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Cars Land Facebook Covers

Cars Land, based on the hit Pixar film, is the newest part of Disneyland Resort (in Disney California Adventure). If you love Cars Land–and who doesn’t?!–and have a Facebook profile, check out these awesome free Facebook covers for Facebook Timeline profiles featuring photos taken by Tom Bricker in Cars Land. These photos are all the

Another Sunset On Route 66

Cars Land is beautiful at night when all of the brilliant neon lights are on, but after seeing one mediocre sunset in Cars Land, I’m convinced that it is most beautiful during a nice sunset with dreamy and vibrant orange, pink, and purple hues in the sky and the neon lit. We didn’t have any

Cars Land Overview & Reviews

Describing Cars Land to the uninitiated is a difficult task. Usually such a thing can be accomplished by analogue to something that resonates with personal experience of the listener. In this case, the closest analogue is a delicately crafted concoction: one part the vivid bright lights of Las Vegas, one part Utah’s scenic Monument Valley,

Radiator Springs Racers Panorama

It’s impossible to get an idea of the scope and scale of Ornament Valley and the Cadillac Mountain Range in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure through photos. This is part–not all–of the mountain range that is visible from behind Flo’s V8 Cafe. I captured this shot from a riser behind Flo’s V8 Cafe that

Cars Land “Empty Park” Sunset Photo

During the June 14, 2012 preview of Disney California Adventure, Cars Land closed at 7 pm. Disney “encouraged” attendees to head to Buena Vista Street for its Grand Opening prior to this, and by about 6:30 pm, not many people were left in Cars Land. So few, in fact, that we rode Radiator Springs Racers

Cars Land Photos

Cars Land is the new flagship land in Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort. Here are tons of beautiful Cars Land photos from this brand new land at Disney, based on the popular Pixar Cars film. As you can see, Cars Land is incredibly detailed, and as soon as you step foot in Cars Land,

“Glow with the Show” World of Color Photos

“Glow with the Show” and a scene from Pixar’s Brave are the latest enhancements to Disney California Adventure’s World of Color nighttime water spectacular. “Glow with the Show” is an enhancement to World of Color that utilizes Mickey Mouse Ears that guests can purchase to create a shifting sea of color among the audience. This

Instant Concert! …Just Add Water Photos

Instant Concert! is a short daytime show in the World of Color viewing area at Disney California Adventure added to help with the large crowds visiting Disney California Adventure in Summer 2012. The background narration is reminiscent of Disney cartoon shorts or Silly Symphony Swings, as he chides Maestro Goofy while Goofy attempts to direct

Buena Vista Street Photos

Buena Vista Street is a new land at Disney California Adventure; think of it a companion land to Main Street USA in Disneyland, except set in 1920s Los Angeles. The Red Car Trolleys, Citizens of Buena Vista Street (Streetmosphere entertainers), 5 & Dime, and Red Car News Boys help give Buena Vista Street a lively

Carthay Circle Restaurant Fireworks View

One of the best aspects of a dinner at Carthay Circle Restaurant at Disney California Adventure is that you can watch the fireworks from the terrace if you dine at the right time. If you’re considering dining at Carthay Circle Restaurant you will want to read our full review, but for now let’s take a

Cars Land Grand Opening Photo!

Tom Staggs, Disney Parks & Resorts Chairman, and John Lasseter, Principal Creative Adviser to Walt Disney Imagineering, along with help from Mater and Lightning McQueen use an EZ Charge battery to power on the Cars Land neon at Disney California Adventure during its Grand Opening Ceremony on June 13, 2012 as fireworks explode in Ornament