kids/family: bugs land, monsters inc, soarin over California (if your child is tall enough), muppet vision 3D, mickeys fun wheel, toy story mania, and jellyfish jumpers
teens/adults: Paradise pier, grizzly, tower of terror, and California screamin
I would say that California Adventure is aimed at older children. The rides are more extreme and exciting. However, it depends on the child. If you have adventurous children they may have a blast in California Adventures. My cousins are 7 and 9 and they preferred California Adventure to Disneyland. The park includes rollarcoasters, straight drop rides, a fun water raft ride, and more rides of a similar nature. The rides there are not like the rides in Disneyland. They are not themed like Disney rides. They are created more for the excitement. Here's a more detailed list of rides in California Adventure: http://gocalifornia.about.com/bl_dcaridesheet.htm
At Disneyland and Disney's California there are 178 rides all together and 56 rides at California adventure
Disney's California Adventure Park is 55 acres.
It's definitely worth it to get a park hopper to get the thrill of Tower of Terror and California Screamin' at California Adventure, but Disneyland is a must for its charm and fun rides. CA Adventure is undergoing some construction which won't be done til at least 2012, but it also has the new World of Color show which is amazing.
Disneyland and Califonia adventure are right across from each other. California Adventure is more of rollercoaster rides as Disneylands are dark rides.
Disneyland's California Adventure theme park is filled with amazing rides that will please the whole family. It's nearly impossible to name them all, but here are a few: Radiator Springs Racers, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Silly Symphony Swings,Grizzly River Run, and Toy Story Mania!
There are 53 rides within the water park and amusement park, including 7 Roller Coasters.
Two. Disneyland, and California Adventure.
Disneyland, California Adventure only has one.
No water parks, but Disneyland Park has a flume rode called Splash Mountain, and California Adventure has Grizzly Rapids River Run.
Disney California Adventure Park
California Adventure was opened on February 8, 2001