Adventurers Club

**The** **Adventurers Club** is a defunct dining/live-entertainment service of the extant *Pleasure Island* area of Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney (later changed to Disney Springs). The club has a backstory retconned to connect to that of the Tower of Terror.

## History

### Backstory

The attraction takes place on the New Year's Eve of 1937 on Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Guests represent newcomers at an open house for the Adventurers Club, a guild of eccentric globetrotters founded by Merriweather Adam Pleasure, a former member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* who became dissatisfied with them so founded his own group.

## Tower of Terror connections

### S.S. Columbia

Historic president Theodore Roosevelt was shown as having attended the maiden voyage of the S.S. Columbia. Roosevelt was identified in Pleasure Island as a friend of the Pleasure family and later retconned into being the, "Original" Adventurers Club member.

### Tower of Terror

A portrait of Merriweather Adam Pleasure and his allies was later retconned into depicting Harrison Hightower III and the Pillagers Brigade on their expedition through the Congo. This retcon occurred in the Aunty's Beach House area of Aulani where the portrait was hung up in the home of Adventurers Club member Dreamy Ka'imi with a letter from club president Pamelia Perkins which described Hightower and the Pillager's Brigade as unfortunate ancestors of the Adventurers Club.

### Tower of Terror 10-Miler

Various members of the club appeared live at this event to meet with participants.

### Other connections

#### Haunted Mansion

A letter in the queue for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (set c. 1880) identifies later Club member Madame Zarkov as working at the, "Museum of the Weird". This is a reference to Disneyland's unbuilt *Museum of the Weird* attraction which would have been an expansion of the Haunted Mansion.

#### Jungle Cruise

Due to its 1930s colonial theming and heavy reliance on self-referential humour, the Jungle Cruise has frequently referenced the Adventurers Club. Jungle Navigation Company president Alberta Falls frequently uses the club greeting of, "Kungaloosh!" and has a crate in her office from Merriweather's daughter Merriam Pleasure, sent from the *Adventurers Club*. A downed airplane in the Congo, originally used to reference Casablanca (1942) and the defunct Great Movie Ride was changed in a 2021 refurbishment to have the name of Hathaway Browne printed on the side. A removed feature of the Amazon River Base were cargo addressed to Adventurers Club members Pamelia Perkins and Emil Bleehall, Jr., the former of which was addressed to the club offices directly. On the Global Broadcasting Service, Skipper Missy references broadcasting with members of the club the next morning to answer questions about their open house gala. There is a skipper for the Jungle Navigation Company nicknamed "Kungaloosh Kate".

##### Skipper Canteen

Merriweather Adam Pleasure's fez appears in a cabinet, identifying him as having attended the manor of Dr. Albert Falls. Pamelia Perkins is also identified as having visited the building but when it became a restaurant in 1938, being mentioned as loving Perkins Thai Noodles in the menus. There are also several books in the library written by Merriweather Adam Pleasure, and a food-item called, "Kungaloosh!".

##### Trader Sam's

Trader Sam is identified as having been close with the club and several of its members while having artifacts from their club in his Polynesian bar.

##### Tropical Hideaway

Pleasure's oar is amongst the S.E.A. oars mounted on the wall.

## Trivia

* The December 31 of 1937 incidentally would mark the 38th year since Harrison Hightower III's demise.
* While connecting to the story of Tower of Terror, the Adventurers Club's setting is closer to that of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.