Last year marked the first anniversary of several major offerings, including Disney’s California Adventure™ theme park, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel®, and the Downtown Disney® District for shopping, dining and entertainment.
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Disney’s California Adventure presented a huge line-up of live entertainment, including sensational stage productions, electrifying live music and numerous celebrity appearances. The park offered Broadway-caliber entertainment with an adaptation of the Tony-Award® winning musical The Power of BLAST! and Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular. Disney’s Rockin’ the Bay, a summer-long live music series, featured 18 famous music groups. Guests had plenty of opportunities to see some of their favorite stars during events like Lilo & Stitch’s Ohana Luau, Festival Latina, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, the ABC Super Soap Weekends and the ABC Primetime Preview Weekend.

In October, Disney’s California Adventure opened a new venue – a bug’s land, where being small is big fun. Inspired by characters from the Disney/Pixar animated film, A Bug’s Life, the new land features Flik’s Fun Fair, with five new attractions for children and families.

At Disneyland Park, the “silly Old Bear” is coming to Critter Country with the opening of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction this spring. In addition, the immensely popular Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is scheduled to open at Disney’s California Adventure in 2004.

Mickey’s Detective School offered a family-oriented interactive mystery musical, while modern-day Disney masterpieces honoring the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney’s birth were showcased in Eric Robison’s One Hundred Mickeys art exhibition at The Disney Gallery. The holidays were brought to life with the Believe…In Holiday Magic fireworks spectacular and the return of the Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction.

The Disneyland Resort’s world-class lodging, dining and shopping experiences continue to garner widespread recognition. In 2002, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel received the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award. The nationally acclaimed Napa Rose restaurant was the Zagat Survey’s “Best New Restaurant in Southern California” and earned numerous honors for its extraordinary cuisine, wine list and service. The Downtown Disney entertainment district has become a gathering place for local residents, conventioneers and resort guests alike.