Walt Disney looking back on the day he arrived in California, with a cardboard suitcase: “It was July 1923 … With that wonderful audacity of youth, I went to Hollywood, arriving there with just $40. It was a big day, the day I got on that Santa Fe California Limited. I was just free and happy.”
ANAHEIM, Calif – Buena Vista Street opened June 15, 2012, as part of a five-year expansion of Disney California Adventure Park. It is named after Buena Vista Street in Burbank, Calif. where The Walt Disney Studios is located. The land depicts a typical Los Angeles neighborhood where a young Walt Disney lived and worked after arriving in Southern California in 1923. This idyllic version of the City of Angels is captured with quaint shops, a big city department store and corner café. The architecture is inspired by actual buildings in greater Los Angeles. During the Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration, themed decor will adorn Buena Vista Street and everyone around Carthay Circle is invited to enjoy a special evening moment filled with music, lights, and projection effects.
Dining:
- Carthay Circle Restaurant is an elegant table-service restaurant set in a Golden Age movie palace, serving sophisticated cuisine and retro cocktails.
- Carthay Circle Lounge, on the first level, has a bar and wine lounge where guests can enjoy light, mediterranean-California fare.
- Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream treats guests to hand-dipped ice cream bars, sundaes, cones and more (Mobile order available on the Disneyland app*).
- Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe is a charming cafe serving Starbucks products.
- Mortimers Market features a selection of quick, to-go snacks and beverages.
Shopping:
- Elias & Co. – The largest store in the land, Elias & Co. carries apparel, watches, handbags, accessories and more (Merchandise mobile checkout available with the Disneyland app).
- Kingswell Shop – Guests can discover a wide variety of MagicBand+ selections, ear hats, baseball hats, pet accessories and embroidery services in this city shop.
- Julius Katz & Sons – A one-stop shop for seasonal merchandise, collectibles and home décor.
- Oswald’s – Guests can top off their supply of memorabilia and apparel at this classic gas station, including retro merchandise inspired by one of Walt Disney’s first creations and the shop’s namesake, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
- Big Top Toys – Here, younger guests will find interactive toys, plush and games inspired by Disney characters.
- Trolley Treats – Specializing in handmade candy and old-fashioned confections, there’s something sweet for everyone to enjoy.
Entertainment:
- Guests on Buena Vista Street will get to experience “Celebrate Happy – A Little Bit of Magic, Every Night” a two-minute projection, lighting and special effects celebratory moment that will play intermittently throughout the evening on Carthay Circle to the tune of the 70th theme song “Celebrate Happy.”
- Buena Vista Street hosts Five & Dime, a musical group that adds all that jazz to Carthay Circle, led by a vivacious singer named Dime who hopes to make it big in Hollywood.
- The Citizens of Buena Vista Street, a cast of Hollywood “characters” from decades past, interact with guests for some laughs and memories.
Did you know?
- The entrance to the park is a nod to the old Pan Pacific Auditorium, an L.A. landmark built in the 1930s. Carthay Circle Theatre, the iconic center of Disney California Adventure, honors the place where Walt premiered his first feature-length animation “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” in 1937.
- The Candy Mountain featured at Trolley Treats was inspired by an early, never-built concept for a water flume attraction in Disneyland Park. The idea was to make the mountain look as if it were completely covered with candy.
- Radios in Oswald’s and Julius Katz & Sons are tuned to KBVS, the local radio station of Buena Vista Street. Guests are treated to shows such as “The Adventures of Hank and Wally,” the FF&P Classical Music Hour and Scary Symphony (inspired by Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds”).
- At the rededication of Disney California Adventure in 2012, a time capsule was placed in the ground beneath Buena Vista Street – to be opened on June 15, 2037. This time capsule aims to inspire a future generation of dreamers when unsealed.
- The buildings, gardens and window displays on Buena Vista Street are typically decorated for different seasons and celebrations, such as Halloween Time and Holidays at the Disneyland Resort.
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