Land will also serves as a connection between the Golden State and Hollywood Land, eliminating the awkward dead end at the foot of the Tower of Terror attraction. Cars Land is currently under construction and will open to the public on June 15, 2012.[9]

Live entertainment

Characters

Many Disney characters can be found throughout the park, greeting visitors, interacting with children, and posing for photos. Some characters have specific areas where they are scheduled to appear, but can be found wandering as well.

World of Color

Main article: World of Color

World of Color is a new nighttime show at Disney California Adventure that was designed by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment. This show has more than 1200 fountains and includes lasers, lights, and fire with high-definition projections on mist screens similar to the ones used in Fantasmic! at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

ElecTRONica

Main article: ElecTRONica

ElecTRONica is an interactive nighttime dance party based on Disney's Tron film and videogame series and is located in the Hollywoodland district. It is considered a similar experience to Glow Fest, which was staged in the same area in summer 2010, but this party is themed to Disney's Tron films, Tron and Tron: Legacy. ElecTRONica features lights, music, projections, merchandise kiosk stands, and a replica of 'Flynn's Arcade' as seen in the Tron films . Past performances from live DJs include: Giang Star (Fridays), Michael Paul (Saturdays), Adam Auburn (Sundays) and Josh Billings. The ElecTRONica show started on October 8, 2010, and will run until April 15, 2012. ElecTRONica will be replaced by a new nighttime event called the Mad T Party in June 2012. The Mad T Party will be filling the streets of the Hollywood Land district with two stages, a lounge and an interactive game area. The Mad T Party nighttime event will be based on the Tim Burton film version of Alice in Wonderland.

Pixar Play Parade

Pixar Play Parade is a parade featuring floats and characters based on Disney-Pixar films such as Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. In a first for the Disneyland Resort, the floats feature small water jets that shoot water into the crowd of spectators. The music used in the parade is derived from Hong Kong Disneyland's Mickey's WaterWorks Parade, both having the same tunes with changes in lyrics. Due to the massive construction in the park, the parade has been on hiatus since January 2011. It is expected to return in Summer 2012.

Former Entertainment

  • Eureka![11] (Parade)
  • Disney's Electrical Parade[12]

Initial lack of success

Disney’s California Adventure was expected to draw large crowds when opened in 2001. On January 14, 2001, a Los Angeles Times article titled "The most Jam-Packed Theme Park on Earth?" stated, "Senior Disney officials acknowledge that there will be days when California Adventure will have to turn patrons away, particularly in the first weeks after the park opens, during spring break and again in the summer." The actual 2001 attendance was substantially less than Disney expected.[13]

Various reasons for this have been suggested:

  • Bad word-of-mouth from early visitors discouraged future visitors, stating the park was lacking in Disney-quality attractions.[14]
  • Hollywood Pictures Backlot had lack of focus on the restaurants, shops and attractions.
  • Lack of rides for young children.
  • The park's Californian theme was criticized as being redundant, seeing as the park itself was located in the same state it represented. Various tourist attractions and landmarks emulated by the park (such as the real Hollywood, the Hollywood sign, piers, mountains, and beaches) were located less than an hour away from the park.
  • Disney California Adventure does not have a park berm to separate the park from the surrounding neighborhoods. The berm in Disneyland Park uses trees and earthen mounds to build a physical barrier around the park so that structures external to the park cannot be seen, thus encompassing guests in the setting. At Disney California Adventure, nearby hotels, power lines, and radio towers are visible, thus reducing the "realism" and immersion in the park.
  • Fans criticized the Paradise Pier area of the park because many of the attractions in this area were generic rides that guests would not expect to find at a Disney park. Fans quickly voiced the irony that Walt Disney had created the neighboring Disneyland largely to provide a theme park experience unlike boardwalk piers and amusement parks of the era, wanting to create a park where the entire family could enjoy themselves and be immersed in storytelling and adventure.
  • With an estimated price tag of $600 million, the park was criticized for being built "on the cheap", with a small number of attractions and minimal theming.[15] The same year that Disney California Adventure opened, Tokyo Disney Resort opened Tokyo DisneySea, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful and immersive theme parks on Earth. (Note that Tokyo Disney Resort and thus, Tokyo DisneySea park, is not owned by The Walt Disney Company and thus is not dependent on a provided budget the way Disney California Adventure was).
  • Many guests complained that a single-day admission ticket to Disney's California Adventure cost the same as a single day admission ticket to Disneyland Park, yet contained fewer attractions, shows and entertainment for the price.[16]
  • According to a December 13, 2010, article in the Los Angeles Times, "DCA's extreme makeover was necessitated by the on-the-cheap, off-the-shelf nature of the nearly decade-old theme park that even Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger now calls 'mediocre'."[17]

Disney's chief executive officer Robert Iger went on record during the company's annual stockholder meeting on March 10, 2006 when someone asked about a potential third park being built in Anaheim. "We're still working to assure the second gate is successful", Iger said, referring to California Adventure. "In the spirit of candor, we have been challenged."[18]

Re-engineering and expansion plan

On October 17, 2007, The Walt Disney Company announced a multi-year, $1.1 billion expansion plan for Disney's California Adventure Park.[19] Current plans for the renovation and expansion are on display for park visitors inside the Blue Sky Cellar at the Golden Vine Winery. Disney listened to the public and several of the attractions which drew criticism from the public will be removed in the multi-year, multi-billion dollar redesign and expansion of Disney's California Adventure. Other rides will be redesigned or replaced with a larger focus on Disney characters and stories. On May 28, 2010, it was announced through the Disney Parks Blog that the park would also be receiving a slight name change, to Disney California Adventure, as well as a new logo. The new name took effect on June 11, 2010, appearing on park maps and banners, but was first used in a commercial promoting World of Color a few days prior. World of Color premiered on June 11, 2010, as part of Disney's Summer Nightastic.[1]

Buena Vista Street Expansion

The park's entrance sequence underwent major reconstruction and re-themed the postcard themed entry with its CALIFORNIA letters, mosaic tile murals, Golden Gate Bridge, and Sunshine Plaza.

The park's main entrance gate, which opened on July 15, 2011, moved outward to where the postcard letters previously stood and is similar to the entrance at Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida, with a design resembling the landmark Pan-Pacific Auditorium. Buena Vista Street, which takes its name from the Burbank street on which the Walt Disney Studios are located, now lead guests into the park in an immersive recreation of early 1920s Los Angeles when Walt Disney first arrived with Mission and Art Deco facades housing shops and restaurants, and period specific theming.[4] The Golden Gate Bridge replica has been removed and replaced by a simple arched bridge. A recreation of Carthay Circle Theater, which showcased the world premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 now sits at the end of Buena Vista Street serving as the visual anchor. Red Car Trolleys now travel from the entry, up Buena Vista Street to Carthay Circle, then down Hollywood Boulevard towards the Tower of Terror. Construction of Buena Vista Street began in the fall of 2010 and is planned to open in June 2012.

Hollywood Land Expansion

Hollywood Pictures Backlot was renamed Hollywood Land representing the Golden Age of Hollywood of the early 1930s. The popular kids and family stage show Playhouse Disney Live on Stage, which received a minor retheme of its exterior, was updated with new shows and renamed to "Disney Junior: Live on Stage" (also the building that it occupies was renamed to The Walt Disney Theater). Red Car Trolleys from Buena Vista Street now travel through the land.[citation needed]

Cars Land Expansion

Main article: Cars Land

Cars Land is a new area scheduled to open in June 2012. Construction began in July 2009 on the site of what was once the Timon parking lot behind the Tower of Terror attraction.

When opened, Cars Land will span 12 acres (49,000 m2) and contain three attractions. The largest attraction, Radiator Springs Racers, will be a dark ride utilizing the technology of Epcot's Test Track. Based on Pixar's Cars films, the ride will begin with a race briefing from Lightning McQueen and end with an outdoor side-by-side dueling race to the Wheel Well Motel. Some elements reported to be featured as road details in the attraction are switchbacks, tunnels, bridges, waterfalls and banked turns. With a budget at an estimated US$200 million, it will be among the most expensive theme park rides ever built.[10]

The other two attractions are going to be smaller family attractions with smaller height requirements: Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, a tea-cup-like whip attraction; and Luigi's Flying Tires, which will be similar to the 1960s Tomorrowland Flying Saucers ride. Cars Land will also feature a life-size model of Radiator Springs and several dining and shopping venues.

Cars Land will also serve as a connection between the Golden State and Hollywood Pictures Backlot lands.

Paradise Pier Expansion

Toy Story Midway Mania! in Paradise Pier underneath California Screamin'

Paradise Pier was rethemed into a romantic Victorian-style boardwalk.[citation needed] The changes began with the opening of Toy Story Midway Mania! on June 17, 2008.[20]

The Sun Wheel was closed to be rethemed into Mickey's Fun Wheel, as the wheel was repainted and the sun face was removed. The new face of the 1930s era "pie-eyed" Mickey Mouse was placed on the wheel on April 14, 2009. The ride reopened on May 8, 2009. The Mickey Mouse face on California Screamin' was replaced with a sunburst and Paradise Pier logo. Another E-ticket attraction, a launch tower by the name of Maliboomer, closed on September 7, 2010, as part of the overhaul.

The entrance for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure

The Orange Stinger closed on July 14, 2009, and was rethemed as Silly Symphony Swings, based on Walt Disney's classic cartoon, "The Band Concert". Conductor Mickey Mouse stands on top of the tower moving around with the music. Silly Symphony Swings opened on May 28, 2010. Mulholland Madness closed on October 12, 2010 for its transformation into Goofy’s Sky School, based on Walt Disney's short film "Goofy's Glider"; the ride reopened on July 1, 2011. Paradise Bay is now the home to the new nighttime spectacular World of Color, now playing on select nights during the week. A new, bayfront, 6,000-person standing-room-only viewing area has been added to accommodate viewers.

Also included in this re-theming was the re-imagined midway games, which opened on April 7, 2009, and on July 1, 2011, Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Burger Invasion were re-themed into Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta and Paradise Garden Grill. A themed beer and pretzel hut also opened across from Paradise Gardens on July 1, 2011. Golden Dreams was closed and replaced with an attraction named The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure. Paradise Pier's re-imagining was completed in July 2011, coinciding with the 10th Anniversary of Disney California Adventure.

By early April 2010, Paradise Park viewing area had opened, and was accompanied by an all new music loop, featuring early 1920s-style music, to reflect the theme of the Pier.[21]

Golden State Expansion

The Golden State area will see the addition of several new restaurants based on California's farmland and heritage. California-themed food and wine festivals will take place in this area of the park. The Seasons of the Vine attraction was (closed in March 2008) by Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar. The new attraction opened in late October 2008 and showcases future additions to the park. There have also been a "placemaking" re-theme for the Grizzly River Run attraction replacing the contemporary extreme sports elements with older equipment aiming for a 1950s-era National Park feeling.

See also

References

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