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Toontown



Toontown is a fun, colorful, toon-tastic place to visit! It is to the left of “It’s a Small World” towards the very back of the park. This area of Disneyland is themed from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I think the most entertaining part of this area is the character houses!

Kids go crazy when they are able to walk through Minnie and Mickey Mouse’s house and are sometimes surprised with a visit of the character themselves! Other character houses include Chip ‘n Dale’s Treehouse, Donald Duck’s boat and Goofy’s Playhouse (which includes a bounce house)!

Beside being able to visit character houses and enjoy a fun cartoony feel, there a couple rides. The Gadget Go Coaster is a short simple but very fun coaster, geared towards kids that are starting to branch out from the kiddies ride. Another popular ride is Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin where guests sit in taxi cabs and ride through the wild world of Roger Rabit. (From personal experience….. this line can get extremely long! The max I would wait for this ride would be 30 minutes on a crowded day, otherwise try fastpass or just skip it).

Other than the couple rides and character houses, there are other fun interactive areas in this "park". Across from Roger Rabbit's Car Spin is a "toon" version of a fire house/jail/post office that guests can walk through and interact with including a phone that connects to Rodger Rabbit himself and jail bars that might not be so hard to escape from!

The Disneyland Railroad does have a stop located just outside the entrance to Toontown, so use that to your advantage of getting to the far side of the park or back while visiting Disneyland.

Overall, Toontown is a fun area, especially with little kids, and worth checking out if time is available or the park is not overly crowded, yet not a must do for one-time visitors to Disneyland.

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