The present-day site of Disney California Adventure was acquired by Walt Disney in the 1950's and functioned as the parking lot of Disneyland for over 40 years. After succeeding with the multi-park business model at Walt Disney World in Florida, the Disney company decided to turn Walt Disney’s original theme park into a multi-park resort complex as well. In 1991, Disney announced plans to build WestCOT, a west coast version of what was then known as EPCOT Center, on the site of Disneyland’s parking lot. Unfortunately, the plans for WestCOT fell through and Disney’s California Adventure was built.

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