Aladdin

**Aladdin** is a 1992 animated feature-film made by Disney.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Adventure Trading Company

The peddler Kazim's restaurant *Aladdin's Oasis* was featured as part of the Skull Juju mission where guests needed to tell stories within the oasis and have them hung up by the titular *Adventure Trading Company*. The oasis was also featured on a map of Adventureland locations which even included an illustration of Trader Sam and Ellie.

### Jungle Cruise

Iago appears on the, "Official Guest Skipper" cards.

### Skipper Canteen

In the library of the Skipper Canteen is a book titled *A New Way to Manage Birds* by *I & Z Management Publications*. This book references the attraction *The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)* with, "I & Z" referencing the birds Iago and Zazu who became the new owners of the Enchanted Tiki Room.

### Trader Sam's

Both bars include a drink called Uh-Oa, named for the Goddess of Disaster from the Aladdin themed attraction *The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management*.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

On a shelf in Trader Sam's bar is the genie's lamp, next to a bust of Dr. Albert Falls.

#### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

There is a tiki figure of Uh-Oa decorating this bar who comes to life when her Uh-Oa drink is ordered.

### Tropical Hideaway

There are several references to *Aladdin* and *Aladdin's Oasis*, the restaurant preceding the Tropical Hideaway. There is a small market selling, "Exotic Lamps" and, "Magic Carpets" in brass and silk. Additionally, a mosaic of the Magic Carpet from Aladdin decorates the ground of the Tropical Hideaway. Rosita also mentions remembering when the Tropical Hideaway was, "A real Oasis".

### Other connections

#### Adventureland

Agrabah is often featured as part of the realm of Adventureland. The attraction *Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom* involved a mission where Jafar and Iago were recruited by Hades to seek out a shard of the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom in Adventureland. Said mission contained additional theming to *Pirates of the Caribbean* with the inclusion of Isla Tesoro, another Adventureland location.

#### The Lion King

Iago and Zazu co-owned the Enchanted Tiki Room together and are both referenced in the Skipper Canteen's book, *A New Way to Manage Birds* by *I & Z Management Publications*. Additionally, Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom also included a Lion King/Jungle Cruise themed mission within the same fictionalized depiction of Adventureland.

#### True-Life Adventures

In Disneyland Paris, the logo for the films can be found in mosaics in a region of Adventureland depicting Agrabah from ***Aladdin***.

#### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Iago is affiliated with the Enchanted Tiki Room as he once co-owned it with Zazu from the Lion King in the attraction *The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management*. In this attraction, he sang a parody of, "Friend like me", referenced several Aladdin characters, and was ultimately mutilated by the goddess Uh-Oa.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneytips.com/guest-skipper-jungle-cruise-mc1/
2. ↑ https://www.hiddendlrp.com/referencing-disneys-true-life-adventures/truelife-adventures/