The new Adventureland Treehouse introduces an original storyline to Disneyland not tied to any film, and that provides Walt Disney Imagineering with the flexibility to someday tell any potential story in the 80-foot-tall man-made tree — from Encanto to Jungle Book to Pandora.
The Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson returned last week to Disneyland after a two-year renovation by Imagineering.
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Even though Swiss Family Robinson is in the name of the refreshed attraction, the nameless family of five is not the Robinsons marooned on an uninhabited island — but rather a creative bunch who just happen to like living in a treehouse in Adventureland.
Imagineering’s Kim Irvine talked about the creative challenges of coming up with a new theme for the attraction that debuted in 1962 as the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse and became Tarzan’s Treehouse in 1999.
“We really want to keep that tree,” Irvine said during a media preview of the Adventureland Treehouse. “So what should we do with it?”
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The Swiss Family Robinson and Tarzan stories fit well in the 80-foot-tall man-made tree — but were no longer as popular as they once were.
“We thought about the Swiss Family Robinson story, but thought maybe that wasn’t that relevant to people today,” Irvine said during a media preview. “So what if we are inspired by that whole story and it is about a family that built this amazing home together out of just their shared creativity and innovativeness. That made it a little bit of a different family. So we changed up their roles a little bit.”
The father is an inventor who does all the cooking. The mother is a music lover with a collection of magical instruments. The daughter loves the stars and has a great spot to watch the night sky. And the nature loving…
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