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Balderdash Cup

**The Balderdash Cup** is a trophy and annual competitive event from the Adventurers Club.

## Description

The Balderdash Cup is an annual competition held on Pleasure Island by the Adventurers Club, every New Year's Eve. In the cup, club members must compete by telling or demonstrating true to life adventures they partook in. The winner is determined by club attendees based off of their applause and subsequently awarded the titular cup trophy.

## History

The history of New Year's Eve Balderdash competitions and their respective victors is:

* **1927**: Merriweather Adam Pleasure
* **1928**: Samantha Sterling
* **1929**: Cancelled due to the market crash (Great Depression)
* **1930**: Sutter Beswick
* **1931**: Hathaway Browne
* **1932**: Hathaway Browne
* **1933**: Hathaway Browne
* **1934**: Hathaway Browne
* **1935**: Hathaway Browne
* **1936**: Hathaway Browne
* **1937**: Emil Bleehall

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventurers Club

The Balderdash Cup was a major event held in the library of the Adventurers Club, set in the year 1937 where underdog Emil Bleehall breaks Hathaway Browne's winning streak.
Eugene Higgins

**Dean Eugene Higgins** is a character from the 1969 science-fiction comedy *The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes* and its sequels *Now You See Him, Now You Don't* (1972) and *The Strongest Man in the World* (1975).

## History

### Film

Eugene Higgins was the dean of Medfield College during the late 1960s and 1970s. When Higgins was dean, the college was low on funds and could only afford a single computer. The college would notably host the student Dexter Riley, a man who was caught in a freak-accident which blended his mind with that of a computer. Dexter became a brilliant scientist whose experiments brought advanced science studies to the college.

## Appearances and allusions

### Journey Into Imagination with Figment

An office with, "**Dean Higgins**" written on its door is located in this attraction. Other institute members related to Higgins include Dexter Reilly and Prof. Brainard.
Flubber

**Flubber** or the **Flying Rubber** is a character and fictitious substance from the film *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1967) and its 1997 remake *Flubber*.

## Description

Flubber is a gelatinous elastomer material comparable to rubber which also has its own form of sentience. The substance is highly viscous and ductile but also capable of effective phase-shifting. Flubber is also however incredibly elastic to the extent that it does not noticeably decrease in velocity or kinetic energy, allowing it to effectively fly when given the proper momentum.

Flubber is sentient with a mind comparable to that of a living animal albeit without any internal organs with it also being unknown if it requires any external stimuli such as food or oxygen to sustain its changing metabolic state. Flubber is also shown to asexually reproduce via the process of fission though said reproduced flubber are able to rejoin after the fission process.

Flubber is created from various chemicals in a pressurized vat frozen at 77° Kelvin (-273.15 celsius). The ingredients required to create Flubber remain a mystery.

## History

Flubber was invented around 1997 by Medfield College professor Philip Brainard to serve as a new form of energy which would prevent Medfield from getting shut-down by one Chester Hoenicker. After realizing what he created, Brainard constructed new forms of technology with Flubber to explore its apparent knack for magnifying kinetic-energy. Through these experiments, Brainard created a prototype flying car which he went on to sell to the *Ford Motor Company*.

The invention of Flubber was commemorated by Brainard's employers at the Imagination Institute with an, "Inventor of the Year Award". The entity of Flubber also became a sort of child for Brainard and his wife Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds along with their robot daughter Weebette, herself the daughter of Brainard's previous robot creation Weebo who also served as a sort of big sister to Flubber. At some point in time, Brainard brought Flubber or its off-spring to the Imagination Institute's *Imagination! Pavilion* in EPCOT, Florida where it was kept in Flubber Storage.

## Appearances and allusions

### Journey Into Your Imagination with Figment

Flubber appears inside of Prof. Brainard's office in the Imagination! Pavilion, multiplied and dancing in a conga line. There is also a room in the pavilion labelled as, "Flubber Storage" with glowing green light coming from it.

## References

1. ↑ https://magicallydigital.com/gallery/theme-parks/journey-into-imagination/
Elvis Presley

**Elvis Aaron Presley** (1935-1977) also known simply as Elvis, "**The King of Rock and Roll**" and, "**The King**" is a real-life musician.

## Appearances and allusions

### Country Bear Jamboree

Elvis is imitated by Liver Lips McGrowl in the overlays the *Country Bear Vacation Hoedown* and *Country Bear Christmas Special*. In this moniker, Liver Lips sings, "We Can Make It To the Top" and, "Rock and Roll Santa".

### Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT!

Elvis' song, "Burning Love" plays from Star-Lord's SONY Walkman throughout the Collector's Fortress in one possible soundtrack for this attraction.

### It's a Small World

A bobble-head of Elvis appears in the Hawaii segment of It's a Small World, appearing at the tip of the surfboard being used by Lilo and Stitch. The exact bobblehead used it sometimes switched.

### Stitch's SuperSonic Celebration

Stitch appeared dressed as Elvis in this show where he used robots stolen from the Robo-Mart subsidiary of X-S Tech to act as his backup when he hijacked the show of "*Tip Trendo and the Galactic Girls*" during Tomorrowland's Galaxy Day celebration.

### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

Albums of Elvis' career appear in the collection of Trader Sam. It is unknown if Trader Sam was acquainted with Elvis as he was with many historic and fictitious figures including musical-artists which he enjoyed such as Annette Funicello.

### In other media

#### Film

##### Lilo & Stitch

The character of Lilo Pelekai loves Elvis and his music, an interest which she passes on to Stitch. Many of Elvis' songs are featured in the soundtrack of the film.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/3/
2. ↑ http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/other-hidden-dl/fantasyland/8263662
3. ↑ https://allears.net/2009/05/06/stitchs-supersonic-celebration/
4. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/trader-sams-poly/
Astragard

**Astragard** is a fictional location from the 1974 film, *The Island at the Top of the World*.

## History

Astragard is a legendary isle located in the Arctic Ocean at the coordinates 85°N 67°W. It is a fabled location said to be where whales go to die and which was colonized by a nation of vikings who have been isolated from the rest of the world for centuries.

In the film, the island is found in 1907 by the Hyperion airship captained by one Captain Brieux. They do so to try and locate explorer Donald Ross who went missing on an nautical expedition to the island and who fell in-love with a viking woman upon it.

## Connections

### Society of Explorers and Adventurers

The explorer Captain Brieux has since been retconned into being a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

### Discovery Bay

Astragard would have been heavily featured in an attraction based on The Island at the Top of the World.

## Trivia

* In the original 1961 book *The Lost Ones* by Ian Cameron, Astragard's counterpart was the real-life Prince Patrick Island in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Dancing Yeti Inn

**The Dancing Yeti Inn** is a location referenced in *Expedition Everest*.

## Description

The Dancing Yeti Inn was an inn based in the village of Serka Zong, Anandapur during the 2000s. C. 2006 it offered ten rooms with baths being included amongst their services. The inn also had a large lobby which offered ping pong. Porter and guide services for the Forbidden Mountain and the Himalayas were also provided out from the inn. The logo for the inn was as the name might suggest, a dancing yeti.

## Appearances and allusions

### Expedition Everest

Posters are plastered in the queue for Expedition Everest, advertising the inn and depicting their yeti logo.

## Trivia

* The naming of the Inn is an in-joke on the fan-appointed moniker of, "The Disco Yeti" which is used for Expedition Everest's yeti audio-animatronic. This is due to the animatronic suffering from a malfunction which lead to imagineers shutting it off and leaving it static in a disco-like pose while they blow it's fur with fans and flash a strobe-light to imitate movement in the attraction.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2020/07/12/move-over-disco-yeti-theres-a-new-star-at-disneys-animal-kingdom/
2. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2020/06/everest-yeti-problem-ro1/
Aunty's Beach House

**Aunty's Beach House** is a kids club at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa on O'ahu island in Hawaii.

## Summary

**Aunty's Beach House** functions as a kids club for hotel guests, but also the home of Aunty, a lifelong resident of O‘ahu, Aunty is considered by locals to be a true expert on Hawaiian history and cultural traditions.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

Aunty's late husband Dreamy Ka'imi was a member of the Adventurers Club, and used their home as a place to display objects he had collected during his travels. Among these objects is a painting which used to hang in the Library of the Adventurers Club, and a letter from Pamelia Perkins.

### Tower of Terror

The letter describes the paintings subjects as the "less than honourable ancestor" of the Club The Pillagers Brigade, and amongst them Society of Explorers and Adventurers member Harrison Hightower III.
Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars

**Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars** is a rollercoaster in Hong Kong Disneyland which serves as the park's counterpart to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## Backstory

Grizzly Gulch was established on August 8, 1888 - the luckiest day of the luckiest month of the luckiest year. However, the townspeople ran into trouble when they discovered they had built their town on a field of geysers. The town was literally sinking and their fortunes went with it.

Their luck turned around, when Captain Phineas Cosgrove went exploring around Big Grizzly Mountain. He came across a family of three bears scratching their backs against the mountain. When they left, he found traces of gold and staked his claim, starting the Big Grizzly Mountain Mining Company. Large ores and nuggets of gold were discovered and the town prospered, becoming the ‘luckiest town in the west’. The bear family became mascots for the town, nicknamed Rocky, Motherlode, and Nugget. They were protected by the citizens, in hopes that it would keep their luck going.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Near the end of the attraction at Disneyland, guests will pass a sign pointing to different locations. Grizzly Gulch is one of the destinations, alongside Rainbow Ridge, Tumbleweed, and Thunder Mesa. Grizzly Gulch is 11743 km away, referencing the real world location of Hong Kong Disneyland in proximity to Disneyland. Also on the fourth page of the 2016 issue of the Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger, there is an advertisement for cruises on the Western River Line. Grizzly Gulch is one of the towns connected along the Rivers of the Far West.

### Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

Disney previously used Grizzly Gulch as a location name within the "All Aboard the Mine Train" song written to accompany a presentation of Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland on "Walt Disney Presents", with the lyric "Over there is Grizzly Gulch, where all the gold is panned".

## Trivia

* Big Grizzly Mountain greatly resembles Grizzly Peak, the California mountain setting of the attraction Grizzly River Run in Disney's California Adventure.
Congo Queen

**The Congo Queen** is a boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Congo Queen was one of the boats used by the Jungle Navigation Company in the 1930s.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Springs

In the shop Twenty-Eight and Main within Disney Springs' marketplace is a framed illustration of the Congo Queen passing through the jungle.

### Jungle Cruise

The Congo Queen is one of the boats amongst the lineup of vehicles for the Jungle Cruise. The Congo Queen is also the boat featured on the classic poster for the Jungle Cruise.

#### Disney Parks Presents: The Jungle Cruise

The boat is captained by Skipper John in this book.

#### Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

In this game, the Congo Queen is one of four boats which Alberta Falls has transport cargo and members of the JNC's founding families leading to her leave of absence.

### Skipper Canteen

In the library of the Skipper Canteen is a book titled *The Congo Queen* by M. Pittman.

## Trivia

* The Congo Queen's name is likely influenced by *The African Queen*, a 1951 adventure film which was a source of influence for the Jungle Cruise.
* The Congo Queen was once captained by Walt Disney in 1958.
	+ The hat which Walt wore while driving the boat is also hung on one of the shelves of Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar.
	+ Walt Disney's captain likeness is used in this game as a member of the  Temple and DeNyle families, two of the four families which assisted S.E.A. member Dr. Albert Falls in his founding of the Jungle Navigation Company in 1911.
* In Disneyland the boat received a gold paint-job for the attraction's 50th anniversary.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2015/11/07/twenty-eight-main-open-at-disney-springs-new-shop-offers-clothing-accessories-for-men/
2. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/10/1958-photo-walt-disney-and-the-jungle-cruise-at-disneyland-park/
Disney Kingdoms

**Disney Kingdoms** is a comic-book line published by Marvel Comics based on different Disney Parks attractions.

## Properties

### Central

* Museum of the Weird
* Journey Into Imagination
* Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
* Journey Into Imagination with Figment
* The Haunted Mansion
* Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

### Adjacent

* Matterhorn Bobsleds
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Phantom Manor
* Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
* Mystic Manor
* Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland
* Golden Horseshoe Saloon
* Western River Expedition
* Discovery Bay
* Spaceship Earth
* The Absent Minded Professor ( 1961)
* Fantasy Island (1977-1984)
* Sunshine Tree Terrace
* Submarine Voyage
Ark of the Covenant

**The Ark of the Covenant** also known as the **Ark of the Testimony** or the **Ark of God** is a mythological artifact from the Book of Eximus of the Hebrew Bible. It was notably featured in the film *Raiders of the Lost Ark*.

## History

### Mythology

The Ark of the Covenant is a gold and acacia box which was created by the Israelites who crossed the Red Sea to flee enslavement in Egypt. The Ark was made to carry the stone slabs of the Ten Commandments in-addition to Aaron's rod and a pot of manna.

## Appearances and allusions

### Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities

The ark is located on a shelf in this shop in the Black Spire Outpost of the planet Batuu. This might represent a Twi'lek version of the ark which appeared in the show *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*.

### Great Movie Ride

The Ark of the Covenant appeared in the Raiders of the Lost Ark segment of this attraction, being removed by Indiana Jones and Sallah.

### Jungle Cruise

During the Indiana Jones: Summer of Hidden Mysteries event, objects affiliated with Jones' collection could be found scattered around the Jungle Cruise during this time. This included the crate which the Lost Ark was stored within, supposedly left behind during one of Jones' travels.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

In this bar belonging to Indiana Jones' affiliate Trader Sam is a sack which reads, "IF LOST ARK CONTACT: 2989".

## Trivia

* Within *Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye* crate with the Ark's ID from the end of *Raiders of the Lost Ark* appears in the Temple of the Forbidden Eye amongst the belongings of the Lost Delta Archaeological Expedition. It is likely not the crate possessing the ark however as it is prior to the ark's discovery in the timeline.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneytouristblog.com/dok-ondars-den-antiquities-shop-star-wars-lands/
2. ↑ https://i2.wp.com/www.tikicalifornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/trader-sams\_010.jpg?ssl=1
3. ↑ https://www.freshbakeddisney.com/portfolio/secrets-and-history-of-indiana-jones-adventure/
Two-Bit:The Beaver

**The Beaver** is a supporting character of the Two-Bit series.

## Background

The Beaver is one of the most informed characters in the series, and is always running to The Sheriff to get him to save the day. She has at times taken matters in her own hand. She also doesn't have a problem with killing others.

## Description

The Beaver is an anthropomorphic beaver who speaks with a western accent. She wears a blue bonnet.

## Appearances

One Lump Or Two
Giant Problem

## Trivia

* She is the first character to speak in the series.
Captain Brieux

**Captain Brieux** is a supporting character from the 1974 Disney film *The Island at the Top of the World*, an adaptation of Ian Cameron’s novel *The Lost Ones*. He is an eccentric inventor, pilot, and captain of the Hyperion airship.

## History

### Film version

Captain Brieux built the Hyperion for a group of Americans, who backed out after he spent all of their money to build it. Sir Anthony Ross bought it for his voyage to the Arctic to find his son. During the trip, he was separated from the rest of the crew when the Hyperion was shot down, before being reunited with them after the fact. Once they escape the wrath of the warriors of Astragard, he left on foot with the rest of his new friends.

Brieux was an eccentric man, overconfident and daring. He flew the Hyperion in between a tight cavern and swung from his ship to fix a broken propeller. He had a few hairbrained schemes, such as abandoning the Hyperion’s gondola and propellers to fly out of the Bay of Whales. Ross once described him as “brave, but mad as a hatter”.

## Appearances and allusions

### Cafe Hyperion

Brieux’s ship is docked at this restaurant at Disneyland Paris' Discoveryland. The counter-service booths are designed to resemble ticket booths, with panels above advertising flights available on the Hyperion.

### Discovery Bay

This unbuilt land would have contained a recreation of Brieux’s hangar, with the Hyperion jutting out of it. Brieux, himself, would have likely been invited to Discovery Bay by Jason Chandler as a guest inventor.

### Skipper Canteen

Sometime after the events of the film, Brieux rebuilt the Hyperion and went on an expedition with Society of Explorers and Adventurers president Jason Chandler. They charted the legendary flying beasts of the Mekong River and surrounding areas. The map can be found on a wall in the secret S.E.A. meeting room.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Jason Chandler is a character featured in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, having assisted Barnabas T. Bullion with his mining of Big Thunder Mountain.

### Sleeping Beauty

The map which Brieux made with Jason Chandler shows Maleficent in her dragon form in Northern India.

## Trivia

* Due to his having assisted S.E.A. in aerial-cartography, some have theorized Brieux to have been a member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/12/16/full-review-the-new-jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-in-disney-worlds-adventureland/
Chef Tandaji

**Chef Tandaji** is a currently unseen member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

## History

Chef Tandaji was a member of S.E.A during the early 20th century and is most notable for having been a chef who documented different recipes from locations such as Africa. Unlike most members of the society, Tandaji's fez had a leopard-print.

## Appearances and allusions

### Skipper Canteen

Chef Tandaji is the namesake of the Chef Tandaji's Crispy Chicken item on the kid's menu. Their SEA membership fez can also be seen in a display case in the library as well as their cookbook *Great Recipes From Africa*.

### Tropical Hideaway

Chef Tandaji has contributed to the expedition paddle display with one from a 1913 expedition down the Irrawaddy River.
Acme Corporation

**The Acme Corporation** or simply **ACME** is a fictional corporation from *Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.* (namely their *Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote* cartoon shorts) and which was notably featured in the film *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988).

## Description

The Acme Corporation is a group which manufactures outlandish and often nonsensical devices frequently used by cartoon characters. ACME also has a large number of corporate branches which run a variety of different services, seemingly internationally.

## History

### Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Marvin Acme was the founder and head of the ACME Corporation which from the 1930s-1940s was Hollywood's premiere supplier of cartoon props and gags. Marvin had a love for the cartoon characters of Toontown and personally owned Toontown's land. Marvin Acme also promised the Toons that his will would leave the property of Toontown to them.

In 1947, Marvin Acme began courting the toon Jessica Rabbit who had been blackmailed by Acme's rivals into going alone with the affair. The two were photographed together, "Playing Paddy-Cake" by P.I. Eddie Valiant who had been hired by RK Maroon, a cartoon-maker who was involved in the blackmail. After this, Acme was murdered via a dropped safe on the head by one Judge Doom who ran the conspiracy as a means of stealing Toontown's property and pinning the crime on Jessica's husband Roger.

Ultimately, Eddie Valiant proved Roger's innocence and killed Judge Doom, foiling his schemes. The recovered last will & testament of Marvin Acme went on to leave Toontown to the toons.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney's Hollywood Studios

#### Studio Catering Co.

The Acme Ton of Bricks appeared in this since removed dining-service.

#### The Loony Bin AKA Acme Gagworks

Acme Gagworks was a shop themed to being Marvin Acme's factory.

### Great Movie Ride

Marvin Acme's suit is amongst the props from Who Framed Roger Rabbit which appeared in the queue for this attraction. During the Spaghetti Western scene, the Black Powder used by the town came from the ACME corporation.

### Typhoon Lagoon

Placid Palms resident, "Hammerhead Fred" is shown to rely on the Acme Corporation via, "Acme Taxidermy".

## Connections

### Disney Springs

In the Co-Op Marketplace is a board mentioning the town of Disney Springs, Florida having an airline which connects to Toontown.

### Mickey's Toontown

Likely due to licensing issues with Warner Brothers, the name Acme is not used within Mickey's Toontown. However, the Gag Factory featured in the gift-shop of the same name and attraction Roger Rabbit's Toontown Spin are both modelled after his factory from the film and manufactures known Acme paraphernalia.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2008/07/carpe-gagem.html
2. ↑ https://www.focusedonthemagic.com/2011/07/magical-blogorail-favorite-attraction.html
3. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-dive.html
Cottonwood Creek

**Cottonwood Creek** is a fictional location from Disneyland Paris' Frontierland.

## Description

Cottonwood Creek is a creek spanning from the Rivers of the Far West in the Big Thunder Mountain region of Arizona. The creek is allocated on the outskirts of the town of Thunder Mesa, north of Big Thunder Island. The creek is filled with several cottonwood trees which serve as the region's namesake. It is unclear whether or not Cottonwood Creek is its own municipality or an extension of Thunder Mesa though the locations appear to be quite closely connected.

### Features

* **Chaparral Stage**:
* **Cottonwood Creek**:
* **Cottonwood Creek Ranch**:

## History

After the 1860 earthquake of Thunder Mesa, several farmers and ranchers began to settle in Cottonwood Creek during a time of relative peace when the Big Thunder Mining Company's exploitation of the land had temporarily ceased and Spirit of Big Thunder was calmed.

## Connections

### Pirates of the Caribbean

Beacon Joe who briefly stayed in the town is a character from the Blue Bayou scene of this attraction.

## References

1. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2011/07/cottonwood-creek-ranch.html
2. ↑ http://www.ravenswood-manor.com/legend2.html
Cafe Hyperion

**The Cafe Hyperion** is a restaurant in Disneyland Paris' Discoveryland themed to *The Island at the Top of the World* (1974).

## Summary

The Cafe is themed to being a harbour and air-port for the Hyperion airship created by Captain Brieux. Advertisements for different flight locales can be found throughout the restaurant. It is located adjacent to the Videopolis Theatre auditorium.

In the restaurant's backstory, Captain Brieux used the Hyperion for airline transportation before mysteriously disappeared from Discoveryland and the Hyperion was left waiting for him. In his absence, the hangar was transformed into a restaurant and auditorium theatre.

## Connections

### The Island at the Top of the World

The restaurant is themed to the characters and concepts of this film.

### Discovery Bay

The Cafe Hyperion adapts the unused exterior facade planned for the *The Island at the Top of the World* attraction proposed for Tony Baxter's Discovery Bay.
Camellia Falco

**Camellia Valentina Falco** is the main character of Tokyo DisneySea's *Soaring: Fantastic Flight* attraction. She was first teased at the Tropical Hideaway.

## History

Camellia Falco was born in 1801 to Cellino Falco and Giuliana Falco, the curators and directors of the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso. From a young age she was given a family-pet in the form of a loyal and intelligent falcon named Aletta. Inheriting the family passion for the advancement of human flight, she was an active balloonist and engineer, greatly inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci.

In 1831 at the age of 30, Camellia traversed the waterbody which would come to be named the Zambezi River in Africa, the fourth largest river on the African continent. In 1850 she inherited the Museum of Fantastic Flight from her father and became its new curator. A year later in 1851 Camellia became the first woman inducted into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers at a large event held in Porto Paradiso.

The pinnacle of Camellia's career came from her creation of the Dream Flyer, a 19th-century fully-functioning flying machine inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci. In 1875, Camellia died of unrevealed circumstances and her spirit went on to reside in the Museum of Fantastic Flight.

## Appearances and allusions

### Soaring: Fantastic Flight

Camellia Falco's ghost hosts this attraction set in 1901 at a retrospective the museum throws on her life. Here her ghost takes guests on a flight across the globe in her Dream Flyers.

### Tropical Hideaway

Falco left an expedition paddle from an 1831 trip on the Zambezi River on a wall in this Polynesian dining location. It has a plaque on it detailing the details of the expedition however it likely would have only been integrated twenty years after the expedition when Camellia was brought into SEA.

## Connections

### Discovery Bay

Jason Chandler's name can be seen on Camellia Falco's certificate of induction to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers in 1851. He is identified as the society's secretary, yet to assume the position of president, which at the time was held by Vitale Robustelli.

### Mystic Manor

A young Lord Henry Mystic has a small cameo in a portrait in the attraction's queue. He can be seen in the crowd at Camellia Falco's acceptance into the Society.

## Trivia

* Falco is similar to Captain Mary Oceaneer as they are both woman members of the society who were more invested in science and innovation than they were acts of colonialism.

## Gallery

A young Camellia with her fatherFamily portrait with a young CamelliaCamellia's induction into the Society of Explorers and AdventurersCamellia and her hot air balloon
Gaius Julius Caesar

**Gaius Julius Caesar** was a historic Roman general and statesman.

## History

### Disney version

Following his death at the ides of march, Caesar became a ghost known by the moniker of, "**Great Caesar's Ghost**". At some point in the 19th or 20th century, Caesar would move to the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana (likely through its Ghost Relations Department) and became one of its 999 resident spirits.

## Appearances and allusions

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Society of Explorers and Adventurers president Jason Chandler used the expression, "Great Caesar's Ghost" when writing to Barnabas T. Bullion of the Big Thunder Mining Company. It should be noted that this same letter also references the Haunted Mansion's Museum of the Weird, implying some awareness of obscure Haunted Mansion entities were in mind while writing the detail.

### Haunted Mansion

Great Caesar's Ghost appears in the ballroom of the Haunted Mansion, sitting at the head of a dining table. Here, Caesar sits across from a lady ghost blowing out candles on a birthday cake.

### Skipper Canteen

In the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* is a book titled, "Droolius Caesar" by one Shake-Speare. This book is a Jungle Cruise themed parody of William Shakespeare's history play *Julius Caesar*.

## Trivia

* The term, "Great Caesar's Ghost" was popularized by DC Comics' *Superman* comics where it was frequently used by the editor character Perry White. In one 1954 issue, a depiction of Caesar's ghost resembling that in Marc Davis' concept-artwork for the attraction appeared.
* Great Caesar's Ghost was featured in early development for the Haunted Mansion where he would have attended a doomed ghostly wedding.

## References

1. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=left-bookshelf-top-shelf-c83
2. ↑ https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman\_Vol\_1\_91
Explorer's Club Restaurant

The **Explorer's Club Restaurant** is located at Mystic Point at Hong Kong Disneyland.

## History

### Backstory

The Explorers Club restaurant was opened by S.E.A. member Lord Henry Mystic in the colony of Mystic Point, New Guinea. The club was decorated with artifacts from Mystic's collection in Mystic Manor and used as a meeting-place for different adventurers.

### Development history

Props from Walt Disney World's Adventurers Club were transferred here after it closed, most notably, masks from the Mask Room. On December 22, 2021, the restaurant would switch to a partial buffet format with new exhibit display cases expanding on Mystic's travels and S.E.A.'s work around the world.

## Summary

The restaurant serves a variety of international cuisine from Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Korea and Japan and features five different dining rooms themed to Russia, India, China, Egypt, and Morocco. Hanging throughout the restaurant are framed pages from Henry Mystic's Journal, corresponding to different rooms and artifacts throughout the restaurant.

## Layout

The restaurant is arranged with five dining rooms radiating out from a central hallway and ordering room. On the left are the Indian and Chinese dining rooms, while Russia, Morocco and Egypt are on the right.

### Tribal Entryway

These masks are on loan from my personal collection in the manor house. If truth be known, they give me the willies. I believe I caught one looking at me last night while dozing over my desk. Since then, I prefer to display them here.*—From the Journal of Lord Henry Mystic*

The entry hallway features a variety of tribal masks from many different cultures. Some of them feature moving eyes and were props from the Mask Room in Walt Disney World's Adventurers Club.

### Collection Room

The Collection Room is the central hub of the restaurant and where guests order and pick-up their meals. The Collection Room features a variety of material from Henry Mystic's adventures that don't fall into any of the other themed rooms, including his trips to France.

During the 2021 refresh, new decor and exhibit cases were put into the Collector's Room showcasing food and agriculture of Russia, China, Egypt and India, with each case containing copies of Lord Henry Mystic's letters to people he met on excursions to these countries.

### Indian Room

The Indian Room is home to fine wooden carvings and crystal chandeliers.

### Chinese Room

The Chinese Room is lavishly decorated with finely decorated pottery and ceramic sculptures, with a jade statue of a dancing woman serving as a centerpiece.

### Egyptian Room

The Egyptian Room is a narrow dining hall decorated to resemble an Egyptian tomb with a sarcophagus displayed along the wall.

### Moroccan Room

The Moroccan Room is partially open air seating with archways leading to an outdoor deck.

### Russian Room

The Russian Room is primarily centered around an ornamental Russian ceramic tile chimney, with instruments and ceramics displayed on the mantles.
Butterfly Stage Line

**The Butterfly Stage Line** is a fictitious company from the story of *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad*.

## History

The Butterfly Stage Line was a stage-line company founded in the 19th century by one Colonel T.R. Clydesdale. By the 1880s, it served transportation services such as: San Francisco, via Fort Smith, El Paso, Thunder Mesa, Fort Concho, Rainbow Ridge, Quake City, and Tumbleweed. It also connected with the assistance of the Carolwood-Pacific Railroad.

## Appearances and allusions

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

A poster advertising the stage-line can be found outside of the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## Connections

### The Apple Dumpling Gang

Company founder and president Colonel T.R. Clydesdale is a character from the film The Apple Dumpling Gang. It travels to the colonies of Quake City and Fort Concho, both of which were locations in the Apple Dumpling Gang films.

### Carolwood Pacific Railroad

The Butterfly Stage Line is stated to connect to the Carolwood-Pacific Railway. In real-life, this was a miniature, rideable railroad created by Walt Disney which partly inspired Disneyland's creation.

### Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

Rainbow Ridge which the stage-line connects to originates from this attraction.

### Phantom Manor

Thunder Mesa is the setting for Ravenswood Manor and Big Thunder Island in Disneyland Paris.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2017/01/ride-on-wings-of-butterfly.html
Discovery Island

**Discovery Island** is one of the themed, "Lands" in *Disney's Animal Kingdom*.

## Description

### Features

* **Discovery River**:
* **The Oasis**:
* **The Tree of Life**:
* **Wilderness Explorers Headquarters**:

## History

Discovery Island is home to the tree of life, a tree which grew from a miracle when a tiny ant planted a seed which grew into a massive tree. Said tree was covered in patterns resembling the animals of the Earth and served as a home for all the different animals of the region.

## Connections

### Adventureland

The Tree of Life is a member of the Disneyodendron family which is also featured in the Tahitian Terrace, Tarzan's Treehouse and Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse.

### Up

One of the more prominent outposts for the Wilderness Explorers would be on Discovery Island and its neighbouring colony of Safari Village. This appears to contain a base-camp for the Wilderness Explorers and is where they take in new recruits. It was this outpost which held the headquarters for the Wilderness Explorers and their international operations.
Dolfo

**Dolfo** is a supporting character in *Disney Kingdoms: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad*. He is a member of a bandit gang in the town of Rainbow Ridge, alongside Chandler and Onawa.

## Background

Not much is known about Dolfo’s life, before he came to Rainbow Ridge. He worked in the town, likely in the mines. Eventually, he joined a bandit gang with Chandler and Onawa, to steal the gold within the mines of Big Thunder Mountain. Dolfo was the muscle of the group, doing the physical work like hauling the gold and fighting off enemies. When he wasn’t with the bandits, he was doing all that he could to help Rainbow Ridge, like saving the miners from drowning. He was an optimist, believing that they could have worn Barnabas T. Bullion down by their actions.

Dolfo was ambivalent towards Abigail Bullion, when she got involved with the bandits. He didn’t express any animosity towards her like Onawa, but didn’t take an immediate liking to her like Chandler did. When she joined the bandits, he didn’t seem to mind, understanding why she would turn against her father. Though he wasn’t present when the train was taken out of the mine, he greeted Chandler and Abbigal when they came out of the mines.
Amelia Earhart

**Amelia Mary Earhart** (1897-unknown) is a historic aviatrix.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Amelia Earhart is amongst the historic aviators who is referenced in this bar belonging to S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey.

### Soarin'

Earhart's photograph is hung in the *Wings of Fame* exhibit in the queue for Disney California Adventure's Soarin'. There is a plaque overtop of this photograph which explains her history.

### In other media

#### Film

##### Tomorrowland (film)

In the lore of this film, Amelia Earhart was a member of the secret futurist society of *Plus Ultra* which founded the colony of Tomorrowland. In this continuity, her disappearance was the result of her becoming stranded in Tomorrowland's dimension during testing of vehicles made for cross-dimensional transport. Upon her return to Earth, Amelia assumed a new identity and became a secret-agent for Plus Ultra.

#### Printed-materials

##### Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil

Amelia was a character in this book where she assisted Indiana Jones in escaping the wrecked ship the *Julie Anne* during her 1935 flight from the Pacific Ocean to the USA.

## References

1. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2011/02/cleared-for-take-off.html
Dream Mobile

**The Dream Mobile** or **Dream Machine** is a vehicle from *Journey Into Imagination*.

## Description

The Dream Mobile was an invention of the Dreamfinder which he used to fly and access the Realms of Imagination while collecting sparks of imagination. It primarily launched from the Dream Port in EPCOT's Imagination Pavilion and Dreamfinder who ride it with his creation Figment to give tours of the realms of imagination to guests.

## Appearances and allusions

### Journey Into Imagination

Dreamfinder was seen riding on the device throughout this attraction.

### Liberty Square Ticket Office

In this building is an illustration of the Dreamfinder and Figment riding the Dreammobile overhead the Tree of Life, Cinderella Castle, Spaceship Earth and the Hollywood Tower Hotel. The function of this poster is to advertise annual passes to Walt Disney World Resort.

### Mouse Gears

An out of use Dream-Mobile is mounted on the wall in this EPCOT gift-shop.

### Skipper Canteen

The Dream-Mobile is mentioned in the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen*. In it, the Dreamfinder's voice can be heard conversing with staff and asking where to park the dream mobile.

### Disney Kingdoms

The Dream Mobile notable appears in the shared-continuity Disney Kingdoms comics where it is constructed by Dreamfinder at the end of Figment 1. In Figment 2 he uses it to journey to the Academy Scientifica-Lucida's outpost in Florida.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/31353284637/in/photostream/
Global Broadcasting Service

**The Global Broadcasting Service** is an organization from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Global Broadcasting Service is an organization which sent radio waves internationally to dispatch messages to jungle outposts and provide musical entertainment. It notably assisted the Jungle Navigation Company by relaying messages across their bases internationally.

## History

The service was founded in 1928 and run by the Greenwater Production Company, a company presumably founded itself by *Jungle Navigation Company* employee Nigel Greenwater. Greenwater seemingly began this operation with the JNC took up operations in a boathouse along the Mekong River in the Lost Delta of India with Greenwater having had the company purchase a short-wave radio emitter to attract customers. Following the success of the Jungle Navigation Company in the 1930s, this service expanded to an international level.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jungle Cruise

In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise, Nigel Greenwater is the radio-announcer heard within the queue. This making him Disneyland's counterpart to Albert Awol. He mentions several features of the Jungle Cruise and Adventureland including Schweitzer Falls, Tropical Imports, the Lost Safari, gorillas and Trader Sam to name a few.

#### Jingle Cruise

Nigel Greenwater replaces Albert Awol in the Magic Kingdom's annual, "Jingle Cruise" overlay.

### The Daily Gnus

An advertisement in this newspaper tied into the Adventure Trading Company reads, "*The Global Broadcasting Service, Broadcasting Globally around the Globe since 1928, Greenwater Production Co.*".

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

In his Jungle Cruise spiel, Nigel mentions strange activities at the Temple of the Forbidden Eye leading to the governor general's men being dispatched to deal with it.

## References

1. ↑ Skipper Survival Guide
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUOmWfCTllo
Andalasia

**Andalasia** is a location from the film *Enchanted* (2007).

## Description

Andalasia is a kingdom which exists within an alternate realm of magic which resembles animation and appears to perpetually be in an anachronistic fairy-tale world between the medieval era and late 18th century. Andalasia was supposedly allocated between the Meadows of Joy and the Valley of Contentment. This realm exists outside of a contemporary, live-action world but the two are connected via magical passages such as a wishing-well in Andalasia's palace connected to the sewers of New York City.

### Features

* **Forest**:
* **Palace**:

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Springs

A flight arriving in Disney Springs, Florida from Andalasia is referenced in the Marketplace Co-Op.

## Connections

### Disney films

* **Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs**: Andalasia native Giselle confused a man with dwarfism in New York City for Grumpy, one of the dwarfs from this film.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2017/10/gate-change.html
Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

**The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade** is an attraction in the Frontierland of the Disney Parks.

## History

### Background

The attraction is typically themed to being a shooting exposition in the Wild West.

## Summary

### Disneyland

The **Frontierland Shootin' Exposition** places guests in an Arizona Boot Hill, shooting at tombstones, birds and buildings.

### Disneyland Paris

The **Rustler Roundup Shootin’ Gallery** is cartoony and features many anthropomorphic and semi-anthropomorphic animals within it.

### Magic Kingdom

Near identical to Disneyland's, the Magic Kingdom's Frontierland Shootin' Arcade has the back-drop of being in an Arizona boot hill with targets that include buildings, tombstones and some birds.

### Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo's **Westernland Shootin' Gallery** is set within a western saloon and contains immersive elements such as an audio-animatronic bartender, cowboy and vulture. Guests can earn, "Sheriff Badges" with Donald Duck's likeness on them and receive score-cards featuring Sheriff Goofy.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

In the Magic Kingdom's version of the attraction, the back-drop for the shooting gallery is seemingly Rainbow Ridge and/or Tumbleweed's respective Boot Hills. Its back-drop is the Big Thunder Mountain range, seemingly including the mountains of the different parks.

### Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

The Living Desert's balancing rocks and Natural Arch Bridge is visible in the back-drop of the Magic Kingdom's shooting gallery.

## Trivia

* Disneyland's Adventureland and Main Street, U.S.A. used to have their own shooting-galleries. Adventureland's was known as the Big Game Safari or Big Game Shoot while Main Street's was the Main Street Shooting Gallery.
* A similar attraction to the Shootin' Arcade used to exist in Disneyland's Frontierland in the form of the Davy Crockett Frontier Arcade.

## References

1. ↑ https://touringplans.com/magic-kingdom/attractions/frontierland-shootin-arcade
2. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/shooting-galleries/
3. ↑ https://www.disneyhistory101.com/new-gallery-19davycrockettfrontierarcade
Cliff Secord

**Cliff Secord** or **The Rocketeer** is the titular protagonist of the 1991 Disney superhero film *The Rocketeer*.

## History

Cliff Secord was an American stunt aviator in the 1930s who worked at *Bigelow's Air Circus* on the airfield of one Otis Bigelow. He came to discover an experimental rocket-pack which his engineer affiliate, A. "Peevy" Peabody retrofitted for use. They would come to discover the rocket-pack was created by Howard Hughes and stolen by the Nazi party which lead Cliff to becoming the superhero, "The Rocketeer", fighting the nazis who wished to use the technology for their evil plans.

In a confrontation on a zeppelin in the skies of Hollywood, Cliff tricked one of the nazi officers into using the rocket-pack to try and escape; unknown to them that Cliff had rigged it to explode. Howard Hughes saved Cliff and Cliff's girlfriend Jenny from the burning zeppelin and later gave Cliff a gift in the form of a brand-new Gee Bee racing aircraft.

Following this, Cliff would be gifted blueprints for the rocket-pack with Peevy designing it to have modifications and amplifications in mind to continue their vigilante operations. Cliff continued working in Bigelow's Air Circus, even after Bigelow's death at the hands of the nazis. In 1939, Cliff performed alongside historic aviatrix Pancho Barnes and aviator Jock Lindsey.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Springs

#### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

In this bar is a banner for *Bigelow’s Air Circus* performing in 1938 in Chaplin Airfield, Los Angelos is hung with S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey having been a part of the Air Pirates Circus which participated in it. A poster for the circus can also be found for an October of 1939 performance which not only featured Jock Lindsey, but also Cliff Secord himself.

#### Twenty-Eight and Main

Jock's helmet is on a shelf in this shop.

### Peevy's Polar Pipeline

Peevy's Polar Pipeline is a restaurant in Echo Lake themed to the Rocketeer which is run by the Rocketeer's friend Peevy. References to Bigelow’s Air Circus and parts of the Rocketeer's costume and equipment can be seen within the establishment. Additionally is a newspaper from the Los Angeles Examiner with the tag-line, "WHO IS THE ROCKETEER".

### Tomorrowland

A, "Roastie toastie" popcorn roaster is made to resemble Cliff Secord in Tomorrowland.

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

Jock Lindsey is the aviator to Indiana Jones.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/galleries/2015/11/twenty-eight-main-boutique-now-open-in-marketplace-co-op-at-disney-springs-marketplace/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/06/hoax-or-reality.html
3. ↑ https://onthegoinmco.com/2013/10/22/roastie-toasties-disneyland