Disneyland Resort
Jump aboard this refurbished submarine to look for the world's most famous clownfish and rumble through an underwater volcanic eruption.
Must-see attractions in Orange County
Disneyland Resort
Silly Symphony Swings is a hybrid carousel with tornado-like chair swings. A central canopy rocks you side to side as you swing around.
Laguna Beach
Just north of Main Beach, Picnic Beach is too rocky to surf but has excellent tide pooling.
Newport Beach
One of the OC's most beautiful views of surf, sand, sea and sky, overlooking the curve of the bay.
Disneyland Resort
Cute and relatively tame, three-story cartoon-themed coaster ride. FastPass available.
Disneyland Resort
The swirling teacups on this classic ride have entertained generations of kids.
Disneyland Resort
This steel-frame roller coaster mimics a bobsled ride down a mountain.
Disneyland Resort
California’s biggest factory of dreams is presented here in miniature, with soundstages, movable props, and – of course – a studio store. A Guardians of…
Disneyland Resort
New Orleans Square has all the charm of the eponymous city's French Quarter but none of the marauding drunks. New Orleans was the favorite city of Walt…
Orange County
This glass monolith was built in the shape of a four-pointed star and boasts 10,661 windows, seating capacity for 3000 and an organ with 16,000 pipes…
Disneyland Resort
Critter Country’s main attraction is Splash Mountain, a flume ride through the story of Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, based on the controversial 1946 film…
Coastal Orange County
This Old West–style park lets little ones get up close and personal with llamas, cows, pigs, chickens, and lots of bunnies and guinea pigs. There's a…
Orange County
Compared with other children's museums, this one is intimate and pretty mellow, with mostly low(ish) tech, hands-on art and cultural exhibits to keep the…
Disneyland Resort
Abraham Lincoln was one of Walt Disney's heroes, so much so that he created an audio-animatronic Lincoln for the 1964 New York World's Fair. A version of…
Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island
Disneyland Resort
Frontierland’s Tom Sawyer Island – the only attraction in the park personally designed by Uncle Walt – has been reimagined in the wake of the Pirates of…
Newport Beach
This half-mile-long beach lies at the foot of rocky cliffs and offers restrooms, fire rings (arrive early to snag one) and volleyball courts.
Newport Beach
Nearby the Balboa Fun Zone, the landmark 1906 Balboa Pavilion is beautifully illuminated at night. You can get boat rentals and catch ferries to Catalina…
Coastal Orange County
Operated by the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society, this board-and-batten construction cottage in the Los Rios Historic District shows off 1880s-era…
Disneyland Resort
Here Disney animators demonstrate the process of animation in the Animation Academy, and hands-on attractions in the Sorcerer's Workshop let kids (and…
Huntington Beach
To date, some 65 surfing legends have left their hand- and footprints in the concrete of this sidewalk, styled after Grauman's Chinese Theatre in…
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Disneyland Resort
On this tame, four-minute ride, you board a six-person beehive to see the life of Pooh Bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. If ever a ride was…
Disneyland Resort
One of Disneyland's original rides from 1955, the Mississippi River–style paddle-wheeler Mark Twain Riverboat offers a relaxing cruise on the Rivers of…
Monsters, Inc: Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
Disneyland Resort
Slow-speed chase through Monstropolis to get the little girl Boo back to her home, helped by Mike and Sulley from the Disney Pixar film Monsters, Inc.
Huntington Beach
On 18 acres, away from the beach, this nature center offers kid-friendly exhibits on conservation efforts and a self-guided wetlands nature trail.
Disneyland Resort
Just outside Tomorrowland station, kiddies will want to shoot laser beams at the evil emperor Zurg in this shooting gallery ride.
Disneyland Resort
A pod of jellyfish bob up and down on 40ft stalks of 'kelp' and parachute down. It's tame enough for even preschoolers.
Newport Beach
This calm beach, known as Mothers Beach for its kid-friendly currents, has a lifeguard, restrooms and a shower.
Disneyland Resort
Take a slow boat on the Rivers of America in this replica of an 18th-century sailing ship.
Orange County
This attractively landscaped traffic circle forms the crossroads of Old Towne Orange.
Disneyland Resort
Kid-friendly retro 'spaceships' take off, spinning around a central column.
Disneyland Resort
The little ones love climbing the stairways of this 80ft-tall treehouse.
Disneyland Resort
As corny as it sounds, entering the main gate and seeing Walt's words 'Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy’ on the…
