Adventureland

*This article is about the real-world themed area of the Disney Parks. For the fictional domain, see Wilds of Adventureland.*

**Adventureland** is one of the traditional themed, "Lands" of the Disney Parks. There are Adventurelands in Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland.

## History

### Backstory

Adventureland is an anachronistic region composed of a variety of locations across the Earth which are connected by the mystical *Rivers of Adventure*. By the 1930s, these many connected locations were accumulatively referred to as, "Adventureland". The source of this supernatural element is unknown in addition to how it exactly functions. Adventureland is sometimes referenced as being part of, "The Magic Kingdom", itself apparently a magical domain composed of different points in time and space but its nature is unknown.

### Development history

Adventureland was originally conceived as the, "**True-Life Adventureland**", inspired by the popular *True-Life Adventures* film-series made by Disney. The, "Land" was made to depict a romanticized jungle region and as a result features glamorization of colonialism, racist stereotyping, and exoticism. Adventureland was always planned hand-in-hand with the attraction which would become the Jungle Cruise. Walt Disney's plaque for Adventureland reads, *"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. This is Adventureland.* -Walt Disney"

## Characters

Live performed/meet 'n' greet characters found in Adventureland.

* **Abu**:
* **Aladdin**:
* **Baloo**:
* **Captain Hook**: A character from Peter Pan who appears in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland.
* **Captain Jack Sparrow**: A major Pirates of the Caribbean character found in the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland.
* **The Genie**:
* **Jafar (and Iago)**:
* **King Louis**:
* **Mister Smee**: A character from Peter Pan who appears in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland.
* **Moana**: A Disney heroine found in the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland.
* **Peter Pan**: A character from Peter Pan who appears in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland.
* **Princess Jasmine**:
* **Rafiki**:
* **Timon**:
* **Wendy Darling**: A character from Peter Pan who appears in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland.

### Former characters

* **Angelica**: A Pirates of the Caribbean character who appeared to promote her film.
* **Calypso**: A Pirates of the Caribbean character who appeared during the Pirate Takeover! event of Hong Kong Disneyland.
* **Colonel Hathi**:
* **Indiana Jones**: Appeared for Indiana Jones promotional events.
* **Jane Porter**: A Tarzan character who appeared in Adventureland for *Pride Nite*.
* **Mowgli**:
* **The Orange Bird**:
* **Terk**: Appeared alongside Jane for *Pride Nite*.
* **Zam Wesell**: A *Star Wars* bounty-hunter who appeared in Adventureland for *Star Wars Nite*.

## Trivia

* The Magic Kingdom's Adventureland is made to be geographically located across from Disney's Polynesian Village Resort.
* Disneyland Paris' Adventureland lacks any Jungle Cruise due to France's cold climate. There were once plans to create an indoor jeep ride based on the Jungle Cruise but these plans were abandoned.
* There are many in-world references to Adventureland used within the Jungle Cruise properties:
	+ The docks of the Jungle Cruise have a sign reading, "Adventureland" on them and are referred to as the Docks of Adventureland.
	+ The Skipper Canteen references an, "Adventureland Chamber of Commerce".
	+ In the Adventure Trading Company, the Daily Gnus often refers to Adventureland as a single location.

## References

1. ↑ https://babesindisneylandblog.com/fun-fact-friday-disneyland-dedication-speeches/