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fill the entire ride vehicle. Because there aren't many singles and most groups aren't
willing to split up, single-rider lines are usually much shorter than the regular line.
Five attractions at DCA offer single-rider lines: California Screamin', Goofy's Sky
School, Grizzly River Run, Radiator Springs Racers, and Soarin' Over California.
PARK-OPENING PROCEDURES
DISNEYLAND RESORT HOTEL GUESTS
get a one-hour jump on the public four or more
mornings each week through the
Extra Magic Hours program
.
You'll be required to
show a hotel key card before being allowed through. This entrance is often over-
whelmed, especially on early-entry days, so you may save time by walking to the
front gate. All other guests will be allowed through the main entrance onto Buena
Vista Street up to one hour early and held at Carthay Circle until after a brief “rope
drop” musical fanfare at the official opening time. A queue for Radiator Springs
Racers Fastpasses will form stretching through Hollywood Land as soon as visitors
are allowed in the gates, and the crowd will be walked toward Cars Land at the ap-
pointed hour to avoid a stampede.
BUENA VISTA STREET
FROMTHEESPLANADE,
wherehugeblockletters spelling
CALIFORNIA
originally stood,
you now pass through a new Streamline Modern entrance facade, designed after Los
Angeles's fabled Pan Pacific Auditorium. (If it looks familiar, that's because it can
also be recognized as the entrance to Disney's Hollywood Studios park in Florida.)
Once past the turnstiles, you'll find yourself on
Buena Vista Street,
a re-creation
of 1920s Hollywood as Walt saw it when he first arrived. Immediately upon entering,
to your left you'll find
Oswald's Filling Station
(a souvenir shop with a snazzy an-
tiquecarparkedoutside)andthe
Chamber of Commerce
(concealingGuestServices
and First Aid). To your right you'll see lockers, restrooms, an ATM, and phones. The
streetleadingtothecentralplazaislinedonbothsideswithavarietyofshopsandeat-
eries with backstories referring to Disney's early biography. Among the shops on the
east side are
Elias & Company Department Store
(the park's largest shop, named
after Walt's father),
Los Feliz Five and Dime
(hats and shirts), and
Big Top Toys.
The west side of the street features an indoor shopping arcade that leads to
Kingswell
Camera Shop
(a PhotoPass printing location),
Julius Katz & Sons
(kitchen items),
Atwater Ink & Paint
(collectibles),andthe
Trolley Treats
candyshop(checkoutthe
Big Rock Candy Mountain model in the window).
Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café
and adjoining
Clarabelle's Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Parlor
round out the street's
retail district.