Papercraft artist Matt Hawkins created this wonderful sculpture as tribute to Pixar’s terrific movie ‘Up’. It’s one of the many amazing pieces of artwork that will be available at the grand opening events on Saturday June 9th for the new WonderGround Gallery at Disneyland’s Downtown… Read More »WonderGround Art Gallery Opening Event on June 9th at Downtown Disney Anaheim
We’re just a few short days away from the grand unveiling of the (mostly) remade Disney California Adventure. On June 15 two highly anticipated themed lands, Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, will open completing a five-year expansion of the Disneyland Resort. Add new attractions, merchandise locations, entertainment and food offerings, plus opportunities for families to have fun together, and guests will find an immersive experience full of memory-making opportunities for the whole family.
Here’s a closer look at Disney California Adventure, by the numbers.
280,000 – Square feet of rockwork in Cars Land, making Ornament Valley mountain range the largest rockwork created in a domestic Disney theme park; built to an unusual level of complexity with very few 90-degree angles
125 – Height in feet at the tallest peak of Ornament Valley range in Cars Land
Read More »Numbers Reveal Scale of Change at Disney California Adventure
This was a picture that was bound to happen, Larry the Cable Guy (aka actor Dan Whitney) and the animated personality he voices Tow Mater, together in the new Disney California Adventure Cars Land. I love these guys, but my eyes are drawn to the… Read More »Larry The Cable Guy at Cars Land and the Cozy Cone Motel
A movie titled “The Good Dinosaur” will fill a slot in the 2014 film slate for Pixar Studios. Little has been known about this film other than the fact that it involves dinosaurs and is being directed by ‘Up’ writer Bob Peterson. A recent interview… Read More »Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” Themes Revealed by Director
The LA Times wonders if the changes to the entrance to the park and the addition of Cars Land to Disney California Adventure will be enough to elevate the park to a full day experience. There’s a lot of room for improvement: In 2010, California… Read More »Will Cars Land Elevate DCA Enough
If you were having a birthday party where would you want to go? Why Disneyland, of course. So it was with Vanessa William’s 12 year old. As it turns out Princess Merida from Pixar’s Brave was out posing for photos with guests at her brand… Read More »Vanessa Williams Meets Merida at Disneyland
The Carthay Circle theater may be the center piece for Buena Vista Street, the new main street of Disney California Adventure, but the beautiful art deco fountain is the hub. In the following video Imagineer Lisa Girolami shares some insight into the inspiration for the… Read More »Carthay Circle Fountain Details Explained By Imagineer
We are t-minus 3 weeks and counting until the re-unveiling of Disney California Adventure. I don’t know about you, but with the constant pictures and videos from inside Carsland and Buena Vista Street (Not to mention the newly opened Carthay Circle Theater and fountain!) make… Read More »DCA History Lesson: The Hyperion Theater’s Former Inhabitants