Disney California Adventure Park
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About Disney California Adventure Park
Disney California Adventure Park opened on 8 February 2001, directly opposite Disneyland Park. The park is all about California, Pixar and superheroes. You race through Cars Land, go on a mission in Avengers Campus and end the evening at the fountain show World of Color.
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What kind of park is it?
You enter via Buena Vista Street, the Los Angeles of the 1920s as Walt Disney saw it when he arrived in California by train. At the end stands the Carthay Circle Theatre, a replica of the cinema where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in 1937.
The biggest attraction is Radiator Springs Racers in Cars Land, which according to Disney is one of the largest attractions it has ever built for a park. The park is open every day of the year.
How is the park laid out?
- Buena Vista Street: the entrance, with shops and the Carthay Circle Restaurant.
- Hollywood Land: Monsters, Inc., Mickey's PhilharMagic and the Disney Animation building.
- Avengers Campus: WEB SLINGERS and Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!.
- Cars Land: the town of Radiator Springs from Cars.
- San Fransokyo Square: a mix of San Francisco and Tokyo from Big Hero 6, with lots of food.
- Grizzly Peak: Grizzly River Run and Soarin'.
- Paradise Gardens Park: The Little Mermaid, Goofy's Sky School and World of Color.
- Pixar Pier: Incredicoaster, Toy Story Midway Mania! and Pixar Pal-A-Round.
Opening times:
Disney California Adventure Park is open every day of the year; opening hours vary by day and by season. Check today's waiting times.
Tickets:
You need a ticket and a park reservation for the same park on the same date. With a Park Hopper you can visit both parks in one day.
Staying overnight:
The resort has three hotels of its own, within walking distance of the parks. There are also plenty of hotels in Anaheim.
New and coming soon
Soarin' Across America is currently showing in Grizzly Peak. According to Disney, Avengers Campus will double in size, with Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab; no opening date has been announced yet.
Around the holidays (from 13 November 2026) the park takes on a Christmas atmosphere. Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree then temporarily become Luigi's Joy to the Whirl and Mater's Jingle Jamboree.
Radiator Springs Racers
The most popular attraction in the park. Go early, use the Single Rider queue or buy a Lightning Lane Single Pass.
World of Color
Join the virtual queue in the app at 12:00 and you'll be at the front for the fountain show.
Via the hotel
Guests at the Grand Californian and Pixar Place Hotel have their own entrance or walkway to this park.