DOWNTOWN DISNEY<SUB>®</SUB> DIST. With its bustling nightlife and restaurants, Downtown Disney_® provides a fun, adult-friendly alternative to mouse ears and high-octane rides. Spanning more than 20 acres, the area between the park's gates and resort hotels stays busy day and night. Guests browse myriad shops; stop for cocktails, brews, or tunes at ESPN Zone_® and the House of Blues_®; dine at unique restaurants; and dance the night away at trendy discos. Visitors who want to take it easier can catch a flick at the 12-screen AMC_® Theatres.

FULLERTON. Fashionable with the OC's antique hounds, downtown Fullerton dates from the 1880s, when brothers George and Edward Amerige purchased 430 acres of real estate and began developing it. Buildings like the imposing Odd Fellows Hall and Beaux Arts-style Farmers & Merchants Bank showcase the turn-of-the-century brickwork that once so defined the area. Today, shoppers flock to the Amerige Block (along East Commonwealth Avenue) and the Dean Block (along North Harbor Boulevard) to visit a variety of shops and restaurants.

OLD TOWNE ORANGE. Boasting a variety of locally owned antique shops, galleries, and specialty shops, Old Towne Orange attracts crowds of well heeled shoppers on a daily basis. With its old, California-style brick buildings, public fountains, and secret gardens, Orange's historic district hearkens back to a time long since forgotten by its steel and glass So Cal neighbors. Quaint little tearooms and sidewalk eateries offer terrific respites from the travail of a day spent shopping.