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June 13, 2012
|  filed under: Disneyland

Melissa and I were fortunate to attend a preview of Cars Land and Buena Vista Street in the “newly-reimagined” and renamed “Disney California Adventure.”  Whether or not I think this was a necessary change is a different discussion, but what Disney has accomplished in the park is truly monumental and special.

Our day started off rough, running late getting to Disneyland, getting in an accident in Anaheim, having to tow our car back to Bakersfield and missing our scheduled time slot to this event we had been so excited to attend for several months, was not the way we’d hope this would go.

We have all had our bad service experiences with select cast members, but on this day, the real Disney service shined.  Not only were they kind enough to let us in to the event, they gave us tickets to a World of Color show that night.  Inside the lands we visited, the cast members were the model of smiles and kindness.  Being taken back to 1920s Los Angeles in Buena Vista Street and completely immersed in one of the most intricately designed lands I’ve ever seen from Disney, was exactly what we needed that day. Needless to say, this park has become something truly special.

Here’s a list of some new attractions and eating establishments:

Buena Vista Street:

Cars Land:

  • Radiator Springs Courthouse
  • Luigi’s Flying Tires
  • Cozy Cone Motel
  • Radiator Springs Curio Shops
  • Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree
  • Fillmore’s Taste-in
  • Sarge’s Surplus Hut
  • Flo’s V8 Cafe
  • Ramone’s House of Body Art
  • Radiator Springs Racers

This is by no means an exhaustive play-by-play of Disney’s huge expansion to an already-great theme park.  I just wanted to share some of the photos we gathered on the day.  I hope to post more soon.  Also with a video.

I hope you enjoy the pictures!  Try to visit this place soon.. It is really amazing.

-john

Cars Land Map

Map from MiceChat - Car's Land is so big! This map gives you an idea of where everything is.