There is a pass that allows you to hop between the parks. Its called a parkhopper pass. At max I'd say Disneyland Park and California Adventure were 100 yards apart. There is just a large midway thing that seperates the two parks. And I would recomend the park hopper pass. Although it is hard to go on everthing in just a day. Espically with how the lines usually are in Disneyland Park.
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lose one coaster, lose all coasters, than you will lose yourself