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Disney's California Adventure

Anaheim, California

Disney's California Adventure, built adjacent to Disneyland, is Disney's second park in California. Original proposals were for WESTCOT, a park similar to Disneyworld's Florida park EPCOT, and DisneySea, a park that was eventually built in Tokyo. Both proposals were deemed too expensive, and a final budget of $1.7 billion was given for a new park, hotels, and Downtown Disney. Less than half of the $1.7 billion was spent on the DCA theme park, thus making California Adventure an extremely low-budget Disney park. Despite its rough start, the park has been greatly upgraded and improved since it opened in 2001. Cars Land was the park's first expansion when it opened in 2012, and it marked the costly start of the efforts to make the park more than just a place to spend a few hours during a trip to the nearby original park. Paradise Pier was changed into Pixar Pier in 2018, and Marvel's Avengers Campus opened in 2021. Future attractions are expected to be rides based on the Pixar's Coco movie and the Avatar movies.


Goofy's Sky School

(formerly Mulholland Madness)

Incredicoaster

(formerly California Screamin')