Disney's California Adventure



Hollywood Pictures Backlot




"Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage!"        
       
Your Favorite Playhouse Disney Characters Performing!
Bear, Olie, Stanley and more of your Playhouse Disney friends invite you to sing and dance with them in their new stage show!
Fun-filled musical revue
20 -minute interactive show, featuring characters from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House and Rolie Polie Olie.
Check show information for the dates that you plan to visit by clicking Calendar.
See and learn how to do the "Bear Cha Cha Cha"
Children of all ages are invited to sing and dance.
Entertainment Type: Stage Show

Disney Animation 

A walk through behind the scenes look at Disney Animation. Tha Animation building is not an actual working studio, therefore the attraction does not have artists working on real animations like it's counterpart at MGM Studios Florida. It will take about an hour to do everything inside.

"Disney's Alladin-A Musical Spectacular" at Hyperion Theater
                                  
A 2000 seat theater for live productions based on Disney animated films and characters. Make sure to check your guide for times and shows. Sometimes at night the theater is used for for separate admission concerts and special events.

Muppet Vision 3-D FASTPASS  

A 3-D Muppet movie with special effects. Note: Loud special effects may frighten small children.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror FASTPASS 

The Tower Of Terror offers the same adrenalin-producing rise up 13 stories of an abandoned hotel elevator shaft and the same thrilling plummet back down.


The Hollywood Backlot Stage
Catch Live Performances on this outdoor stage.


"a bug's land"


Still within a section of the Golden State this part was built due to the overwhelming complaint's of not enough things for the kiddies to do. This section basically adds Flik's Fun Fair to the already existing Bountiful Valley Demonstration Farm and It's Tough to be a Bug!

Flik's Fun Fair

A childrens play area themed to A Bugs Life animated movie. The idea here is to make you look at the world as if you were the size of a bug with oversized blades of grass, huge slides that resemble garden hoses, and a giant ant hill. There are also a handful of kiddie rides such as Flik's Flyers, Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies, Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and Francis's Ladybug Boogie.

It's Tough to Be a Bug! FASTPASS
A 3-D movie themed after A Bug's Life Movie with great Special Effects. Note: Will frighten small children.

Flik's Flyers
Soar through the sky in a hot air balloon made of leaves!

Francis' Ladybug Boogie
Take a spin on a ladybug's back!

Heimlich's Chew Chew Train
Ride along in search of caterpillar snacks!

Princess Dot Puddle Park
Splash around a gigantic faucet!

Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies
Bump around under an umbrella big top!


Golden State

Condor Flats

Soarin' over California FASTPASS

An incredible simulator ride where you take a ride on a hang glider through the skies of California in some amazing IMAX images. Duration of ride about 4 and a half minutes. Note: you must be 40 inches tall to ride. Child swap available.

Grizzly Peak Recreaton Area

Golden Vine Winery
An exhibit promoting wine production in California with a short film. Duration of film about 8 minutes.

Grizzly River Run FASTPASS  

A white water raft ride through a huge mountain shaped like the head of a bear. Jump aboard this round raft that seats up to eight people and begin to float free until the current begins to pich up and the ride really gets going. Hold on and did I mention YOU WILL GET WET! Duration of ride about 6 minutes.

Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
A large playground with a maze of rope bridges and log towers. Let the kids go wild.

The Bay Area

Golden Dreams
A film about the history of California narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Presentation duration about 17 minutes.

Golden Vine Winery

Seasons of the Vine
Presented by Robert Mondavi Celebrate California's wine country with the "Seasons of the Vine" presentation.

Pacific Wharf

Mission Tortilla Factory
Hosted by Mission Foods, take a behind-the-scenes look at tortilla production.

The Bakery Tour
Hosted by Boudin Bakery, watch as bakers create fresh sourdough bread before your eyes.




Paradise Pier

California Screamin' FASTPASS

A huge rollercoaster that was built to look like an old wooden coaster but actually is a modern steel coaster which starts off by launching you up the first hill from 0 to 55 miles an hour in seconds. This is no kiddie coaster, you have been warned. Duration of ride about 2 and a half minutes. Note: you must be 48 inches tall to ride. Baby swap is available.

Golden Zephyr

This open cockpit blimp which looks more like a rocket spins you around a central axis. Each rocket seats about 12 people. The ride cannot operate on windy days.
Duration of ride about 2 and a half minutes.

Jumpin' Jellyfish

A Parachute ride which lifts you off the ground by a cable, when it reaches the top it releases and gently parachutes you to the ground. Duration of ride about 45 seconds. Note: you must be 40 inches tall to ride. Another ride which cannot operate on windy days.

King Triton's Carrousel

A merry go round themed to underwater life such as dolphins, seals, and sea horses.
Duration of ride about 2 minutes.

Mailboomer
A vertical launch and free fall ride. Y ou start off sitting down and when you least expect it you are shot up high into the sky after reaching the top you free fall back to the ground. Duration of ride about 50 seconds. Note: you must be 52 inches tall to ride. Baby swapping available.

Mulholland Madness FASTPASS
A small Wild Mouse Rollercoaster themed to simulate a wild drive in the California freeway. Duration of ride about 2 minutes. Note: you must be 42 inches tall to ride. Baby swap available.

Orange Stinger

A large orange that encloses swings that look like bees. Primarily it a swing ride which spins around in circles. While in motion you will feel as if your feet will hit the surrounding orange a a large buzzing bee noise is heard throughout the ride. Duration of ride about 2 minutes. Note: you must be 48 inches tall to ride.

Sun Wheel

A huge 150 foot Ferris Wheel themed as the sun. Duration of ride about 2 minutes.

S.S. Rustworthy
A play area themed as a shipwreck surrounded by giant sea creatures like clams and starfish and fontains that randomly squirt and spray water.

Games of the Boardwalk
Try your luck and test your skill at these pay-to-play games.

Parades



DCA offers day and evening parades. The current day parade is called Disney's Eureka! - A California Parade featuring floats celebrating California with Disney Characters.
The evening parade is the old Main Street Electrical Parade from Disneyland Park which offers a stunning parade with floats and characters that light up in the dark with millions of tiny lights.

 
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