When guests walk into any Disney theme park, they find themselves in a place apart from the everyday world they leave behind at the turnstiles. At the newly expanded Disney California Adventure® Park, guests begin their journey on Buena Vista Street, a nostalgic look at Los Angeles as it may have appeared to Walt Disney in the 1920s and ’30s when he first arrived in California – a wonderful and inspirational period of his life.
Once on Buena Vista Street, guests may board the Red Car Trolley to take a tour and be transported into Hollywood Land. The tour includes Carthay Circle Theatre, the new and striking Disney California Adventure® Park landmark that stands 89 feet 6 inches tall at the hub of the park. Guests may stroll around the downtown Buena Vista Street area featuring vintage architecture and a dozen shops and restaurants.
Some of Buena Vista Street’s landmarks include:
- The new entry turnstiles of Disney California Adventure® Park which were inspired by the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
- Inside Buena Vista Plaza, guests walk under Hyperion Bridge (the Disneyland Resort Monorail track), modeled on the concrete Glendale-Hyperion Avenue bridge near Walt Disney’s early Hyperion Animation Studios
- Carthay Circle Theatre, inspired by the motion picture palace where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in 1937 and is the home of the Carthay Circle Restaurant and Lounge
- “Storytellers,” a statue of Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse, found in the central plaza. The statue, which is placed at street level and less monumental than the “Partners” statue in Disneyland® Park, depicts Walt Disney as a humble, optimistic young man, dreaming of achievements to come, standing alongside Mickey Mouse.
On your next visit, be sure to explore Buena Vista Street and take part in the adventure of a young Walt Disney and walk along this boulevard of dreams.
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