Your Guide to getting the best from your USA City Adventures
Monsters, Inc. is a huge family favorite filled with fantastic laughs, thrills, and spills. With lovable characters and a great storyline, it is the perfect franchise for a ride conversion so we expected a lot from the Disney California Adventure Ride when Monster, Inc came to Anaheim. Found out if it’s a hit or a … Read more
Turtle Talk with Crush is a Family ride based on the ever-popular film franchise Finding Nemo. You sit down in a small theater and have a chat with Crush, the cool dude surfing Sea Turtle, and discuss all things ocean with obvious cameos from the franchise. Family rides can often be a little unimaginative, younger … Read more
The Rumours are Disney invested over $80million on the Toy Story Midway Mania Ride system. That is an awful lot for a shooting Dark ride and begs the question is the investment worth it. But more importantly, is the ride any good? This Midway-styled Dark Ride shooter aims to take the Shooting ride Genre, a … Read more
It is pretty hard to miss the Huge Ferris wheel that dominates Dinsey California Adventure’s skyline. The Huge Mickey smiling down on all guests lets you know you are definitely at Disneyland! But Ferris wheels are pretty old hat so most people, especially thrill-seekers may decide to skip this lumbering relic, especially as it has … Read more
Every Themepark needs a River Rapids ride and Disneyland California example is the Grizzly River Run. A short but pretty fast-flowing Rapid ride that is themed around the northern California forest parks. While a firm family favorite, find out if this version of the popular rafting ride is worth your time in our Grizzly River … Read more
The Incredicoaster is Disneyland’s only Ride that features an Inversion (for now). It is one of Dinsey California Adventure’s more grown-up thrill rides and is a big draw for the park and the newly Re-themed Pixar Pier. As the ride is now nearly 20 years old, is a lick of paint and a new theme … Read more
Finding Nemo is one of our favorite Animated films of all time, in fact, Scratch that: it’s one of our favorite FILMS of all time! Watching it the first time was one of those moments you really know you are witnessing a timeless classic in the making. It just excels on all levels and shows … Read more
On the face of it, Peter Pans Flight is a fairly sub-standard attraction. It’s short, un-thrilling, and very dated. But it remains one of the fan-favorite rides at Disneyland and people are willing to queue for huge lengths of time to experience a flight over London’s rooftops and beyond in a flying pirate ship. So … Read more
If you walk down Main Street USA at Disneyland you will notice a selection of vintage turn-of-the-century vehicles out on display. But did you also know these vehicles are part of the Main Street Vehicles Ride and are available for rides down Main Street! We take a look at this quaint little attraction that has … Read more
One of the park’s earliest roller coasters and the first of its type, the Matterhorn bobsleds are an iconic part of Disneyland history. The imposing mountain dominates the central landscape of the park using forced perspective to appear larger than life and domineering, it is impossible to miss. But is this aging piece of ride … Read more
