Swiss Family Treehouse
| Swiss Family Treehouse | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Disneyland | |
| Area | Adventureland |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | November 18, 1962 |
| Closing date | March 8, 1999 |
| Replaced by | Tarzan's Treehouse |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Area | Adventureland |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | October 1, 1971 |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Adventureland |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Area | Adventureland |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | July 21, 1993 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Swiss Family Robinson |
Swiss Family Treehouse is a walk-through attraction featured at
History
The Swiss Family Treehouse opened November 18, 1962, in Adventureland at Disneyland,[2] two years after the Disney film Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Imagineer Bill Martin worked out the treehouse's design;[3][a] Disney animator Wolfgang Reitherman, who designed the treehouse for the movie, contributed.[5] At 70 feet (21 m) tall and 80 ft (24 m) wide, constructed of concrete and reinforced steel, the attraction weighed 150 short tons (140 t).[3] The tree species was dubbed "Disneyodendron semperflorens grandis -- large, everblooming Disney tree."[6]
The attraction originally opened with reddish brown leaves. However, the red leaves faded very easily in the sun and were eventually switched to green leaves sometime during the early 1960s.
When the
In March 1999, the original attraction at Disneyland was closed due to issues with the main tree structure and former Disneyland president, Paul Pressler wanting to replace it with a gift shop. Despite this, it reopened in June of the same year as Tarzan's Treehouse, based on Disney's 1999 film Tarzan. In September 2021 the attraction closed. In April 2022 it was confirmed that it would reopen with a different theme.[10] It reopened as Adventureland Treehouse on November 10, 2023, which is inspired by Swiss Family Robinson.[11][12]
Note
- ^ Martin was one of the original team gathered to create Disneyland, and the art director of Fantasyland.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-1595800909.
- ^ Glover, Erin (November 18, 2012). "Today in Disney History: Swiss Family Tree House Opens in Disneyland Park". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-62809-013-0.
- ^ "Bill Martin". D23. Disney Legends. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ISBN 978-1-58979-656-0.
- ISBN 978-1-62809-012-3.
- ISBN 978-1-84966-667-1.
- ISBN 978-1683902041.
- ^ Weiss, Werner (January 6, 2015). "Swiss Family Treehouse". Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ^ MacDonald, Brady (April 18, 2022). "Disneyland to give Tarzan's Treehouse a new theme". Orange County Register. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Adventureland Treehouse at Disneyland Park Returns in Fresh, New Way in 2023". thekingdominsider.com. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Ace, Shannen (October 25, 2023). "2023 Opening Date Announced for New Adventureland Treehouse at Disneyland Park". wdwnt.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.