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  • Page Number: 1
    Let us start off with a scan of the resort map, the Disneyland hotel is on the far right hand side.
    Here is a closeup map of the hotel, for those who stayed at the hotel before the resort expansion, it has shrunk in size, all that is left are the three Towers, no other wings with guest rooms and the hotel no longer stretches to the monorail track (the hotel has shrunk, the monorail is still in the same spot).
    We start our tour at the entrance off Magic Way
  • Page Number: 2
    The entrance is flanked by the sign you saw in the last picture then this on the other side
    Looking down the driveway toward the hotel.
  • Page Number: 3
    There are signs up around the grounds to guide you around..
    Approaching the main building (the Magic Tower)
    A giant Mickey greets cars
  • Page Number: 4
    To the right is the Convention center
  • Page Number: 5
    To the left the lobby entrance
    Here is how the entrance looked in October of 2000, notice the old signage and paint scheme
    Looking back to where I took the first picture on this page
  • Page Number: 6
    The main entrance
    To the left is bell services
    And straight ahead is the entrance
  • Page Number: 7
    When you step through the doors you see this artwork (now)
    Before the remodel you would see the elevators (this shot is from 2002)
    Another 2002 shot
  • Page Number: 8
    Continuing our tour of the present, to the left is the front desk
    To the right a gift shop (Disneys Fantasia Gifts) and hallway toward the convention center
    Steping to the left and forward a small store (Donalds Gifts and Sundries)
  • Page Number: 9
    The elevators are still in the same spot, but they are behind the artwork you saw earlier.
    A look around the front desk area
  • Page Number: 10
    A close up of one of the pieces hanging behind the desk
    Throughout the lobby are other pieces, these are on the wall across from the small store (the sidewall of the elevator)
    A famous Disneyland painting on the wall opposite the elevators
  • Page Number: 11
    Continuing past the elevators (and to the right of where we entered) is the larger giftshop
    As we keep walking down the hall, past the gift shop we come to guest services
  • Page Number: 12
    Jogging a bit to the left then going on is a hallway connecting the lobby area over to the convention center, lining the walkway are some great old photographs
    You come to an interssection, to the right is this that leads back out where the giant Mickey is
    Straight ahead you can enter where the ballrooms are
  • Page Number: 13
    To the left a hallway leading to the restraurants and other rooms
    Along the walkway are displays with old Hotel and park photos as well as other items
    Here is a shot from the early 60s notice only one tower(the current Dreams tower) and the golf course where the current pool and other towers are..
  • Page Number: 14
    Continuing on you come to another intersecton. To the right are escalators leading to more conference rooms, straight ahead the restraurants, and to the left outside. In this area there is usually an old autopia car parked for pictures
  • Page Number: 15
    To the right is Steakhouse 55
    To the left Goofys Kitchen
    Heading outside you see the other entrance to the store we saw from the lobby
  • Page Number: 16
    To the right is a coffee place
    The sign outside for Goofys Kitchen
  • Page Number: 17
    Continuing on down the walkway. Goofys is on the right, the pool is behind the trees on the left
    The pool is on the left
    Looking back where I just walked from
  • Page Number: 18
    The walkway comes to an intersection, to the left the bar/mini boats, etc..
    Straight ahead a garden
    To the right a smaller (quiet) pool.
  • Page Number: 19
    Looking back you can see the walkway to the right
    Some character cutouts for photos.
    Looking across the grass(which acording to the map is the Never Land Glen) at the Dreams Tower, the pool is on the left, and Downtown Disney is beyond that tower
  • Page Number: 20
    Next you come upon the arcade
    The Gazzebo in the foreground and teh Wonder tower in the background
  • Page Number: 21
    Moving on down the walkway
    We come to the old Dancing Waters area
    The trail now turns left and we head East. There are a series of Koi ponds here
  • Page Number: 22
    Looking through the trees you can see where we walked over from
  • Page Number: 23
    The trail now leads over the waterfalls and toward the Wonder Tower
    Looking over the railing to the left
    To the left is the back of the arcade building, which also houses some shops
  • Page Number: 24
    The entrance to the Wonder Tower
  • Page Number: 25
    Looking back at the walkway I just walked down
    The trail continues on toward teh East (toward Downtown Disney)
    The walkways through the waterfalls were closed this morning
  • Page Number: 26
    Here are a couple shots from 2002 (the last time I walked through the area)
  • Page Number: 27
    The walkway comes to another intersection at the edge of the Tower. Continuing on straight would lead you through a garden and toward the Paradise Pier Hotel, to the left takes you back toward the lobby, to the right takes you to a parking lot.
    Turning left (almost all the way around) is the far side of the arcade/shops building.
    To the left is the shop/arcade, to the right is the Dreams Tower
  • Page Number: 28
    The entrance to the shops
    Next to that is the snack shop
    Continuing to the right is a photo op
  • Page Number: 29
    Walking past the snack shop you come to the Bar
    Which was closed since its only 9am..
    Walking past the bar you come to the Safari Adventure Remote - Controlled Jungle Cruise Boats
  • Page Number: 30
    Here a couple shots of the boats in operation from 2001
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    Beyond the boats is the Never Land Glen (that we saw from the other side earlier)
    Turning around almost, you can see the Magic Tower (the lobby) in distance and the Dreams Tower to the right.
    Continuing the turn
  • Page Number: 32
    Heading back toward where we entered this area from is Hooks Point and Wine Cellar
    Back on the main walkway again, the Dreams Tower on the Right
  • Page Number: 33
    Off to the right is the Rose Court Garden
    That is the Wonder Tower in the distance
  • Page Number: 34
    This courtyard is used most frequently for weddings..
    I stumbled upon them setting up for one back in 2003
  • Page Number: 35
    Beyond the Rose Court is the Dreams Lawn. The Dreams Tower is on the left here
    Here is the walkway through the garden (at sunset) this leads toward the ESPN Zone
  • Page Number: 36
    Circling back to where we left the main walkway.. the shops/Hooks Pointe/etc are on the left, the pool on the right
    Here is a shot of the pool through the trees
    Moving on this is the Dreams Tower (the pool is behind me)
  • Page Number: 37
    We come to another intersection, to the straight/left is the Lobby (Magic Tower), straight ahead the parking lot, to the right Downtown Disney, and to the left/behind is the Pool
    Here is the main entrance to the pool, for those familiar with the old hotel layout this is where the Marina was
  • Page Number: 38
  • Page Number: 39
    Heading to the left takes us back to the lobby area
    Turning right takes you to Downtown Disney
    Looking down the walkway toward the lobby, we will turn and head out of the hotel now.
  • Page Number: 40
    Looking back at the toward the hotel from Downtown Disney, this concludes the walking tour.. now some other shots.
    The hat decked out for the 50th in 2006
    Here is the hat back in 2004
  • Page Number: 41
    Looking at the Hotel from the tramway.
    A look at the hotel in 2000 from the Paradise Pier Hotel (I think at that time it was actualy the Disneyland Pacific hotel still)
    One more shot from 2000 with the old paint scheme and signage.
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