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Welcome to all travelers who are "going California!"

Here you will find our California and Disneyland information, tips, and tools to help you plan your SoCal vacation! We also offer a full, award-winning guidebook to Disneyland and Southern California, complete with full-color photos, maps, ratings, reviews, and our famous PassPockets:


We are in the process of creating a new edition of our Disneyland guidebook as well! We also have several PassPorter e-books that cover Disneyland, including PassPorter's Disney Character Yearbook, PassPorter's Answer Book, and PassPorter's Disney Vacation Guide, all of which are available through the PassPorter Store or our all-you-can-read PassPorter's Club.

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More Information About SoCal & Disneyland

A Disneyland Veteran's First Trip
Backstage Magic Tour
Character Breakfasts at Disneyland
Discovering "America's Finest City"
Disney California Adventure
Disney's California Adventure
Disney's California Food & Wine Festival
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland Hotel
Disneyland Park
Disneyland's California Adventure
Escape Into Alcatraz
Expanding Disney's California Adventure
Mickey's Trick or Treat Party
Pirate's Dinner Adventure
Recent Changes to Disneyland
Recent Changes to Disneyland
Redondo Beach, California
River Belle Terrace
The El Capitan Theatre
The Queen Mary
The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian
The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian
Top 10 (Actually 13) Reasons to Stay at Disneyland's Grand Californian
White Water Snacks
Why Our Hearts Belong To Disneyland
World of Color at Disneyland
Yosemite
Zoos of the World

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Southern California and Disneyland articles, photos, tips, and advice from fellow travelers.

The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian: Disney Vacation Club Review
by Jane Price on 08-26-2010

Relatively new to the ever-expanding Disney Vacation Club are the vacation villas at the Grand Californian at Disneyland Resort. We are also relative newcomers to the Disney Vacation Club, having purchased Bay Lake Towers in September 2009. More ...
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The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian: Disney Vacation Club Review by Jane Price on
Relatively new to ever expanding Disney Vacation Club are the Vacation Villas at the Grand Californian at Disneyland Resort. We are also relative newcomers to the vacation club as well, having purchased Bay Lake Towers in September, 2009.

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Disneyland Park: From the Perspective of the Walt Disney World Veteran by Bernie Edwards on 08-05-2010
I’ve had the privilege of visiting both the Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World (WDW) Resort many times in my life. As a member of the Walt Disney World Moms Panel, I'm sometimes asked if guests should visit Disneyland if they've ...

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Disney California Adventure: A Perspective from a Walt Disney World Veteran by Bernie Edwards on 07-29-2010
Previously, I wrote about visiting Disneyland Park from the perspective of a Walt Disney World veteran. This article will cover Disney California Adventure, previously known as Disney’s California Adventure Park, which is the second theme park ...

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World of Color at Disneyland: Getting a Great View by Bernie Edwards on 06-23-2010
World of Color, a new nighttime spectacular, has debuted at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. I had the opportunity to experience the show twice during its first week of performances. World of Color ...

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Disneyland: Fabulous at 50 by Cheryl Pendry on 6/8/2006
I doubt there are many 50 year olds who can party like Disneyland. At the center of the worldwide Happiest Celebration on Earth, Walt’s original park is enjoying a resurgence of interest across the globe, with many people thinking ...

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Expanding Disney's California Adventure: Details on the Big Makeover by Dave Marx on 01/22/2010

Disney's California Adventure is due for a big makeover! On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, the Walt Disney Company announced a $1.2 billion re-theming and expansion of Disney's California Adventure theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim ...

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Discovering "America's Finest City": San Diego by Sarah Mudd on 6/15/2006

When a lot of folks hear the word California the first thing that pops into their mind is Los Angeles, movie stars . . . maybe even Disneyland. But how many think of the beautiful jewel of a city just 90 miles away from Hollywood? San Diego is ...

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Character Breakfasts at Disneyland: Starting the Morning Right by Rebecca Oberg on 12/10/2009

On our last trip to the Disneyland Resort, we were lucky enough to enjoy three character breakfasts during our stay. Here's my take on Minnie and Friends Breakfast in the Park at the Plaza Inn, Goofy's Kitchen, and Chip 'n' Dale's Critter Breakfast ...

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More SoCal & Disneyland articles recently added to the PassPorter collection:

White Water Snacks - A Dining Review last updated 7/20/2006

Backstage Magic Tour - Adventures By Disney last updated 11/12/2009

Escape Into Alcatraz - Visiting the Infamous Prison last updated 8/24/2006

Disney's California Adventure - Unexpected Delights last updated 9/7/2006

Zoos of the World - San Diego, Washington D.C., and London last updated 2/15/2007

Disneyland - A Walt Disney World Veteran's Perspective last updated 3/8/2007

A Disneyland Veteran's First Trip - Walt Disney World last updated 4/5/2007

Pirate's Dinner Adventure - A Dining Review last updated 5/31/2007

Yosemite - A Natural Wonder last updated 6/26/2007

Mickey's Trick or Treat Party - A Halloween Event at Disney's California Adventure last updated 08/06/2009

Top 10 (Actually 13) Reasons to Stay at Disneyland's Grand Californian - A Resort Review last updated 9/20/2007

Disneyland's California Adventure - Take Another Look! last updated 10/11/2007

Why Our Hearts Belong To Disneyland - A Magic Review last updated 11/8/2007

River Belle Terrace - A Dining Review last updated 5/22/2008

Disneyland Hotel - The Original and Still the Best? last updated 6/5/2008

The Queen Mary - Take Part In The Brunch In Style last updated 7/17/2008

Redondo Beach, California - A Visitors Guide last updated 8/21/2008

The El Capitan Theatre - A Hollywood Legend last updated 10/23/2008

Disney's California Food & Wine Festival - A Review last updated 6/18/2009




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"I bought one of those slightly narrow shopping list pads and wrote everything pertinent to each day (reservations, attractions to visit, desired show times from the website, etc.) on separate pages. I put each one into its corresponding folder in my Passporter, and I took them out on the correct days and folded them into my park maps to keep them handy at the parks."
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The Disneyland, San Diego, and Vegas, oh my! Trip Report - UPDATED 8/23
by Colexis Mom
17 Aug 2010 at 4:05pm
OK, I’ve got to get started on this thing. If I don’t start now, I’ll never do it. Hopefully this will give me the push I need to finish it as well....

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Our World of Color Experience
by Tink and co.
31 Aug 2010 at 8:14pm
We were at DLR from August 18-22, and we saw World of Color on Saturday, August 21. I thought I'd post our experience, since I've heard so many...
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Fantasmic Problems
by Ramkamartin
29 Aug 2010 at 11:42pm
Murphy the Dragon suffered what appeared to be a major failure on Saturday night. No official word as to how long it will take to fix the damage. If...
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Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular
by w-steele
22 Aug 2010 at 7:50pm
I am not sure where I read sometime back that the Aladdin stage show was going to be closing at the end of the Summer 2010 and converted over to be...
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New Characters in Fantasyland!
by Dlandmom2
19 Aug 2010 at 2:57pm
Just saw this article about Rapunzel and Flynn Rider appearing in Fantasyland! Disneyland set to bring in new characters - Around Disney : The...
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A new look for Alice in Wonderland
by Disney4us2
16 Aug 2010 at 4:45pm
Alice in Wonderland reopenend to a new look. It is all exterior, nothing has changed on the attraction it's self. The new part is when you come...
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