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Paradise Pier, California Adventure at Disneyland

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
2716439104 a86f86b20d Paradise Pier, California Adventure at Disneyland

Paradise Pier, California Adventure at Disneyland

This photo was taken back in March on a trip to Disneyland in Anaheim California. Pictured is the Ferris Wheel and Mickey Mouse roller coaster at Paradise Pier. Paradise Pier is located in the Disney’s California Adventure.

California Adventure was built to enhance the experience at Disneyland, and to help the park appeal to a wider audience. It is designed for a more mature audience than Disneyland itself, with more exciting thrill rides and attractions. California Adventure also is also designed to “[celebrate] the richness and the diversity of California”; the park entrance gates are a miniture version of the golden gate bridge. Inside there are many California-themed restaurants, a mockup of downtown Hollywood, a miniture Napa-valley style vineyard, a miniture version of San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, a wharf styled after Monterey’s Cannery Row and many California-inspired attractions. One of the most enjoyable (non-thriller) rides is “Soarin’ (over California)” which offers a very convincing simulation of flying over California in a hand glider.