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The Downtown LA Tour of Disneyland

29 Mar 2010 1 Comment

by meganfinley in los angeles Tags: photography

I recently went on a strange and wonderful tour led by a strange and wonderful man, Charles Phoenix. To explain this tour I’ll just grab the text from his website…

“Join Charles on this 6-hr walking & school bus tour beginning ending at Union Station – See Old Chinatown – Olvera Street – Clifton’s Cafeteria – The Bradbury Building – Carroll Avenue – Bob Baker Marionette Theater – Walt Disney Concert Hall and SO much more!

Experience the charm of MAIN STREET USA, exotica of ADVENTURELAND, wilderness of FRONTIERLAND, magic of FANTASYLAND, and future of TOMORROWLAND – all in the heart and soul of our city.

You will never see downtown LA the same way again! It’s just like a big theme park! The similarities between Downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland are staggering!”

And it was a ton of fun and it, in fact, made me fall in love with my city all over again.

We all gathered at Union Station to meet Charles who was rocking a pair of serious Mickey Mouse ears and a vintage Shriners Club jacket.

We took this baby all over downtown LA and from Union Station, to Chinatown to Olvera Street to Clifton’s Cafeteria to The Bradbury Building to Angels Flight to some janky downtown locations that used to be something awesome, to the Bob Baker Marionette Theater to Carroll Avenue and ending at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

This is me getting the thrill of my life as I actually rode Angels Flight the day before it officially opened!

Now line up in an orderly fashion and head over to the photography blog to see all the tour photos…

Or you can just click on this photo. Either way, you'll be seeing some great photos of LA landmarks.