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Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is the previous iteration of the current Pixar Place Hotel. The previous name corresponded to the Paradise Pier land in the original version of Disney California Adventure Park and the new name matches the new Pixar Pier land. The hotel has also been known as the Disneyland Pacific Hotel, and before that it was under different ownership.
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