Disney
California Adventure 2.0
DCA has undergone
amazing changes over the last five years. From retheming of existing rides and
the entrance area to the removal of two rides and the addition of a new one. The
Maliboomer and The Golden Dream are gone and Ariel’s Undersea Adventure has
taken over the Golden Dream location. World of Color added a nighttime spectacle
to keep you into the evening. ElecTronica and now the new Mad Hatter’s Tea
Party also added to the nighttime fun. More new daytime shows/entertainment
were added to the schedule with Minnie’s Fly School, The Five and Dime show, The
Red Car News Boys, Goofy’s Instant Concert Just Add Water along with the bands
at the Paradise Gardens Band Stand. Add to the changes the total and retheming
of the entrance area to Buena Vista Street from Sunshine Plaza and the addition
of Cars Land and it is an amazing transformation. Was it worth the money and
the time it took to do it? Did the changes significantly add to the quality of
entertainment and add a draw to pull guests in? I say YES!!!
DCA was a part time
park. It was a place to go when Disneyland was full, you wanted something a
little different for a short time or there was a specific show/ride you wanted
to see. Over all the majority of people did not spend more than a few hours in
a day there. You could easily see all the highlights and a few of the low spots
in one day with a couple of hours to spare to go over to Disneyland.
So is it worth the
money to spend a day at DCA? I say YES!! Now DCA has plenty for you to do. The
entire park has an overall unifying theme. You are pulled back to the 1920s and
into the 1940s depending on where in the park you go. Some areas drift into the
1950s-1960s but still with a touch of the older eras. The Disney Characters
that we all know and love are all over the park and in keeping with the theme
of the area they are in.
There are more
shows and events to see from street jazz shows that just “pop up” on Buena
Vista Street to Goofy next to the water directing a concert and water show. The
bands of Paradise Gardens are amazing and if you get a chance stop in to listen
to the Ellis Island Boys or Sligo Rags! They are just two of the bands that
play there. Minnie has her show in Condor Flats across from Soarin’ Over
California. There is also some country music near the entrance to Grizzly River
Run.
The all new land
of DCA, Cars Land is a place out of time. To walk into Cars Land is to walk
into Radiator Springs of the movie Cars. The theming if the area is fantastic
and the details will take your breath away. The rids are just as good and too
much fun to miss. Come on and take a trip down Rout 66.
All of this has
been done in the last five years. Over the last five years during construction
of all of this I would mostly skip DCA. Now that it is finished I enjoy going
there. In fact I spend more time exploring all the new things at DCA right now
than I do going DL.
I give DCA 2.0 a
huge thumbs up, honk of the horn and I’ll be. It is a place to enjoy all day
and late into the night riding rides and seeing shows that will captivate your
heart and keep you smiling for days after you go.
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