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DISNEYLAND RESORT · ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

Disney California Adventure

“golden hour, all day”

California, condensed and lit for golden hour — a boardwalk pier with a face on its wheel, a bear-shaped mountain with a river through it, and a neon canyon where the cars race two abreast.

Pixar Pal-A-Round
Icon · Pixar Pier

✦ cars land's cadillac range switches its neon on at dusk — stay for it

THE ANIMATED COLLECTION · 23 PIECES

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Pixar Pier

5
Incredicoaster
Coaster
A launch, a loop, and Jack-Jack in the tunnels.
Toy Story Midway Mania!
Dark ride
The midway blaster, boardwalk edition.
Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind
Spinner
Feelings, airborne.
Jumpin' Jellyfish
Drop tower
A gentle parachute bounce.

Cars Land

3
Radiator Springs Racers
Race track
Two cars, one canyon, neon finale.
Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters
Spinner
Trackless tire-dancing.
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
Spinner
Whiplash by tractor.

Grizzly Peak

3
Grizzly River Run
Raft ride
Around and through the bear — you will get wet.
Soarin' Across America
Dark ride
The hang-glider theater, coast to coast.
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Walkthrough
Rope bridges and ranger badges.

Avengers Campus

2
Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT!
Drop tower
The Collector's fortress, six random drop profiles, one raccoon.
WEB
WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure
Dark ride
Sling webs with your bare hands.

Hollywood Land

3
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
Dark ride
Boo's taxi ride home.
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Show
Donald loses the sorcerer's hat again.
Turtle Talk with Crush
Show
Duuude. It still works.

Paradise Gardens Park

5
The Little Mermaid — Ariel's Undersea Adventure
Dark ride
Under the sea in a clamshell.
Goofy's Sky School
Coaster
A wild mouse with a flight instructor.
Silly Symphony Swings
Spinner
The wave swinger over the bay.
Golden Zephyr
Spinner
Buck Rogers rockets, 1920s style.
World of Color
Show
The bay becomes the screen after dark.

Pacific Wharf

1
The Bakery Tour
Landmark
Follow the sourdough. Free sample included.
opened
February 8, 2001
districts
Seven
the icon
Pixar Pal-A-Round
my headliners
Racers · Incredicoaster · Soarin'

DCA is the comeback story: it opened rough in 2001, then Cars Land and the pier remade it into the resort's golden-hour park — the one you want at sunset with a churro.

Ride Radiator Springs Racers at dusk when the Cadillac Range neon comes on, then walk straight to the pier and let the wheel's face stare into your soul.

Every piece above is hand-drawn and animated — the wheel turns with its gondolas swinging upright, the racers run two abreast, the raft spins through the bear, and the spider-bots keep escaping across the card.

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