At this time, the property saw the addition of the Disney California Adventure theme park, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex named Downtown Disney, a remodeled Disneyland Hotel, the construction of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, and the acquisition and re-branding of the Pan Pacific Hotel as Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel.
Park Disneyland, Hotel Disneyland in original parkirišče, kot tudi odkupljena širša okolica je bila označena kot nov razvoj velikega počitniško-rekreacijskega kompleksa.