Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Anaheim, United States

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 83 m
Descend 89 m

Experience Anaheim in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Anaheim

Sight 1: Autopia

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Autopia is a race car track Disneyland attraction, in which patrons steer specially designed cars through an enclosed track. Versions of Autopia exist at Anaheim, California and Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France. There was also an Autopia at Hong Kong Disneyland on Lantau Island, Hong Kong before it closed on June 11, 2016. Other versions of the attraction can be found at the Magic Kingdom as the Tomorrowland Speedway and formerly at Tokyo Disneyland as the Grand Circuit Raceway. A previous generation of Disneyland's Autopia operated for over a decade at the Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, Missouri; one of the retired cars is now on display.

Wikipedia: Autopia (EN)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Matterhorn Bobsleds

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Matterhorn Bobsleds are a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It is modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is the first known tubular steel track roller coaster. Located on the border between Tomorrowland and Fantasyland, it employs forced perspective to seem larger.

Wikipedia: Matterhorn Bobsleds (EN)

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

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Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is an attraction in the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. It opened on June 11, 2007. Based on the characters and settings of the 2003 Disney·Pixar film Finding Nemo, it is a re-theming of the classic Submarine Voyage attraction that operated from 1959 to 1998.

Wikipedia: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (EN)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Grand Canyon Diorama

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Grand Canyon Diorama / Fair use

The Disneyland Railroad (DRR), formerly known as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Disneyland theme park of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, in the United States. Its route is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long and encircles the majority of the park, with train stations in four different park areas. The rail line, which was constructed by WED Enterprises, operates with two steam locomotives built by WED and three historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The ride takes roughly 18 minutes to complete a round trip on its main line when three trains are running, and 20 minutes when four trains are running. Two to four trains can be in operation at any time, three on average.

Wikipedia: Primeval World (EN)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Space Mountain

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Space Mountain

Space Mountain is an indoor, space-themed roller coaster in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Opened on May 27, 1977, it was the second roller coaster built at Disneyland, and was the second of the five versions of Space Mountain built by The Walt Disney Company. Its exterior façade is one of Disneyland's three "mountain" structures that serve as park landmarks.

Wikipedia: Space Mountain (Disneyland) (EN), Yelp

31 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue is an attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. Set in the Star Wars universe, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue takes passengers on a turbulent trip across the galaxy, as droids C-3PO and R2-D2 attempt to safely return a spy to the Rebel Alliance.

Wikipedia: Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (EN)

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

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Buzz Lightyear Astro Blastersrickpilot_2000 from Hooksett, USA / CC BY 2.0

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin in Florida is an interactive shooting dark ride attraction located in the Tomorrowland area of the Disney theme parks. Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, this attraction combines a carnival game and a third-generation Omnimover system. It is inspired by Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise, and contains several elements loosely based on the cartoon series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

Wikipedia: Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (EN)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Shooting Exposition

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Shooting Exposition

Frontierland Shootin' Arcade is an attraction in Walt Disney World which simulates a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, over Boot Hill in 1850. The gallery includes a jail, hotel, bank, and cemetery with targets which are animated when shot. There are a total of 97 targets in the shooting gallery.

Wikipedia: Frontierland Shootin' Arcade (EN)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: The Golden Horseshoe

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The Golden Horseshoe

The Golden Horseshoe Saloon is a restaurant and attraction at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California in the United States. It opened in 1955 with several other original attractions at Disneyland Park. Over the years the venue has housed multiple stage shows; it currently shows "Showdown at the Golden Horseshoe!" seven days a week. The "saloon" is located in Frontierland and has a picturesque view of the Rivers of America, New Orleans Square and part of Critter Country.

Wikipedia: Golden Horseshoe Saloon (EN)

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Jungle Cruise

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Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise, formally named Jungle River Cruise, is a riverboat amusement ride located in the Adventureland themed section at various Disney theme parks worldwide. The attraction is a simulated riverboat cruise that travels along a waterway using a concealed guidance system through areas with Asian, African, and South American themes. Park guests board replica steam launches from a 1930s British explorers' lodge, and Audio-Animatronic exotic animals are displayed throughout the ride. A live Disney cast member acts as a tour guide and boat skipper that loosely follows a rehearsed script, providing passengers with a comedic narrative.

Wikipedia: Jungle Cruise (EN)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

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Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room / Fair use

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room is an attraction located in Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort and in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and previously in Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort. First opened on June 23, 1963 at the Disneyland Resort, the attraction is a pseudo-Polynesian musical Audio-Animatronic show drawing from American tiki culture.

Wikipedia: Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (EN)

473 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Main Street Cinema House

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Main Street Cinema House

The Main Street Cinema is a small movie theater currently located on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland and previously at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland.

Wikipedia: Main Street Cinema (EN)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Main Street Opera House

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Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is a stage show featuring an Audio-Animatronic representation of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, which has been presented at Disneyland since 1965. It was originally showcased as the prime feature of the State of Illinois Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. One year after its debut at the World's Fair, the show opened at Disneyland, where it has undergone several changes and periods of hiatus over the years. Today Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is an element of the Disneyland attraction The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, which opened in 2009.

Wikipedia: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (EN)

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Disney Gallery

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Disney Gallery

The Disney Gallery is an attraction and merchandise location at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States. It opened at its current location on Main Street, U.S.A. on October 2, 2009. From 1987-2007 it was located in New Orleans Square above the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. The Gallery is a changing exhibition area focused primarily on artwork from Walt Disney Imagineering created in the designing of the Disneyland theme park. Merchandise relating to the current exhibition is usually available for purchase as well.

Wikipedia: The Disney Gallery (EN)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!

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Monsters, Inc. is a media franchise produced by Pixar and owned by The Walt Disney Company. The franchise takes place in a fictional universe where monsters are the primary citizens of society and harness the energy of human children to power their cities. The company known as Monsters, Inc. accomplishes this with doors which lead to their bedroom closet doors.

Wikipedia: Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! (EN), Yelp

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Disneyland Resort

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Disneyland Resort

The Disneyland Resort is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division and is home to two theme parks, three hotels, and the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment district.

Wikipedia: Disneyland Resort (EN), Yelp, Foursquare

742 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 17: Grizzly River Run

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Grizzly River Run

Grizzly River Run is a river rapids ride located at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is similar to Kali River Rapids in Disney's Animal Kingdom but distinctive as the rafts are engineered to spin as they descend chutes. The attraction's name comes from Grizzly Peak, the bear-shaped mountain that the rapids flow around. It was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

Wikipedia: Grizzly River Run (EN), Yelp

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Soarin' Around the World

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Soarin' Around the World

Soarin', also known as Soarin' Over California, Soarin' Around the World, Soaring Over the Horizon and Soaring: Fantastic Flight, is a flight motion simulator attraction at Disney California Adventure, Epcot, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneySea. It employs a mechanical lift system, a projected presentation on an 80 ft (24 m) concave 180-degree dome screen, and artificial scents and wind to simulate a hang gliding flight over locations in six of the world's continents. Many consider it the first flying theater.

Wikipedia: Soarin' (EN), Yelp

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Turtle Talk with Crush

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Turtle Talk with Crush is an interactive talk show type attraction that has appeared at several of the Disney theme parks. It first opened on November 16, 2004 at The Living Seas pavilion at Epcot and later at Disney California Adventure in July 2005. The attraction opened in Hong Kong Disneyland from May 24 to August 10, 2008 as part of the "Nonstop Summer Fun" celebration. The attraction also opened in Tokyo DisneySea on October 1, 2009.

Wikipedia: Turtle Talk with Crush (EN)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Hyperion Theater

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The Hyperion Theater was a theater located at Disney California Adventure in Hollywood Land. The theater sat up to 1,984 people.

Wikipedia: Hyperion Theater (EN)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout

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Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! is an accelerated drop tower dark ride attraction at the Disney California Adventure park at the Disneyland Resort. Based on the namesake characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it depicts Rocket recruiting guests to attempt to free the remaining Guardians of the Galaxy from display within the Collector's fortress.

Wikipedia: Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! (EN)

452 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 22: Radiator Springs Racers

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Radiator Springs Racers is a slot car ride in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. The attraction features a third-generation version of transport technology originally developed for the Test Track attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Radiator Springs Racers is themed to the fictional world in Disney Pixar's Cars. At a cost of over $200 million, the attraction is the most expensive at Disneyland Resort and one of the most expensive theme park attractions in the world. It accounted for about 18% of the entire cost of the $1.1 billion expansion of Disney California Adventure Park. The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through encounters with characters from the film series Cars. Guests then race another vehicle through turns and hills, ending with a randomized race result.

Wikipedia: Radiator Springs Racers (EN)

567 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 23: Golden Zephyr

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Golden Zephyr is an attraction at Paradise Gardens Park in Disney California Adventure Park built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing. Themed to the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon style rocket ships, it takes park guests on a relaxing trip. Unlike its cousins Dumbo and the Astro Orbiter next door in Disneyland, the Golden Zephyr rockets are controlled by centripetal motion over Paradise Bay and can not be automatically controlled to go up and down.

Wikipedia: Golden Zephyr (EN)

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Jumpin' Jellyfish

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Jumpin' JellyfishHarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0

Jumpin' Jellyfish is a Paratower, a parachute jump–style ride at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California in the US and Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan.

Wikipedia: Jumpin' Jellyfish (EN)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Goofy's Sky School

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Goofy's Sky SchoolHarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0

Goofy's Sky School is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at the Paradise Gardens Park section of Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California. The ride is based on Disney's 1940 short film Goofy's Glider. The rethemed attraction opened on July 1, 2011.

Wikipedia: Goofy's Sky School (EN), Yelp

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Silly Symphony Swings

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Silly Symphony Swings is a wave swinger attraction in Paradise Gardens Park at the Disneyland Resort in California. Themed to Disney's 1935 short film The Band Concert, Mickey Mouse conducts from high atop the attraction, synchronized with the music. Although The Band Concert was not part of the Silly Symphonies film series, the name was applied to the attraction as a result of its symphony storyline. Closely following the plot of The Band Concert the main column of the ride rises, revealing a tornado which spins the riders to the tune of the William Tell Overture and William Tell's "Storm". Once the tornado safely passes, the music comes to an end and the ride slows and lowers riders to the ground. The Silly Symphony Swings update was part of the multi-year, $1.1 billion (US) expansion plan for Disney's California Adventure Park. Previews of the attraction were offered at California Adventure's Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar.

Wikipedia: Silly Symphony Swings (EN), Yelp

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 27: Pixar Pal-A-Round

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Pixar Pal-A-Round Jeremy Thompson / CC BY 2.0

Pixar Pal-A-Round is a 150-foot-tall (46 m) eccentric wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The attraction opened to the public on February 8, 2001, at Paradise Pier as the Sun Wheel. Inspired by Wonder Wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Coney Island, which also features both sliding and fixed gondolas, Pixar Pal-A-Round has a large pie-eyed Mickey Mouse face at its center.

Wikipedia: Pixar Pal-A-Round (EN), Yelp

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Toy Story Midway Mania!

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Toy Story Midway Mania!

Toy Story Midway Mania! is an interactive 4-D theme park attraction, located at three Disney theme parks: Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort and Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort.

Wikipedia: Toy Story Mania! (EN), Yelp

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: Jessie’s Critter Carousel

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Jessie’s Critter Carousel Jeremy Thompson / CC BY 2.0

Jessie's Critter Carousel is a carousel at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The attraction opened to the public as King Triton's Carousel of the Sea on February 8, 2001.

Wikipedia: Jessie's Critter Carousel (EN)

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 30: Incredicoaster

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Incredicoaster is a steel launched roller coaster located at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride was originally opened to the public as California Screamin' in early 2001. It is the only roller coaster with an inversion at the Disneyland Resort and it is the fastest, reaching a maximum speed of 55 mph (89 km/h). With a track length of 6,072 feet (1,851 m), Incredicoaster is the sixth-longest steel roller coaster in the world.

Wikipedia: Incredicoaster (EN)

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