Disney's original theme park features a variety of rides, attractions and shows in eight themed lands. Highlights include the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain and the classic dark ride Pirates of the Caribbean.

Disney's depiction of contemporary California has never caught visitors' attention the way Walt's original Disneyland has over the years. Nevertheless, Disney's newest park offers a few worthy attractions.

Knott's has grown and changed throughout the years, most recently adding GhostRider, billed as the tallest, longest wooden roller coaster in the western U.S.

The park features hands-on interactive attractions, family rides and shows, with restaurants, shopping and landscape features. Unique Lego themes dominate the park.

SeaWorld offers a unique blend of interactive wildlife exhibits, thrill rides and theme park spectacle. Highlights include The Shamu Adventure and Cirque de la Mer shows, as well as the Wild Arctic exhibit.

Six Flags Magic Mountain is the local choice for roller coaster aficionados, offering one of the world's most impressive collections of thrill rides. But the park offers little in the way of theming or family rides to attract other theme park fans.

The venerable Studio Tour remains the highlight at Universal Studios Hollywood, which distinguishes itself from other movie theme parks in that it routinely hosts major production work. Other highlights include "Shrek 4-D" and the Jurassic Park River Adventure.

The water park features 21 slides, a wave pool, 1,300-foor lazy river and a children's water playground.

Knott's Soak City offers 18 water attractions, including body, tude and speed slides, a wave pool, lazy river and a children's water playground.

Knott's 13-acre water park has 21 water attractions, including 16 tube and body slides, a 750,000-gallon wave pool, lazy river and children's area.

Raging Waters features 36 water slides and attractions on 50 acres, including thrill rides, a wave pool, quarter-mile lazy river and a children's water playground.

Orange County's Raging Waters park features more than 40 water rides and attractions, including two wave pools, seven-story drop slides, a warm inner-tube river and spas. A third of the park is designed for children under 54 inches tall.