 Hollywood Boulevard, the main thoroughfare in the themed land. Photographed in 2009, before the addition of the Red Car Trolley tracks. | |
| Theme | 1930s Hollywood |
|---|---|
| Attractions | |
| Total | 4 |
| Other rides | 1 |
| Shows | 3 |
| Disney California Adventure | |
| Opened | February 8, 2001 |
Hollywood Land is a themed land at Disney California Adventure park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The area is inspired by the 1930s Golden Age period of Hollywood and hosts attractions themed to this concept, including a backlot of a typical Hollywood studio. The land opened as Hollywood Pictures Backlot with the park in 2001.
The land's entrance once had towering studio gates that featured intricately carved elephants atop massive columns. The gateway was a tribute to the spectacular epics made throughout Hollywood history, especially pioneering director D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent film Intolerance. After the park's re-design, the archway sign, elephants and columns were removed, whereas the repainted pedestals remained.
Attractions include the Hyperion Theater, which opened with the park in 2001 and has hosted five productions, the 3D film Mickey's PhilharMagic, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, based on the Disney·Pixar film Monsters, Inc., which opened in 2006 as part of the resort's Happiest Homecoming on Earth, the Animation Academy. The Red Car Trolley attraction, based on the Pacific Electric Railway, which runs through the streets of Hollywood Land but is part of Buena Vista Street officially. Former attractions include Muppet*Vision 3D, Disney Junior – Live on Stage! (formerly known as Playhouse Disney – Live on Stage!) and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Superstar Limo, and Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! (which is now part of Avengers Campus).