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Downtown Disney (California)

Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney (Disneyland Resort) logo.svg
Downtown Disney 2014 Fountain Build a Bear.JPG
Location Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California, U.S.
Coordinates 33°48′33″N 117°55′26″W / 33.809052°N 117.924027°W / 33.809052; -117.924027Coordinates: 33°48′33″N 117°55′26″W / 33.809052°N 117.924027°W / 33.809052; -117.924027
Owner The Walt Disney Company
Operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Opened January 12, 2001; 16 years ago (January 12, 2001)
Website Downtown Disney website

Downtown Disney (officially the Downtown Disney District) is an outdoor shopping center located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It opened in 2001 as part of an expansion of the Resort from one theme park (Disneyland) to a multi-park resort complex.

Downtown Disney lies between the Disneyland Resort's two theme parks and its hotels. It is considerably smaller than its Walt Disney World counterpart, which is now named Disney Springs. No admission ticket is required for the area. Downtown Disney was designed to attract local residents and to encourage extended stays in the resort district. One side of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and one side of the Disneyland Hotel's Adventure Tower face Downtown Disney, providing a view of the area.

During the late 1990s Disneyland Resort expansion which also included the construction of Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney was built on space previously occupied by the original Disneyland parking lot and Disneyland Hotel, and includes a pedestrian bridge over Disneyland Drive (formerly West Street), which was regraded to accommodate the bridge. Downtown Disney opened on January 12, 2001.

Downtown Disney includes the following attractions:

The Disneyland Monorail System has two stations, one located in Tomorrowland and another in Downtown Disney. Built as part of the Monorail's 1961 extension, the station was known as the Disneyland Hotel Monorail Station from 1961 to 2000. It underwent a major renovation and re-theming as part of the 1998-2001 Disneyland Resort expansion, and was re-designated the Downtown Disney Monorail Station in 2001. Admission to Disneyland Park is required to ride the Monorail.


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