Disneyland Park
1313 South Harbor Blvd, Anaheim CA 92802 * 714-999-4565
"The Happiest Place on Earth" - Disneyland® Park contains over 60 major attractions, including shows, breathtaking parades, 3D movies, roller coasters, featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse including their newest attraction "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue."
Disney's California Adventure
1313 South Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92802 * 714-999-4565
"The Happiest Place on Earth just got happier" - Located adjacent to Disneyland® Park - This 55-acre theme park includes many aspects of California. Must see attractions include "Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure", "World of Color" and newest attractions "The Carthay Circle Theatre" and "Cars land" - a whole new land to experience with your friends and family.
Knott's Berry Farm
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park CA 90620 * 714-220-5200
"America's 1st theme park"- it contains over 30 rides, including thrill rides, family rides and rides for young children. It also has four great shows, such as a Native American storytelling demonstration with amazing special effects, and activities such as panning for gold.
Knott's Soak City
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park CA 90620 * 714-220-5200
This water park is an extension of Knott's Berry Farm with separate admission. With ten different pools and slides, ranging from 62-foot high open flume water slides to small kiddie slides in a children's pool, it is a great place for all ages to cool off.
Pretend City Children's Museum
29 Hubble, Irvine CA 92618 * 949-428-3900
In Orange County's new children's museum, kids get to be adults for the day. It is an entire miniature city, complete with buildings and areas like a beach and a farm. Children can try on the roles of an adult, such as careers and grocery shopping.
Discovery Science Center
2500 North Main Street, Santa Ana CA 92705 * 714-542-2823
Discover and Explore - With 100 hands-on exhibits, this place is so much fun-kids won't realize they're learning. They can play virtual volleyball, make shapes in a pin wall, or fly a model airplane. In the newest exhibit, Dino Quest, they can even go on research missions.
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana CA 92706 * 714-567-3600
This world-class museum of cultural art contains 85,000 objects and 100,000 square feet of art from around the world. It also regularly has special exhibits, including such things as mummies on loan from Britain, ancient Chinese art and Dead Sea Scrolls.
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach CA 92802 * 562-590-3100
This aquarium showcases everything from the beautiful coral reefs of the Tropical Pacific to the sea otters of the North Pacific. It has more than 12,500 animals, and visitors can feed Lorikeet birds, learn about aquatic medicine, or even touch sharks.
Hollywood Wax Museum
6767 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90028 * 323-462-5991
Anyone who has ever wanted to come within touching distance of a movie star will love this museum. It contains over 100 incredibly life-like replicas of past and current Hollywood actors, all made entirely from wax, and even whole wax movie scenes.
Universal Studios Hollywood
1000 Universal Center Dr, San Fernando Valley CA 91602 * 1-800-UNIVERSAL
"Entertainment Capital of LA" - View 3D films, go on thrilling rides, or watch animal actors perform in this theme park that's all about movies. Must see attractions include the new King Kong 360 3-D, Terminator 2®: 3D and the park's newest attraction, Transformers™: The Ride 3D- Immerse yourself in the next generation of thrill rides.
Sea World San Diego
500 SeaWorld Drive, San Diego CA 92109 * 800-25-SHAMU (800-257-4268)
With all-new shows, exhibits and rides, Sea World is sure to please everyone. Watch the performances of humorous sea lions, majestic killer whales and acrobatic pets; go on 8 different rides; or view, and even touch, the amazing creatures of the sea.
San Diego Zoo
2929 Zoo Drive, San Diego CA 92101 * 619-231-1515
This 107-acre zoo contains more than 4,000 animals from 800 species, and it is one of only a few zoos in the U.S. with giant pandas. It also has bus tours, animal shows, and a children's zoo where kids can touch the animals or watch animal babies.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Formerly known as San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park)
15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido CA 92027-7017 * 760-747-8702
Wander through herds of giraffe, take a jeep tour that brings you within feet of rhinos and buffalo, or come face to face with a lion in this unique, open-enclosure animal park. For some extra adventure, guests can also ride a segway X2 or take a zip line.