Disney California Adventure

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Disney California Adventure
Grizzly Peak, the icon of Disney California Adventure
Location	Anaheim, California, United States
Website	Disneyland Resort Homepage
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Operated By	Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Opened	February 8, 2001

Disney California Adventure, also called just California Adventure, is a theme park in Anaheim, California, across from Disneyland Park and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. The park is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. It opened on February 8, 2001 as Disney's California Adventure Park. On May 28, 2010, it was announced through the official Disney Parks Blog that Disney's California Adventure Park would be renamed Disney California Adventure.^[1]

The park is 55-acre (22 ha) and has of five areas: Sunshine Plaza, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, The Golden State, A Bug's Land and Paradise Pier. Each space is meant to look like different parts of California, its culture, landmarks and history.

In 2009, the park had around 6.05 million guests, making it the 11th-most visited theme park in the world, its highest ever attendance total for a calendar year.^[2] The pre­vi­ous record-holder was Warner Bros. Movie World, 338 days after its open­ing.

1. ↑ Heather Hurst Rivera (2010-05-28). "First Look: New 'World of Color' TV Spot". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
2. ↑ "TEA/ERA Theme Park Attendance Report 2009" (PDF). www.themeit.com. 2010-04-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.