This is everything you must see, eat, do, and experience at both Disneyland Park and California Adventure.
From devouring a bag of warm Mickey Beignets to screaming your heart out on Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout, there are so many things you absolutely must experience at least once at Disneyland.
California Adventure Bucket List
Here’s everything you gotta do a California Adventure:
- Attend Oogie Boogie Bash
- Watch Spider Man swing above Avengers Campus
- Ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout
- Ride Mission Breakout during Halloween
- Get a hot link corn dog from Corn Dog Castle
- Sit front row on the Incredicoaster
- Sit in the secret vault room at Lamplight Lounge
- Watch Avengers Assemble
- Attend a show at the Hyperion Theater
- Visit Radiator Springs when they turn the lights on
- Meet some heroes at Avengers Campus
- Come in first on Radiator Springs Racers
- Devour some seasonal funnel cake fries from Award Wieners
- Watch Dr. Strange’s Mysteries of the Mystic Arts at night
- Get scared on Goofy’s Sky School
- Eat a Cozy Cone snack like ice cream, churros, chili cone queso or a cocktail
- Visit San Fransokyo Square at night
- Draw a character at the Animation Academy
- Get a Baymax Sour Dough Bread
- Get the highest score of the day on Toy Story Midway Mania
- Try the bulgogi burrito from Lucky Fortune Cookery
- Try some tiny and massive foods at Pym’s Test Kitchen
- Grab a Pym cocktail
- Down a Michelada with Golden Road Mango Cart
- Try every booth during the food festivals
- Do arm day at Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure
- Ride Soarin’ Over California (not world)
- Do NOT go on the swinging version of Pixar Pal-A-Round
- Order the Quesa Birria from Cocina Cucamonga
- Try a seasonal churro
- Enter the park from the Grand Californian
- Get drenched on Grizzly River Run
- Try a chili lime corn on the cob
- Drink as many seasonal drinks as you can
- Take the Bakery Tour and get a free sample
- Crush a plate of lobster nachos while sitting on the patio at Lamplight Lounge
- Watch World of Color
- Order a secret drink at the Lamplight Lounge
Disneyland Bucket List
Here’s everything you gotta do at Disneyland:
- Get a Dole Whip
- Get an original churro
- Get a seasonal churro
- Get a turkey leg from Edelweiss Snacks
- Smash a bag of warm, Mickey shaped beignets and wash them down with a Mint Julep
- Watch the fireworks
- Laugh at a few dad jokes on the Jungle Cruise
- Spin as fast as you can on the Mad Tea Party (teacups ride)
- Smell the inside of Pirates of the Caribbean
- Hop on the Disneyland Railroad
- Break your back riding both sides of the Matterhorn Bobsleds
- Ride the second best Space Mountain
- Ride “it’s a small world” during Christmas
- Experience Hyperspace Mountain
- Drive a car on the Autopia
- Ride Haunted Mansion during Christmas and Halloween
- Dine at Club 33
- Go on Indiana Jones Adventure and relive some moments from the movies
- Ride Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and compare it to Disney World’s
- Try a seasonal soup and sandwich from Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe
- Hop on Alice in Wonderland
- Escape from the First Order on Rise of the Resistance
- Watch the fireworks from Galaxy’s Edge
- Make sure to get Cold Brew Black Caf with extra cream
- Scream “Punch it Chewy” when piloting the Millennium Falcon on Smugglers Run
- See if a Green or Blue Milk is better
- Build a lightsaber at Savi’s Workshop
- Grab a few drinks from Oga’s Cantina
- Get both a Ronto Wrap and Morning Wrap
- Dine near the boat launch at Blue Bayou Restaurant
- Get the fried chicken from the Plaza Inn
- Take the craziest of rides on Mr Toad’s Wild Ride
- Take a peek at Walt’s apartment
- Hop on the Disneyland Monorail
- Get a 999,999 on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
- Get a pic in front of the tiny castle
- Go to a special event like Star Wars Nite
- People watch from Cafe Orleans
- Eat a seasonal funnel cake from Hungry Bear restaurant
- Watch Fantasmic!
- Get a massive arm workout paddling Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes
- Go inside the Enchanted Tiki Room once
- Ride every opening day attraction
- Do NOT ride Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
- Wait in line for the chocolate chip cookies from Harbour Galley
- Try all of the skewers from Bengal Barbecue
- Hop on the Mark Twain Riverboat
- Soar on Dumbo
- Check out Walt Disney’s Griffith Park Bench in the Opera House which is where he dreamt up the idea for Disneyland Resort
- Get a less superior beignet from Ralph Brennan’s in Downtown Disney
- Grab a drink at Trader Sam’s Grog Grotta inside the Disneyland Hotel
- Take a VIP Tour
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