Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
NOT TO BE MISSED AT DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
A BUG'S LAND
It's Tough to Be a Bug!
CARS LAND
Radiator Springs Racers
GRIZZLY PEAK
Grizzly River Run | Soarin' Over California
HOLLYWOOD LAND
Hyperion Theater |
Muppet-Vision3-D
The Twilight Zone
Tower of Terror
PARADISE PIER
California Screamin' | Toy Story Midway Mania! |
World of
Color
The original hub area, called Sunshine Plaza, was dominated by a an arresting
metal sculpture of the sun. In its place now stands Carthay Circle, home to the
St-
orytellers
statue (depicting a young Walt Disney with an early version of Mickey
Mouse) and a replica of the
Carthay Circle Theater,
where
Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
premiered in 1937; in this incarnation, it encloses an upscale restaurant
and bar.
Winding past the new shops and facades, the
Red Car Trolley
transports guests
from the park entrance to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and back again along
freshly laid tracks.
Together, Buena Vista Street and Carthay Circle don't simply serve as a point of
departure for the park's other various themed areas. They bring much-needed charm
and warmth to DCA's opening act, forming a fantastic improvement over the flat
cartoon-postcard facades that framed the former entryway.
Red Car Trolleys
What it is
Scenic in-park transportation.
Scope and scale
Minor attraction.
When to go
The
first or last 2 hours the park is open.
Duration of ride
About 11 minutes.
Average wait in line
per 100 people ahead of you
12 minutes.
Loading speed
Very slow.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
Much like the vintage vehicles that travel up and down
Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Park, these trolley cars add visual interest to DCA's
entrance area but not much entertainment value. Modeled after the Pacific Electric Rail-
way that served the Los Angeles area in the 1920s and 1930s (as seen in
Who Framed
Roger Rabbit?
), the trolleys boast authentic details such as narrating conductors who
