This is an entry for “land” in our Disneyland 101 Glossary: Disneyland Resort definitions in under 101 words, from Mouse Brief.
The parks of Disneyland Resort—Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park—are each divided into themed areas called “lands.” These lands are collections of attractions, shops, and restaurants enhanced by landscaping, architecture, decorative elements and even soundtracks meant to evoke a special place and time. These lands might be loosely based on historic places or Disney films. You do not need a separate ticket to enter each land. All of the lands are named and shown on the parks’ maps. You can find a listing of these lands below.
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Lands at Disneyland Park
Disneyland Park in California is comprised of nine themed lands. Here is a quick overview of those lands:
Adventureland
Adventureland is the land dedicated to thrilling adventure! The atmosphere here is thick jungle-like foliage and open-air shops and restaurants. Adventureland is home to Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones Adventure, Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room and Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson. It is also home to the popular park snack, the Dole Whip.
Adventureland is located west of Main Street, U.S.A. on the south side of the Disneyland Park.
Bayou Country (formerly Critter Country)
With the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in November 2024, the little land formerly known as Critter Country became Bayou Country, home to musical animals. Besides Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, you can also experience The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes here.
Bayou Country is on the western banks of the Rivers of America. You can reach it from New Orleans Square to the south or Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge from the north.
Fantasyland
For many folks, Fantasyland is the first thing they imagine when they think of Disneyland. It is centrally located and anchored by Sleeping Beauty Castle. Fantasyland is densely packed with attractions. Many of them, like Snow White’s Enchanted Wish, are from the opening of the park. Others, like Matterhorn Bobsleds, might surprise you with their inclusion. This is the place to find princesses plus attractions, entertainment and characters based on Walt Disney’s early animated films.
For our full guide to Fantasyland, please visit Featuring Fantasyland at Disneyland Park: Highlights, Tips & FAQs
Fantasyland is centrally located in Disneyland Park and stretches between Sleeping Beauty Castle, “it’s a small world” and Matterhorn Bobsleds.
Frontierland
Frontierland captures the feeling and look of an old Western film. You can even find a saloon here: the Golden Horseshoe. (However, it does not serve alcohol.) Attractions include Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island, which is the backdrop to the nighttime spectacular, Fantasmic! Frontierland has wooden facades and sidewalks and somehow evokes a dusty frontier town while still being Disney-clean.
Frontierland is directly west of the Disneyland Park hub and encompasses much of the Rivers of America.
Main Street, U.S.A.
Main Street U.S.A. is the entry land for Disneyland Park. As guests come through the main entrance, they travel under the Disney Railroad – Main Street, U.S.A. Station and into this land themed. It was created to resemble a turn-of-the-century small town main street in, you guessed it, the USA. In addition to the Disneyland Railroad attraction, Main Street, U.S.A. also has vintage vehicles plus a theater showing films and another with an animatronic show featuring either Walt Disney or Abraham Lincoln (depending on when you go).
Main Street, U.S.A. is the entrance (and exit) land for Disneyland Park. Unless you travel to the park by monorail, you will experience this land as you come and go from Disneyland.
Mickey’s Toontown
Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland Park is, well, Mickey Mouse’s hometown! This land has a bubbly cartoonish aesthetic. Mickey’s Toontown has attractions, play areas and special settings where you can meet characters, including Mickey and Minnie’s houses. The three rides here are Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin and Chip ‘n’ Dale’s GADGETcoaster.
You can find our extensive guide to Mickey’s Toontown here: Hot Dog! A Guide to Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland
Mickey’s Toontown is on the far north side of Disneyland Park. The only entrance to the land is a tunnel below the railroad tracks beside “it’s a small world.”
New Orleans Square
New Orleans square is a land in Disneyland Park themed to its namesake city in Louisiana in the United States. This land has wrought iron railings and great music reminiscent of the French Quarter in New Orleans. Two classic Disney rides, Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion, are both located in New Orleans Square. A third classic attraction, Disneyland Railroad, has a station in New Orleans Square. Plus, New Orleans Square has some wonderful dining options!
You can read more about all of this in our full guide: Spotlight on New Orleans Square in Disneyland Park
New Orleans Square is in the southwest corner of Disneyland Park bordered by Adventureland, Bayou Country and the Rivers of America.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is the Disneyland Park land themed to the Star Wars universe. Imagineers created a new Star Wars planet for this land, which opened in 2019. That planet is called Batuu, and we have a guide to it here: Where Batuu in Disneyland Fits into the Star Wars Universe.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has two major attractions: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run. The shops are also heavily themed with two offering interactive experiences for an additional cost. Plus, there is a popular bar called Oga’s Cantina and other great dining spots. If you are wondering whether you should bring kids to Oga’s Cantina, we have an article about that here: Should I Bring Kids to Oga’s Cantina, the Disney Star Wars Bar?
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is at the northwest edge of Disneyland Park with three entry pathways leading to Bayou Country, Frontierland and Fantasyland.
Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland runs along the east side of Disneyland Park. It is a land from the earliest days of Disneyland and is meant to be themed to the future. That’s a hard theme to maintain… so it has taken on kind of a retro-future identity over the years. The attractions here are Astro Orbitor, Star Tours—The Adventures Continue, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Autopia, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and Space Mountain. That’s a lot! Plus, Tomorrowland has stations for both the Disneyland Railroad and the monorail.
Tomorrowland is along most of the east side of Disneyland Park.
Lands at Disney California Adventure Park
Avengers Campus
Avengers Campus is in Disney California Adventure Park, and it is themed to the Avengers and the Marvel Universe. The land is a “campus” because it is presented as a kind of training area and headquarters for the Avengers team. Costumed Marvel characters pop-up here consistently. At the time of writing, there is active construction around the edges of Avengers Campus and new features are coming. Current attractions are WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy—Mission: BREAKOUT!
Avengers Campus is on the east side of Disney California Adventure Park between Cars Land and Hollywood Land.
Buena Vista Street
The entrance land for Disney California Adventure Park is Buena Vista Street. This land is meant to evoke an idealized version of Hollywood at the time Walt Disney arrived in California. You can find guest services, restaurants and shops here. Buena Vista Street is at the main entrance (and exit) for Disney California Adventure Park, but there is another entrance for Disneyland Resort Hotel guests in Grizzly Peak.
Cars Land
Cars Land is an immersive land at Disney California Adventure Park modeled on the town of Radiator Springs from the Disney and Pixar Cars franchise. The headline attraction in Cars Land is Radiator Springs Racers, and there are two smaller (but fun) attractions called Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters and Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree. The latter two rides also have holiday versions for both the fall and winter holidays. Cars Land hosts Sh-boom Time at sunset.
I wrote about how I fell for Cars Land here.
Cars Land is in the southeast corner of Disney California Adventure Park.
Grizzly Peak
The Disney California Adventure Park land of Grizzly Peak honors the natural beauty of California, particularly the mountains and forests. Grizzly Peak is home to Grizzly River Run and the various iterations of the Soarin’ attraction. Grizzly Peak also has the wonderful Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. The special park “side entrance” for Disneyland Resort Hotel guests is in Grizzly Peak.
Grizzly Peak is in the northwest section of Disney California Adventure Park, and you can recognize it by its distinctive Imagineered mountain in the shape of a roaring bear head.
Hollywood Land
Like the neighboring Buena Vista Street, Hollywood Land emulates a dream version of Hollywood, but it has a more contemporary flavor. This land celebrates movies, and the attractions (mostly) reflect this. You can see a 3D movie with Mickey’s PhilharMagic or participate in some wonderful activities in the Animation Building. The “backlot” area of this land is currently home to Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! but that is set to close sometime in 2026. Hyperion Theater occasionally hosts show or other experiences.
Hollywood Land is on the northeast side of Disney California Adventure Park.
Paradise Gardens Park
Paradise Gardens Park is based on beach amusement parks (think Santa Monica Pier or Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk) and features retro-themed eateries and classic amusement park rides with Disney twists like Goofy’s Sky School and Silly Symphony Swings. You can also find a common type of Disney ride here: the omnimover dark ride. Here is takes the form of The Little Mermaid – Ariel’s Undersea Adventure.
Paradise Gardens Park runs along the north side of Disney California Adventure Park’s central body of water and is the primary viewing location for the park nighttime spectacular, World of Color.
Pixar Pier
Like its neighbor—Paradise Gardens Park—Pixar Pier also features classic amusement park attractions, but in this case they are Pixar themed. The similarity can be explained by the two lands’ shared history: until 2018, they were one land called “Paradise Pier.” Attractions include the Incredicoaster, Toy Story Midway Mania and the Pixar Pal-A-Round Ferris wheel.
Pixar Pier runs along the south and west side of Disney California Adventure Park’s central body of water.
San Fransokyo Square
San Fransokyo Square is a small land themed to resemble a wharf in the fictional city of San Fransokyo, which is the setting for the film Big Hero 6. You can expect to see character meet and greets and decor reflective of that, but mostly this is a wonderfully themed food court. Because San Fransokyo represents a cultural fusion (San Francisco plus Tokyo), the food found here does too. This area is mostly a collection of quick-service restaurants with shared outdoor seating (and a wonderful view).
San Fransokyo Square sits on Disney California Adventure Park’s central body of water on the south side. You can reach San Fransokyo Square via its distinctive red bridge or by pathways from and near Cars Land.
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