The countdown to Opening Day at Disney's California Adventure is now under 100 days.
Previews begin in just two months.
Downtown Disney should open even sooner. With its availability of alcohol, higher proportion of restaurants and shops to attractions, larger number of exhibits and more adult feel, DCA is a lot more like Epcot than Disneyland. As such, DCA's planners gave serious thought to having no traditional costumed characters in DCA, copying the strategy for Epcot when Disney World's second gate first opened in 1982. Instead, street performers would add to the atmosphere of each land. Recent filming done at DCA's main gate for park commercials involved the Buzz Lightyear character DCA's braintrust, though, has been able to learn from Disney World's mistakes.