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5 » MUST SEE , DO » CRYSTAL COVE State Park, left, is popular with swimmers, surfers and those who just like to hang out; Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers play a sold out show at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, below. Balboa Island Tiny million-dollar cottages line the shores of this pretty island off thecoast of Newport Beach. Candy stores and souvenir shops line the narrow streets and happy screams reverberate from the bumper cars and Ferris wheel at the Balboa Fun Zone. › balboa-island.net Irvine Spectrum Far more than a shopping mall, this sprawling center encompasses a 21-screen movie theater complex, including an IMAX theater, comedy club, 108-foot-tall Giant Wheel visible for miles, carousel with gorgeous antique-design animals and countless gardens, fountains and courtyards. And yes, there are stores and restaurants galore. › shopirvinespectrumcenter.com » » Mission San Juan Capistrano This beautifully preserved 18th-century mission covers ten acres filled with gardens, fountains and adobe buildings in the center of a scenic town famous for the swallows that return every spring. › missionsjc.com » SPECIAL EVENTS 2013 DANA POINT WHALE FESTIVAL March 2-3, 9-10, Dana Point festivalofwhales.org SWALLOWS' DAY PARADE March 23, San Juan Capistrano swallowsparade.com HUNTINGTON BEACH 4 TH OF JULY PARADE July 4, Huntington Beach hb4thofjuly.org PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS July 7-Aug. 31, Laguna Beach pageanttickets.com Disneyland Resort Walt Disney's 1955 amusement park has completed a five-year expansion of its Disney California Adventure Park, adding a much-anticipated 12-acre Cars Land re-creation of Radiator Springs from the Disney Pixar movie Cars and a re-creation of Los Angeles in the 1920s in its Buena Vista Street entrance. Of course, the resort also includes the original and ever-changing Disneyland, Downtown Disney's wide array of restaurants and clubs and the acclaimed Grand Californian Hotel. › disneyland.disney.go.com » Laguna Beach Laguna began as a small artists' colony in the early 1900s and has retained its devotion to the arts with festivals, galleries, a scenic seaside park and abundant public art. › lagunabeachinfo.com ORANGE COUNTY FAIR July 12-Aug. 11, Costa Mesa ocfair.com 2 0 1 3 t r av e l g u i d e to c a l i fo rnia 1 2 1