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Falls family

The **Falls** are a family primarily associated with the Jungle Cruise, introduced within the Skipper Canteen.

## Background

The Falls family was generally associated with river pilots. The most notable member, Dr. Albert Falls, would establish the Jungle Navigation Company in 1911 and it continued to remain within the family since.

## Trivia

* The Falls family are named for a joke made by Jungle Cruise skippers regarding Schweitzer Falls. In reality the falls were named for humanitarian Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) but the joke became that they were named for Albert Falls.
Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost

**Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost** is a restaurant in the Adventureland of Disneyland Paris. When the park opened in 1992, the restaurant was originally known as **Explorers Club Restaurant**, and was themed as gathering place for explorers from around the world.

## Description

Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost is a restaurant named for the character of Colonel Hathi from the Jungle Book who also serves as the restaurant's logo. The Club features a wide outdoor setting area, with one part overlooking waterfalls, and an inside room complete with trees displaying animatronic birds and animals (which was reminiscent of the The Enchanted Tiki Room) and sometimes interacted with actors. The room is also ornamented with artifacts from numerous exotic regions, and murals representing journeys around the world.

## History

### Development History

At the opening of the park, the building was originally known as Explorer's Club Restaurant. Housed in a colonial estate in a lush jungle where adventurers rest and have meals, the Club allowed guests to encounter famous European explorers, portrayed by cast actors, like David Livingstone or Ernest Hemingway. The featured soundtrack fitted the theme, with tunes such as *Theresien-Fanfare*, *Colonel Bogey March*, *Onward, Christian Soldiers*, *Royal Air Force March Past* or *Cavalry of the Steppes*.

The Club also appeared to have its own permanent membership, similarly to the Adventurers Club of Merriweather Adam Pleasure. A painting of these members hung above the main fireplace of the club. While the Club has now closed, lanterns displaying it's logo can still be seen in the restaurant's current form, as well on creates in the queue line for the nearby Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril.

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

The Explorers Club also had close ties to Society affiliate Indiana Jones, who was investigating the nearby Temple du Péril.

### Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Luggage gathered outside of the restaurant's entrance features a patch of the logo of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, indicating that one of it's members may has passed through the Club on their travels.

## Trivia

* The restaurant is sponsored by S. Pellegrino.
Archibald Smelding

**Archibald Smelding** is a character from the Tower of Terror at Tokyo DisneySea.

## History

Mr. Smelding was butler, valet and sidekick of Harrison Hightower III for over 32 years. During that time, he traveled the world with his master and helped him procure many an ill-gotten artifact and make quick escapes despite his nervous nature.

In 1881, Hightower traveled to Oceania where he stole a massive moai from Easter Island. Also in 1881 Harrison went to the Philippines where he forced the locals to carry him around rather than walking. In 1882 they went on a Mediterranean expedition. In 1883, Harrison Hightower III and Smelding traveled to Cuzco, Peru in a region known as the Lost River Delta. Hightower seized one of the Water God snake heads for his ill-gotten collection however this resulted in the gods of the temple being angered and causing natural disasters in the delta.Also in 1883 they travelled to Guatemala where they went grave-robbing. In 1887, he and Smelding grave-robbed tombs in Egypt before making off in a hot-air balloon. Around 1889, Harrison hired architect Oscar Klinovski to design the Hotel Hightower for him.

Construction of Hotel Hightower took place over the course of three years with the hotel finally being opened to the public on the January 24th of 1892 to much fanfare. However concurrent to the opening of the hotel was a mass riot acted against Harrison due to his many misdeeds.

During the Pillagers Brigade's Congo Expedition of 1899 that Hightower acquired Shiriki Utundu during, Smelding developed a great fear of the idol, especially after it was handed to him by the Mtundu tribe very easily. On December 31, 1899, at the unveiling of Shiriki Utundu, he warned Hightower not to incur the curse, but these warnings were unheeded, and Hightower disappeared at the stroke of midnight.

Smelding dropped out of public life afterwards, having become homeless and unrecognizable, landing in an institution from 1902 to 1908. Afterwards, he began skulking through Hotel Hightower trying to quell the rage of Shiriki Utundu. In 1912, now going simply by "Archie", he approached Beatrice Rose Endicott with the idea of starting tours of the Hotel, secretly believing that the sacrifice of a few unlucky tourists might be enough to break the curse on Hightower and set him free.

## Connections

### Raging Spirits

Smelding was involved in Harrison's pillaging of the temple shrine heads as shown in artwork at the Hotel Hightower.

## References

1. ↑ https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/kiokunoshima/026003/
2. ↑ https://www.coaster101.com/2016/06/08/tokyo-disneysea-review-part-2/
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Attractions/status/1082384534384062464/photo/1
4. ↑ http://tdrlove.com/seaat/tdr1828.html
Candle Man

**The Candle Man** is a character developed for the Museum of the Weird expansion of the Haunted Mansion.

## History

The Candle Man was planned to be a humanoid figure seemingly made or coated in a form of wax which melted off of their body. Wicks would have been located on its fingers, head and shoulders with it actively melting and the Candle Man would have been one of the artifacts kept in the Museum of the Weird.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Kingdoms

In these comics, the Candle Man serves as a herald for the villainous Shadow Society and its leader Despoina. It follows the heroic Keep family while representing the time they have left to obtain the Grandfather Coffin Clock for Despoina.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

In Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad it is revealed that the Museum of the Weird not only exists within the SEA mythos but is affiliated with the society. The proprietress of the museum is elaborated to be Madame Zarkov who is a character from the defunct Pleasure Island where she was a member of the Adventurers Club.
Great Wall of China

**The Great Wall of China** (traditional Chinese: **萬里長城**; simplified Chinese: **万里长城**; pinyin: ***Wànlǐ Chángchéng***) is a real-world structure.

## Appearances and allusions

### Soarin'

The Great Wall is amongst the locations passed overtop of in every version of this attraction but Soarin' Over California.

### In other media

#### Film

##### Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

The Great Wall is passed overtop of by Indiana Jones, Willie Scott and Short Round while escaping the gangster Lao Che via plane.

##### Mulan

A fictionalized depiction of the Great Wall appears in the opening of this film where huns lead by the warlord Shan Yu conquer it via grappling-hooks. The guard uses the wall to have fellow guards set off a chain of fires to notify all China of the hun attack.
Finding Nemo

**Finding Nemo** is a 2003 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

## Connections

### Disney Explorers Lodge

The Little Squirt Garden of this lodge is named for Squirt from the film with Squirt also serving as its logo. This logo can be found stamped in the passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse along with stamps representing the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*, Adventureland and Mystic Manor.

### It's a Small World

Nemo and Dory appear in the Australia segment of this attraction in Disneyland.

### Submarine Voyage

The, "Sonar Hydrophones" used by the N.E.M.O. Institute in *Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage* are taken from this attraction. Both attractions also feature a submarine of the same build which both bare the ID of being the *Nautilus* (D-301) inferring it to be the same vessel. The mermaids and sea-serpents from Submarine Voyage are also briefly sarcastically referenced by the submarine captain at the end of the attraction.

### Tower of Terror

Turtle Talk with Crush in Tokyo DisneySea is set aboard the S.S. Columbia's *Undersea Observatory*. This observatory was created around 1925 by Cornelius Endicott II, owner of the US Steamship Company, the New York Globe-Telegraph, and past arch-rival of Harrison Hightower III. Crush was directly communicated with by the crew of the S.S. Columbia and presumably Endicott himself.

## References

1. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/news/new-s.e.a.reference-found-in-hkdl-s-explorers-lodge
2. ↑ https://allears.net/2009/02/06/its-a-small-world-returns-to-disneyland/
Bellhops

**The Bellhops** are characters from the *Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## Description

The bellhops are the employees of the Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles. They are seemingly malevolent and know more than is let on about the hotel's paranormal activity as a means of taking guests into the building. They are known for being cold and sadistic while also unknowing of culture past 1939 and seemingly stuck in the 1930s themselves.

## History

The Hollywood Tower Hotel opened in 1917 and came to frequently house members of the Hollywood elite. On its 13th story it held the Tip Top Club which was the most famous of Los Angeles' gentleman's clubs at the time. The hotel would however prove itself host to paranormal incidents. In the week of July 15th in 1931, a wealthy family known as the Hermans disappeared during an elevator malfunction at the hotel. In the rubble from the accident, only the teddy-bear of the Herman daughter would be recovered.

In the October of 1939, the hotel through a Halloween party in the Tip Top Club of their 13th floor. While five people (identified in non-cannon materials as "Sally Shine", Emeline Partridge, Carolyn Crosson, Gilbert London and bellhop Dewey Todd) on an elevator to the 13th floor at 8:05 PM, supernatural lightning would strike the elevators and open a portal between the hotel and the 5th dimension. The five people would be turned into ghosts trapped in the hotel and the grounds of the hotel would be abandoned and frozen in time.

Mysteriously in the July of 1994, the derelict hotel would be reopened, coinciding with the success of the next-door G-Force Records music-studio. At this time, the hotel would be staffed by a crew of disturbed bellhops. New guests would be brought into the hotel and many would make disappearances into the 5th dimension. Officials seemed to be ignorant of the state of the Hollywood Tower Hotel while the bellhops appeared to be actively hiding it for unknown motives.

## Appearances and allusions

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

The Bellhops are the roles assumed by the cast-members in this attraction.

### Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

A Hollywood Tower Hotel bellhop's hat can be found in the office of the Collector's fortress in this attraction.

## References

1. ↑ https://disney-universes.tumblr.com/post/163491408941/lafitteslanding-heres-close-ups-on-some-of-the#notes
Dream Flyer

The **Dream Flyer** is a glider invented by Camellia Falco, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's designs. They are the ride vehicles of Soaring: Fantastic Flight at Tokyo DisneySea.

## Background

In 1485, Leonardo da Vinci drew up plans for a flying machine. It was human-powered, intended for the passenger to flap their arms to fly. The wings were designed like bat wings, and Leonardo studied birds to understand their flight patterns. While no evidence suggests that he attempted to build one, his illustrations and ideas have permeated across human history, inspiring future inventors and engineers to further man’s persute of flight.

Camellia Falco always had an interest in Leonardo's work, thanks to her father’s influence. She envisioned using his guidelines to build an amazing flying machine. After Camillia's death in 1875 the Museum of Fantastic Flight housed the Dream Flyer in the terrace. In 1901, a retrospective on Camillia's life was held, allowing guests to board the Dream Flyers for their own fantastic flight.

## Design

The design of the Dream Flyer can be seen on images throughout the queue, on the ride’s poster, and in promotional images and merchandise. Like Leonardo da Vinci’s illustrations, they have large, batlike wings with a large tail on the back. Guests are seated upright, without a restraint bar and with a canopy above them. Two wheels are placed beside the seat, for take-off and landing purposes.

### Technology

The Dream Flyer utilizes the same technology as the other Soarin’ attractions around the world, first developed for Soarin’ over California at Disney’s California Adventure. There are three rows of seats, lifted using a cantilever, facing a concave screen that the film is projected onto. The Dream Flyers are put right in the middle of the screen, allowing guests to be completely immersed in the experience.

To heighten the immersion, the vehicles are tilted back and forth, matching the actions of the film. For example: over the Great Wall of China, the vehicles are tilted downwards as the film speeds over the wall, giving the illusion of movement.

Each seat comes with a seat belt, a belt loop for little aviators, and an underseat compartment for carry-on items. Guests may either put their items into the compartment or leave them on the floor, where they are moved out of the way for them to pick up at the end of the ride.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.flyingmachines.org/davi.html
Aladar

**Aladar** is the protagonist of the film *Dinosaur (2000)*.

## History

Aladar was an iguanodon in the late-Cretaceous era who was separated from his family as an egg by a Carnotaur. Ultimately his egg was saved and Aladar was raised isolated by a family of prehistoric lemurs. By the time Aladar was an adult, meteors proceeding the Chicxulub impactor began to hit the Earth causing mass death of terrestrial life.

Aladar and his remaining family came to be united with a migrating herd of dinosaurs attempting to travel to a sanctuary. Along the way, Aladar became mates with fellow iguanodon Neera, although her arrogant and jealous brother Kron who lead their herd. Following Kron's death at the hands of two carnotaurs, Aladar became the new leader of the herd and lead them to the sanctuary where he and Neera had a child.

Aladar came to live through the K-T Extinction Event when the Chicxulub impactor finally came to Earth. Prior to this, Aladar had been probed by time-traveling humans from the Dino Institute of Diggs County, Florida who wished to study him. Moments before Chicxulub hit the Earth, Aladar was saved by the Dino Institute and transported to Florida around the 1990s-2000s.

The fate of Aladar's Neera and their offspring remains a mystery although it can be presumed that they died, either before the KT-Extinction or as a result of it. Regardless, when brought into the modern world, Aladar started inadvertently causing chaos in the Dino Institute's headquarters. At some point following this, he found his way to the nearby river where he was encountered by boat-riding tourists. It is possible that following this he wandered to the Central Floridian town of Disney Springs and/or its surrounding region.

## Appearances and allusions

### Dinosaur (Countdown to Extinction)

In this attraction, Dino Institute scientist Dr. Grant Seeker hijacks a time-travel tour of the Mesozoic to send guests to the K-T Extinction event so they can save Aladar from extinction. He appears at the end of the ride, saving guests from a hungry Carnotaurus before being scanned and brought to modern day. A statue of Aladar is outside of the attraction.

### Discovery River Boats

Aladar used to appear on this defunct riverboat attraction on the Floridian river passing by Diggs County.

### Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail

A poster for the Dino Institute in the town of Disney Springs with a message from Dr. Seeker that is asking for assistance in finding Aladar's whereabouts. The message also conveys that he is keeping the iguanodon's escape a secret from Dr. Marsh.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2018/11/12/everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-disney-springs-christmas-tree-trail/
Grandfather Coffin Clock

**The Grandfather Coffin Clock** is an object/character which was developed for the unbuilt Museum of the Weird expansion of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.

## Description

The Grandfather Coffin Clock would have been one of the artifacts featured in Rolly Crump's Museum of the Weird attraction. It would have been a coffin-clock themed to being made from a coffin and human corpse-material which would have had a face that could move and interact with guests.

## Appearances and allusions

### Main Street, U.S.A.

The Coffin Clock's likeness appears in artwork in a window of Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland. The window tributes Rolly Crump and reads, "*Fargo's Palm Parlour; Predictions that will haunt you; Bazaar, whimsical & **Weird**. Designs to die for Roland F. Crump assistant to the Palm Reader*". Said window also features Maui from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room and artwork from It's a Small World.

### Disney Kingdoms

The Grandfather Coffin Clock is the primary MacGuffin and a form of antagonist in Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird. In this story it is used as the prison for the **Reaper King**, the personification of the Bubonic Plague who was imprisoned in the museum following the events of the Black Death. The clock is sought after by Despoina and the Shadow Society who believe freeing the king will give them immortality. However, when they free the being he kills them for having taken too long before being imprisoned again by the heroes.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

In Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad it is revealed that the Museum of the Weird not only exists within the SEA mythos but is affiliated with the society. The proprietress of the museum is elaborated to be Madame Zarkov who is a character from the defunct Pleasure Island where she was a member of the Adventurers Club.

## References

1. ↑ https://atomicredhead.com/2018/01/08/palm-parlor/
Charles Lindbergh

**Charles Augustus Lindbergh** (1902-1974) is a historic aviator.

## History

### Real world

Charles Lindbergh is a famed American aviator who began his career as a U.S. Air Mail pilot at the age of 25. Charles is best known for having flown the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight when he flew from New York City to Paris with no stops in 1927. For this accomplishment, Lindbergh was made a colonel in the US military and given a medal of honour. Following this, Charles frequently developed new technology to assist in the field of aviation.

Lindbergh was however a well known nazi sympathizer. While holding contempt for the Third Reich itself due to believing them to be communists with a weak military, Charles shared their ideals of eugenics, pseudo-science, racism and anti-semitism. Charles was against the U.S.A. joining World War II for this reason and even went so far to state that he'd rather America join forces with the nazis. In 1941, president Franklin Roosevelt publicly called out Lindbergh for his nazi sympathies and had him stripped of his military-rank.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbour, Charles changed his position to that of wishing America to defeat the Axis however this was more oriented towards the Japanese than anything. Knowing that Lindbergh retained his nazi ideals, Roosevelt refused to reinstate his rank of colonel. In his later years, Charles became an author and international explorer. Lindbergh died in 1974 of lymphoma, a painful form of terminal cancer which affects the white blood-cells.

## Appearances and allusions

### American Adventure

The spirit of America statue for the, "Spirit of Pioneering" depicts an early aviator who resembles Lindbergh.

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

In the lost & found of this bar in Disney Springs are keys with the name, "**Charles L**." alongside those of other famous characters of real-world history and fiction.

### Soarin'

In the queue for Soarin' at Disney's California Adventure, Lindbergh is amongst the commemorated aviators in the *Wings of Fame* exhibit. He is featured in a photograph along with his airplane the *Spirit of St. Louis*.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

An authentic pin for Lindbergh's 1927 flight from Paris to New York appears in the possession of Trader Sam.

## Connections

### Mystic Point

Charles' historic friend and ally Henry Ford is referenced in the Explorers Club Restaurant as having met Lord Henry Mystic at the 1900 World Expo in Paris, France.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/the-american-adventure-experience-it/
2. ↑ https://www.getawaytoday.com/travel-blog/10-cool-facts-about-soarin-around-the-world
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/inside-trader-sams-at-the-disneyland-hotel/
Great Depression

**The Great Depression** is an event from real-world history.

## History

The Great Depression was a global economic downturn caused when industrialization and consumerism began rapidly expanding due to the, "Roaring twenties" and the end of World War I. Stock prices became overpriced far beyond their actual value while working wages were incredibly low and the agriculture world was suffering due to drought. On October 29th, "Black Thursday" occurred when the stock market crashed resulting in stocks and shares to decrease greatly in value and borrowed money and credit to become near-worthless.

The price of living went up while the money available to most people for said price of living went down and unemployment went through the roof causing mass poverty and starvation world-wide. Additionally the already prevalent levels of discrimination in America skyrocketed as there became more and more value found in employers and figures of government to treat at risk minorities as subhuman; this was most notably oriented towards black communities. Additionally during this time the American government chose to support large banks rather than its people, adding to the strife and turmoil.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jungle Cruise

The Great Depression had an affect on the history of the Jungle Navigation Company, causing an economic pressure which lead to them doing work for Hollywood filmmakers and later opening the *Jungle Cruise* in 1931 to make ends meet.

#### Skipper Survival Guide

The Great Depression is mentioned by a skipper of the JNC in an entry made in 1932.

### Pleasure Island

#### Adventurers Club

The 1929 Balderdash Cup festivities of the Adventures Club were called off due to the Stock market crash.
Kwango Kate

Concept artwork for the boat

**The Kwango Kate** is a vehicle from the Magic Kingdom version of Jungle Cruise.

## History

The Kwango Kate was a boat used by the *Jungle Navigation Company*, presumably in the 1930s. The boat's captain was one Felix Pechman XIII, a man who seemingly suffered from perpetual bad luck. In 1938, the boat was used by JNC president Alberta Falls to lead a V.I.P. river-tour which included the likes of herself, botanist Dr. Leonard Moss, artist Rosa Soto Dominguez, entomologist Dr. Kon Chunosuke of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*, and Alberta's cousin Siobhan "Puffy" Murphy.

Through yet unrevealed events the boat ran aground in a river somewhere in Africa where its wreckage was taken over by chimpanzees. The human safari crew of the boat later became lost in the African Veldt of North Africa along the Nile river where they were chased down by an angry rhinoceros. Skipper Felix got away however and lead the company to finding the castaways.

### Development history

The Kwango Kate was one of the boats in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise which was retired in the year 2000. The Kwango Kate was reintegrated in the attraction for the announced 2021 refurbishments for the Jungle Cruise which aimed to add a narrative element to the attraction. At Disneyland, the similarly abandoned Mekong Maiden fills this role.

## Appearances and allusions

### Skipper Canteen

One of the books in the library of the Skipper Canteen is titled, "Remembering Kwango Kate" by Lingley.

## References

1. ↑ https://attractionsmagazine.com/exclusive-disney-imagineers-talk-new-jungle-cruise-characters-s-e-a-connections-and-trader-sams/?fbclid=IwAR17iA26rlbPujJY7SLaV-17MfBXyja6SpX8LO18vDzCgzqGjLIgWEMujpM
2. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/2021/01/25/jungle-cruise-new-adventures/
3. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=center-shelf-3rd-shelf-c15
9-Eye

**9-Eye** was a **Circumvisual PhotoDroid** robot from the defunct Tomorrowland attraction *The Timekeeper.*

## Description

9-Eye is a small, flying robot with a feminine-programmed artificial-intelligence. 9-Eye had nine lenses for viewing located around the circumference of her head allowing for *Circle-Vision 360°* vision which resulted in her name. These nine cameras were able to transmit their images from vast distances in the space-time continuum. In addition to this, 9-Eye came equipped with two arms for object manipulation and programming which allowed her to communicate in several languages.

## History

9-Eye was the robotic assistant to the eccentric scientist, "The Timekeeper" at the Metropolis Institute of Time Travel. 9-Eye was most frequently sent on time-traveling expeditions while relaying footage for the Timekeeper to observe.

## Appearances and allusions

### Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast

9-Eye makes a cameo in this Discoveryland attraction, watching guests from behind the Boxobot.

### Stitch's Supersonic Celebration

9-Eye and the Timekeeper make a cameo appearance in an advertisement for Robo-Mart in the show Stitch's Supersonic Celebration.

### The Timekeeper

9-Eye was the deuteragonist of this attraction, projecting footage into the auditorium where guests could see her adventures. This included her and the Timekeeper taking author Jules Verne on a tour of the future from the 1900 World's Fair, inspiring him and H.G. Wells to collaborate and create their own functional time-machine.

## Connections

### Circle-Vision 360°

9-Eye's *Circle-Vision 360°* vision is an allusion to the Circle-Vision 360° films employed for the defunct Tomorrowland attraction of the same name along with various shows in EPCOT's World Showcase.

### ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter

The RoboMart which is shown selling the Timekeeper and 9-Eye's models are a subsidiary of X-S Tech, the evil corporation from this attraction.

### Fortress Explorations

In the Timekeeper attraction, Timekeeper encountered Leonardo Da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci is featured as an honorary member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers in Fortress Explorations.

### Skipper Canteen

In the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* is a book titled, "Keeping Time" by Williams, alluding to 9-Eye's employer.

## Trivia

* 9-Eye is similar to Weebo from *Flubber* (1997) (also incorporated into Journey Into Imagination) as they are both woman-presenting, hovering robots who are assistants to scientists portrayed by the late Robin Williams.

## References

1. ↑ https://waltdatedworld.com/id235.htm
2. ↑ https://photosmagiques.com/2013/04/23/finding-9-eye/
3. ↑ https://allears.net/2009/05/06/stitchs-supersonic-celebration/
4. ↑ https://attractionsmagazine.com/stitchs-supersonic-celebration-in-pictures-and-video/
Aletta

**Aletta** is Camellia Falco's pet falcon from *Soaring: Fantastic Flight*.

## Appearances and allusions

### Soaring: Fantastic Flight

During a retrospective on Camellia's life at the Museum of Fantastic Flight, Aletta join the riders.

## Trivia

* Aletta replaces the Peter Pan character Tinker Bell from the original Soarin' ride and is replaced by an Arbori shaman in Soaring Over the Horizon.
Gorilla Raiders

**The Gorilla Raiders** are a group of characters in the Jungle Cruise.

## History

The Gorilla Raiders were a group of gorillas which lived in the Congo in the 1930s. They would frequently raid and damage a base-camp used by the Jungle Navigation Company which made an outpost along the river.

## Appearances

### The Jungle Cruise

The gorillas appear along the Congo, raiding a JNC base-camp. In the queue for the Magic Kingdom's version of the ride, they are mentioned by Albert Awol. Awol makes several allusions to them destroying JNC equipment, their base-camp, and the jeep seen at the camp. In Disneyland's queue spiel they are reported by Nigel Greenwater to have raided the camp of a group of hunters prior to having raided the JNC camp.

### The Daily Gnus

An article called *IS HAMLET MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?* by Thompson J. Gazelle reviews a production of Hamlet put on by the gorillas using equipment stolen from a JNC outpost. The gorilla Kojo the Silverback is named as being a veteran performer of the troop.

### Other appearances

#### Kinect Disneyland Adventures

The gorillas are minor antagonists in this video-game where the player must prevent them from destroying precious artifacts.

## Other Connections

### Tarzan/Tarzan's Treehouse

The gorillas from Tarzan hold some connections to those from the Jungle Cruise and might be of the same troop as both presumably live in the same region of the Congo. In Hong Kong Disneyland's version of the Jungle Cruise, a nearby radio plays the song, "Trashin' the camp" which comes from the film Tarzan from a scene where the film's gorillas performed a similar act. One of the gorillas in Tarzan homages the Jungle Cruise when it examines a rifle by holding its barrel to their face, an action taken from the gorillas of the ride.

## Trivia

* One of the original gorilla animatronics from the Jungle Cruise was repurposed for the Yeti in Matterhorn Bobsleds.
Kamaka

**Kamaka** is a kakapo from the Jungle Cruise.

## History

Kamaka was a kakapo which lived in New Zealand during the early 20th century. It came to find a human girl named Alberta Falls who was travelling to New Zealand with her grandfather Dr. Albert Falls. Alberta took in the Kamaka as her pet and it stayed in this position well into the late 1930s when she was president of the Jungle Navigation Company.

## Trivia

* Kamaka's name is a Maori word for "rock", serving as a stealth joke about the rumors of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson being added to the attraction post-movie.
George Russell

**George "Georgie" Russel** is a character from the *Davy Crockett* miniseries which served as the Disneyland television show's representation of *Frontierland*.

## Appearances and allusions

### Davy Crockett Frontier Arcade

A wax sculpture of George used to appear in this area for photo opportunities.

### Frontierland

Russel is mentioned on a building titled, "Crockett & Russel Hat Co." in Disneyland's Frontierland.

### Mark Twain Riverboat

Russel is mentioned in the narration for this attraction as visiting Mike Fink in his cabin on Jackson Island.

### Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe

A satchel belonging to Georgie is located in this bar belonging to Pecos Bill and is filled with accounts of his and Crockett's adventures.

### Tom Sawyer Island

A removed vignette in the fortress on Tom Sawyer Island showed Georgie and Davy arguing with Andrew Jackson.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Russel's former commander Tobias Norton is a resident of Thunder Mesa in the Big Thunder region of Arizona. Additionally, the Tall Tale Inn is located in the Big Thunder town of Tumbleweed.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyhistory101.com/new-gallery-19davycrockettfrontierarcade
2. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFridayDLFrontierland1.aspx
Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench

**Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench** is a character from the Adventurers Club.

## History

Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench was a British military-officer and club glee master for the the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island during the 1930s.

## Appearances

### Adventurers Club

The colonel first appeared in this restaurant, represented as a sort of puppet. He would aid in initiating guests into the Adventurers Club by teaching them the club song.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A photograph of the colonel can be found in Trader Sam's possession with a letter addressed to Sam from the colonel which reads, "*Sam, remember that time in Burma? Good heavens, I think I need a G&T just thinking about it. Until the next time we two great explorers are paired...Kungaloosh! -Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench*". The colonel is also mentioned in a letter from Pamelia Perkins when she mentions leaving a ventriloquists dummy called Slappy which the colonel is fond of in Sam's possession. Colonel Sunchbench's vynilmation figure is also hidden within the bar.
Billamongawonga

**Billamongawonga** also known as **Trader Bill** is a character from *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar* connected to the story of *Tower of Terror*.

## History

Billamongawonga or Trader Bill for short was a South American man during the 19th century who specialized in the acquiring and selling of shrunken heads. He came to be a trusted ally and confidant of Harrison Hightower III, the owner of the Hotel Hightower who was also a member of the *Pillagers Brigade* and *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*.

## Appearances and allusions

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A portrait of Billamongawonga from the Hotel Hightower was acquired by the New York City Preservation Society in 1912 during their acquisition of the establishment. On November 6, this portrait was sent to Billamongawonga's alleged grandson, "Trader Sam" (a character from the Jungle Cruise) with NYPS representative Vanessa Capsaw proposing he might be the founder of Sam's family. Sam has this portrait hung up in his Enchanted Tiki Bar.

## Connections

### Tower of Terror

Harrison Hightower III is a pivotal character from Tower of Terror and Trader Bill's portrait was found in Hotel Hightower, the attraction's setting. The New York Preservation Society is also a prominent organization within the backstory of the ride.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/images/stories/Disneyland/Disneyland%202011/Trader%20Sams/IMG\_7374.jpg
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrIqKqAM1g/
Mekong Maiden

**The Mekong Maiden** is a boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

The Mekong Maiden was a boat used by the *Jungle Navigation Company* in the 1930s. In 1935 the ship was destroyed when it passed over Schweitzer Falls along the Nile in North Africa.

### Development history

The Mekong Maiden was one of the Disneyland Jungle Cruise's original boats but was decommissioned in 1997 along with the Magdalena Maiden. This was due to the boats of the attraction being replaced for more heavily themed vehicles made to look authentic to the setting as opposed to the clean and somewhat campy designs of the original boats. In 2021 the Mekong Maiden was announced to be integrated into a new narrative based refurbishment for the Jungle Cruise alongside the removed boat the Kwango Kate.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventure Trading Company

An article in the Daily Gnus by Skip Documentary has an article on the disappearance of the Magdalena Maiden and Mekong Maiden. It is brought up that no JNC employees are reported missing nor have commented on the disappearance of the boats but that there are large amounts of patchwork and damage near the docks of the Jungle Cruise's boathouse likely connected.

### Skipper Survival Guide

The wreckage of the Magdalena and Mekong Maidens are documented by a JNC skipper in the Skipper Survival Guide.
Ghost Fish

**The Ghost Fish** are creatures which were created for the unbuilt Museum of the Weird expansion of the Haunted Mansion.

## Description

The Ghost Fish were created for Rolly Crump's unbuilt Museum of the Weird where they would have been skeleton fish kept within an aquarium in the Museum of the Weird. As guests observed them, they would have faded in and out of sight.

## Appearances and allusions

### Haunted Mansion

Outside of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland is a Pet Cemetery with a memorial dedicated to a skeletal fish resembling those from the museum. The date on said memorial reads as, "October 10, 1867".

### Disney Kingdoms

The Ghost Fish appear in the Disney Kingdoms comics Seekers of the Weird. They make cameos in their aquarium earlier into the comics and later are revealed to be giant carnivorous creatures and that their tank is bigger on the inside with halls used to observe and feed them.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

In Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad it is revealed that the Museum of the Weird not only exists within the SEA mythos but is affiliated with the society. The proprietress of the museum is elaborated to be Madame Zarkov who is a character from the defunct Pleasure Island where she was a member of the Adventurers Club.

## References

1. ↑ https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2010/07/pet-cemeteries.html
Ferdinand Magellan

**Fernão de Magalhães**(1480-1521) anglicized to **Ferdinand Magellan** is a historic explorer and honorary member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

## Appearances and allusions

### Fortress Explorations

Magellan is represented in this attraction as an honorary member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

### Magellan's

In this restaurant's fictional story it was opened by the society to commemorate Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe.
John Henry

**John Henry** is a figure from American folklore.

## History

### Disney version

John Henry was a black man born in America with legends saying he was born with a hammer right in his hand. John was born into a life of slavery along with his lover and later wife, Polly. In 1865, the 13th amendment made slavery illegal resulting in John and Polly gaining their freedom.

In their new life, John found work as a steel-driver for the railroad where his immense strength and talent with a hammer gave him status as something of a superman. The contract for this work was to give the railroad workers a new colony along the railway to live on when they finished constructing the structure. However in the early-mid 1870s, this deal was disposed of in-favour of the railroad companies employing a large steam-powered machine to build the railway.

For his wife and friends, John chose to make a bargain with the operator where he and the machine would compete to see who could carve their way through a mountain to build more railroad. Using only his hammers, John managed to succeed in this bet while the machine destroyed itself trying to defeat him. John however later died of exhaustion though his wife Polly would bare his son in the home he ensured for them.

## Appearances and allusions

### Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe

In this restaurant, John Henry is identified as being a past friend of gunslinger Pecos Bill. Framed on the wall are several railroad drivers and a hammer next to a much larger hammer, potentially being the one which John died holding. At least the former items are inferred to be gifts left in Pecos Bill's possession and later commemorated in his Tumbleweed Inn located in the Big Thunder region.

## References

1. ↑ http://schmoofy.com/fictional-frontier-pecos-bill/
Mistress of Evil

**The Mistress of Evil** is a character from the unbuilt Museum of the Weird expansion of the Haunted Mansion.

## History

The Mistress of Evil would have been a demonic entity imprisoned within the Museum of the Weird. She was shown to have wings and taloned feet while being characterized as a sort of malevolent sorceress.

### Development history

The Mistress of Evil was created by imagineer Rolly Crump to be featured in the Museum of the Weird. She was inspired by the character of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and Crump said on her in an interview:

“*The Mistress of Evil was another character I came up with, and I was going to have her appear in an archway, up on a balcony. There was going to be flames around her, but made out of China Silk, and lit it just right, it looked like the real thing. She would be lifted up in the air, and she’d open her arms real wide and start screaming like Maleficent did. Just really creepy and weird stuff I had her doing.*”
## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Kingdoms

In these comics, the Mistress of Evil is given the name of **Despoina** and serves as the main-antagonist of *Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird*. Her primary objective is to free an entity known as the Reaper King who promised her and her Shadow Society immortality in-return for his freedom. She spends the story attempting to break into the Museum of the Wyrd to save the Reaper King only to be killed by him for taking too long.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

In Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad it is revealed that the Museum of the Weird not only exists within the SEA mythos but is affiliated with the society. The proprietress of the museum is elaborated to be Madame Zarkov who is a character from the defunct Pleasure Island where she was a member of the Adventurers Club.
Mary Blair

**Mary Blair** née. **Mary Robinson** (1911-1978) is a real-life artist who worked for the Walt Disney Company.

## History

### Real-world

#### Disney Parks contributions

* She designed the majority of *It's a Small World*.
* She created a mural for the Tomorrowland promenade.
* Her artwork for Cinderella is featured in Disney Springs' Bibbidi Bobbodi Boutique of Disney Springs.
* A mural of Neverland from Peter Pan made by Blair is located within the *Oceaneer Lab*.

### Disney Parks

Mary Blaire (née. Mary Robinson) was a skilled artist in the early 20th century. She appeared to take on the Blaire surname far earlier than her real-world counterparts and taught at the Centre Street Academy of Fine Art on the Main Street of Marceline, Missouri around. In the early 1930s, was considered the be a glamorous socialite and in 1932 was interviewed by the Daily Colonial Journal newspaper, indicating she might have spent some time in the jungle.

## Appearances and allusions

### It's a Small World

A doll representing Mary stands atop the Eiffel Tower with a balloon to tribute the attraction's designer.

### Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity

The Daily Colonial Journal newspaper published an interview with Mary Blair on the December 8 of 1932. In the newspaper, Blair is identified as being a, "Glamorous Socialite".

### Main Street, U.S.A

Mary's name is located in a window on Main Street advertising the Centre Street Academy of Fine Art.

## Connections

### Oceaneer Lab

Captain Mary Oceaneer has artwork of Blaire's aboard her vessel, the *RV Oceaneer Lab*; most notably her art depicting the realm of Neverland.

## Trivia

* In real-life it has been theorized that Captain Mary Oceaneer was named after Mary Blair. It is also likely that in Disney Kingdoms, the Dreamfinder's name being Blarion Mercurial is a tribute to Mary Blair as she inspired the murals for *Journey Into Imagination*'s queue.
* Jungle River Cruise makes in anachronism in its allusion to Mary Blair as she would have gone by her maiden-name in 1932.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.yesterland.com/maryblair.html
2. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/08/all-in-the-details-bibbidi-bobbidi-boutique-in-disney-springs-marketplace/
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/04/five-things-you-might-have-missed-in-its-a-small-world-at-disneyland-park/
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2016/02/21/windows-on-main-street/
5. ↑ https://chipandco.com/take-a-tour-of-the-oceaneer-club-and-lab-aboard-the-disney-magic-336898/
Hovitos tribe

**The Hovitos tribe** is a group from *Raiders of the Lost Ark*.

## History

The Hovitos tribe were a tribe of South Americans derived from the ancient Chachapoyan tribe of modern Peru. The tribe was isolated and a hunter-gatherer society led by a chieftain. They had a reputation of being highly lethal and efficient in their killings.

In 1936, the Hovitos' region was visited by archaeologist Indiana Jones and his aviator Jock Lindsey. Jones excavated a millennia-old temple filled with booby-traps to uncover and ancient Chachapoyan Fertility Idol. However, the Hovitos became swayed by rival archaeologist René Belloq into attacking Lindsey and Jones before stealing the idol for himself.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

The Hovitos are the namesake for the Hovitos Mojitos drink in this bar. The menus also reference Jock Lindsey's encounters with the Hovitos peoples. A postcard in the bar from before 1936 also refers to the Hovitos.

## Connections

### Jungle Cruise

Radio-announcer Albert Awol alludes to the Fertility Idol on his radio-broadcast in the queue of the Jungle Cruise at the Magic Kingdom. In it, he mentions golden idols as being one of the highlights of traveling through the rainforests of South America.

During the Summer of Hidden Mysteries event, the idol was one of many objects from Indiana Jones' adventures which was located on the attraction. In the overlay's story, this idol was one of several relics accidentally left behind from Indiana traversing the jungle which would be reclaimed by the Jungle Navigation Company.

#### Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity

The Daily Colonial Journal states S.E.A. member Garrett Reed attempted to rob the Hovitos of their fertility idol.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/jock-lindseys-hangar-bar-updated-menu-review-and-happy-hour-revisited/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BofvrFVFZdZ/
Lagoona Gator

Lagoona Gator overlooking Typhoon Lagoon

**Lagoona Gator** is a Disney Parks character who serves as the mascot for *Typhoon Lagoon*.

## History

Lagoona Gator is the name of an anthropomorphic alligator with a love for heat, tropical locales, beach-parties and surfing. Following the hurricane which devastated *Placid Palms* in Blustery Bay, Lagoona moved to the lagoon in pursuit of a beach locale. Lagoona made his home in a ramshackle board-room under a clock-tower along Typhoon Lagoon under the volcanic Mount Mayday.

In Blustery Bay, Lagoona served as lead-vocalist of a musical band of alligators known as the *Beach Gators* which also included the likes of, "Scarf" who played bongos, "Wipeout" who played lead guitar and, "Knarly" who played bass. The Beach Gators were also involved of production of a film shot in Typhoon Lagoon titled, "Bikini Beach Blanket Muscle Party Bingo!" with Lagoona Gator having seemingly starred in the film

## Appearances and allusions

### Typhoon Lagoon

Lagoona Gator is a meet 'n' greet character in Typhoon Lagoon who can be found outside of his clock-tower abode along the typhoon's beach. The inside of the board-room is themed to being his makeshift home and is decorated with references to his character and history. At the entrance to Typhoon Lagoon there is also a sand sculpture of Lagoona Gator, shown holding a surf-board.

## Trivia

* Lagoona Gator is inspired by Ice Gator, the mascot for Disney's Blizzard Beach which is a waterpark themed to being a ruined ski-resort built in Florida after a freak tropical snowstorm. Based off of this it is likely that Lagoona's species is an *American Alligator* which are native to Florida.

## References

1. ↑ https://the-disney-elite.tumblr.com/post/175746652589/two-of-the-posters-at-typhoon-lagoon-featuring
2. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2010/06/gator-myth-legend.html