7 Best Thrill Rides at the Disneyland Resort

The Disneyland Resort in California consists of two theme parks, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. While the Disneyland Resort is known for its child-friendly rides like It's a Small World and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, it's also home to some great rides that are thrilling for teens and adults.

Here's a look at seven of Disneyland's and Disney's California Adventure's best thrill rides.

Space Mountain (Disneyland) - This classic Disneyland ride was recently refurbished with a rockin' soundtrack that blasts as it takes travelers on a high-speed, indoor rollercoaster ride through space. As your rocket is set to "launch," you travel past mission control on your way to the launching pad. Once at the top, your rocket begins its travels through space as it twists and turns and encounters a few, albeit small, drops along the way.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Disney's California Adventure) - Find yourself in an episode of the classic TV show "The Twilight Zone." From the moment you step in to the deserted Hollywood hotel, you know something's not right. From the hotel's boiler room, riders are whisked in to a service elevator for a journey to the top of the hotel... 13 stories up. Along the way, the elevator stops on different floors to reveal scenes straight out of the Twilight Zone. Then, without warning, the elevator plunges 13 stories straight down.

California Screamin' (Disney's California Adventure) - launches riders from 0 - 55 in six seconds. From there it's a heart pounding, high speed ride. In the next mile, riders experience a drop of over 100 feet, hairpin turns, and a giant loop. More thrilling that the wooden rollercoaster of the past that this ride portrays, this modern steel rollercoaster will have you screamin' the entire time you're on it!

Splash Mountain (Disneyland) - Get ready to get wet on this Disney take on the classic log flume ride. At first this attraction seems like a slow-moving, leisurely ride as your "log" travels through scenes from the movie "Song of the South." However, it soon becomes apparent that Br'er Rabbit is in trouble as Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear follow him thought the ride. Finally, you see that Br'er Rabbit has been caught in the brier patch and things go downhill from there, literally. Your "log" (with you in it) plunges 52 ½ feet down to a watery finish and everyone winds up soaking wet

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Disneyland) - Billed as the "wildest ride in the west," Thunder Mountain is the tamest of the three "mountain" rides in the Magic Kingdom. The out of control mining train winds its way at high speeds past an avalanche to whisk riders through a wide west mining town, a dark bat cave, and in and out of the mountain.

Soarin' Over California (Disney's California Adventure)- this flight simulator takes thrill seekers on a hang glider ride over California. Flying high over the major cities, the Napa valley, the coast, orange groves (complete with orange grove smell), and eventually Disneyland, riders have the sensation of flying as the movie screen surrounds the hang glider that is suspended in mid air.

Grizzly River Rapids (Disney's California Adventure) - is where "wetter is better" and it's true! One of Disney's largest water rapids type of rides, this adventure takes you through an abandon mine in the scenic of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Your raft winds through caves and under waterfalls as you and your fellow rivers get soacking wet. There are a total of three drops on this ride, but the last is the longest, scariest, and the best!