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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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My 14-year-old daughter, Renee, is visiting the Disneyland Resort for the first time this summer with her aunt, uncle, and cousin. The problem: they are planning to spend only one day at only one park (much to my daughter's dismay). She cannot decide whether she wants to go to Disneyland park or Disney's California Adventure.
Renee is an avid Disney World fan (we live one and a half hours away and go every weekend) so at first she thought about going to DCA, since Disneyland is a lot like our Magic Kingdom. But she's afraid of missing out on "The Original". She's made pro and con lists, tentative itineraries for both parks, and consulted with friends but still cannot decide. Please help us! Which park do you suggest for a fourteen year old, Magic Kingdom-loving girl on her first trip to Southern California? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
IMHO Disneyland not CA.
She can ride some originals missing from WDW..
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Finding Nemo Submarines (replacing the originals)
Indiana Jones, the ride, not the stunt show
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
The original Tiki room
Pinochocchio's Daring Journey
Casey Jr Train
Storybook Land boats
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
Alice in Wonderland
For a first-time trip... as much as I love DCA (they keep adding more great stuff), I think she has to do the original. When she's done with that, she can twist her relatives' arms about adding another day to visit DCA. If they end up loving their day at DL (I'm guessing they've never been to a Disney park, and aren't in the right spirit) she might have an easier time of it. Of course, when you consider how much they won't have time to do by spending just one day at DL.... She really does need three days, doesn't she? She already knows how cool Soarin' and Tower of Terror are, so those should be relatively easy "sells," and there's so much other great stuff at DCA that she's never seen or done. As Roger Rabbit might plead, "P...P...P...Please, Aunt and Uncle, puhleeeeeeze!"
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I'm with everyone else - as much as I love the California Adventure, it's got to be Disneyland, if you can only do one park. It's a chance to sample the park that Walt himself built and try out the classics that are gone from the other parks, like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, the Matterhorn, Alice in Wonderland and the Tiki Room.
OK, I am going against the tide here, but I would say to go to DCA. I DCA!! It's completely different than anything at WDW. Yeah, she would miss out on the Matterhorn and the Nemo Subs, but otherwise she can pretty much do everything else in Orlando - especially since you go often. DCA is so cool! She won't be able to experience CA Screamin' if she misses it - which is, IMO, the best ride ever!!
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I say DL also...besides being the original, the only draws DCA has for us is Tower of Terror...which is different than the one at Disney World...Soarin' and California Screaming (roller coaster). There is a lot of construction underway at DCL right now too as it's going through a major refurb. (because the park is a flop, so to speak)...so I'd wait and see the newer, bigger and better DCA in 2011 or 2012 (can't remember which is the projected year of completion).
For me, it would be Disneyland hands down. Not only are there many attractions there not to be found in the Magic Kingdom but a lot of the others are quite a bit different from their MK counterparts. When you add in Fantasmic and their awesome parade and fireworks, there really is no comparison.
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I say DL since it is different. The castle is different, we have the Matterhorn, and it a bit smaller then WDW. Plus the small world part of it is out side not in like the Magic Kingdom. By the way Downtown Disney is a monorail ride away from Tomorrow land or just walk to your right from the enternce of DL. Hope this helps go to Disney.com and click on Disneyland park then you can see what they have.
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If they end up loving their day at DL (I'm guessing they've never been to a Disney park, and aren't in the right spirit) she might have an easier time of it. Of course, when you consider how much they won't have time to do by spending just one day at DL.... She really does need three days, doesn't she? 
DCA!! It's completely different than anything at WDW. Yeah, she would miss out on the Matterhorn and the Nemo Subs, but otherwise she can pretty much do everything else in Orlando - especially since you go often. DCA is so cool! She won't be able to experience CA Screamin' if she misses it - which is, IMO, the best ride ever!! 
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