The New Disneyland Dream.com

Starting this spring California Adventure will be undergoing a huge remodeling job were Disney will be spending billions of dollars. This part of Disneyland Dream.com is dedicated to let you know what is going on in this amazing project.

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 Pixar Play! Parade

Cars Land

Paradise Pier

Toy Story Mania

Wonderful World of Color Nighttime Spectacular

Entrance Plaza and Gateway

Hollywood Pictures Backlot

Playhouse Disney Live on Stage Show Re-Work

The Golden State

Preview Center

As apart of the remodeling project, Disney's California Adventure will be re-themed to Walt Disney's trip to California that started what we know as the Disney company today.

The following taken from the official press release by Disney officials - Pictures are Disney© and shout boxes after some of the sections are for anyones use but must follow the terms and conditions for the shout boxes. 

"The success of the Disneyland Resort over the past few years provides us with both the opportunity and the need to invest for growth, to enhance and expand the experience for our guests and attract new visitors, while at the same time delivering attractive returns on the investment," said Iger. "This plan is a reflection of our belief in the bright future of the Disneyland Resort and our continuing commitment to grow the Anaheim Resort Area as a world class tourist destination."

Disney Imagineers will be bringing more of Walt Disney into Disney’s California Adventure, celebrating the hope and optimism of California that attracted Walt to this land of opportunity in the 1920s. Guests entering the new Plaza will be instantly immersed in the world that inspired Walt during his early days as an animation pioneer. The new, interactive Walt Disney Story attraction will set the stage for the unfolding story of Walt that will permeate the park.

The expansive program reaches throughout Disney’s California Adventure, with an amazing Little Mermaid attraction, a groundbreaking, signature nighttime spectacular and new viewing area for 9,000, and the addition of the 12-acre Cars Land featuring the world of Radiator Springs with three new attractions. Extensive landscaping, new retail and dining will create an even richer environment throughout the park in ways that reinforce Guests’ connection with Walt.

"Our Disneyland Guests have a deep emotional connection with Walt Disney, whose life story really captures the pioneering spirit of California in the 1920s," said Rasulo. "The creative evolution of Disney’s California Adventure will connect guests to Walt’s own California adventure and reflect the place that he found when he first arrived with a cardboard suitcase in his hand and a head full of dreams."

In addition to the new themeing and attractions, Disney’s California Adventure will receive new restaurant and retail innovations, landscaping to enrich the placemaking, facade and graphics enhancements, and an extensive menu of entertainment and events.

All your favorite Pixar characters will be brought together in one parade that is sure to get you and your kids going. The floats are decorated like fun kid playgrounds within the worlds of Pixar. The parade will also fill the sky's with bubbles and mini water shows on each of the floats. (On warm days only since you may get wet!) The floats also vary in size and theme. This parade will not stop like the Block Part Bash parade did and will be like a standard parade. The score for the parade has also been made by Matthew Gerrard, the same man who created the music for High School Musical 1 & 2. 

The expansion will culminate with an entirely new, 12-acre addition: Cars Land, immersing guests into a world inspired by the hit Disney/Pixar movie, Cars, playing to America’s love affair with automobiles.

Radiator Springs Racers, a major "E-ticket" attraction, places guests right in the middle of the amazingly detailed, dimensional Cars world of Mater, Lightning McQueen, Doc and Sally. Guests get a quick race briefing from Doc and Lightning, and suddenly find themselves in the midst of a race around hairpin turns and steep banks.

Cars Land increases capacity to the park with two additional immersive family rides, featuring Luigi and Mater from the movie. Cars Land represents an unprecedented level of collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Imagineering to create this extensive new area. The new land will substantially extend the total area of Disney’s California Adventure park.

Paradise Pier will host major new attractions beginning next summer with the opening of Toy Story Mania!, a ride-through, interactive adventure where Guests ride into a high-energy 4-D carnival midway hosted by Toy Story characters. Woody, Jessie, Buzz, Hamm and the gang come to life in amazing ways, immersing guests in the rich stories of the Pixar blockbuster Toy Story films.

A major ride based on Disney’s classic The Little Mermaid comes to the park’s Paradise Pier with leading-edge animation and special effects. Guests will dive into the magnificent scenes and magical songs from the movie. A Mermaid Grotto area with a fountain and sand castle will offer new play experiences for children.

OPENING THIS SPRING!!! The story behind the ride is that Andy received a new toy play set of carnival midway games and while away the various Toy Story characters have decided to assemble the carnival together under his bed for their own enjoyment. The ride will feature four original songs and six carnival games: A practice Cream Pie Toss game (hosted by Rex), Hamm n Eggs (hosted by Hamm), Darts (Bo Peep & Wheezy), Baseball Pitch (Green Army Men), Ring Toss (Buzz and LGMs) and an old west themed shooting gallery finale hosted by Woody, Jessie, Prospector and Bullseye). At the end scored will be displayed as well as the record holders for the hour, day and all-time high score. Toy Story Mania!” will set a new standard for the interactive ride/game technology pioneered in the “Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters” attraction. Donning 3-D glasses, guests shrink to the size of a toy, and hop into fanciful ride vehicles that travel and twist along a colorful midway-themed route. Upon arriving at each game booth, they will aim for animated targets using their own special on-board "toy cannon."
  As guests score points, they will be cheered on by favorite "Toy Story" friends like Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Hamm, Bo Peep and the Little Green Men. Hidden targets garner players extra points and lead to different levels of play. The energy of the characters, the competition with other riders and the hilarious, unpredictable game action make this a unique experience that families will want to try again and again.
  The attraction features games that audiences of all ages and skills -- from beginner to serious gamer -- can enjoy. No matter how many times guests return to ride and play, they can be sure every ride-through will be different. Players pair up and sit side-by-side for a friendly competition that delivers an ever-changing variety of targets and surprises.

Disney's Wonderful World of Color show that may be released in 2009. The show has been said to be the Fantasmic Killer and is the Resorts big push to get more guests to stay after dark at Disney's California Adventure. The dramatic and unique Disney’s World of Color will bring new nighttime excitement to Paradise Pier. This nightly panorama of spectacular water effects, colorful lighting and music will bring Disney animation to life with an entirely new creative and technical approach. The 9,000 person viewing area offers prime waterside viewing of the show – and provides a site for live entertainment, music festivals, and outdoor film premieres

The totally new gateway to Disney’s California Adventure welcomes guests into an immersive world of historic California streets as Walt experienced them as a young artist arriving with big dreams.

A new visual icon in the tradition of Los Angeles, California’s great entertainment palaces will draw guests into the heart of the attractions. This new facility, which was inspired by Los Angeles’ historic Carthay Circle Theatre that premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, will house a next generation Walt Disney Story featuring an interactive tribute to Walt’s California experiences, and his entertainment legacy that continues world-wide today. Red Car trolleys reminiscent of the old Pacific Electric Railway will travel up and down the main street. New dining and shopping experiences and a slate of unique, live entertainment will bring energy to the Walt Disney Plaza.

Hollywood Pictures Backlot will be a new home for a slate of special ticketed events and chances to hear first hand from innovative directors, writers and animators. An update of the popular family show "Playhouse Disney" will provide an experience for younger children.

Coming March 14, 2008 The Playhouse Disney show will re open with all the current Playhouse Disney show characters such as Handy Manny, Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse and his gang, and many more. Passholders get a sneak peak of the show March 13, just show your valid Annual Pass to enter the show building. 

The "Golden State" area of the park will see the addition of numerous new dining opportunities tied to the incredible bounty of California’s farmland and its rich ethnically diverse food heritage. Food and wine festivals that celebrate the seasons, tastes and cultures of the dynamic communities of the Golden State will entertain guests, bringing unique one-of-a-kind experiences.

A Preview Center located on San Francisco Street in the Golden State region of the park will feature models, Imagineering concepts – giving park guests a sneak peek at the excitement that lies ahead. The Preview Center is scheduled to open in late 2008.