California Adventure Gates → Pixar Pal-A-Round

2.5 km · 12 postcards · designed for 1 day

California Adventure from Buena Vista Street: Grizzly Peak, Paradise Gardens, Avengers Campus, Hollywood Land, Cars Land and out along Pixar Pier to the wheel.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

  1. California Adventure Gates

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    California Adventure Gates

    The gates face Disneyland's across the Esplanade. The park opened in 2001 and was rebuilt between 2007 and 2012.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  2. Buena Vista Street

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    Buena Vista Street

    Los Angeles in the 1920s, when Walt arrived with forty dollars. The Red Car Trolley runs down the middle to the Carthay Circle Theatre.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  3. Soarin' Around the World

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    Soarin' Around the World

    A hang-glider flight over landmarks of six continents. The original Soarin' Over California opened here in 2001.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  4. Grizzly River Run

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    Grizzly River Run

    A round raft down the rapids of Grizzly Peak, the bear-shaped mountain. Nobody stays dry.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  5. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure

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    The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure

    A clamshell ride under the sea with Ariel, Sebastian and Ursula. It sits in Paradise Gardens Park.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  6. WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure

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    WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure

    Sling webs with your own hands to catch runaway Spider-Bots. It opened in 2021 with Avengers Campus.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  7. Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!

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    Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!

    A taxi ride through Monstropolis after Boo. Roz is waiting at the end.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  8. Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout

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    Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout

    A drop tower in the Collector's fortress, with drops timed to a mixtape. It replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in 2017.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  9. Radiator Springs Racers

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    Radiator Springs Racers

    Ride through Ornament Valley, then race another car side by side. The Cadillac Range behind is shaped like the tail fins of 1950s cars.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  10. Incredicoaster

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    Incredicoaster

    A long steel coaster right round the edge of Paradise Bay, rethemed to The Incredibles in 2018. Jack-Jack is loose somewhere on the track.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  11. Toy Story Midway Mania!

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    Toy Story Midway Mania!

    A 4-D midway of pies, darts and eggs fired at virtual targets. It opened here in 2008, the same year as Florida's.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

  12. Pixar Pal-A-Round

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    Pixar Pal-A-Round

    A 150-foot wheel with swinging and fixed gondolas, the landmark of Pixar Pier. At night it lights up over the water during World of Color.

    Photo: Placeholder illustration, Agonisma

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