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Wilderness Expeditions and Delivery Service

**The Wilderness Expeditions and Delivery Service** is an organization affiliated with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad which is featured in the Big Thunder Trail

## History

### Background

During the 19th century, the Wilderness Expeditions and Delivery service was a transportation and delivery organization. They operated in the Big Thunder region, namely Rainbow Ridge and predominately utilized stagecoaches.

### Development History

The organization is an homage to the Disneyland Stage lines/Rainbow Mountain Stagecoaches which operated as an attraction in Frontierland from 1955 to 1960 and passes through show-scenes used by Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland such as the Living Desert. The stagecoach seen on Big Thunder Trail is made to resemble these coaches and the name of the company is an allusion to WED (Walther Elias Disney) enterprises which created Disneyland. The stagecoach was purchased from Knotts Berry Farm before the first Ghost Town Alive in 2015.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The stage-coach on Big Thunder Trail is found outside the setting of Rainbow Ridge and also has cargo being sent to Jason Chandler, a character affiliated with the Big Thunder Mining Company.

### Discovery Bay

The stage-coach is found at the border of Frontierland and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge which occupies the space proposed by Tony Baxter to hold Discovery Bay. The cargo addressed to Jason Chandler is an allusion to how Chandler would have been the founder of the Bay.
Chen

**Chen** is a character from *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984).

## History

Chen was one of the sons of Chinese crime-lord Lao Che and a lieutenant in his criminal-empire. Chen was quiet, cold and calculating and assisted his father by expanding his legitimate business to *Lao Che Air-Freight*.

In 1935, Chen accompanied his father and two half-brothers in his father's nightclub *Club Obi Wan* for business. Lao Che had made a deal with his enemy, adventurer Indiana Jones and the two had arranged to trade the ashes of Nurhachi, the first emperor of the Manchu Dynasty for a diamond known as the *Peacock's Eye*; Lao possessing the diamond and Jones the ashes. Sao Feng's family however planned on killing Jones to dispose of their enemy and keep both precious artifacts.

After exchanging items, Lao poisoned Jones' drink and held the antidote ransom for the peacock's eye. When Jones' ally Wu Han pulled a gun on the gangsters, Chen shot him in the chest with the gunshot disguised amongst the popping of champagne bottles. A fight ensued within Club Obi Wan where Indy grabbed a skewer of pigeon flambé that he threw at Chen, impaling and killing him.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Chen is the posthumous namesake for *Chen's BBQ Pork Skewers*, a meal in Jock Lindsey's bar which makes humour of Chen's demise.
Russell

**Russell** is a character from the 2009 film *Up*.

## History

Russell was a young boy in the 2000s who had divorced parents with his father being absentee. To compensate for this, Russell became a committed member of the Wilderness Explorers scout group where he was fixated on becoming a Senior Wilderness Explorer.

While attempting to gain the Assisting the Elderly Badge, he stowed away on a floating house belonging to the elderly Carl Fredrickson who wished to take his house to Paradise Falls in South America. In South America they encountered the giant bird, "Kevin" which Russell named and adopted which in turn made them targets of the mad elderly explorer Charles F. Muntz. Russell was briefly kidnapped by Muntz but saved by Fredrickson leading to Muntz' death.

Muntz and Fredrickson went on to commandeer the late-Muntz's airship *The Spirit of Adventure* back to their home where Russell was awarded the status of Senior Wilderness Explorer.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventureland

In Disneyland Paris, a sculpture depicts Carl and Russel on docks along the river near *Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost*.

### Disney's Animal Kingdom

Russell is a common walk-around character in Disney's Animal Kingdom, predominately affiliated with the Wilderness Explorers interactive game.

#### Bark-O-Lator

This miniature feature in the Animal Kingdom is an augmented collar modified by Russel and Carl Fredrickson so Russel could gain his advanced Appliance Repair Badge.

#### UP! A Great Bird Adventure

Russell and Dug host this attraction where guests are taught about asian birds.

### Pixar Pier

Russel appears on a billboard advertising Pixar Pier. It shows him and Carl Fredricksen arriving at the pier from Carl's flying house.

## Connections

### Expedition Everest

UP! A Great Bird Adventure is set in Anandapur, the setting of Expedition Everest. The Wilderness Explorers are also affiliated with the kingdom's history.

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

The crate behind Carl and Russell in Adventureland is addressed to 302 Market Street and to be delivered to Main Street, U.S.A..

## References

1. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/dedicatedtodlp/17829510924
2. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2014/02/video-bark-o-lator-interactive-element-allows-animal-kingdom-guests-to-be-like-dug-from-up/
3. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2018/06/22/pixar-pier-photo-tour/
Roaring Rapids

**Roaring Rapids** is an attraction in Shanghai Disneyland's Adventure Isle.

## Summary

This ride has guests taking rafts through the highest peak of Adventure Isle, the sacred Apu Taku. The Arbori people of the island believe the mountain to be protected by a mythical crocodilian known as Q'aráq who becomes an enemy of guests as they pass through the mountain.
Tower of Terror (lost episode)

**The Tower of Terror** is a fictitious, "Lost episode" of the *Twilight Zone* television series featured in the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## Summary

The episode revolved around the Halloween of 1939 when five people (Sally Shine, Carolyn Crosson, Emeline Partridge, Gilbert London and Dewey Todd) went missing in the Hollywood Tower Hotel. The episode showed the five being spirited away to the 5th Dimension when lightning from the Twilight Zone struck the hotel. Like every episode of the Twilight Zone, the events were narrated by the omniscient entity known as *The Narrator*.

## Appearances and allusions

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

This lost episode appears in the library pre-show of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror when lightning strikes outside the window causing a television to turn on. The lost-episode is directed towards guests of the hotel with the Narrator communicating to them through it on the nature of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Trivia

* Sally Shine is shown holding a Mickey Mouse plushy in the video.
* Due to Rod Serling having been deceased in 1975, the video was created via voice-actor Mark Silverman dubbing over the footage in a Serling impression while reusing footage of Serling from the Twilight Zone episode *It's a Good Life*.
Rocket to the Moon

**Rocket to the Moon** or **Flight to the Moon** is a defunct Tomorrowland attraction.

## Connections

### ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter

Mission to Mars was alluded to in the queue of this attraction which succeeded it. A screen in the queue mentioned Tomorrowland's Interplanetary Convention Centre as being set to host a lecture from Tom Morrow called, "*Mission to Mars: History or Hoax*" at some point following X-S Tech's disastrous teleportation demo. It is possible that this reference infers that the Moonliner's missions to Mars are of some historic weight in the fictitious setting of Tomorrowland.

### Innoventions

A reimagined, robot version of Tom Morrow was the host of this Disneyland attraction where he was identified as Mayor of Tomorrowland. He frequently sang the song  *There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow* from Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress and served to guide guests through the *Innoventions Dream Home*.

In the EPCOT version of Innoventions, the show is hosted by another robot called Tom Morrow 2.0.

### Main Street Cinema

In the Disneyland Casting Agency's posting is a ground-control job overseen by Tom Morrow which also references the Moonliner rocket.

### Skipper Canteen

In the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* are two books written by Tom Morrow. One is *Mission to the Stars* by Tom Morrow which references the defunct attractions *Rocket to the Moon* and *Mission to Mars.* The other book by Morrow is *Mission to the Red Planet* which references the Mission to Mars attraction.

### Space Mountain

On the *Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover*, an operative of the Space Mountain space-port 75 is heard saying, "Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow. Please contact Mr. Johnson in the control-tower to confirm your flight to the moon".  Mr. Johnson is a character from Mission to Mars who was that attraction's stand-in for the original Tom Morrow.

### Star Tours

Within the original Star Tours incarnation, a Star Tours agent at the Tomorrowland space-port said on the overheads, "*Mister Morrow, Mister Tom Morrow... please check with the Star Tours agent at gate number four*". This allusion was removed in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue in-favour of referencing him with a character named *Mot Worrom*, Tom Morrow's name spelled backwards.

### The Timekeeper

A poster in the Metropolis Science Centre of Tomorrowland featured a dark-grey/black Moonliner on a poster which advertised the, "Retro Rocket Association's 225th annual Antique Rocket Show & Swap Meet".

### Toy Story

A miniature of the Moonliner appears outside of the "Alien Pizza Planet" restaurant with the words, "Pizza Planet" on it.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/now-casting.html
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2012/02/space-home-garden.html
Zambini brothers

**The Zambini brothers** are two characters from *Mediterranean Harbour*.

## History

The Zambini brothers were two residents of Porto Paradiso, Italy during the 19th century. From 1807-1815, the brothers were commissioned by the wealthy Cellino Falco to construct the Museum of Fantastic Flight. The brothers at some point constructed the *Zambini Brothers’ Ristorante* to operate.

## Appearances and allusions

### Soaring: Fantastic Flight

Documents in the queue for this attraction reference how Cellino Falco bought the land for the Museum of Fantastic Flight from the Zambinis.

### Zambini Brothers’ Ristorante

The Zambini Brothers are the fictitious owners of this restaurant in Mediterranean Harbour.

## References

1. ↑ https://tdrexplorer.com/inside-soaring-fantastic-flight/
Rivers of the Far West

**The Rivers of the Far West** are a location in Disneyland's Frontierland connected to the story of *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad*.

## Description

The Rivers of the Far West are a series of rivers found south of Thunder Mesa, Arizona. While predominately found in the vicinity of Thunder Mesa, the rivers connect to a variety of towns and settlements in the Big Thunder region including Rainbow Ridge, Tumbleweed and Stillwater Junction while also having a passage to Grizzly Gulch, California.

### Features

* **Ball Mill Landing**:
* **Big Thunder Island**:
* **Boot Hill & Ravenswood Manor**:
* **Geronimo Landing**:
* **Geyser Plateau**:
* **Rainbow Arch**:
* **Smuggler's Cove**:
* **Wilderness Island**:

## Appearances and allusions

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

While holding Big Thunder Island, the setting for Disneyland Paris' Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Rivers are also noted by the Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger to connect to a variety of different towns affiliated with alternate versions of the ride.

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

There is an advertisement for the Mark Twain Riverboat mentioning the Rivers of the Far West in Disneyland Paris' Main Street.

### Mark Twain Riverboat

#### Disneyland

The Rivers of the Far West are mentioned on an advertisement at the side of the Frontierland River Packet.

## Connections

### Pirates of the Caribbean

"Old Joe" who lives on Wilderness Island is a recycled character from Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland where he was an inhabitant of the Blue Bayou in New Orleans.

## References

1. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2011/06/every-nook-cranny-tells-story.html
2. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2010/11/river-craft-of-america.html
The Raven

*This is an article about the location from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). For the character from the Haunted Mansion, see Raven.*

**The Raven** also known as **The Raven Saloon** is a location from *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981).

## Description

The Raven as a saloon located in Patan, Nepal along the Himalayas. The establishment burned down in the year 1936.

## History

The original owners of the Raven are unknown however it was purchased by archaeologist Abner Ravenwood on his expedition to the Himalayas in the 1930s. Abner had purchased the establishment as a means of garnering funding for his archaeological expedition. Following Abner's demise in 1936, the tavern was inherited by his daughter Marion.

In 1936, Marion with her old flame Indiana Jones when the US government hired him to beat the nazis in the hunt for the Ark of the Covenant. Indy needed Abner's medallion which was was a key in locating the Well of Souls where the Ark was buried in Cairo. When Marion turned Indy away, the Raven was infiltrated by the Nazis who attempted to rob Marion of the medallion only to be fended off by herself and Jones though the Raven burned down in the fight.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Jock Lindsey is in possession of coasters from the Raven and his flight-log identifies him having been a patron of the bar.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A seltzer bottle from Marion's bar is located on a shelf in Trader Sam's bar. A message from Indiana to Sam mentions Marion saying  if he needed help running the bar, then Sam should ask her.

## Connections

### Expedition Everest

In *The Many Adventures of Indiana Jones*, Marion came across the footprints of the Yeti during her tracking of a thief through the Himalayas.

### Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

Abner Ravenwood sent Indy messages from the Raven when Indiana excavated the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in the Lost Delta of India.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/air-tours.html
Zeus

**Zeus** is a god from Hellenistic Greek mythology.

## History

### Mythology

Zeus was the sixth child of the titans Chronos and Rhea who ruled once ruled over the Earth. Due to a prophecy, Chronos learned that he would be usurped and defeated by his own off-spring so whenever Rhea gave birth he simply perform infanticidal cannibalism and consume his children. Wishing to save her final child, Rhea swapped out the infant Zeus for an infant-shaped rock in a blanket which Chronus unknowingly consumed in Zeus' place.

Zeus was placed in the possession of his grandmother Gaia, the goddess personification of the Earth along with several nymphs, notably the nymph Amaltheia. When he became an adult he aimed to save his immortal siblings from his father's stomach and bowels by seducing Chronos' cupbearer Metis and having her poison his father. As a result, Chronos would regurgitate Zeus' five siblings with Zeus subsequently recruiting them for his battle against the Titans.

The war between the Olympians and the Titans lasted ten years and ended in an Olympian victory. From this victory the siblings would decide that Zeus would rule over the skies and Earth, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld. Zeus would marry Metis though after receiving the same prophecy as his father, transform her into a drink and cannibalistically drink her out of fear for her giving birth. Years later, Metis and Zeus' child Athena would be born from Zeus' skull.

Zeus remarried to his sister Hera, the goddess of marriage who he deceived into marriage. Despite this, Zeus was known for his openly adulterous behaviour and fostered countless lovers and illegitimate children who often received Hera's wrath.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

A statue of Zeus was on display in the Main Salon of the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island as part of S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure's collection. A replica of the Artemision Bronze, by 1937 the statue became known as "Zeus Goes Fishing" or "God with Rod" due to Zeus having comedically been given a backpack and fishing-rod.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Zeus' fishing-rod is within Trader Sam's collection at his Enchanted Tiki Bar. He acquired said fishing-rod from Pamelia Perkins of the Adventurers Club. There is also a crate containing artifacts left in Sam's safekeeping from the club which includes a miniature version of the God with a Rod statue.

## Trivia

* Greek mythological figures related to Zeus have appeared in other Disney attractions. This includes an amphora portraying a battle between Heracles and the Nemean Lion in Mystic Manor, Hades serving as main-antagonist in Sorcers of the Magic Kingdom, Calypso's affiliation with Pirates of the Caribbean, Medusa's portrait in the Haunted Mansion, and a statue head of Poseidon in Mystic Point.

## Trivia

1. ↑ https://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2008/09/last-goodbye-to-adventurers-club-high.html?m=1
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLWRt2SR2XQ
World of Motion

**World of Motion** was an attraction in Epcot.

## Summary

World of Motion was an omnimover dark-ride which used comedic tableaus to visualize the history of human-transportation.

## Connections

### Fortress Explorations

The historic figures of Leonardo Da Vinci and Christopher Columbus both made appearances as animatronic characters in World of Motion. In addition to being represented in Fortress Explorations, both are identified as honorary members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. It should also be noted that the Da Vinci tableau heavily featured his flying-machines with said machines in the S.E.A. mythos having been inspired by Atlantean flying-machines in the Shepherd's Journal and going on to be featured in Cellino Falco's Museum of Fantastic Flight where they would inspire Camellia Falco's own flying machines.

### It's a Small World

In Disneyland Paris, there is a toy-like depiction of the sea-serpent staring down a doll in a rowboat.

### Skipper Canteen

World of Motion is referenced within the *Jungle Navigation Co.* *Ltd. Skipper Canteen*. Here, a map by Mary Oceaneer features the, "*Kimballum Horriblus*" as a legendary creature of the Mediterranean. This creature being the sea-serpent that terrorized Colombus in World of Motion and its name being a tribute to imagineer Ward Kimball who designed much of the attraction.

### Test Track

The logo for World of Motion was recycled for its successor attraction, *Test Track*. There are two signs in the attraction which allude to World of Motion by showing the futuristic city, "CentreCore" from the attraction and an ID which reads, "FN2BFRE" that alludes to World of Motion's theme-song, "It's Fun to be Free". A digital city resembling CentreCore also appears in the attraction.

### Western River Expedition

The bandits in the ride were recycled characters from Marc Davis' unused Western River Expedition attraction.

### Disney Kingdoms

The bandits would go on to be featured in Disney Kingdoms' Big Thunder Mountain Railroad comics with members including the likes of Jason Chandler and Abigail Bullion.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Cartarsauce/status/1381453107251441667/photo/1
2. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2014/10/d-tales-4-test-track-tributes-and-hidden-disney-history-harken-back-to-world-of-motion-classic-walt-disney-world/
William Howard Taft

**William Howard Taft** (1857-1930) is a historic President of the United States of America.

## Appearances and allusions

### Hall of Presidents

William Howard Taft is one of the historic presidents who is featured as an audio-animatronic in this attraction.

### Pleasure Island

The Pleasure Island historical plaques identified Taft as having travelled aboard the *Cox-Sherohman Floating Arts Palace* paddlewheel on the October 29 of 1909 to travel from Yazoo City, Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana. This steamboat was later purchased by S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure to serve as the home for his family when they moved to Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

### S.S. Columbia

   There is a photograph within the Sailing Ship Columbia that shows Taft and Roosevelt aboard the maiden-voyage of the S.S. Columbia in 1912 during its passage from New York to Liverpool, England.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

In Disney Parks lore, both Merriweather Adam Pleasure and Theodore Roosevelt were founding members of the Adventurers Club.

### Tower of Terror

The S.S. Columbia belonged to New York City magnate Cornelius Endicott II, a rival of S.E.A. and Pillagers Brigademember Harrison Hightower III. It was partly designed by Cornelius' daughter Beatrice Rose Endicott who founded the New York City Preservation Society.

## Trivia

* Taft's figure from the Hall of Presidents is reused in EPCOT's Spaceship Earth for an Egyptian Priest.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/08/estate-suitable-for-someone-of-their.html
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BdK88XzFdXc/
3. ↑ https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20140412/17512/10-dead-american-presidents-who-got-bizarre-new-jobs-walt-disney-world
Sun Bonnets

**The** **Sun Bonnets** or **Bunny, Bubbles, and Beulah** are three characters from the Country Bear Jamboree.

## History

Bunny, Bubbles, and Beulah are three bear-cubs from Clint, Texas who had an interest in performance. The three attended *Public School 821* to study singing under one, "Miss Grizzly" before going on to perform for five weeks in *Major Bear’s Amateur Hour*. By the 1920s, the three were known as the, "Sun Bonnets" and were enlisted as part of the *Country Bear Jamboree* musical revue.

## Appearances and allusions

### Country Bear Jamboree

The Sun Bonnets are singers who appear in this attraction as part of the Country Bears' musical revue.

### Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail

During the Holiday seasons, a poster in Disney Springs is hung up for the Florida company, "Bunny, Bubbles and Buelah's Beautiful Bonnets".

### Hungry Bear Restaurant

The Sun Bonnets' likenesses are used for the logo of the *Family Den* dining area, also known as the *Sun Bonnets' Family Den*.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2018/11/12/everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-disney-springs-christmas-tree-trail/
2. ↑ https://www.themeparksandentertainment.com/2020/12/whats-left-of-country-bear-jamboree-in.html
Realms of Imagination

The Realm of Literature

**The Realms of Imagination** are a location from the *Journey Into Imagination* attraction of EPCOT.

## Description

The Realms of Imagination are a dimension comprised of five known realms that personify different aspects of imagination and creativity.

### The Realms

* **Realm of Art**:
* **Realm of Literature**:
* **Realm of Theatre**:
* **Realm of Science**:
* **Realm of Film**:

## History

The Realms of Imagination are a dimension personifying creativity and imagination. They would come to be regularly visited by the jovial inventor known as the Dreamfinder with his Dream Mobile, a flying machine which embarked from the Dreamport in EPCOT.

## Connections

### Disney Kingdoms

The Realms of Imagination are the primary setting of Disney Kingdoms: Figment where the Dreamfinder and Figment are transported to them by accident in the 19th century by Dreamfinder's Spark Converter, a machine intended to turn psionic pulses into electricity. They come to liberate the realm from the villainous, "Singular" who rules it with clockwork machines from the Nightmare Nation (an adaptation of the Realm of Literature).

## Trivia

* The Realms are similar to the 5th dimension from the Twilight Zone which was notably featured in the *Twilight Zone Tower of Terror* attraction where it is connected to the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
* The Disney/Pixar film *Inside Out* features a similar world of imagination with a framed image of Figment within it.
Tropical Imports

**Tropical Imports** is a dining-service in Disneyland's Adventureland.

## Backstory

Tropical Imports is one of the many shops which spawned in the 1930s due to the booming success of the *Jungle Navigation Company*. Its proprietor was one Trader Sam, a seemingly immortal South American man who was considered the, "Jungle's head salesman".

## Connections

### Adventure Trading Company

A story of Tropical Imports being ransacked by monkeys was featured in this newspaper made to tie into the Adventure Trading Company. The article mentions a shop-keep of Tropical Imports named Louie Majors.

### Haunted Mansion

A crate on the roof of Tropical Imports holds an acrylic Indian elephant statue. This elephant is named Penny the Elephant and was taken from the Penny Arcade of Disneyland Paris' Main Street, U.S.A.. In the Haunted Mansion's pet cemetery, a crypt for Penny the Elephant can be found reading, "*Where Pachyderms reside with worms within a tomb most elegant. You'll find long gone our mastodon Beloved Penny, the elephant*".

### Indiana Jones

A crate sent from Indiana Jones in the Lost Delta to the, "British Colonial Affairs" of India is amongst Tropical Imports' cargo. During the *The Summer of Hidden Mysteries* event, Indiana would have shows on the roof of Tropical Imports.

### Jungle Cruise

Tropical Imports is mentioned by Nigel Greenwater in the audio-loop of the Jungle Cruise's queue. They are mentioned as having brought in a new shipment of mosquito netting and also as having some business affiliation with Trader Sam, referring to the shop pseudonymously as being, "**Trader Sam's**". In the Disney Parks this name is traditionally used for Sam's bars Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar and Trader Sam's Grog Grotto.

There is writing on a wall within the Jungle Cruise attraction itself with advertises Tropical Imports' services.

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

Tropical Imports is advertised within the Daily Colonial Journal.

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

One of the wooden tiki drummers from the Enchanted Tiki Room can be seen amongst the cargo on the roof of Tropical Imports.

## References

1. ↑ https://myyearwiththemouse.com/category/adventureland/page/3/
2. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/disneyland/tropical-imports/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUOmWfCTllo
4. ↑ https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/60th-anniversary-trip-pt-4-jungle-cruise.html
5. ↑ https://www.andysinclairharris.com/jrc-halloween
Rachel Flannery

**Dr. Rachel Flannery** is a character from the show *Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Stone Tiger* which ran in the defunct Aladdin's Oasis during the *Indiana Jones and the Summer of Hidden Mysteries* event in Disneyland.

## History

Dr. Rachel Flannery was an archaeologist during the 1930s. Prior to/circa 1935 she gave a lecture tour called *Secrets of the Stone Tiger Revealed!* which traveled to the recently excavated Temple of Sherdil to meet with one Indiana Jones.

Flannery however was malicious and was giving the tour as a facade to use Indiana Jones to find the mystical Golden Rod of Sherdil for herself. After finding Indiana Jones, she took the rod from him to try and kill him only for Jones to knock her down the jaws of a stone statue of Sherdil. This presumably killed Flannery, dying at the wrath of the god she intended to graverob.

## Appearances and allusions

### Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Stone Tiger

Dr. Flannery was initially introduced as host of this attraction only to reveal herself as the main-antagonist by the third-act.

## Trivia

* Like Indiana Jones, Flannery suffered from Ophidiophobia, a fear of snakes.
* It is likely that Rachel was inspired by Dr. Elsa Schneider from the film *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989). Schneider was a blonde woman archaeologist who disguised herself as an ally to Indiana Jones only to betray him for a magical artifact and fall to her death.
Reggie

**Reggie** was the beloved pet boa constrictor of S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey and a character from *Raiders of the Lost Ark*.

## History

Reggie was the pet boa constrictor of Jock Lindsey who frequently accompanied him in his travels. In 1948, Jock moved to the town of Disney Springs, Florida as he believed its ecosystem would be a good home for Reggie.

## Appearances and Allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Reggie was with Jock when he settled in Disney Springs in 1948. Jock would go on to name a steamboat after him as-well as the drink *Reggie's Revenge*. This drink's naming being presumably due to Jock using Reggie's venom to enhance the qualities of the beverage.

### Skipper Canteen

Reggie is indirectly referenced in the Mess Hall of the Skipper Canteen. On the shelf is Jock's toolbox with a warning that it might contain a live snake, referring to Reggie.

### In other media

#### Raiders of the Lost Ark

Reggie briefly appeared in the opening of this film, riding in Jock's seaplane on a mission to find a golden idol with Indiana Jones, much to Jones' dismay.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/05/lost-and-unfound.html
The Bird Call

**The Bird Call** is a fictitious magazine from the Adventure Trading Company.

## Description

The Bird Call was a magazine in the 1930s which was known as, "Adventureland's Enchanted Tiki Tabloid". It was an apparent entertainment magazine oriented towards the affairs of the Enchanted Tiki Room and its performers.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventure Trading Company

Guests in this game had to use the magazine to take photographs of five birds from around Disneyland as potential recruits for the Enchanted Tiki Room. They did this working as Talent Scouts for Tiki Kiki Serbano.

## Connections

### Bengal Barbecue

There are adverts for the Bengal Barbecue in this magazine.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.lacijordan.com/adventure-trading-company/lqzwlkb9sapedp7pzturnmjxa9opm2
Vasquez de Coronado

**The Vasquez de Coronado** is a ship from the Indiana Jones film *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*.

## History

The Vasquez de Coronado was an ocean freighter which was privately owned by the criminal, "Man in the Panama hat". It was named for the Cross of Coronado, a golden crucifix relic which was stolen by the man in Utah around 1912 despite the best efforts of a young Indiana Jones. In 1938, Indiana tracked down the man to the freighter to steal back the cross to be put in a museum. This resulted in a fight which blew up the ship and left Jones as the only survivor.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

A life-preserver from the ship is hung up in the bar of S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey. There is an illustration of the ship being hit by a wave off the coast of Madagascar on a map in the bar.

### Jungle Cruise

The life-preserver from the Coronado is mounted in the, "Danger Dock" of the Jungle Navigation Company's Mekong boathouse. The reason it is located here is because it is a leftover prop from the Indiana Jones and the *Summer of Hidden Mysteries* event where Indiana Jones left several of his artifacts throughout the jungle which were seen on the Jungle Cruise.

## References

1. ↑ https://atdisneyagain.com/2016/01/25/runaway-to-relaxation-jock-lindseys-hangar-bar/
2. ↑ https://allears.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kali-eye-on-map-e1550859605319.jpg
3. ↑ https://vacationeertravels.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/30-secrets-you-never-new-about-the-disneyland-resort/
Staring Busts

**The Staring Busts** are 4 entities from the Haunted Mansion which have since appeared in other attractions within the S.E.A. mythos.

## History

The Staring Busts are spirits which are haunting the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana. They incarnate themselves through the possessions of marble busts in the manor which presumably depict the spirits as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal states.

The history of the spirits and whether or not they bore any connection to the mansion or its residents in life is unknown. In the Walt Disney World version of the attraction they are referred to by the Ghost Host as having been, "The greatest ghost story authors the literary world has ever known" though the canonicity of this is dubious.

### Alternate Versions

#### The Ghost Gallery

In the non-cannon backstory, "The Ghost Gallery", the Staring Busts were named **Edgar Allan, Elizabeth Barrett, Alfred Lord,** and **Henry Wadsworth**. Here they were friends of the manor's owner Master Gracey who moved into the mansion to study his book collection and keep his library. They died in an accident when a book-shelf within the library collapsed on them.

## Members

* **Aunt Lucretia**: The only identified and named bust is Aunt Lucretia. Lucretia is not only the most commonly found staring bust but also the most commonly found bust in the Haunted Mansion.
* **Gentleman**: This bust is of a man frequently seen alongside Aunt Lucretia.
* **Ghost Writer 1**:
* **Ghost Writer 2**:

## Appearances and allusions

### Phantom Manor

The duo busts of Aunt Lucretia and her partner appear in the alcoves near the grand staircase of Ravenswood Manor, staring at guests as they pass by. The nature of these appearances are unknown.

### Mystic Manor

The marble busts of the ghost-writers from the Magic Kingdom version of the Haunted Mansion appear in this attraction. Here, they are on display in the Mediterranean Hall collection of antiquities of Lord Henry Mystic.

## Trivia

* Concept art shows that Aunt Lucretia might have originally planned to be one of the Singing Busts.
Shipwreck Cove

**Shipwreck Cove** is a location from the *Pirates of the Caribbean* films.

## Description

Shipwreck Cove is a cove on the island of Shipwreck off the coast of South America in the Caribbean Sea. It holds Shipwreck City, a pirate's haven made from scavenged flotsam and jetsam which serves as the meeting place for the Brethren Court.

## History

Shipwreck Cove is a watery cove found within the crater of an inactive volcano on the isle of Shipwreck. Due to a narrow passage called the Devil's Throat, the island claimed several ships yearly which made it an ideal harbour for pirates to evade imperial forces. Within the cove was the pirate-haven of Shipwreck City which in 1729 served to hold the fourth Brethren Court, an international brotherhood of pirate captains.

## Connections

### Oceaneer Lab

Artifacts from Shipwreck Cove are found in the possession of S.E.A. member Captain Mary Oceaneer aboard the RV Oceaneer Lab as part of her collection. Crates in the lab indicate Oceaneer running an excavation operation on Shipwreck Cove prior to her marooning in Typhoon Lagoon.

## Trivia

* Members of the 4th Brethren Court can be seen as skeletons within the Caves of Misfortune on Treasure Cove in the attraction Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure.
Sir Francis Drake

**Sir Francis Drake** (c. 1540-1596) is a historic English privateer who is an honorary member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*.

## Connections

### Fortress Explorations

Sir Francis Drake is one of the honorary S.E.A. members represented in this attraction.

### Pirates of the Caribbean

In the dubiously cannon Pirates of the Caribbean comic, "The Black Skull!", Sir Francis Drake is identified as having hid a large treasure on Isla Cueva in the Caribbean along with two magical stones sought after by Captain Jack Sparrow.
Rowan D. Falls

Rowan (left) with Melanie Ravenswood (right)

**Captain Rowan D. Falls** is a character from Phantom Manor, believed to hold connections to the S.E.A. mythos.

## History

Captain Rowan D. Falls was a riverboat captain during the early 19th century, being the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat. Having docked in the town of Thunder Mesa, Rowan came to court the town belle Mélanie Ravenswood.

Unknown to Rowan, Mélanie's father Henry Ravenswood (founder and owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company) was an evil and psychopathic man who was highly possessive of his daughter. Henry went about murdering Rowan by sending him in a rowboat off the side of a waterfall through unknown means.

Rowan was only one several men to have pursued the hand of Mélanie and met a bitter end at Henry's hand. Following his demise, his corpse was placed in a crypt with three other men to have been victim to the Ravenswood clan which was placed in Thunder Mesa and collapsed into Phantom Canyon in the earthquake of 1860. At least two portraits depicting the captain were put up in Ravenswood Manor as-well, one in a gallery and one in the music-room.

## Appearances

### Phantom Manor

A portrait of Rowan can be found in the Stretching Room of this attraction. First it shows him with Mélanie and the Mark Twain Riverboat behind them before it changes to show him in a rowboat, going off the side of a waterfall. Later his likeness can be seen over the piano in the music-room of the mansion. Near the end of the attraction, his crypt can be seen near Mélanie with him presumably being undead within.

### Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger

Rowan has been mentioned by stories in the Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger newspaper.

## Connections

### S.E.A. Connections

#### The Jungle Cruise

Rowan's surname, "Falls" is best known for representing the Falls family in the S.E.A. mythos. Most notably being Dr. Albert Falls and Alberta Falls who are the founders of the Jungle Navigation Company and Jungle Cruise respectively. Using Occam's razor it is safe to assume that Rowan is some ancestor of theirs from the early 19th century. This is also not to mention his status as a riverboat captain and pun-name regarding a nautical disaster both fitting into the M.O. of Jungle Cruise characters.

### Other Connections

Rowan was the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat, an attraction in Disneyland Paris and Disneyland which travels along the Rivers of America and Rivers of the Far West with connections to attractions such as the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and Tom Sawyer Island.

## Trivia

* While dates regarding Rowan's life and death are not given, it is likely that he would have died during the 1850s.
Rick Blaine

**Richard "Rick" Blaine** is a character from the 1942 non-Disney film Casablanca.

## History

During the 1940s, Rick Blaine was a bartender and café proprietor in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. He had a love-affair in Paris with a French resistance member named Ilsa Lund only to reunite with her in Casablanca years later. However this reuniting was spoiled as she was with another man named Victor Laszlo who was being hunted by the nazi party which was threatening the city.

## Appearances and allusions

### The Great Movie Ride

Rick Blaine appeared in this attraction in a tableau recreating the film's airport scene where he and his lover Ilsa Lund were forced to depart.

### Jungle Cruise

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

There is a letter from Rick Blaine to Trader Sam in this bar. It reads, "*To the only other Sam I trust! Drinks are on me whenever you stop by next. Rick*". The other Sam being referenced is Arthur "Dooley" Wilson's character Sam from the film.

#### Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

Rick Blaine's likeness is used in this board-game as a Jungle Navigation Company passenger who is a member of both the Cruz and DeNyle families. These families being two of the four families that assisted S.E.A. member Dr. Albert Falls in his founding of the Jungle Navigation Company. It is unknown if this intended to actually be Rick's character or simply bare a resemblance. He is dressed in the outfit that he wore near the end of the film that he also wore within the Great Movie Ride.

### Min & Bill’s Dockside Diner

The Min & Bill’s Dockside Diner dining-service at the Echo Lake of Disney's Hollywood Studios is themed to being along the docks of Echo Lake in the 1930s. Among the crates waiting for delivery along the docks is a crate addressed to Rick Blaine to be sent to, "*Rick's Cafe American*" on Rue Renault in Casablanca, Morocco. Other crates here are addressed to Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane, George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life, Scarlet O'Hara from Gone with the Wind, and Max Bialstock from The Producers.

## Trivia

* Humphrey Bogart also portrayed Charlie Allnut in the film the African Queen which greatly inspired the Jungle Cruise. There is additionally a photo of Bogart as Allnut in Disneyland's Bengal Barbecue and a letter from the character in Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar.
Sally

**Sally** is a character from *Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993).

## Appearances and allusions

### Haunted Mansion

In the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion there is a rag-doll of Sally in the attic, within the possession of Constance Hatchaway. This doll might be a remnant of Constance's marriage to Ambrose Harper, the first man who she is known to have murdered.

#### Haunted Mansion Holiday

Sally makes a physical appearance in this attraction, watching Jack from behind a tombstone in the manor's cemetery. Later she appears in the mausoleum, watching Jack fly across the sky. She also appears in a portrait within the portrait corridor, having a vision of a disastrous Christmas. In Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare she makes more appearances in the ballroom and the music-room.

## Connections

### Camp Discovery

Jack is mentioned in the *First International News* newspaper as having terrorized the Johnson Family which purchased the Haunted Mansion in the 1930s. They describe his presence around the holidays as bringing an, "Increased supernatural presence" and Kelly describing him as being a, "*man adorned with a skinless face*". Zero is also mentioned in this story, mirroring his appearance in Haunted Mansion Holiday.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2017/09/6-hidden-nightmare-christmas-nods-walt-disney-worlds-haunted-mansion/
Squirt

**Squirt** is a character from the film *Finding Nemo* (2003).

## History

### Disney Explorers Lodge

Squirt serves as the namesake and logo for the *Little Squirt Garden* in this resort. A stamp of his silhouette can also be found in the passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse with additional stamps coming from the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, Adventureland and Mystic Manor.

## Connections

### 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
Widowmaker

**Widowmaker** is a horse from the Pecos Bill stories.

## History

Widowmaker was a horse that lived in Texas during the 19th century. When Widowmaker was a foal, he attempted to cross the Arizona desert only to nearly die of thirst in the process. Widowmaker was ultimately saved from a group of vultures by a young Pecos Bill who was was a feral child raised by coyotes in the region.

The boy and the horse went on to be inseparable from one another and legends of the Wild West in adulthood. Widowmaker accompanied Bill for his more famous adventures such as digging up the Rio Grande and creating the Painted Desert. Widowmaker also accompanied Bill when he moved from Texas to the Big Thunder region of Arizona where they lived in the town of Rainbow Ridge before moving to Tumbleweed.

Around this time, Bill had fallen in love with cowgirl Slue-Foot Sue who Widowmaker was greatly jealous of. Around 1880, Pecos Bill became engaged to Sue but at the wedding, Widowmaker bucked so hard that he sent her flying into the air. After this, Bill fell into depression and went into self-imposed exile.

## Appearances and allusions

### Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe

Widowmaker is shown in artwork hung on the walls of this inn run by Pecos Bill.

### Mickey & Pals Market Café

Widowmaker is shown on a poster in this café with both Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue riding on his back.

## Connections

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The Tall Tale Inn is set in the town of Tumbleweed from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/CloserLookPecosBill.aspx
Tetak Logging Company

**The Tetak Logging Company** is a fictitious company from *Kali River Rapids* in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

## Description

The Tetak Logging Company is an illegal logging company active in the kingdom of Anandapur during the late 20th-21st centuries. The company was known for mass deforestation which often violated the kingdom's laws but despite this, it's economic strength allowed it to get off Scott-free.

## History

The Tetak Logging Company was a logging company active in the late 20th-21st centuries. The company's crimes lead local woman Manisha Gurung to found the company *Kali Rapids Expeditions* as a means of giving he public more appreciation for nature and the ability to witness Tetak's crimes.

## Appearances and allusions

### Kali River Rapids

The Logging Company is alluded to throughout the queue for this attraction. A truck belonging to the company later appears, half-sunk into the river due to some natural disaster after they burned down part of a forest.

## Connections

### Expedition Everest

Kali River Rapids is set in the kingdom of Anandapur, a setting which it shares with Expedition Everest. The deforestation scene in the attraction gives guests a direct view of the Himalayas and the Forbidden Mountain.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2012/08/07/animal-kingdoms-kali-river-rapids-part-two/
Thatch family

## History

The Thatch (or Teach) family is a branching family line descended from the historic pirate Blackbeard. They are featured in a great number of materials connected to the Disney Parks and S.E.A. mythos such as the 1968 film Blackbeard's Ghost which is interconnected with Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and film-series, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire in-which they were prominent in an unused script and though redacted their family name remained.
Society of Explorers and Adventurers Wiki

## Welcome to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers Wiki

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers is a mythos devised by Walt Disney Imagineering that links attractions, characters, and a few films across the globe into a shared universe. Originating from Tokyo DisneySea in 2001, the Society has since spread across Disney parks around the world in various forms and branches, connecting attractions old and new. Among the most notable of these attractions are Mystic Manor, Tokyo's unique incarnations of Tower of Terror and Soarin', Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and the Jungle Cruise.

The S.E.A. Wiki explores the lore of attractions connected by the Society and their affiliate groups such as Walt Disney World's former Adventurers Club and Shanghai Disneyland's League of Adventurers, as well as spin-off media of these various attractions.