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44-770: Adventureland may refer to: Amusement parks [ edit ] Adventureland (Disney) , an area or "themed land" in several Disney theme parks Adventureland (Illinois) , a defunct amusement park located in Addison, Illinois, US Adventureland (Iowa) , located in Altoona, Iowa, US Adventureland (New York) , located in East Farmingdale, New York, US Adventureland (United Arab Emirates) , located in Sharjah, UAE Others [ edit ] Adventureland (film) ,

88-505: A 1950s view of exotic adventure, capitalizing on the post-war Tiki craze. Lush vegetation resembles jungles while elements of the "other" surround the visitor. Tribal performance masks, conga drums, non-American totem poles, exotic animal statues, and architecture of Pacific influence make for a confined area wherein industry and technology take a back seat to uncharted nature. Noted art historian David T. Doris explains Adventureland as, "a pastiche of imaginary colonial spaces, conflated within

132-444: A 2009 comedy written and directed by Greg Mottola Adventureland (video game) , a text adventure computer game by Scott Adams Adventureland , a virtual pinball table in the 2017 video game Pinball FX 3 Adventureland (train) , a Burlington Route passenger train from Kansas City, Missouri to Billings, Montana Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

176-485: A German accent provided by Thurl Ravenscroft . Controversy over the use of nationalism -associated white rather than gold/yellow has led counter-antisemitic groups to press for a change in Fritz's color, a change of the character to a representative of another nation, or a wholesale abandonment of the national-representative theme of flag-based color schemes and stereotyped accents. The main birds have changed colors over

220-419: A Hawaiian-themed musical show "hosted" by four lifelike macaws whose plumage matches the flags of their implied countries of origin. "José" is red, white, and green and speaks with a Mexican accent voiced by Wally Boag . "Michael" is white and green with an Irish brogue voiced by Fulton Burley . "Pierre" is blue, white, and red and has a French accent voiced by Ernie Newton . Red, black and white "Fritz" has

264-527: A Jungle Cruise attraction, and instead features a ropes course called "Camp Discovery", a dinosaur-themed rapids attraction named " Roaring Rapids and Soaring Over the Horizon . This version is also different in the fact that it is on the right side of the main hub instead of being on the left. The land's story focuses around a group called the League of Adventurers, who came upon the island after their airship

308-506: A different vibe than that of Disneyland 's, but with similar Big Band music and witty announcements. The Magic Carpets of Aladdin attraction was unique to this version of Adventureland before the opening of Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris . Note: ▲ = Genie Plus / Lightning Lane available Table-Service Restaurants Quick-Service Food Rides Attractions Merchandise Points Of Interest While

352-700: A pair of sub-lands: The Typhoon Lagoon inspired Coral Landing near the Swiss Family Treehouse and another one based on New Orleans Square at Disneyland, which features Pirates of the Caribbean . World Bazaar's buildings fade into New Orleans. The European Adventureland is geographically switched with Frontierland, compared to the American parks. It contains more heavy Indian and Moroccan influences. It features four themed areas: This Adventureland presented some construction problems, mainly due to

396-415: A partially Lilo & Stitch -themed version of the attraction. The attraction opened June 23, 1963, and was the first to feature Audio-Animatronics technology, a WED Enterprises patented invention. The attraction was sponsored by United Airlines for its first 12 years; in 1976, sponsorship passed over to Hawaii's Dole Food Company , which remains the sponsor to the present day. Dole also provides

440-466: A rousing version of " Hawaiian War Chant ". The exit music diverges from the quasi-tropical theme: namely, an arrangement of " Heigh-Ho " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with lyrics thanking guests for watching the show and hurrying them to the exit. So innovative was the technology by 1963 standards that an Audio-Animatronics talking " barker " bird (Juan, cousin of José) once located near

484-543: A verse of "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room", a whistling verse of "Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing", and the "Barcarolle" number from Offenbach 's opera Tales of Hoffmann . Additional minor cuts and trims were made to voice parts to make the edits seamless. Another renovation came to the show in the following decade: The Enchanted Tiki Room reopened in March ;2005 after a seven-month refurbishment, commissioned by new Disneyland management as part of its effort to restore

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528-586: Is available on the 1965 10th anniversary special featuring Walt Disney and "Miss Disneyland 1965", "The Tencennial Special". A virtually identical copy of the show, called Tropical Serenade, was installed at Walt Disney World 's Magic Kingdom when that park opened in 1971. Although accompanied by a new pre-show, the main show was the same. Tropical Serenade was eventually renamed The Enchanted Tiki Birds in 1993 and replaced in 1998 with The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) , featuring Iago from Aladdin and Zazu from The Lion King . The attraction

572-565: The Arabian Village and the other one being Caribbean Plaza , which is home to Pirates of the Caribbean . The original Polynesian motif is still visible with the prominence of jungle surrounding the Swiss Family Treehouse and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room . The 1930s adventurer/explorer ambiance is noted with the background music heard over loud projecting speakers recently installed throughout Adventureland with

616-536: The Jungle Cruise and the voice character Albert Awol who plays big band music from the 1930s. In 1999, the Swiss Family Treehouse was transformed into Tarzan's Treehouse , when then became Adventureland Treehouse in 2023. In 2008, Adventureland presented the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries event. The Adventureland at Walt Disney World is divided into two main sub-areas, one being

660-409: The Swiss Family Treehouse was added in 1962. With the technology of audio animatronics Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room was added in 1963 nearby the land's entry bridge. Oceanic Arts also created the series of tribal masks that now line the entry bridge. Indiana Jones Adventure opened in 1995 and gave the entire land a 1930s theme, which concurs with the setting created by the rustic boats of

704-535: The " Festival of the Lion King " show. In early May to August 2007, the land was converted into Pirateland , in conjunction with the release of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End . The outer edge of the land was under construction from early May to September 2008, adjacent to Festival of The Lion King. A temporary structure was built for Demon Jungle , an exclusive attraction for

748-474: The 2008–2010 Halloween seasons, and transformed to The Revenge of the Headless Horseman for the 2011–2014 Halloween seasons; it is now home to introduced its all-new “Black Box” space" known as "The Pavilion" , a flexible event venue. Unlike the other parks, there is still no Pirates of the Caribbean at this location yet. On September 1, 2017, the area around the bridge that near the entrance of

792-482: The American iterations. The chanting of the tikis in the "Hawaiian War Chant" and the voices of Maui, Ngendi, Koro and Rongo in the waiting area were provided by Hawaiian musician Ernest Tavares. Ginny Tyler voiced Pele and Tangaroa-Ru and Anne Essex voiced Hina. Wally Boag is also credited as providing the voice for José the parrot. Longtime Disney collaborator Thurl Ravenscroft gave a 1996 Disneyland Inside Out interview to J. D. Roth , in which he pointed out all of

836-574: The Disneyland Resort, the attraction is a pseudo-Polynesian musical Audio-Animatronic show drawing from American tiki culture . The Floridian version of this attraction, which was identical but with a different pre-show, was known as Tropical Serenade until 1998, when it was replaced with an updated version of the attraction called The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) , featuring Aladdin ' s Iago and The Lion King ' s Zazu . That version operated until 2011, when it

880-604: The Explorers Club Restaurant (now Colonel Hathi's Outpost) features animatronics birds that used to sing. Hong Kong Disneyland's Adventureland is the biggest among all Disney parks and features a large island area home to Tarzan's Treehouse, which is circled by the Jungle River Cruise, not much like the Rivers of America in most Magic Kingdom –style parks' Adventureland area. It is also home to

924-772: The House of Treasure opened originally when the Pirates premiered in December 1973, it started fully operating in February 1974 according to a March 1974 issue of "Eyes and Ears", a cast member newsletter for Walt Disney World. Tokyo Disneyland's Adventureland is a mish-mash of the various Adventureland interpretations. It features a unique ride - the Western River Railroad - and a Lilo & Stitch - themed version of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room . It features

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968-638: The Plaza Pavilion restaurant at the corner of Main Street, U.S.A. , since all three are actually part of the same building. Because ownership of the attraction was separate from the rest of the park, a nominal admission charge of $ 0.75 was levied. Because computers generate significant heat (particularly in their earliest forms) and played a central role in the attraction, the Tiki Room was also Disneyland's first fully air-conditioned building. It houses

1012-404: The gods depicted are Hina Kuluua, goddess of rain; Rongo , god of agriculture; Maui , who roped the playful sun; and Tangaroa , father of all gods and goddesses. A brief documentary of the history of the pineapple is presented as well. The story, filmed in the early 1960s and updated at the end with a Macromedia Flash presentation of a parade of Dole products, is shown on a screen on the rear of

1056-476: The green and foliate milieu of "the Jungle." Here is adventure. Here is romance. Here is mystery. Tropical rivers - silently flowing into the unknown. The unbelievable splendor of exotic flowers...the eerie sound of the jungle...with eyes that are always watching. Walt Disney had no time in making this dedication speech as the live broadcast of the opening day was about to conclude. Disneyland's Adventureland

1100-540: The middle of the jungle. In January 27, 2008, it closed again and reopened on July 25, 2008, as The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! , featuring Stitch from Lilo & Stitch . This version is the only Enchanted Tiki Room without the attraction's classic theme song. On the original sound recording of the Enchanted Tiki Room for Disneyland, most of the background birds were created by Purv Pullen (aka Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath). Pullen

1144-538: The original show format. The attraction reopened on August 15, 2011 as Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, a slightly edited version of Disneyland's original show. The attraction was once a clone of the original attraction until it closed for refurbishments in June 16, 1999, when it became The Enchanted Tiki Room: Now Playing "Get the Fever!" , where the attraction was re-themed as a madcap Las Vegas-style nightclub show in

1188-604: The park for its 50th birthday . Prior to this renovation, feathers regularly fell from the Audio-Animatronics birds, the building's thatched roof was breaking away in broad daylight, and the Audio-Animatronic figures' movements were noisy and slow. Afterward, the original show and storyline remained, but were now enhanced with a digitally remastered audio track, a new sound system indoors and out, and completely new Audio-Animatronics figures that looked

1232-879: The realm of Q'ai; the fanged cat guardian of the earth. In the Epic Mickey series, Wasteland's version of Adventureland is Ventureland. Its main elements is the movie Peter Pan and the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Enchanted Tiki Room Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room is an attraction located in Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort and in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World , and previously in Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort . First opened on June 23, 1963 at

1276-514: The roof of the Dole snack bar at the entrance to the lanai. In the main show, one chorus of "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" has José crooning like Bing Crosby , Fritz scat-singing in a gravelly voice like that of Louis Armstrong , and Pierre singing like Maurice Chevalier . After this, the birds cue a sing-along from the audience, and then a whistle-along, set to a wild can-can setting of

1320-420: The same as the previous ones, but had a completely different internal apparatus. Updates in technology allowed Walt Disney Imagineering , the descendants of WED Enterprises, to create a show to satisfy 21st century expectations while retaining its classic look. A few changes were made to the show itself after its refurbishment: In the pre-show in the lanai, rhythmic drums are heard near each god indicating who

1364-506: The theme land and in front of Tahitian Terence has surround by fences hiding the works starting recently for "Moana: A Homecoming Celebration" opening on 2018, as part of its multiyear expansion plan for the Park since November 22, 2016. Shanghai Disneyland Park features an area similar to the "Adventurelands" found at other Disney parks, named Adventure Isle . Just like "Adventureland" at Disneyland Paris, "Adventure Isle" does not include

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1408-490: The title Adventureland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adventureland&oldid=1242661971 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adventureland (Disney) Adventureland provides

1452-428: The tune. By the mid-1990s, the Enchanted Tiki Room audio system was dramatically enhanced. Subwoofers were placed in the back rows. Modern mid-range speakers and high-range tweeters were placed throughout the room. For the first time, every instrument played in the 1963 recording could be heard clearly. Soon after, the attraction received another alteration: Nearly four minutes of the original 17-minute show were removed:

1496-514: The unique Dole Whip soft-serve frozen dessert sold at a snack bar near the entrance. The show was originally going to be a restaurant featuring Audio-Animatronics birds serenading guests as they dined. The "magic fountain" at the room's center was originally planned as a coffee station (there is still a storage compartment in its base). The restaurant would have shared its kitchen with the now-defunct Tahitian Terrace in Adventureland and

1540-405: The unsuitable local climate. Growing exotic jungles in a place where winters could be harsh was a tough task. This is also the reason why there is no Jungle Cruise ride, since most animatronics animals would have been exposed to this weather. However, abandoned ideas intended to build an adequate ride under a glass roof, but that never came true. There is no Tiki Room attraction either, although

1584-471: The walkway to beckon visitors inside, drew enormous crowds of visitors trying to catch a glimpse of it. While waiting outside in a lanai area for the show to start, visitors are serenaded by Hawaiian music which at one time included that of Martin Denny and Bud Tutmarc. Polynesian gods are represented as well around the perimeter of the lanai, each with a rhyming legend to tell via Audio-Animatronics. Some of

1628-435: The years. In 1965, the four host birds had almost identical plumage of white, green, yellow and blue. The four macaws and the other birds are plumed with real feathers, with the exception of chest plumage. The chests are covered in custom-woven cashmere which allows the figures to "breathe" in a lifelike manner. The choice came quite by accident; in a planning meeting, Harriet Burns noticed a cashmere sweater that Walt Disney

1672-497: Was a comedy talent best known for his time with Spike Jones and his City Slickers . A D23 article published for the 50th Anniversary of the attraction in 2013 also cites contributions to the voices of the background birds from Clarence Nash , Maurice Marcelino, and Marion Darlington. Nash voiced Pierre's impression of Donald Duck in the Tokyo version of the attraction, which replaced the character's impression of Maurice Chavalier in

1716-416: Was damaged by a fire, which led to Disney reintroducing an edited version of the original Walt Disney attraction to replace it. The Japanese version of this attraction operated until 1999, when it was first redeveloped into a nightclub-style version of the show called The Enchanted Tiki Room Presents: Get the Fever!, before it was redeveloped again as The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! ,

1760-474: Was driven off course in the 1930s. Befriending the native Arbori tribe, they have been engaged in studying their culture and the island ever since. Each attraction is tied to a Guardian Animal in the Arbori mythology: Roaring Rapids is the realm of Q'aráq; a giant crocodilian Guardian of Water, Soaring Over the Horizon is located in a celestial temple to Q'otar; a condor spirit of the air, and Camp Discovery lies in

1804-405: Was going to tell their story next, and the order of the gods was changed. In the main show, the untitled instrumental interlude was cut and the four MC birds' dialogue was abridged. The original Tiki Room was controlled by a large roomful of floor-to-ceiling computers that operated the birds with data on magnetic tapes, located beneath the floor of the show room. Footage of the original control room

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1848-508: Was met with mixed reception from guests, and considered the most panned update to an existing attraction in Disney history. On January 12, 2011, a small fire broke out in the attraction's attic, severely damaging the Iago audio-animatronic figure. It was announced at Disney's D23 Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th Anniversary Conference that the attraction had been refurbished and returned to

1892-503: Was originally envisioned as True-Life Adventureland, and was to be based on Walt's famous award-winning nature documentaries on Africa and Asia. The land was originally supposed to have real animals from Africa to inhabit a jungle river, but after zoologists told Walt Disney the real animals would lie around or hide, the Imagineers built mechanical animals instead. Adventureland opened with the Jungle Cruise as its sole attraction, until

1936-523: Was wearing which moved at the elbows exactly the way the engineers envisioned. The presentation features a "cast" of over 150 talking, singing and dancing birds, flowers, the aforementioned magic fountain, tiki drummers and tiki totem poles that perform the attraction's signature tunes, " The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room " by the Sherman Brothers and "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing". The finale has every Audio-Animatronics figure performing

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