cyclists, joggers and sun orshipers a haven year ‘round.
One of the newest attraction in the “City of Angels” is Downtown.
Beautifully decorated hotels, bold and attractive condominiums, and modern
high rise office complexes are just a few reasons for its soaring
popularity. The crown jewel of downton Los Angeles is the exquisiti Los
Angeles Music Center for the Perfoeming Arts. This complez is one of the
finest music and dramatic arts centre inthe United States today. The
Center, knowing worldwide as the home of the Annual Academy Awards, is a
complex of three thetres :the malestic Dorothy chandler Pavilion; the Mark
Taper Forum; and the Ahmanson Thetre. All three provide year-round
entertaiment with symphonies, operas, musical comedies and dramatic
presentation. Tickets for most productions are easily obtainable at very
reasonable prices.
Los Angeles’ Spanish heritage is forever enshrined and enjoyed it the
rustic xharm of Olvera Street. The original block-long El Pueblo retains a
latin flavor with traditional Spanish costumes, the aroma of Mexican food
and the display of Mexican products. This colorful and festive street
recalls the days when Los Angeles was but a dusty, sleepy pueblo.
Downtown is also home for the largest Japanese community in the US.
Little Tokyo, like its neighbors, Chinatown and Olivera Street, provides a
unique and shopping opportunity. Fine Cantonese, Mandarin, Chinese,
Japanese and Mexican restaurants abound in these three ethnic communities.
Few businesses express the tumultuous excitement as does the garment
industry (bordered by Maple and Olive Streets and 7th and 36th Streets).
Here vociferous buyers and sellers shout and cajole about the newest
fashions and fabrics. Sidewalks overflow with racks of clothes being
dalivered to display rooms. Visitors discover excellent buys ib the retail
out ouylets lining the streets.
Another exciting Downtown experience is the beautiful Atlantic
Richfield Plaza, which is the world’s largest subterranean shopping centre.
Two floofs with over fifty shops are located beneath the world headquarters
for Atlantic Richfield company and the Los angeles base for Bank of America
(the location is easily identified be the massive 520story twin black
towers). The Plaza is a delightful blend of international charm with
streets depicting the charmps Elysee, Avenida del Mercado, Via Portofino
and Picadilly Circus. An exciting array of clothing stores, speciality gift
shops, restaurants, and even a Post office and Catholic Ahapel are
available to the visitor.
2.2. Disneyland.
“What I want Disneyland to be
the most of all is a happy place – a
place where adults and children can
experience together some of the
wonders of life. Of adventure, and
feel better because of it. ”
Walt Disney
Disneyland is a thousand different impressions – from a space flight
to a castle – a carrousel calliope to a jazz band. It’s flovers and
fireworks, popcorn and ice cream. And it’s the sounds of laughter and the
sight of smiling faces – sights and sounds which you’ll remember long after
your day in the land of the young and happy at heart is over.
Main Street, U.S.A.
Walk past the famous floral Mickey at the Main Entrance and into a
small town way of life from America’s past. On Main Street, U.S.A., you’ll
see sights and sounds from a time when life was as leisurely as a ride on
Horse-drawn Street Car and as innocent as the antics of a silent movie
ster. Browse in the turn-of-the-centuy Emporium or ride the shiny
Disneyland Railroad. From the color and music of a hometown parade to the
nostalgic flavor of an old-fashioned treat, you'’l experience the joy of
recalling fond memories while you create new ones on Main Street, where
both sides of the street are always sunny.
Whether your visions of sugarplums include lollipops or luscious
chocolates, your sweet toot is right at home on Main street where treats
come flavored with favorite childhood memories.
A fruit vendor’s cart displays fresh,crisp wares while flovers bloom
eveywhere. The saxophone band entertains on street corners and a marching
band makes you tap your toes. Every sight and sound on Main Street is
guaranteed to make you fell “red, white, and blue ” all over!
Entertainment on Main Street comes in lots of shapes, sizes, styles,
and smiles. Disney cartoons at the Main Stret Cinema serve up hearty
helpings of laughter, while shops like the Crystal Arcade offer keepsakes
to treasure. Or learn a magic trick or two at the Main Street Magic Shop.
Just remember – on Main Street fun comes the old-fashioned way – you make
it yourself!
Adventureland.
Don your pith helmets and enter the land where adventure reigns, but
beware the eyes of Mara! The Indiana Jones Adventure takes you deep into
the jungle to explore the hidden Temple of the Fobidden Eye. You’ll
encounter shrieking mummies, an avalanche of creepy crawlies, a rickety
bridge, and experience a terrifying confrontation with the ancient diety
Mara. Remember…many have come, but few have retuened!
No visit to Adventureland could be complete without taking the famous
Jungle Cruise, which has been a highlight of the Disneyland experience
since the Park opened. But are you daring enough to brave charging hippos,
hungry alligators, splashing elephants – and your guide’s outrageously
funny puns?
Exotic color and patterns catch the eye. Spicy scents tempt the
tastebuds. Whether you unearth gifts at the Adventureland South Sea Traders
and Adventureland Bazaar or track down new tastes at The Bengal Barbecue
and Aladdin’s Oasis, great discoveries await you at this “outpost of
civilization.”
The ultimate treehouse fantasy, the swiss Family Treehouse was
inspired by the living quartes of the famous family of film and furnished
from airy rooms to an ingenious waterwhel. The Treehouse is a fanciful
tribute to the kind of lifestyle you dreamt of as a child – and possibly
even yearn for as an adult.
New Orleans Square.
Come to New Orlean Square where the Pirates of the Caribbean
willshiver your timbers, and ghosts an The Haunted Mansion will tickle your
ribs1 the hot sounds of jazz and the delicious scentes of southern cooking
waft by s you stroll through the French Quarter. Here you’ll find shops
offering fine perfumes and one-of-a-king antiques, gourmet cookware, and
fanciful hats. It’s all part of the atmosphere of New Orleans Square, a
plase that’s as beautiful as a bayou night and as much fun as Mardi Gras!
Sailing by the twinkling lights of the famed Blue Bayou Restaurant,
guests enter a realm of delightful danger on the Pirates of the Caribbean.
You’ll voyage past pirate plunder guarded by grinning skeletons, dodge
cannnballs and escape from a town set ablaze by salty dogs. Watch out for
merrybuccanners along the way! They’re always out to steal a laugh.
Greet some folks who’ve been “dying to meeet you” – 999 unruly
spirits in The Haunted Mansion – a charming place fully equipped with hot-
and-cold running thrills! Ghostly voices guide you through a doorless
chamber past a ballroom full of transparent dancers and into graveyards
ringing with serenades from marble statues. Fun? You bet your life it is!
Frontierland.
Pioneer days live on in Frontierland! Beneath the peaks of Big Thunder
Mountain, banjo pickers, craftspeople, farm animals, and boatmen recreate
the hardly atmosphere of the american wildernees and spirit of those who
made it theie home.
Discover a cargo of history on the Rivers of America. Board authentic
replicas of two ships: the Mark Twain Steamboat, a Mississippi
sternwheeler, and the Sailing Ship Columbia, the first American ship to
travel the world. Guests can paddle a canoe, take a refeshing ride on the
Mike Fink Keelboats or raft over to Tom Sawyer Island for adventures just
like Mark Twain's young hero enjoyed.
Catch the run-away fun on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Taking you
racing through a collapsing mine, past rockslides, varmints, and wild
western scenery. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is the most rip-roaring ride
you've ever hollered, rooted and hooted through!
Critter Country.
Tucked into a shady hollow below the slopes of Splash Mountain,
Critter Country invites you to stay a spell. Enjoy the famouse Country Bear
jamboree, where big All, Teddi Barra and the Bear Rugs put on a honey of a
show! Or relax as country fiddlers, shops, and restaurants serve up god
times adn good food. Critter Country is so downright friendly, it's easy to
believe in the time when, as Uncle Remus says, “Critter were closer to the
folks, and the folks were closer to the critters!”.
Brer Rabbit says everybody needsa laughin's place, and Splash
Mountain, inspired by Walt Disney's film, Song of the South, is the perfect
one! You'll glide past hundreds of singing figures and dash over waterfalls
and around curves. Then hang on, as you head straight for the briar patch
in a zip-a-dee-doo-dah, five-story splash down!
Fantasyland.
Sleeping Beauty Castle beckons you to Fantasyland – where every
