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DOWNTOWN DISNEY
DOWNTOWN DISNEY,
verdant and landscaped by day, pops alive with neon and glitter
at night. The complex offers more than 300,000 square feet of specialty shopping,
clubs, restaurants, and movie theaters. Many of the restaurants offer entertainment in
addition to dining, including
Crossroads at House of Blues
and
Ralph Brennan's
Jazz Kitchen.
The
ESPN Zone
is a sports bar and restaurant with dozens of giant TV
screens. Other restaurant options include the
Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria, Tortilla
Jo's
Mexican restaurant,
Earl of Sandwich,
and jungle-themed dining at the
Rain-
forest Cafe.
If you're not hungry, there's always shopping and a 12-theater
AMC Movieplex
with IMAX 3-D to keep you occupied. A 40,000-square-foot
World of Disney
store,
the second largest on the planet, anchors the shopping scene. Other retailers include
Sanuk,
a shoe store;
LittleMissMatched,
selling socks that don't match (for more
than you'd pay for socks that do);
Apricot Lane,
for fashion apparel, jewelry, hand-
bags, and accessories;
Studio Disney 365,
offering hairstyling and braiding for girls
who are a little too old for a princess makeover at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Dis-
neyland Park; cosmetics at
Sephora;
and
Something Silver,
specializing in jewelry.
The recently renovated
LEGO Imagination Center
features interactive play tables
with LEGO bricks and life-size statues of Disney characters made entirely of LEGOs.
At
Build-A-Bear Workshop,
you can customize a teddy bear, starting from scratch
with the bearskin, stuffing it, and then accessorizing it.
Our map of Downtown Disney, listing storefronts and restaurants, appears on
page 214.
ANAHEIM GARDENWALK
ANAHEIM GARDENWALK
is a shopping, dining, and entertainment venue that stretches
fromWestKatellaAvenuetoDisneyWay.Builtonthreelevelsandnicelylandscaped,
the GardenWalk effectively doubles the restaurant, lounge, and shopping choices for
Disneyland Resort visitors and attendees of conventions at nearby Anaheim Conven-
tion Center. Restaurants include
Bar Louie, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., California
Pizza Kitchen, The Cheesecake Factory, Fire + Ice, McCormick & Schmick's
Grille, P.F. Chang's Chinese Bistro,
and
Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine.
Forentertainment, there'sanUltraLuxe 14-screenmovietheater withD-Boxmo-
tion seats and in-seat beverage service, a 41-lane bowling complex and nightspot
combo,a24-hourfitnesscenter,andanultralounge.Thecomplexalsohostsfilmfest-
ivals and a haunted house at Halloween. Among the retailers are
Harley-Davidson,
Fresh Produce, LUSH Cosmetics,
and
White House/Black Market.
In late 2012
the complex was purchased by new investors who are seeking to attract new dining
