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Joshua Sweet

**Doctor** **Joshua** **Strongbear** **Sweet** is a character from *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*.

## History

Joshua Sweet was the son of a black American pioneer named Corporal Moses Sweet and an Indigenous Dakota woman named Jerika Sweet. He was born and raised in the Pine Ridge Reservation during its American military occupation. His maternal-uncle and Arapaho Elder Iron-Cloud would teach him traditional medicine-man practices from a young age.

Sweet came to study medicine while holding an interest and appreciation for both traditional and non-traditional forms of it. In 1895, Sweet became got his doctorate of Internal Medicine at Howard University and in 1896 a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Maryland. In 1897 he received a doctorate in Herbology and became the first person of colour to give lectures at Harvard Medical School.

In 1898, Joshua joined the 1st United States Volunteer Infantry where he served as an army-physician that treated the wounded of both sides of the war. During a three-month period in the Kettle and San Juan Hill Campaigns, Sweet served as personal physician to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Sweet received no formal commendation for his part in the war but did receive a personal letter from Roosevelt, thanking him.

Sweet was later enlisted by Preston B. Whitmore to be part of Lt. Rourke's investigation into the lost nation of Atlantis. He was part of an expedition to Iceland which discovered the Shepherd's Journal that lead the group to discovering Atlantis' coordinates. In 1911, Sweet chief medical-officer in the expedition within the *Ulysses* submarine which to find the lost continent.

## Connections

### Adventure Isle

In 1932, Preston Whitmore commissioned the League of Adventurers to go on another expedition to “discover” what happened to the Milo expedition. The truth of what happened went public for the first time.

### Adventurers Club

In Disney Parks lore, Theodore Roosevelt was an early member of the Adventurers Club. The Adventurers Club being a globetrotting organization, splintered from the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by one Merriweather Adam Pleasure.
Simba

**Simba** is a character from *The Lion King* (1994).

## Appearances and allusions

### Fantasmic!

Simba appears in the bubble sequence of the Walt Disney World version of Fantasmic! as a cub.

### Festival of the Lion King

Simba prominently appears in this attraction alongside Pumbaa, Timon and several theatre-players in the port of Harambe, Africa.

### It's a Small World

Simba makes a cameo as a cub alongside Timon and Pumbaa in the Africa segment of the Disneyland version of this attraction.

### Jungle Cruise

One of the shields of the Headhunter tribe bears the logo of the Lion King broadway musical which depicts the face of Simba and/or his father Mufasa.

### Mickey's PhilharMagic

Simba appears as a cub in this attraction when Donald Duck accidentally gets transported to the, "I can't wait to be King" sequence of the Lion King by Yen Sid's hat which he stole from Mickey Mouse.

### Skipper Canteen

Simba is indirectly referenced in the Skipper Canteen via a book titled *Hamlet: A Lion's Tale* by Shakes Speare. This is a joke about how the Lion King was loosely based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet with Simba serving as the film's analogue to Prince Hamlet himself.

## Connections

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Festival of the Lion King in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme-park is set in the East African port of Harambe, the setting for the attraction Kilimanjaro Safaris. In Kilimanjaro Safaris, the keep used by to traverse the Harambe Wildlife Reserve is named the *SIMBA-1* in tribute of the character.

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Simba's majordomo Zazu appeared in *The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management* as one of the new executives of the Tiki Room.

## References

1. ↑ http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/other-hidden-dl/adventureland/7973018
Property continuity directory

This article is to be used for navigating which properties (I.E. attractions and film titles) are allocated to what extent of cannon in the expanded continuity of the parks I.E. via the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* and *League of Adventurers*.

## 1st level continuity

This category is for properties with direct allusions to S.E.A./L.o.E characters and/or entities or which contain characters retconned into their ranks.

## 2nd level continuity

A category for properties directly referenced as being subject to the expanded cannon of 1st level continuity properties but which aren't necessarily identified as containing 1st level continuity entities themselves.

## 3rd level continuity

Properties which have stories and characters connected via secondary continuity properties, often (but not necessarily) multiple of these.
Willard P. Bounds

**Willard Pehall Bounds (1854-1916)** is a character from Disneyland's *Frontierland*.

## History

Willard P. Bounds is named for Willard Pehall Bounds was a U.S. Marshall and blacksmith. While working on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho, his wife Jeanette had a daughter named Lillian Marie Bounds. Willard died on the June 24 of 1916 due to heart trouble and Bright's disease when Lillian was only seventeen years-old.

### Disney Version

Willard P. Bounds was a blacksmith and U.S. Marshall during the 19th century. He lived in the town of Rainbow Ridge, Arizona where he predominately worked as a marshal while also running the town's land office. C. 1879 he provided the Big Thunder Mining Company with their licences to mine in the nearby Big Thunder Mountain and run the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad through the mountain.

### Development history

Willard P. Bounds is the real-life father-in-law of Walt Disney.

## Appearances and allusions

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

A certificate from Bounds hangs outside of the entrance to Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. It is stamped by the Big Thunder Mining Company and mentions the certificates for the company's operations being in the town hall of Rainbow Ridge.

### U.S. Marshal's Office

In the early days of Frontierland, Willard P. Bounds was identified as a U.S. Marshall in Frontierland's Marshall's Office located near the entrance to *Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland*. This space was used as a photo-op area in Disneyland's Frontierland until 1956 when it was closed to make-way for the Casa de Fritos dining-service.

## Connections

### Pleasure Island

Pleasure Island's restaurant the Empress Lilly was named for Lillian Disney in real life with Lillian having christened the ship. In the fictitious history of Pleasure Island it was named for Lillian Disney in 1971, having been a vessel previously belonging to S.E.A. member and Adventurers Club founder Merriweather Adam Pleasure. She is also presumably the retroactive namesake for the Lilly Plaza of Pleasure Island.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Lillian Disney is featured in a photograph hung within this bar of her, Walt and several others disembarking from an airplane in Rio de Janeiro in 1941. Here she is shown alongside Trader Sam from the Jungle Cruise who in this continuity was their tour-guide.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/disneyland-1955-postcard-willard-1998298391
2. ↑ https://wanderingindisney.com/2020/03/27/the-story-of-big-thunder-mountain-railroad/
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2018/02/look-closer-big-thunder-mountain-railroad-at-disneyland-park/
4. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/marshals-office/
5. ↑ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112916523
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CESA9VmgyLP/
Wayne Szalinski

**Wayne Szalinski** is a character from the film *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989).

## History

In the 1980s, Wayne Szalinski was an inventor who was ridiculed in the science community for his devoted development of a Shrinking Gun. Szalinski was also a member of the Imagination Institute and even earned the Inventor of the Year award at their 89th annual hosting of the event for his invention of the, "Cam-O-Rama 360°".

Eleven years after this award, Wayne's Shrinking Gun became operational, though it was due to a rogue baseball shorting out the laser grid, resulting in both his two children, as well as his neighbor's two children, being shrunk. He and his wife, Diane, after an extensive search of the backyard, eventually rematerialized them to their original size. For the success of his Shrinking Gun, Wayne was commemorated as the 100th annual Inventor of the Year by the Imagination Institute.

## Appearances and allusions

### Ant-Man and the Wasp: Nano-Battle!

Wayne is indirectly alluded to in this attraction by Ant-Man AKA Scott Lang who shrinks guests before exclaiming to his partner the Wasp, "Honey, I shrunk the kids!".

### Honey, I Shrunk the Audience

   In this attraction, Wayne was awarded the Inventor of the Year title by the Imagination Institute for his Shrinking Gun. However, his shrink gun would go out of control and temporarily shrink the audience and members of the institute such as Dr. Nigel Channing.

### Journey Into Your Imagination with Figment

A picture of Wayne is hung in the hall of the Imagination! Pavilion in this attraction, commemorating his awarding of the Inventor of the Year title.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/CloserLookJourneyIntoImagination.aspx
Madame Zarkov

Zarkov at the Adventurers Club

**Vidalia Onionski Zarkov** or more simply **Madame Zarkov** is a character from the defunct Adventurers Club restaurant in Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World.

## History

Vidalia Onionski Zarkov is a Romani woman with some magical prowess who was active in the 19th century. By 1880, Zarkov served as the proprietress of the Museum of the Weird, a collection of strange and unusual artifacts from all over the world. From the museum, Zarkov became affiliated with the Society of Explorers and Adventurers as-well as its president Jason Chandler.

At some point in the early 20th century, Zarkov joined a splinter-group of the society known as the Adventurers Club which was founded by S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure. The Adventurers Club was based out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and was formed from Merriweather's dissatisfaction with the stuffiness of the Society fo Explorers and Adventurers. Within the group she attended the 1937 New Year's Eve party though she did not show the age that a 57+ year-old woman would presumably be showing by the time, likely due to her magical abilities.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventurers Club

Zarkov was a rare character at the club, not appearing as often as the other members. She was dressed in a striped peasant top, a long purple and gold skirt, a black vest and sash with gold coins, black and gold jewelry, and a blue bandana wrapped around her dark, curly hair. She sometimes carried a tambourine.

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Zarkov is referenced in the queue at Magic Kingdom. Jason Chandler consulted her to discuss the goings-on at Big Thunder Mountain. After he heard what she had to say, he wrote a letter to Barnabas T. Bullion, urging him to stop his mining operations.

## Connections

### Haunted Mansion

In Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Madame Zarkov is identified as running the Museum of the Weird. The Museum of the Weird was an unbuilt expansion planned for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion which was developed by imagineer Rolly Crump.

## Trivia

* Madame Zarkov’s connection to the Museum of the Weird is possibly a reference to Madame Z, a character designed by Marc Davis for the Haunted Mansion that eventually evolved into Madame Leota.
* Assuming that Zarkov was at-least 18 when she was running the Museum, her minimal age's birth-year would be c.1860 making her at-least in her late 70s during the 1937 open-house. It is however more likely that she was at least around 30 when she ran the museum which gives the area of birth-year of c. 1850 and which would make her in her late 80s during the open-house.
Trader Sam’s Gift Shop!

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**Trader Sam’s Gift Shop!** is a location from the Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Backstory

This was originally the **Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Lost & Found** which assisted guests in finding objects left behind from the Jungle Cruise. Around 1938, JNC president left the lost & found under the care of her friend and business-affiliate Trader Sam. Sam would go on to transform the lost & found into a makeshift gift-shop to make himself and the JNC revenue from stealing these found goods.

### Development history

Trader Sam's Gift Shop was a replacement for the original vignettes which featured Trader Sam or Chief Nah-mee selling shrunken heads to guests. This was integrated as part of a 2021 refurbishment which aimed at removing racial stereotyping from the Jungle Cruise. Story editor Kevin Lively came up with the idea while working as a cast-member at Tarzan's Treehouse and imagining a story where skippers would turn the JNC's lost & found into a gift-shop.

## Connections

### Trader Sam's

Trader Sam is also the fictitious patron of the Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar and Trader Sam's Grog Grotto at the Disneyland Hotel and Disney's Polynesian Village Resort respectively.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Livelyland/status/1386685990165643269
Springs Rail Line

**The Springs Rail Line** is a fictional rail-line from Disney Springs.

## Description

The Springs Rail Line is a rail-line connecting to the town of Disney Springs in Central Florida. The railway also connected to the city of Lake Buena Vista and planned community of Celebration.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Springs

#### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

There are multiple allusions to the rail-line in this bar belonging to S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey. A 1938 article has mention of Disney Springs' mayor announcing a new railway junction and a 1955 issue has advertisements for the rail-line.

#### STK Steakhouse

This steakhouse is set within the building which previously was used as a railroad station by the Springs Rail Line.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

Members of the Adventurers Club were known to frequent Jock Lindsey's establishment. The trains also connected to Lake Buena Vista, the setting of Pleasure Island.

### Indiana Jones

Jock Lindsey was the aviator to Indiana Jones and Jones visited the springs in the 1930s and again after Jock opened his bar.

### Marvel Comics

Disney Springs was a town visited by S.H.I.E.L.D. co-founder Howard Stark and which held an outpost for SHIELD in the 1950s neighbourhood of West Side.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2015/09/23/jock-lindsey-s-hangar-bar-opens-at-disney-springs-food-drink-review-detailed-tour/
Whitmore Industries

**Whitmore Industries** is a group from *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*.

## History

Whitmore Industries was founded in the year 1870 by one Preston B. Whitmore. Whitmore was an innovator in science and technology leading to Whitmore Industries being at the forefront of American innovation. In 1911 Whitmore called upon Thatch’s grandson, Milo, to decipher the Shepherd's Journal so they could find the lost city of Atlantis as it was a passion of Whitmore's late friend Thaddeus Thatch.

Whitmore stayed behind during the expedition. When the survivors returned, he came up with a coverup story. Milo gave him a crystal necklace as a token of his appreciation. Whitmore Industries allowed some visitors to Atlantis, and would even visit it himself. He established new routes to the Atlantean Highway by way of secret tunnels and cog railways hidden within Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, allowing access for Whitmore employees and special dignitaries, with Theodore Roosevelt, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H.G. Wells being among the figures granted access.

## Appearances and allusions

### Camp Discovery

In 1932, Whitmore commissioned another expedition to Atlantis with the League of Adventurers, to "discover" what happened during the Milo expedition. He would go public with what happened during the expedition for the first time.

### Fire Mountain

The unbuilt Adventureland attraction Fire Mountain would have been themed around Whitmore's investigations into Atlantis.

## Connections

### Pleasure Island

In the Disney Park mythos, Theodore Roosevelt was an original member of the Adventurers Club, a splinter faction of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers founded by SEA member Merriweather Adam Pleasure.

## References

1. ↑ https://whitmoreindustries.tumblr.com/post/635182225247371264/newsreel-intro-for-atlantis-the-lost-empires-dvd
2. ↑ *Atlantis: Milo's Return*
3. ↑ Atlantis: Subterranean Tours
4. ↑ https://laffiteslanding.tumblr.com/post/163491308277/heres-close-ups-on-some-of-the-board-details
USS Nautilus

**The USS Nautilus (SSN-571)** is a real-world submarine.

## Description

The USS Nautilus is a 320 ft (98 m) long submarine with nuclear power and a speed of 23 kn (43 km per hour; 26 miles per hour).

## History

### Real-world history

The American Navy began construction on the USS Nautilus in 1950 to be the world's first functioning nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel was given the name of the USS Nautilus after the victorian Nautilus submarine from Jules Verne's *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*. The vessel was ultimately completed in the April of 1955 and in 1958 departed to explore underneath the North Pole.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

The Source Gazette newspaper from 1955 which is hung in the *Disney Springs* bar of SEA member Jock Lindsey features an article on the rough launching of the, "Submarine Nautilus". While it is not explicitly identified as the USS Nautilus, the 1955 setting and mention of launching infers it to be either the USS Nautilus or its successor the *Nautilus* (D-301) from the parks.

### Submarine Voyage

This Tomorrowland attraction was inspired by the USS Nautilus' voyage to the North Pole. The D-301 submarine was also given the name of *The Nautilus* in tribute to this history.

#### Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage

The D-301 Nautilus was brought into this attraction to serve as an Explorer Submarine for the N.E.M.O. Institute.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.themagicforless.com/tmflblog/hanging-out-with-jock-lindsey/
Man-eating piranhas

**The Man-eating piranhas** are animals from the Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Development history

Contrary to popular myth, in real-life piranhas are virtually harmless to humans and will not harm any animal disproportionally larger than them (such as humans). The myth of man-eating piranhas originates from the South American expedition of former American president Theodore "Teddy' Roosevelt where Roosevelt was pranked by a local tribe. The tribe used nets to sanction off a part of the river containing piranhas and starved the fish before putting a cow carcass into the water in-front of Roosevelt. The tribe passed off the starved piranha's crazed feeding as their normal hunting behaviour while also showing him unrelated human mutilations which they passed off as coming from the small and harmless fish.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventure Trading Company

In this attraction, the man-eating piranhas were the likeness and namesake for the Piranhahaha Juju awarded by the Adventure Trading Company for humour. In the Daily Gnus newspaper there is an advert for one Proper Patti attempting to use the piranha's territory as a petting-zoo.

### Jungle Cruise

The piranhas are encountered in the Disneyland version of this attraction after passing into their territory in the Amazon. Artwork of the fish appears on jagged rocks before they leap out from the water to attack guests.

### Skipper Survival Guide

Professor Herny Von Schlit accounts having come across the piranhas on his expedition through the jungle. He goes into detail over how the piranhas are attacking boats due to being starved by lowering water-levels during the dry-season.

### Trader Sam's

The drink *The Piranha Pool* in Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar and Grog Grotto is based on the piranhas from the Jungle Cruise. The drink gets its name due to blotches of red colouring in the blue beverage resembling blood in water. The novelty Piranha Pool mug is likewise modelled after the animals and one of the fish is hung up as decor in one of the bars.

## Trivia

* One of the piranhas in the Jungle Cruise is wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.tipsfromthedisneydiva.com/jungle-cruise-disneyland/
2. ↑ https://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g29092-d2319766-i165778108-Trader\_Sam\_s\_Enchanted\_Tiki\_Bar-Anaheim\_California.html
Q'aráq

The **Q’araq** is an ancient being in Arbori culture and a major figure in the ride Roaring Rapids at Shanghai Disneyland. It is the guardian of the waterfalls in Apu Taku, safeguarding the water in Adventure Isle.

## Background

Long ago, a crocodile-like being had come to the island that would eventually become Adventure Isle, making his home in the waterfalls of Apu Taku, the most sacred place on the island. The oral traditions of the Arbori would dub this being the Q’araq, the guardian of the water. It is a belevolent being, safeguarding the fresh water of the island, one of its most precious natural resources. However, one can invoke its wrath, if one wanders too close to its domain.

## Appearances and allusions

### Roaring Rapids

The Q’araq is encountered about halfway through the attraction. It is sitting on the side of a large cavern. It roars and reaches its jaws down towards the rafts, as it passes underneath. Just outside of the attraction are large stone statues of its head, covered in vines. A statue of it can be found in the attraction’s queue.

### Soaring Over the Horizon

The Q’araq is depicted as a constellation in the celestial observatory.
T.W. Bullion

T.W. Bullion is a character from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## History

T.W. Bullion was a member of the Bullion mining family. T.W. operated a silver-mine in Virginia City, Nevada. In the 1880s, two shucksters named Theodore Oglive and Amos Tucker of the Halve Knives Gang posed as, "Metallurgists" to try and rob the mine. However, the gang only succeeded in stealing a few pieces of lead.

T.W. would go on to send the wanted-posters of the outlaws to their relative Barnabas T. Bullion of the Big Thunder Mining Company in Tumbleweed, Arizona. This would partly be as a warning but more predominately be to mock the gang.

## Appearances

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

A message sent to Barnabas from T.W. can be found in the queue for Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## Trivia

* T.W. Bullion's initials are a tribute to Disney imagineer Tony Wayne Baxter.
	+ Baxter's name was also played on for the character of Mister Baxter in *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage*.
Vesta Gruppen

**Vesta Gruppen** (Norwegian: ***Vesta Group***) or possibly **Vesta v Gruppen** is an organization affiliatied with the defunct attraction *Maelstrom* from EPCOT's World Showcase.

## History

### Background

Vesta Gruppen is a Norwegian group that had been in operation since at least the 1960s. The group had some affiliation with coastal and/or naval practices and would go on to be one of the corporate entities involved in the *Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow*. They operated within the Norway Pavilion of EPCOT's World Showcase, having a base within the pavilion's coastal village outside of the mythical Troll Country.

### Development History

Vesta Group was a Norwegian insurance company that served as one of the sponsors for EPCOT's Norway Pavilion. They were one of many companies that were given tribute within the Maelstrom village area to promote their services.

## Appearances and allusions

### Maelstrom

A life-preserver belonging to the group appeared in the exit area for this attraction, being hung from the side of a building.

### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

The Maelstrom life-preserver is hung on a wall of Trader Sam's Polynesian Village Resort bar. Trader Sam being a character from the Jungle Cruise who has connections to several Disney Parks stories and characters.

## Trivia

* The life preserver in Trader Sam's is one of the few remaining remnants of Maelstrom. Others include: a tapestry of the three-headed trolls and Nokke in troll country within the Frozen character meet and greet, small wooden figures of the polar bear and a two-headed troll in *Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna*, and the Maelstrom puffins still appearing in Maesltrom's replacement *Frozen Ever After*.
	+ Nordic gods which were featured in the attraction are also referenced in EPCOT's *Gods of the Vikings* exhibit and Marvel Comics properties in the Disney Parks such as *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2012/01/17/norway-pavilion-in-epcot-part-two/
2. ↑ https://edp.org/Travel/Florida/EPCOT/NorwayVillage.jpg
3. ↑ https://disneybystephenie.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/trader-sams-easter-eggs/
Vitale Robustelli

Robustelli during the Induction of Camellia Falco into the Society

**Vitale Robustelli** is a member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* who originates from *Soaring: Fantastic Flight*.

## History

Vitale was the president of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers during the early-mid 19th century. In the year 1851 he inducted the society's first woman member in Camellia Falco. His secretary was inventor Jason Chandler who via unknown circumstances would take over as society president by the 1880s

## Appearances and allusions

### Soaring: Fantastic Flight

Robustelli can be seen in a painting, inducting Camellia Falco into the Society during an elaborate ceremony. His signature can also be seen on Falco's certificate of membership which is displayed nearby.

## Connections

### Discovery Bay

Jason Chandler is a character originating from the unbuilt Discovery Bay expansion of Disneyland.

### Mystic Manor

Lord Henry Mystic was an attendee of Camellia's induction by Vitale.
Milo Thatch

**Milo Thatch** is the protagonist of the 2001 Disney animated film *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* and its sequel *Atlantis: Milo’s Return*. He is a linguist, cartographer, and translator of the Milo Expedition to the lost city of Atlantis.

## Background

Milo Thatch was raised and educated by his grandfather Thaddeus Thatch, after his parents were killed. He took after his father, and held an interest in languages and antiquities. He was a linguist for the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. until Preston B. Whitmore offered him a place in an expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis. Milo agreed, wanting to live up to his grandfather’s wishes.

When Milo reached Atlantis, he bonded with the princess Kida Nedakh. He helped her learn more about her people’s history, searching through sunken ruins to discover the truth about the Heart of Atlantis. When Commander Lyle Rourke kidnapped Kida with the power of the Heart, Milo led the resistance against them, saving Atlantis.

Milo stayed behind in Atlantis, to help them rebuild and rediscover their culture. He later married Kida, becoming king in the process.

## Appearances and Allusions

### Adventure Isle

The expedition to Atlantis is referred to as the “Milo Expedition”, named after him. In the years following the events of the film, Milo’s disappearance became a story of legend and mystery. It wasn’t until 1932 that the story went public for the first time, following an expedition by the League of Adventurers.

### Other

Milo was a meet and greet character at the Disney Parks to help promote the film’s release, but was later phased out. He has made sporadic appearances in recent years thanks to the film’s cult status, mainly during special events and parties.

## Trivia

* In an unused draft for the film, Milo would have been revealed to be a descendant of *Captain Edward Thatch* AKA *Blackbeard*.
	+ Blackbeard himself used to appear in the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Smith

**Smith** is a character originating from *Mary Poppins*.

## History

Smith was a sailor who was active during the 1910s who was best identified by his wooden, peg-leg. He would come to befriend an English chimneysweep by the name of Bert. Sam also befriended the barkeep and barterer Trader Sam.

## Appearances and allusions

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A letter sent to Trader Sam by Smith via the Jungle Navigation Company is framed in this bar. The letter mentions Smith having lost his peg-leg which was later found by Sam. Smith references returning to port to receive the leg from Sam.

### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

There is a wooden shaker in this bar of a sailor with an eyepatch, stein and wooden leg. Given the Tiki Bar reference and the figure's positioning, it is presumed to represent Smith.

### Walt Disney World Railroad

A peg-leg appeared in the luggage of Frontierland's depot with a tag on it labelled, "Smith".

## Connections

### Great Movie Ride

Smith's friend Bert appeared in this attraction alongside Mary Poppins.

### Jungle Cruise

Trader Sam and the Jungle Navigation Company both originate from the Jungle Cruise.

## Trivia

* The gag behind Smith's name in Mary Poppins was that after hearing about, "Knowing a man with a wooden-leg named Smith" the punchline was to ask, "What's the name of his other leg?".
* Given his identification as a sailor, it is possible that Smith might have some relation to the Smith family from Pirates of the Caribbean which is prominently featured in the *Tortuga Tavern* of the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9TrMNpUZM8
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdniwyml3TH/
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/02/all-in-the-details-exploring-trader-sams-grog-grotto/
4. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
Tree of Life

**The Tree of Life** or **Disneyodendron semperflorens Gigantis** is the park icon of *Disney's Animal Kingdom*.

## Description

The Tree of Life is a massive Disneyodendron semperflorens Gigantis located on Discovery Island. It is a harbour for a great number of animals, most notably intelligent bugs which live under the tree's roots. The tree's trunk and branches are covered with the likenesses of different animals from across history and the world.

## History

The Tree of Life 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.

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney's Animal Kingdom

#### It's Tough to be a Bug!

This show is held underneath of the Tree of Life, being thrown by the ant Flick from *A Bug's Life* to make connections between humans and bugs.

#### Wilderness Explorers

Some Discovery Island missions for the Wilderness Explorers pertain to the Tree of Life.

### 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. Another advert shows the Tree of Life with messages advertising different attractions in the Animal Kingdom.

## Connections

### Adventureland

The Disneyodendron plants are also featured in Tarzan's Treehouse, the Swiss family Robinson treehouse, and Tahitian Terrace.

### Marvel Comics

In the California headquarters for W.E.B. is a claw-machine. A pair of glasses from It's Tough to be a Bug are located inside the machine.

### Up

The Wilderness Explorers of Discovery Island are an organization from Up.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/31353284637/in/photostream/
2. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/46292092851/in/photostream/
3. ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-15-best-marvel-easter-eggs-in-disneys-avengers-campus/1100-6492418/
Sango Shio

**Sango Shio** is a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers that has yet-to-be seen.

## History

Sango Shio was a senior-member of S.E.A. during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. They were a senior member of the society, having signed a Certificate of Official Discovery given to Dr. Albert Falls for his discovery of the flooded Cambodian Shrine in the Lost Delta on June 5, 1888. In 1910 they went on a river expedition along the Amazon River during which time he was seemingly attacked by piranhas which gnawed at their oar.

## Appearances and allusions

### Skipper Canteen

Their Society fez can be found in the S.E.A. meeting room at the Magic Kingdom. They signed a Certificate of Official Discovery given to Dr. Albert Falls for his discovery of the Ancient Cambodian Shrine on June 5, 1888. They also have a book called *Discovery of the South Seas* and another titled *Beneath the Island*.

### The Tropical Hideaway

A canoe paddle of theirs can be found at Disneyland, commemorating their 1910 voyage on the Amazon River in South America.

## Trivia

* Sango Shio is a play on *sangosho* (珊瑚礁), the Japanese word for coral reef.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/rero70/status/1107424241140416516
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/enchantedtikibar/p/Br8-vLVAvpN/
3. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=center-shelf-3rd-shelf-c63
4. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=right-bookshelf-2nd-shelf-c87
The Maid

**The Maid** or **The French Maid** refers to one or several characters from the Adventurers Club.

## History

The maids were French maids who were employed by tycoon Merriweather Adam Pleasure to maintain the headquarters of the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Part of the maids' occupation was to keep the many (quite often supernatural) antiquities and artifacts within the building clean under curator Fletcher Hodges. During the New Year's Eve of 1937, the maid served as a sort of entertainer and unofficial club-member during an open-house and annual Balderdash Cup competition.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/archives-adventurers-club-pleasure-island/
Lava Idol

**The Lava Idol** is an item from Mystic Manor.

## Description

The Lava Idol is a large wooden sculpture depicting a Pacific island lava god.

## History

The idol was created by a Pacific island tribe and left in jungles where it became lost. By 1908, the idol was discovered by Lord Henry Mystic and his pet monkey Albert. The two brought the idol to their home of Mystic Manor in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea. At one point, the idol was given life by the cursed *Balinese Music Box* though when it was shut, the idol presumably lost its life-force.

## Appearances and allusions

### Mystic Manor

The Lava Idol is the centrepiece of the the Tribal Arts chamber. The magic of the Balinese Music Box brings it to life with glowing eyes and a lava stream.

## Connections

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

The Lava Idol and Tribal Arts room was inspired by the concept of a perverse Enchanted Tiki Room.

## Trivia

* The goddess Pele is the god of lava in myth.
Well of Souls

Top-down view of the Well of Souls

**The Well of Souls** or **Well of the Souls** is a location from *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981). It is based on the Well of Souls from Abrahamic mythology.

## Description

The Well of Souls is an ancient Egyptian structure located underneath the desert in Tanis, Egypt. The well contained giant statues of Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification and also had a series of tombs used to hold the mummified remains of Egyptian soldiers who had taken Tanis. The well was infested with a variety of deadly snakes and used to hold the Ark of the Covenant, a Hebrew religious item said to possess the 10 commandments and voice of God.

## Appearances and allusions

### Great Movie Ride

The Well of Souls was passed through in this attraction during the time when Indiana and Sallah were excavating the Ark of the Covenant. In it, the gangster Mugsy Toccata attempted to rob the well of the Treasure of the Gods only to die in a cloud of smoke and fire.

## Connections

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

This bar contains several indirect allusions to the Well via the headpiece to the Staff of Ra and Tanis references.

### 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 and the headpiece to the staff of Ra, 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".

### Spaceship Earth

The mummified pharaoh within the Great Movie Ride was dressed nearly identical to the pharaoh from Spaceship Earth in a scene reminiscent of 1930s monster movies while potentially being set in the Well of Souls from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is possible that this was intended to be the same pharaoh from Spaceship Earth albeit posthumously.

### Star Wars

#### 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*.

#### Star Tours

A depiction of R2-D2 and C3PO appears in the Well of Souls used to hold the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Additional depictions of R2-D2 and C3PO also appear within the temple of Akator in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

## References

1. ↑ http://adisneyland.disney.go.com/media/dlr\_v0200/en\_US/special/IndianaJonesExplorerMap.pdf
2. ↑ https://i2.wp.com/www.tikicalifornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/trader-sams\_010.jpg?ssl=1
3. ↑ https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20170814/33066/lost-legends-great-movie-ride?page=2
4. ↑ https://www.disneytouristblog.com/dok-ondars-den-antiquities-shop-star-wars-lands/
5. ↑ https://www.goliath.com/movies/31-hidden-details-you-may-have-missed-in-the-indiana-jones-franchise/
Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210

**Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210** or more simply **90210** is a character from the defunct attraction *Stitch's Great Escape*.

## History

Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210 was an alien robot employed by the United Galactic Federation to run the *Galactic Federation Prisoner Teleport Center*. The sergeant was often unhappy with having too many, "Level 1" level danger prisoners and wished to be put in charge of prisoners of, "Level 2".

Around 2002, Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210 was put in charge of instructing new recruits of the facility while also watching over the level 1 prisoners Skippy and the Donut Guy. However this was interrupted when Captain Gantu had the, "Level 3" prisoner *Experiment 626* teleported to the prisoner centre. The experiment however managed to break out and hijack a teleportation tube to teleport himself to Florida on the planet Earth.

## Appearances and allusions

### Stitch's Great Escape

Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210 appeared in the pre-show of this attraction where he was the superior to new recruits and showed them the ropes. He complained to Lieutenant Sludge about not having any, "Level 2" prisoners before Captain Gantu teleported in the, "Level 3" danger prisoner of Experiment 626.

## Connections

### ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter

The technology used at the *Galactic Federation Prisoner Teleport Center* came from the evil corporation X-S Tech. One of the sergeant's prisoners was a (living and not mutilated) Skippy, a character from ExtraTERRORestrial who was disfigured and disintegrated in the attraction's pre-show.

## Trivia

* 90210's audio-animatronic was recycled from that of S.I.R. from ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.
* The number 90210 is an allusion American drama show, *Beverly Hills 90210*, a pop-culture reference which no doubt was found hysterical by all the children in the audience.
Scooter

**Scooter** is a character from the *Adventurers Club* on *Pleasure Island*.

## History

Scooter was a male peacock which was the family pet of the Pleasure family of Pleasure Island, Florida. It was a favourite of one Merriam Pleasure and received its name in 1931, having been given it by Viceroy of Ceylon, Sir Manning Hubley Sommerset. Scooter died prior to 1937 and was subsequently stuffed and placed in the Adventurers Club's headquarters.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventurers Club

Scooter's stuffed remains along with a plaque explaining his history was featured in the Adventurers Club.

### D-Street

Following the closure of the Adventurers Club, Scooter's corpse was moved to D-Street.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2010/04/pleasure-family-pet.html
2. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2010/04/08/epcot193/2/
Royal Anandapur Tea Company

**The Royal Anandapur Tea Company** is a company in the story of Expedition Everest.

## History

The Royal Anandapur Tea Company was a company in the kingdom of Anandapur which imported and exported specialty teas as far back as the 1920s. Around 1922, the Royal Anandapur Tea Company built a tea train in the Southeast Asian village of Serka Zong to reach distant markets. This train passed through the Himalayas, namely the Forbidden Mountain and Mount Everest in order to make its deliveries.

However, beginning in 1933, the railway experienced difficulties in operating. The train was forced to close down in 1934 due to operation problems including attacks from the mountain's territorial yeti. Despite losing their trains, the company did continue operation into the 21st century.

## Appearances and allusions

### Expedition Everest

The company formerly owned the building used as the base-camp by *Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions* and created the steam-trains used by them. Remnants of their business exist within the queue for the attraction.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2018/09/laying-out-tea-leaves.html
2. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2011/07/07/hidden-gem-animal-kingdoms-royal-anandapur-tea-company/
3. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2018/09/laying-out-tea-leaves.html
Tiki totem poles

### Park Attractions

Enchanted Tiki RoomEnchanted Tiki Room: Under New ManagementEnchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever!Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo mai! (As a Small role)

### Other Appearances

Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar

Introduction

The tiki totem Poles are Four (Disneyland)/Eight (Disney world) Totems That are Found In the Corners Of the Tiki Room. They Participate By Chanting Constantly. In each Totem, There are 6 Different Faces. One with Four Arms and A Headpiece-like Frill, One With a Large Chin, One with A Pose of A Bored/Wondering Look, One with 2 Legs are A Stomach, One with a Pose, A Round Face and a Round Stomach and One With a Triangular Face With legs.

## Appearances

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

The Totems Appear in the Enchanted Tiki Room, As In the song Hawaiian War Chant. As the Tiki Room Drummers Continue Playing, The totems Join In. after a while when the Plants join aswell, they continue chanting. They also Appear in the Song Closing bow, after the Lyrics “Hear them do the chant”, the totems chant while the drummers play.

### Enchanted Tiki room: Under new Management

They aswell appear in The tiki room under new management. Once The song “Hot hot hot” Is done, the totems chant Uh-Oa’s Name Once Iago Disturbed and Mocked the Tiki gods. They Also Appear in the song “In the still of the night” and a rap remix of the tiki room, Where They Sing and Rap.

### Enchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever

The totems Appear in 3 songs. The first appearance being “Fever,” where the birds are about to give up until Lava Had an Idea to go smooth. The totems Perform in that song aswell. The Next song they appear in is Hawaiian War Chant (Frenzy Version) As the Beat Hits the Mind of the totems, to the Point where They perform in a frenzy Alongside the Drummers and Orchids. They Also Get a Part in “I wan’na Be Like you”.

### Enchanted Tiki room: Stitch Presents: Aloha E Komo Mai!

The totems Play a Big Musical Part in this Attraction. They First Play In the Song “Aloha E Komo Mai.” They Also Play when The Big Kahuna Rises Up. And Finally, They Play once more in Aloha E Komo Mai.
Headhunter Tribe

**The headhunter tribe** or **Umbala Tribe** is a group of characters from the Jungle Cruise.

## History

The Umbala Tribe were a tribe along the Nile River in Africa. Through unknown means they came into a mystical artifact known as the Treasure of the Pacific, a golden skull with jewel eyes which would be kept in a mystical shrine. This was one of seven treasures created and enchanted by the sea-goddess Calypso representing seven seas. It is possible if not likely that the sacred artifact was connected to the Umbala's odd behaviour of headhunting considering that it is not a traditional practice amongst African tribes.

At some point in the 18th century, the tribe came to have several encounters with pirates who sought after the treasure of the Pacific. This lead to the tribe killing and beheading a good number of pirates before leaving their undead skulls on pikes with a sign reading, "Pirates be warned". Eventually the pirates Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl and Captain Barbossa of the Wicked Wench came to seek after the treasure. Sparrow's crew would prove themselves worthy to the spirit of the treasure of the Pacific and it would later be claimed by Sparrow himself.

By the 1930s, the Nile region inhabited by the Umbala would come to be partly occupied by the Jungle Navigation Company. The Umbala were openly hostile with these colonists, often ambushing and attacking them while killing both employees and customers as part of their headhunts.

## Appearances

### Adventureland

Skulls on pikes and left as warning and decoration can be found throughout Adventureland, presumably the work of the headhunters.

### The Jungle Cruise

The headhunters are encountered in this attraction along the Nile River. Skippers pass by their territory and witness a ceremony only to be attacked by an ambush of headhunters armed with spears and shields. Additionally in Walt Disney World's boat-house (set in the Amazon), one of the headhunter warrior's masks (resembling a duck head) marks the entrance to the JNC outpost as a decoration.

### A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas

The headhunters are supporting antagonists in the mission, "Heads, you lose" where guests working for Jack Sparrow compete with Barbossa to seek the treasure of the Pacific.

### The Jungle Cruise (film)

In this film, the headhunters are actually white actors hired by deuteragonist Frank Wolff for his artificial Jungle Cruise.

## Connections

### The Lion King

One of the tribe's shields bears the logo of the Lion King broadway musical.

## Trivia

* During the ambush scene, one of the headhunters shouts out, "I love disco!".
* The mask of one of the headhunters which is also located in the Mekong boathouse resembles the head of Donald Duck.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2014/03/20/magic-kingdoms-adventureland-part-two-of-three/
2. ↑ http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/other-hidden-dl/adventureland/7973018
Weggie Wishmeyer

**Weggie Wishmeyer** is an unseen character from the *Adventurers Club*.

## History

Weggie Wishmeyer is a woman who was a member of the Adventurers Club in the 1930s. She would operate at-least partly out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida where the Adventurers Club made its headquarters. Within the group, Weggie was seemingly courted by fellow club-member, Hathaway Browne.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventurers Club

A letter from Browne to Weggie was created as a prop for the Adventurers Club.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

The letter sent by Browne to Weggie appears in the possession of Trader Sam.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2008/09/valiant-to-end.html
2. ↑ https://www.endorexpress.net/parks/disneyparks/2011/08/trader-sam-meet-indiana-jones/