I just went to Disneyland California Adventure with my girlfriend the other day and we had so much fun. For those who don't know, Disneyland has two parks in Anaheim. One park is the original Disneyland, and the other is Disneyland but based on California. California Adventure is definitely about California. The second you walk into the park, The Beach Boys are playing over the speaker system with "Hollywood" (the Disney version) to your left. Walking through Disney Hollywood was a lot of fun. My girlfriend and I had a blast on the Tower of Terror, but one of the most interesting spots in Disney Hollywood was the pictures backlot. There is a Disney animation studio that shows the process of some of Disney's most popular movies. I liked this studio because it challenges the myth of making it easy in Hollywood. For each character in each movie, a long thought process was involved using many artists and many different art mediums. Even though Disney Hollywood plays on the Californian dream of fame, the studio represents the hard work put into the movie making process.
One of my favorite rides is Soarin' Over California. On this ride, the rider sits down on what looks like a hang glider and is then placed in front of a huge screen that takes up your whole view. During the ride, the rider flies over California and checks out the beautiful landscape. The coolest part is when I was flying over the orange groves and pine trees and the ride lets out the scent of oranges and pines. The smell was a subtle and a nice surprise for riders. The reason i thought this ride was so cool is because it shows the beauty and diversity of the Californian landscape.
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