The Disneyland Resort, located in Anaheim, California, is made up of three parts: Disneyland Park, Disney's California Adventure, and Downtown Disney. Disneyland Park is the main park, featuring many rides and attractions for people of different ages. Disney's California Adventure is another theme park, designed to be a condensation of the entire state of California. Downtown Disney is a shopping and restaurant district. Disneyland's rides are generally considered to be fun, or at least well-done. California Adventure's rides are less popular, but still decent (especially "Soarin' Over California").

Cast members (Disney term for employee) in all sections of the park are very friendly and helpful. The attention to detail throughout the parks is extraordinary. The two biggest problems with the Disneyland Resort as a whole are crowds and price. The parks are usually pretty crowded, especially during the summer, which leads to long lines for the popular attractions. And everything about Disneyland (at least at the two parks) is expensive: admission, souvenirs, and food, both dining and at snack stands.

Get In

 • Disneyland is within driving distance of a number of Southern California airports.
 • As with much of California, by car is probably the easiest way to get to Disneyland from the surrounding area (or even San Diego, Las Vegas, and Northern California).
 • Local trains and buses are the cheapest ways to get to the park. Metrolink's Anaheim station serves Disneyland. From 6:30am to 8:45am a free OCTA bus (route 430) will take you directly into Disneyland from the station. That same bus will take you back to the station for free from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. Other than these times line 50, which runs from Cal State University Long Beach to the Orange Mall, services the station and Disneyland every 20 minutes. Other OCTA routes that services the park but not the station are the 43, which runs from La Habra to Downtown Newport Beach every 15 minutes (although you will need to walk ten minutes to get to the park for this route), and the 205 which goes from the Laguna Hills Mall directly into the Disneyland Resort. The latter three routes cost $1.25 per boarding. Greyhound offers service to the park and the City of Anaheim runs a tourist bus service.

Dining

 • The Blue Bayou is a sit-down restaurant located next to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in New Orleans Square serves great food in an atmosphere that is very romantic, especially if you get a seat next to the water, where boats from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction float by. (The downside is that the restaurant is more expensive.) The Monte Cristo sandwich is especially good.
 • Redd Rockett's Pizza Port in Tomorrowland serves pizza, as well as salads and varieties of pasta and is slightly less expensive than other food offerings in the park.
 • The Carnation Cafe is a sit-down restaurant located just north of the Emporium on Main Street. The food is quite good and there are no reservations required. It is an outdoor venue and affords a great view of the parades and excellent people watching. This restaurant is moderately expensive.
 • The Bengal Barbeque is a food stand located right across the Indiana Jones ride in Adventureland. It serves chicken, steak and vegetable skewers that make for a great snack. There is a very small sit-down area so be prepared to eat the skewers standing up. The skewers run about $4.00.