ABC Studios
	An ABC Studios attraction was originally going to have been included in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot.

	Armageddon Special-Effects show
	A special effects show that would later appear at the Walt Disney Studios Paris.

	Chocolate Factory Tour
	A tour in the Pacific Wharf area, featuring free chocolate samples.

	Circle of Hands
	An audio-animatronic show retelling the history of California. Golden Dreams was built instead due to budget cuts.

	Cosmic Whirl
	A campy science fiction overlay for the Orange Stinger, turning it into a planet with three rings and an orbiting rocket.

	Geppetto's Workshop
	An overlay of the Orange Stinger turning the guests and their swings into one of Geppetto's puppets.

	Goofy's Superstar Limo
	One of the retheming proposals for the ill-received Superstar Limo attraction, based around Goofy's odd experiences in Hollywood.

	Lights, Camera, Animation! Parade
	A proposed replacement of the Eureka! parade, featuring Disney animated characters. Dropped in favour of Block Party Bash.

	Mickey's PhilharMagic
	A clone of the popular Magic Kingdom 3D movie.

	Miss Piggy's Superstar Limo
	A proposed retheme of the ill-received Superstar Limo attraction, incorporating Miss Piggy's interactions with the celebrities, and creating a small Muppets area in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot.

	Monsters Inc. Spook House
	A dark ride planned for Paradise Pier, combining the Pixar feature with a traditional ghost house.

	OdysSEA
	A night-time water show in Paradise Bay, featuring the Little Mermaid.

	Perry the Platypus electronic scavenger hunt
	An interactive, park-wide game in the style of Epcot's Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure, based around Agent P from Phineas and Ferb.

	Paradise Pier water flume
	A proposed shoot-the-chutes ride, ending with a splash into Paradise Bay.

	Pixar Superstar Parade
	A Pixar themed parade dropped in favour of Pixar Play Parade.

	Rock n' Rollercoaster
	A clone of the popular Disney's Hollywood Studios ride, possibly featuring the Californian band No Doubt instead of Aerosmith.

	Surfing lessons
	Early plans suggested actual surfing lessons being offered on Paradise Bay.

	The Claw
	An overlay of the Orange Stinger which would have recreated the Claw scene from Toy Story, with Little Green Men and hanging pincers.

	The Incredibles ride
	An E-ticket rollercoaster using KUKA robot arm technology, based on the Pixar movie, but dropped in favour of Carsland.

	villains rollercoaster
	Early plans for the ambitious park make-over included retheming California Screamin' to the Disney Villains, with encounters with some of Disney's most notorious baddies along the way, but was cancelled due to the difficulty in including show scenes to such a fast ride, and the attractions already existant popularity.

	Zurg ride
	A retheme of the Golden Zephyr, basing the ride and its rocketships around Evil Emperor Zurg.

Lands
 

	Mickey's State Fair
	An unused name for the Bountiful Valley Farm area, most probably as one of the early attempts to infuse characters into the park a couple of years after opening.

	Toy Story Pier
	When the decision was made to revamp the park, thought was given to turning Paradise Pier into Toy Story Pier; with Toy Story Midway Mania, a retheming of the Orange Stinger as 'The Claw', and retheming the Golden Zephyr around the Evil Emperor Zurg.

Shops & Restaurants
 

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Other
 

	California Screamin'
	A preliminary name for this rollercoaster was The Wipeout, themed to surfing.

	The Great California Adventure
	This was the original name for Disneyland Resort's second gate, before it was changed to Disney's California Adventure.

	Paradise Pier
	Numerous other names were proposed for the seaside area of DCA, including Soak City and Paradise Beach Park.

	Soarin' Over California
	The original designs for Soarin' Over California planned for it to use a suspended Peter Pan's Flight system, through physical models and sets depicting the Golden State.

	Toy Story Midway Mania
	Original designs for this attraction included having the entrance and exit be through the giant mouths of Woody and Buzz, and planned games included a 'Make Al Dance' game, in which guests shot eggs at the chicken-costumed toy collector.

	Walt Disney's California Adventure
	Consideration was given to renaming Disney's California Adventure by adding 'Walt' to better emphasise the parks change in theme to focus on California of the 1920s.