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 DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK
Disney's California Adventure Park is a Disney theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland Park and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. It opened on February 8, 2001.
The park has a California theme -- the original proposal was to build a park sporting an experience similar to stepping inside a picturesque postcard. This concept spawned the idea for the park's entrance.
Just beyond the gates of the park, the Disneyland Monorail passes over a miniature Golden Gate Bridge; various areas of the park were designed to recreate different California landmarks.
The overall intention was to create a more adult-themed park than Disneyland, including faster, scarier rides; shows designed more for an adult audience; and a large number of restaurants. Unlike Disneyland Park, alcohol is served in California Adventure.
Disney's original plan was to build WestCOT, a west coast iteration of Epcot, upon land which was formerly Disneyland's parking lot. Disney's California Adventure Park was built on that land instead. Parking is now available in a space-saving multi-level parking structure a short distance away. The new parking structure is one of the largest in the world.
 PARK LAYOUT
• Paradise Pier
Paradise Pier is the part of the park that looks most impressive from a distance, thanks to its large and colorful rides. Divided out into two areas, the first a California boardwalk themed based on popular coastal boardwalks like the Santa Monica Pier or the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, with a very large ferris wheel (the Sun Wheel), a large roller coaster (California Screamin'), a big shot style attraction (Maliboomer), and the Orange Stinger (a classic swing spinner attraction within a themed shell that resembles an orange).
The second themed area of Paradise Pier is the Route 66 area, a desert road area that starts with Paradise Pier's crashed fireboat the S.S. rustworthy. Notable attractions are the Jumpin' Jellyfish, Golden Zephyr, and Mulholland Madness.
• Golden State
This "land" allows for guests to experience the Golden State of California as it is in real-life. It is further divided into three sub-lands (Condor Flats, Redwood Creek, and the Pacific Wharf). It features Golden Dreams a film about the history of California.
• Condor Flats
The aviation-themed area, Condor Flats features the flight simulator Soarin' over California simulated hang-glider ride. It is also a popular favorite for visitors.
• Grizzly Peak Recreational Area
A wilderness/forested area, Grizzly Peak Recreational Area features Grizzly River Run a fast-paced river rapids ride around Grizzly Peak, similar to other river rapids rides found in other local parks such as Knott's and Six Flags Magic Mountain. The Travel Channel claims Grizzly is currently the fastest, largest, and tallest rapids ride in the world. It has the record for the highest drop for this type of attraction, nearly 30 feet. Nearby is the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail; an interactive playground area and amphitheater featuring characters from Disney's Brother Bear as well as a special entrance to Disney's Grand Californian Hotel.
• Pacific Wharf
Pacific Wharf, based on Monterey's Cannery Row area, especially as depicted in John Steinbeck's novels (but also resembling San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf). Pacific Wharf contains a couple of restaurants, along with a beer truck and Margarita stand, plus a Mission tortilla factory (which features peep-shows on how tortillas were once made, and working corn and flour tortilla machines), and a Boudin sourdough bakery (which has nearly the entire bakery visible behind glass), with Rosie O'Donnell and Colin Mochrie as video tour guides.
• A Bug's Land
Featuring Flik's Fun Fair, It's Tough to be a Bug! and the Bountiful Valley Farm, based on the Disney-Pixar film A Bug's Life, opened in 2003, and offers kid-friendly rides sorely lacking from DCA's initial roster.
• Performance Corridor
The Performance Corridor is the primary parade route through the park, and as-built curves around Sunshine Plaza, passes the entrance to A Bug's Land and the Golden Vine Winery, past the Golden Dreams attraction, and halfway around the Paradise Pier water feature, exiting adjacent to California Screamin'. The Performance Corridor has hosted three major parades: Eureka! (opened with the park, now closed), Disney's Electrical Parade (currently operating) and "Block Party Bash" (currently operating).
DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK DEDICATION
"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)
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