Aside from Disney 's California Adventure Park , construction on the former parking lot included Disney 's Grand Californian Hotel and Downtown Disney .
After its first publicly known proposal for a second theme park in Anaheim was scrapped , construction began in 1998 on a theme park called Disney 's California Adventure Park ; a hotel called Disney 's Grand Californian Hotel , a renovation , renaming , and re-theming of the Disneyland Pacific Hotel ; and an admission-free shopping and dining area called Downtown Disney .