Disneyland Vacations
Disneyland Family Vacations
Disneyland Family Vacations are one of the most popular vacation destinations in the U.S.
With so many exciting rides and shows, Disneyland is growing in popularity each month. While there, check out Toontown and see the Disney Characters in action, or visit Future World and experience the incredible 3-D show, "Honey, I Blew Up the Audience". Also, don't forget to visit all of those great Disneyland shops as you stroll through Main Street.
Disneyland has recently added the most exciting theme park to open in years-California Adventure! This new attraction is for serious, action-loving, theme park fans. Check out the roller-coasters and the unique Ferris-wheel, as well as other great Disney rides. You will not be disappointed.
Disneyland also offers Downtown Disney, a great place to shop and dine. Downtown Disney has many unique specialty stores as well as great places to dine or to see a movie. For the guys in the family, make sure you visit the ESPN Zone. You will enjoy the best in sport action and entertainment while getting the chance to see famous sports personalities as well.Disneyland is divided into eight theme "lands”, each of which has a number of rides and attractions that are somehow related to the theme of that geographic designation.
Main Street U.S.A.
At the park's entrance, Main Street U.S.A. is a picture perfect version of small town America. The streets are lined with gift shops, candy stores, a soda fountain, and a silent theater that runs early Mickey Mouse films. There is an information booth to the left of the main entrance which has a schedule of the day's events.
Adventureland
Adventureland is home to several popular rides with the theme of the most exotic regions of Asia, Africa, India, and the South Pacific Among these are:
Tarzan's Treehouse Jungle Cruise, (aboard a Mississippi River-style paddleboat)
Enchanted Tiki Room 20-minute musical show
Indiana Jones Adventure, Riders follow Indiana Jones in all-terrain vehicles and experience the bubbling lava pits, whizzing arrows, fire-breathing serpents, collapsing bridges, and a tumbling boulder.
New Orleans Square: A large grass filled park illuminated by gas lamps, New Orleans Square is home to the Haunted Mansion. The Pirates of the Caribbean, one of Disneyland's most popular rides, has visitors float on boats through underground caves, entering an enchanting world of pirates and buried treasure. At the Blue Bayou Restaurant, located in the depths of the ride, you can eat surrounded by cool moonlight and listen to the sound of crickets.
Critter Country is a version of Frontierland. Older children and grown-ups love Splash Mountain, one of the largest water flume rides in the world. Loosely based on the Disney movie Song of the South, the ride is lined with about 100 characters that serenade with "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah." Riders paddle around in log boats and often get sprayed or dunked.
Frontierland -- Inspired by 19th-century America, Frontierland features a raft to Tom Sawyer's Island and a play area with balancing rocks, caves, and a rope bridge. There is also a petting zoo and a log cabin for the family to explore.
In season, Frontierland presents Rivers of America This fascinating spectacle mixes magic, music, live performers, and sensational special effects. Mickey Mouse uses his magical powers to create giant water fountains, enormous flowers, and fantasy creatures. A 45-foot-tall dragon breathes fire and lights up the water of the Rivers of America.
Mickey's Toontown: This is a colorful world of cartoon characters inspired by the "Roger Rabbit" films; a land populated by 'toons. There are several rides, including Roger Rabbit's CarToonSpin, but Toontown itself is the main attraction.
Fantasyland : A land with a storybook theme. Most of the rides are designed for children under age 6, You'll also find Alice in Wonderland, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, and more.
It's a Small World is a slower moving indoor river ride through a confection-filled panorama as the world's children sing It’s a Small World.
Matterhorn Bobsleds gives a roller coaster ride through chilled caverns and drifting fog banks. It is one of the park's most popular rides.
Tomorrowland Conceived as an optimistic look at the future, Tomorrowland is designed in the stark, metallic look popularized by futurists such as Jules Verne. Long-time Tomorrowland favorites include Space Mountain and Star Tours, the original Disney-George Lucas joint venture. It's a 40-passenger StarSpeeder that encounters a a series of challenges on the way to the Moon of Endor, achieved with wired seats and video effects
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