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Ned Land

**Ned Land** is a character from Jules Verne's *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*.

## Background

Ned Land was a Canadian sailor who served as the master-harpooner aboard a frigate which set out to hunt a mysterious sea-monster destroying ships. After the ship was wrecked by the monster, Ned Land along with marine-biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax and his manservant  Conseil found themselves in the water where they found the supposed sea-monster.

As it would turn out, the, "Monster" was a Victorian-era submarine known as the Nautilus which was captained by an enigmatic man known as Captain Nemo. They would be saved by Nemo from he ocean and spend time amongst his crew until the Nautilus would be wrecked by a giant squid.

## Appearances

### Discovery Bay

Ned Land was intended to be a prominent figure in the unbuilt Disneyland area of Discovery Bay. The story of the area would have had Ned Land as an ally to Jason Chandler who aided him in salvaging the Nautilus to be relocated to Discovery Bay.

### Trader Sam's

#### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

Ned Land's makeshift guitar can be found in this bar of Trader Sam.. There is also an illustration of Ned on the walls.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

His photos can also be found with writings identifying him as being friends with Trader Sam.. Beside it is a harpoon from Ned and a letter which says, "Sam, This comes with a whale of a tale! -Ned".

## Trivia

* Ned Land's song, "A Whale of a Tale" is featured in a great number of Disney attractions. This includes:
	+ *Submarine Voyage* in Tomorrowland.
	+ *Adventure Isle* in Disneyland Paris.
	+ *Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid.*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dRlTqgFjN/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8NSILKAkxM/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BhP0WDNFHiR/
4. ↑ https://www.disneylists.com/2020/07/8-facts-secrets-sea-journey-little-mermaid-disneys-magic-kingdom-2/
Leviathan

**The Leviathan** is a biblical creature featured in *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*.

## History

### Abrahamic myth

The Leviathan is one of three elemental beasts affiliated with Judgement Day in the bible, representing water with its counterparts being the Behemoth of Earth and the Ziz bird of the skies. Some stories infer that the Leviathan was a sea-serpent-like creature which predated God's creation of the Earth and which God had to defeat in order to form the world. During the Jacobean era, the Leviathan became affiliated with Christian demonology as one of the Seven Princes of Hell and embodiment of Envy.

### Atlantis: The Lost Empire

The Leviathan was a giant robot which was created by the nation of Atlantis, likely as a weapon of war. Following the great flood of Atlantis, it was used to defend the subterranean route to Atlantis.

## Appearances and allusions

### 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

There is a steam/sailing ship from 1848 named *The Leviathan* which is wrecked in Kraken Reef nearby Atlantean ruins and the isle of Vulcania.

### Disney Animation Building

The Leviathan's likeness is featured overtop the Magic Mirror from *Snow White*, representing the Zodiac sign of Scorpio.

### Disney Vacation Club

A cetacean Leviathan is featured on artwork for a map in H. Goff's cartography establishment of Prince Eric's kingdom.

### Skipper Canteen

The illustration of a giant lobster resembling the Leviathan is present on a map of the Mediterranean created by Captain Mary Oceaneer.

### Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid

A whale-like Leviathan is featured in a mural within the palace of Ariel and Prince Eric. With it is a poem which reads, "*Come fierce and cruel Leviathan! Our noble king commands; But when he keenly scans the sea, the fish makes other plans*".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.designingdisney.com/parks/tokyo-disney-resort/mysterious-island-tokyo-disneysea-20000-leagues-under-sea/
2. ↑ https://allears.net/2014/03/21/disneys-california-adventure-animation-building/
3. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/all-in-the-details-exploring-a-cartographers-map-in-prince-erics-village-new-fantasyland/
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyRemnants/status/1372170855132897282
5. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/insidethemagic/8080491657
Henry Ford

**Henry Ford** (1863-1947) is an American industrialist from real-world history best known as being founded of the *Ford Motor Company*.

## Appearances and allusions

### Explorers Club Restaurant

Ford is mentioned in a note from Lord Henry Mystic within this Mystic Point restaurant. It mentions how he was inspired by Lord Mystic's presentation of the Mystic Magneto-Electric Carriages at the Expo Universelle in 1900 to create the *Ford Model T* car. The restaurant seems to imply that Ford would go on to invent the automobile however Ford did not invent the automobile, that was German inventor Karl Benz in 1886.

### Ford Magic Skyway

This attraction at the 1964 World's Fair was created by Disney to sponsor the Ford Motor Company. It involved driving Ford cars from the time of the dinosaurs to a future society.

## Connections

### Flubber

In this film, Medfield College professor Philip Brainard sold his creation, "Flubber" to the *Ford Motor Company* around 1997 to create flying cars.

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Henry Ford's real-life friend and ally Charles Lindbergh is identified as having been a patron of this bar belonging to S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey.

### Soarin'

Ford's friend and affiliate Charles Lindbergh is featured in the *Wings of Fame* exhibit of Disney's California Adventure.

### The Timekeeper

The Expo Universelle of 1900 is notably featured in this attraction where Jules Verne encounters the time-travelling Timekeeper and 9-Eye.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Ford's friend and ally Charles Lindbergh is alluded to in this bar where Trader Sam owns an authentic pin commemorating his 1927 flight from New York to Paris.

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

In the Hollywood Tower Hotel is a posting from hotel residents which reads, *“We have a very nice Ford Model T for sale, it runs great. 6 spare tires and almost enough spare parts for a complete engine rebuild. Will sell for $360.00. Please pay in silver coin. The Jorgensen Family, room 371”.*

## Trivia

* Many audio-animatronics from the Ford Magic Skyway were repurposed for other Disney attractions. The dinosaurs would be moved to the Primeval World display of the Disneyland Railroad and replicated for Universe of Energy in EPCOT. Some of the wooly mammoths featured in the attraction were removed of their fur and repainted for Indian elephants in the bathing-pool of the Jungle Cruise. The scene of cavemen killing mammoths is also alluded to in Spaceship Earth.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/inside-trader-sams-at-the-disneyland-hotel/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/room-371.html
3. ↑ https://farbeyondinfinitytravel.com/2021/03/20/whatever-happened-to-ford-magic-skyway/
Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril

**Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril** (French: **Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril**) is a rollercoaster attraction in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland.

## Description

### Background

This attraction takes guests aboard mine-trains running through an ancient temple in Asia being excavated by Indiana Jones.

### Summary

Guests enter a base-camp being used for temple excavation by Indiana Jones before boarding a mine-train used for excavations. While aboard the trains they go out of control and take guests on a wild ride through the temple ruins.

### Development History

The Temple of Peril was inspired by the mine-cart chase from the 1984 film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (which itself took influence and audio from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad). The final attraction is the result of budget cuts as originally it was planned to be subject to an Indiana Jones themed area within Adventureland. It was planned for the rollercoaster to have been more themed and potentially featured a chase. The attraction was planned to be a rollercoaster rather than and EMV (enhanced motion vehicle) attraction like Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye due to a reimagined Jungle Cruise attraction having been planned to have used that same format.

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

The attraction is themed to Indiana Jones who is a prominent character within the S.E.A. mythos.

### Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost

Many allusions to Indiana Jones' operations in the Temple of Peril can be found within this nearby restaurant. The Explorers Club logo, the former name for the Outpost can be seen on crates around the archeological site.
Mola Ram

**Mola Ram** is a character from *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* in the Indiana Jones film-franchise.

## Connections

### Dok Ondar's Den of Antiquities

In this shop, Mola Ramm's head-dress appears in the possession of the alien Dok-Ondar in the Black Spire Outpost on the planet of Batuu.

### Jungle Cruise

During the *Indiana Jones: Summer of Hidden Mysteries* event, Mola Ram's ceremonial headdress could be seen on the Jungle Cruise as one of the artifacts accidentally left behind by Indiana Jones.

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

Mola Ram's, "Voodoo" dolls of Indiana Jones, Willie, and Short Round are on a shelf in this bar. The, "Kali Marguerite" is named for, "Kali Ma" which Mola Ram ritualistically chants in Temple of Doom.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A letter from Short Round addressed to Trader Sam is found, referencing Sam having assisted Indiana Jones in disposing of Mola Ram's, "voodoo" dolls used by Mola Ram. Given that this attraction is set chronologically before Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar, it can be assumed that Sam was in actuality unable or unwilling to truly dispose of the dolls.

## References

1. ↑ https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jodie-comer-cameo-explained-reaction-rey-mom/
2. ↑ http://adisneyland.disney.go.com/media/dlr\_v0200/en\_US/special/IndianaJonesExplorerMap.pdf
Heracles

Hercules as he appeared in the 1997 Disney film Hercules

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Married twice in life. Died while married to Deianira. Posthumously married Hebe (his half-sister).

### Occupation

Warrior

**Heracles** or **Hercules** is a Greco-Roman mythological figure featured in Mystic Manor.

## History

### Mythology

Heracles (Hercules in Roman) was the illegitimate Demi-god son of the Olympian god Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. Due to this parentage, he was made a target by Zeus' wife Hera though not before the infant suckled at her breast and developed super-strength from her milk. Following this and the baby biting Hera, the goddess would become fixated on destroying the boy, resulting in his name Heracles (Greek: *The Pride of Hera*).

Heracles would grow up to be a warrior and marry a woman named Megara. On their wedding day however, Hera would possess Heracles with a madness which lead to him murdering Megara and their three sons. In the aftermath, Heracles consulted with an oracle for advice on how to make amends with their death though Hera would possess the oracle and instruct Heracles to sell himself into indentured servitude for Hera's worshiper King Eurystheus.

### Disney Version

In the 1997 film *Hercules*, Hercules (going by his roman moniker rather than his greek one) is the legitimate son of Zeus and Hera. When he was an infant he was stolen away by his uncle Hades due to a prophecy that he would foil Hades' schemes to overthrow Zeus. Hades intended to have his minions kill the boy with a potion to turn him mortal but Hercules failed to drink the last drop and as a result retained his godly strength before being saved by the farmers Alcmene and Amphitryon.

## Appearances and allusions

### It's a Small World

A depiction of Hercules appears in Tokyo Disneyland's version of It's a Small World.

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

In the City Hall of Main Street is a book titled, "Hercules" written by Megara, Hercules' love-interest from the film.

### Mystic Manor

An Amphora in Lord Henry Mystic's Mediterranean collection features an amphora depicting Heracles engaged in combat with the Nemean Lion. Heracles comes to life following Albert's opening of the Balinese Music Box and fights the lion, causing their amphora to rock.

### Other

* **Hercules (1997)**: Hercules was the protagonist of this animated Disney film in a heavily altered retelling of his story.

## Trivia

* Greek mythological figures related to Heracles have appeared in other Disney attractions. This includes a statue of Zeus in the Adventurers Club which was known as, "Zeus goes fishing", the nymph Calypso's affiliation with Pirates of the Caribbean, Medusa's portrait in the Haunted Mansion, Hades being the main-antagonist of Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom and a statue head of Poseidon in Mystic Point.

## References

1. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/disneyland/city-hall-bookcase/
Juan the Barker Bird

**Juan the Barker Bird** is one of the birds from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.

## History

Juan the Barker Bird was the cousin of the bird José and advertised his performances within the Enchanted Tiki Room. He dressed in a collar, black bowtie, and carnival barker's hat as he riled up attention for the Tiki Room.

## Appearances and allusions

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Juan stood outside of the attraction by a statue of the goddess Uti, telling guests to come to the attraction. He was a blue and white parrot with a straw hat, collar, and bowtie. He was played by Wally Boag, using the same Mexican accent he used for José.

### Tropical Hideaway

The bird Rosita is shown to be in possession of Juan's hat and cane, among her belongings being transported by the Jungle Navigation Company.

## Trivia

* Juan would inspire the character of the Barker Bird who was featured in Walt Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean.
Patrick's Tree

**Patrick's Tree** or the **Leprechaun Tree** is a feature of Disneyland's Adventureland.

## Description

Patrick's Tree is an orange-tree which is located in the Lost Delta of India. The base of the tree is hollowed out and fashioned into the home of a leprechaun named Patrick Begorra.

## History

### Alternate versions

#### The Little Man of Disneyland

Patrick Begorra was a leprechaun who lived in the orange-grove that Disneyland was built over. Initially he was unwilling to give over his land but Mickey Mouse managed to talk him into it by telling him of the magic which would be built in the park and by giving Patrick a home in Adventureland.

#### Tales from Adventureland

In the third book of this series, the tree is combined with the Dominguez Palm and is represented as the magical **Eternal Tree.** The palm is sought out by the protagonists who find that it is protected by Celtic faeries, namely the leprechaun Patrick Begorra.

## Appearances

### Patrick's Tree

Patrick's home at the base of an Adventureland tree can be found in the park. Originally this tree was found outside of the Jungle Cruise but has since been moved outside of Indiana Jones Adventure.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/10/the-little-man-of-disneyland-and-his-adventureland-home/
2. ↑ Who is the Little Man of Disneyland - D23
Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions

**Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions** or simply **Himalayan Escapes** is a fictional company from Expedition Everest.

## History

Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions is a tourism company which was founded in the kingdom of Anandapur. It was founded c. 2006 by Anandapur local, "Norbu" and a British man known as, "Bob" and were affiliated in their operations with the Anandapur Mountaineering Association. They were a company which offered tours, treks and expeditions of the Himalayas from Anandapur.

The touring company served individuals including the Brit Colonel Edward Blanchard and groups such as the  Anandapur Polo Club and an All American Women's Expedition. Around 2006, they repurposed a *Royal Anandapur Tea Company* base-camp at the foot-hills of the Himalayan Forbidden Mountain in the village of Serka Zong into their own base-camp. They did this due to its access to a railway passing through the Forbidden Mountain to Mt. Everest which had been closed off since 1934 due to frequent attacks from the mountain's yeti.

Himalayan Escapes would use the railway c. 2007 for their tours of the mountain-range. A Yeti Museum adjacent to their base-camp would warn those affiliated with Himalayan Escapes to respect the mountain and fear the yeti though these warnings would be dismissed by Norbu and Bob. It is unknown if Himalayan Escapes knew of the yeti's true danger and chose to ignore it for business or rather if they refused to believe the Yeti Museum's claims.

## References

1. ↑ http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-trip-with-norbu-and-bob.html
2. ↑ https://yourfirstvisit.net/2015/10/16/a-friday-visit-with-jim-korkis-the-anandapur-reporter-at-expedition-everest/
Maestro D'Elfman

**Maestro D'Elfman** was a musical-expert who was a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

## History

D'Elfman was a maestro and member of S.E.A. during the 19th century. He was seemingly close with Lord Henry Mystic there was a portrait of him hung in his home in Mystic Manor.

### Development history

The character is a tribute to musical-composer Danny Elfman who was the composer behind the soundtrack of Mystic Manor. Along with having similar names, the Maestro's face shares a likeness to that of Elfman's.

## Connections

### Mystic Manor

Maestro's only appearance as of yet has been his portrait being hung in the halls of Mystic Manor. The portrait shows him in-front of several string-instruments which can also be seen in Lord Mystic's music-room, potentially inferring a connection with them and Maestro.
Marquis de Doome

**The Marquis de Doome** is a character from the Haunted Mansion.

## History

The Marquis de Doome was a nobleman born in the 19th century in Peking, China. He was a celebrated military officer who later served as a foreign diplomat leading to him traveling to the United States of America, presumably to the state of California.

In 1874 the marquis married a beautiful woman named Constance Hatchaway unknowing that she was a gold-digging serial-killer that brutally decapitated him with an axe. Constance inherited the marquis' estate while keeping his severed head in a hatbox as a souvenir. She would later take said hatbox to the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana where his spirit is presumed to reside.

## Appearances and allusions

### Haunted Mansion

The marquis appears in a photograph within the attic scene of the Haunted Mansion. As guests pass by his photograph, the head disappears from his shoulders to mirror his fate at Hatchaway's hands.

### Disney Kingdoms

The marquis makes a minor appearance in Disney Kingdoms: Haunted Mansion when Constance is reminiscing on her past husbands.

## Connections

### Tower of Terror

Constance Hatchaway's next victim was George Hightower, a member of the Hightower family which included Harrison Hightower III.
Kuzco

**Emperor Kuzco** is a character from the film *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000).

## Appearances and allusions

### Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

In this attraction, Kuzco assists the wizard Merlin in stopping Yzma from stealing a shard of the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom to give to the Underworld god Hades so she can become Empress of Adventureland.

## Connections

### AbracadaBar

The Extract of Llama used to turn Kuzco into a llama is on a shelf in this bar.

### Disney Springs

On a board in Disney Springs' marketplace is is a message referring to airline routes connecting Disney Springs to Kuzcotopia.

### Lost River Delta

The Lost River Delta (namely the attraction Raging Spirits) was inspired by Kuzco's kingdom (Kuzcotopia). It is unknown if they bare any story connections or not though both locations were set in modern-Peru.

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Merlin and Kuzco are shown watching the Enchanted Tiki Room's revue in Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2021/02/this-isnt-poison.html
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2017/10/gate-change.html
Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

## History

### Opening date

July 2, 1956 (as Rainbow Caverns Mine Train)June 12, 1960 (as Nature's Wonderland)

## Description

### Park

Disneyland

**Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland** (formerly known as **Crystal Caverns Mine Train**) was an attraction in Disneyland's Frontierland.

## Connections

The abandoned tunnels and rails from Nature's Wonderland can be seen throughout Disneyland's Frontierland.

### Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars

Disney previously used Grizzly Gulch as a location name within the "All Aboard the Mine Train" song written to accompany a presentation of Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland on "Walt Disney Presents", with the lyric "Over there is Grizzly Gulch, where all the gold is panned".

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Many elements of Nature's Wonderland would be recycled and homaged for the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. This including the town of Rainbow Ridge, the rainbow caverns of Big Thunder Mountain, the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, the naming and origins of Big Thunder Mountain itself, and several animals. Additionally the prospector voiced by Dallas McKennon who narrated the attraction provides the safety spiel for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

A portrait of the mountain-range in Walt Disney World's Big Thunder shows the Natural Arch bridge of the Living Desert as part of Big Thunder's rock work. There is also a crate of explosives labelled, "Ol' Faithful Blasting Caps" with Ol' Faithful being a location from the attraction. In Disneyland Paris, Big Thunder Mining Company founder Henry Ravenswood had a quote referencing the attraction which said, "*From the first nugget discovered in its heart, to the booming economy that Big Thunder Mountain ensures for the town of Thunder Mesa, we, at Big Thunder Mining Co., are forever grateful for **Nature's Wonders**".*

### Disneyland Railroad

Following a 2018 refurbishment, a tribute sequence to Nature's Wonderland occurs on the Disneyland Railroad after passing over Big Thunder and Little Thunder Falls in Rainbow Ridge.

### Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger

The Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger mentions a group of prospectors who use old mine-trains to offer tours of the mountain's landscape.

### Walt Disney World Railroad

The, "Rainbow Caverns Line" is mentioned on a board of trains connecting to Main Street, U.S.A..

### In other media

#### Disney Kingdoms

Several elements of Nature's Wonderland appear in Disney Kingdoms: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad as part of Rainbow Ridge.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2016/01/d-tales-14-hidden-disney-history-at-big-thunder-mountain-railroad/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2019/01/south-bound.html
Mugsy Toccata

**Mugsy Toccata** alternatively spelled as **Mugsi Toccata** is a character from *The Great Movie Ride*.

## History

Mugsy Toccata was a gangster who operated in Chicago during the 1920s/1930s. Mugsy had two enforcers named Beans and Squid and they all apparently existed in a realm which personified 1930s mafia films. It is unknown to what extent Mugsy was or was not fictitious relative to the rest of the Disney Parks mythos, namely if they were a film-character relative to this world or inhabited the world which was fictional itself relative to real-life.

Through unknown forces, the Chinese Theatre of Hollywood launched tours of famous films via vehicles which entered the worlds of said films. These tours entered, "Gangster Alley" during the 1920s as a means of witnessing the gangster Tom Powers from the film *The Public Enemy* (1931). Mugsy, Beans and Squid had been waiting to ambush rival gangsters Brains, Legs and Weasel when they encountered this vehicle and chose to hold up the strange looking automobile.

With their guards off from the vehicle, the three gangsters were caught by surprise by Brains, Legs and Weasel leading Mugsy to cast out the tour-guide and hijack the vehicle along with its guests. Mugsy left their men to die before finding themselves cast into a variety of films such as those of the Western genera, the film *Alien* (1979), and finally *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981). After passing by Indiana Jones and Sallah excavating the Ark of the Covenant, the vehicles came upon a statue of Anubis guarding a large jewel.

After noticing the jewel, Mugsy stopped the vehicles to try and steal the jewel. The tour's voice-over narrator and the jewel's cloaked guardian both attempted to stop Mugsy from stealing the treasure due to a curse which it bore. Mugsy disobeyed them both however and grabbed the jewel only to be burned to a crisp and left as nothing but a skeleton. As it turned out, the temple guardian was actually the original tour-guide in disguise who then resumed their tour.

## Appearances and allusions

### The Great Movie Ride

Mugsy was a live-performed character in this attraction who served as host for some of its segments.

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

Mugsy died within the Indiana Jones universe after attempting to rob the Temple of Souls during the time when Indiana Jones and Sallah excavated it.

## Trivia

* Mugsy's gender changed depending on their performer.
* Mugsy's name is a portmanteau of, "Mug" meaning to rob and, "Bugsy" which was the nickname of mobster Benjamin Siegel (1906-1947).
* Mugsy's fear of snakes was a tribute to the ophidiophobia of Indiana Jones.
* While Mugsy is referred to as coming from a movie which the tour-guide was familiar with, it is never revealed what movie this is.
Pillagers Brigade

The **Pillagers Brigade** was an infamous collective of explorers, known for stealing artifacts and hoarding them. They were a predecessor of the Adventurers Club.

## History

The Pillagers Brigade was an organization in the 19th century which stole artifacts from their owners and hoarded them for their own gain. Amongst the brigade's ranks were Society of Explorers and Adventurers member Harrison Hightower III who regularly travelled the world to steal artifacts for his New York collection within the Hotel Hightower. On one particular journey with the Brigade, Hightower learned about Shiriki Utundu of the Mtundu Tribe in the Congo; said artifact would be responsible for Hightower's death in 1899.

Through unknown means, the Pillager's Brigade was a parent-group to the organization known as the Adventurers Club which operated on Pleasure Island in Florida, having been founded by Hightower's fellow S.E.A. member and collector Merriweather Adam Pleasure. By 1937, a portrait of the Brigade hung in the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island as part of Pleasure's own collection. By the 1940s when one Pamelia Perkins was president of the club, the Adventurers Club was not proud of their shared history with the brigade but were willing to admit their faults and not hide them. The portrait hung in the club would be gifted to club-meber Dreamy Ka'imi in O'ahu, Hawaii by Pamelia Perkins for his expanding collection.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventurers Club

The portrait of the Pillagers Brigade is a recycled prop from the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island, having originally been said to portray S.E.A. member and Adventurers Club founder Merriweather Adam Pleasure but retconned into portraying Hightower and the brigade.

### Aulani

A portrait of the brigade is hung in Aunty's Beach House in Aulani with a letter documenting its history by Pamelia Perkins.

## Connections

### Tower of Terror

Harrison Hightower III is a character originating from Tower of Terror where he was owner of the Hotel Hightower.

## Trivia

* Because of its history, it is very possibly that Merriweather Adam Pleasure was another member of the Pillagers Brigade given having been a fellow S.E.A. member to Hightower, it explaining how the brigade was an ancestor of the Adventurers Club, Pleasure having been previously identified in the portrait, and Merriweather having owned his own collection of questionably obtained relics.
* One member of the Pillagers Brigade highly resembles Adventurers Club member Theodore Roosevelt.

## References

1. ↑ https://flickr.com/photos/frikitiki/6096356553/
Ross Butler

**Ross Fleming Butler** es un actor y modelo inglés estadounidense. **Solía interpretar a Reggie Mantle en la serie de televisión Riverdale**.

## Biografía

Ross Fleming Butler nació el 17 de mayo de 1990 en Queenstown, Singapur. Butler es de ascendencia británico-holandesa por parte de su padre y china-malasia por parte de su madre. Creció junto a su madre en Fairfax, Virginia.

Butler asisitió al Langley High School, graduándose en 2008, entonces comenzó sus estudios en la Ohio State University, pero abandonó un año después. Se mudó a Los Angeles poco después, y comenzó a tomar clases de actuación.

Es conocido por haber participado en producciones de Disney Channel como la serie *K.C. Undercover* y las película *Teen Beach 2* y *Perfect High*. También es conocido por su papel en la serie de Netflix, *13 Reasons Why* como Zach Dempsey. Además, Butler apareció como Reggie Mantle en la primera temporada de la serie de The CW, Riverdale.

## Enlaces externos

* Ross Butler — IMDb
* Ross Butler (@RossButler) — Twitter
* Ross Butler (@rossbutler) — Instagram

## Referencias

***Esta página utiliza contenido de Wikipedia (ver autores) con licencia Creative Commons.***
Old Prospector

**The Old Prospector** is a character featured in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

## History

The Old Prospector was a miner who lived in Rainbow Ridge, Arizona presumably during the 1860s though possibly into the 1870s. He made a living through mining in the region, namely into the nearby Big Thunder Mountain and Rainbow Caverns. He would apparently become employed by the Big Thunder Mining Company when they came to Rainbow Ridge in 1879. It is quite possible that after this he would also travel to the town of Tumbleweed which held the company's headquarters.

## Appearances and allusions

### Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

The Old Prospector served as the unseen host of this attraction which took guests on a tour of Rainbow Ridge's wildlife regions within pre-Big Thunder Mining Company mine-trains.

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The prospector provides the safety-spiel for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, saying, "*Howdy partners! For your safety, remain seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the train—and be sure to watch your kids. If any of you folks are wearin’ hats or glasses, best remove ’em; ’cause this here’s the wildest ride in the wilderness!*".

### Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger

The Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger mentions a group of prospectors who use old mine-trains to offer tours of the mountain's landscape.

## Trivia

* It is possible that the Old Prospector is intended to represent the character of **Old Sam**, a miner from the backstory of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad detailed in the book *Walt Disney Imagineering*. This character was the last of the prospectors in the Rainbow Ridge peak of Big Thunder Mountain who accidentally fell into a mine-cart and went on the first ride through the run-away railways.
* In Kinect Disneyland Adventures, the apparent analogue to the prospector is the ghost of a prospector who was shot through the gut with a cannon-ball.
* The Old Prospector's actor Dallas McKennon also voices Andrew Jackson in the Hall of Presidents.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyparkscripts.com/big-thunder-mountain-railroad-magic-kingdom/
2. ↑ http://disneyology.blogspot.com/2010/03/backstories-big-thunder-mountain-part-2.html
Melvin, Buff, and Max

**Melvin, Buff, and Max** are three characters from the *Country Bear Jamboree*.

## Members

* **Melvin**: Melvin is a moose. He is well-meaning but considerably dim-witted.
* **Buff**: Buff is a rude and impatient buffalo.
* **Max**: Max is a stag deer.

## History

Melvin, Buff and Max were a moose, buffalo and deer which at some point in the 19th century were hunted and turned into taxidermy mounted heads. However, the three did not die and instead said sentient via unknown means and were also able to communicate in English.

C. 1878, the three came into the possession of gunslinger Pecos Bill who mounted them in the Mile Long Bar of his establishment the Tall Tale Inn in the town of Tumbleweed, Arizona. Around 1880, the three became somewhat absentee for unknown reasons. By 1898, the three were re-allocated to, "Grizzly Hall", a play-house run by a theatre-troop of anthropomorphic bears known as, "The Country Bear Jamboree".

## Appearances and allusions

### Country Bear Jamboree

The three characters appear in the Country Bears Jamboree where they interact with the show from the audience, often heckling it.

#### Country Bear Vacation Hoedown

A publicity photo for this overlay showed Melvin as a humanoid moose skiing on Big Thunder Mountain with the Country Bears.

### Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

Melvin appeared in the *Chip and Dale's Country Morning Jamboree* breakfast show of this resort alongside the characters of Chip and Dale.

### Disney Springs

In Twenty-Eight and Main in the Marketplace Co-Op is a pair of moose antlers with a plaque which reads, "Max, Buff, & Melvin's Stuffing & Mounting Crafting Characters. Est. in 1971".

### The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

The three make a cameo within this attraction, appearing overhead during the, "Heffalumps and Woozles" dream sequence which Pooh experiences.

### Mile Long Bar

The trio made an appearance in this dining-service adjacent to Grizzly Hall where they sang and encouraged guests to partake in the bar's meals.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

Certain Adventurers Club members indirectly referenced the three during shows by telling the Mongolian Yakoose to, "Would you just go back to the Country bear jamboree?". This is a reference to how the Yakoose is also a sentient, taxidermy, mounted animal-head.

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The Mile Long Bar which the three appeared in was retconned into having belonged to Pecos Bill and to have been part of his, "Tall Tale Inn & Cafe" in Tumbleweed, Arizona. Said bar was revealed to have served employees of the Big Thunder Mining Company as Tumbleweed was located in the Big Thunder Mountain region.

## Trivia

* The trio and the Country Bears being affiliated with characters of the 100 Acre Woods is paralleled in the Magic Kingdom version of the *Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* with Mr. Toad.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFridayMarketplaceCoOp1.aspx
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhhPygc3B0Y
3. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2016/01/d-tales-14-hidden-disney-history-at-big-thunder-mountain-railroad/
Ned Low

**Edward "Ned" Low** (1690–1724) is a historic pirate who is affiliated with *Pirates of the Caribbean*.

## History

Edward Low was born in Westminster in London, England and as a young man moved to Boston, Massachusetts. Following his wife's death during childbirth, "Ned" became a New England pirate. Finding success in piracy, Ned moved to the Caribbean where he became an infamous pirate of the Caribbean.

Low's reputation was largely amassed due to his extreme cruelty, love of torture, burning of captured ships, and brutal execution methods. His flagship *The Merry Christmas* was mounted with 34 cannons and lead a small fleet. Amongst his notable crimes were him tying men's fingers between ropes that he let fly, rope-burning the flesh away to the bone, and him having once forced men to consume their own carved off and boiled lips. One botched torture session left Ned Low with a lip scar inflicted by one of his crew-mates.

Low's ultimate fate is a mystery with some believing him to have died in a hurricane in 1724 while others think he retired from piracy in Brazil.

## Appearances and allusions

### Pirates of the Caribbean

There is a mural of Ned Low located on the main-floor of the Royal Street Gallery in New Orleans which serves as the entry for Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. This artwork was originally designed for when Pirates of the Caribbean was going to feature more historic pirates, including Low. His mural is allocated between those of Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Charles Gibbs (1798-1831).

### World of Disney

There is an illustration of Ned Low carved into an animator's table in the World of Disney. In the backstory of this shop, the building was once an animation studio run by Walt Disney Pictures in the town of Disney Springs, Florida and the implication of this table is that it belonged to animator Marc Davis.

## Trivia

* The red-skeleton *Jolly Roger* used by Low was also used by Brethren Court member Sao Feng in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
	+ This Jolly Roger can be found in Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure.
* Ned Low shared his initial Jolly Roger with that often identified as having been used by Blackbeard; said Jolly Roger being a crowned skeleton holding a goblet stabbing a bleeding heart. This flag can be found in the Plaza del Sol gift-shop and Tortuga Tavern restaurant in the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland.
	+ In the pirates of the Caribbean films, Blackbeard uses a different Jolly Roger which might infer these flags as belonging to Low instead of Teach. This flag is however also identified with pirates Charles Harris and Francis Spriggs who were active at the same time as Low. In the films, it was also utilized by the Brethren Court member Eduardo Villenueva.

## References

1. ↑ https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/tell-no-tales-thursdays-entrance-queue.html
2. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
3. ↑ https://www.couponingtodisney.com/plaza-del-sol-caribe-bazaar-in-magic-kingdom/
4. ↑ https://www.resortsgal.com/parks/magic-kingdom/adventureland/
Passamaquoddy

**Passamaquoddy** is a fictitious town from the film *Pete's Dragon* ().

## Appearances and allusions

### Disney Springs Market Co-Op

A plane arriving in Disney Springs, Florida from Passamaquoddy is listed on a board in the town's market.

## Connections

### Fort Wilderness

The wagon of snake-oil salesman Doc Terminus is parked outside of Fort Wilderness.

### Trader Sam's

In Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar there is a message-in-a-bottle sent to Trader Sam by Lampie from when he first encountered Elliot. There is a wooden figure of Lampie in Trader Sam's Grog Grotto.

## Trivia

* Although not confirmed in the film, it is likely that Passamaquoddy is located in the state of Maine. This is due to the town being coastal with an Ocean, located near woodlands, and taking its name from the real-life Passamaquoddy which was only had a notable U.S.A situation in Maine.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2017/10/gate-change.html
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2012/04/guaranteed-cure.html
3. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2011/09/25/detailed-look-at-trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-disneyland-hotel-from-august-2011/5/
4. ↑ https://whittlewoodshop.tumblr.com/post/132702139895/kegocan-pittwinn-and-ebubdub-all-guessed
North Pole

**The North Pole** is a location in the S.E.A. mythos.

## Description

The North Pole is the north-most region of planet-Earth and axis of the planet's rotation. It is predominately taken up by the Arctic Ocean along with several islands and ice glaciers.

In pop-culture, the North Pole is frequently affiliated as being the home of the gift-bringer Santa Claus and many of his variants.

### Disney Parks

The North Pole is believed to have at some point in time held connections to the nation of Atlantis. At some point in time, the Atlantean outpost collapsed into the sea due to what is presumed by some to have been an underwater volcanic eruption. In the following millennia the ruins might have become home to a sea-serpent and mer-folk though this is disputed.

During the 19th century, the North Pole's Atlantean ruins were explored by Captain Nemo in his submarine *The Nautilus XIII*. Several decades later the ruins were explored again by nuclear-submarines connected to those of Nemo's which operated out of Tomorrowland's Submarine Lagoon.

## Connections

### Submarine Voyage

The North Pole was a location visited in both *Submarine Voyage* in Disneyland and *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage* in the Magic Kingdom. This was in tribute to the historic 1958 expedition to the Arctic of the U.S.S. Nautilus. In both cases, the submarines encountered mermaids and a sea-serpent with the captain questioning if they were in-fact actual creatures or rather hallucinations brought by the air-pressure.

### Skipper Canteen

Captain Nemo has a book in the *Jungle Navigation Co. Skipper Canteen* called, "The Polar Voyage" which presumably details his arctic Submarine Voyage. There is also a book titled, "Silva and Gold: Mining the North Pole" by one R. Silva.

### The Jungle Cruise

The North Pole is mentioned in the seasonal Jingle Cruise overlay due to its affiliation with the holiday season. In the African Veldt skippers might make jokes about the trapped safari having climbed the, "North Pole" It might also be mentioned in the queue for all rivers eventually leading there.

## References

1. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=left-bookshelf-5th-shelf-c21
2. ↑ https://skipperpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Trapped\_Safari
3. ↑ https://skipperpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Queue#Jingle\_Cruise
Menehune

**The Menehune** are a mythical race of diminutive builders from the folklore of Hawaii.

## Background

The Menehune are a mythological race of diminutive said to inhabit the wilderness of Hawaii and only come out at night. They are affiliated with being skilled crafters of temples, roads, houses, and boats. They are said to be quite mischievous and sometimes even something to be feared. Some stories say that they were the original settlers of Hawai'i, pre-dating the humans who came to live there.

## Appearances

### Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa

#### Menehune Adventure Trail

Many wooden totems of Menehune can be found hidden in the plant-life on this trail, intended to represent Menehune watching guests.

#### Menehune Bridge

The Menehune are affiliated as having constructed the Menehune bridge which serves as a children's play area.

## Connections

### Miss Adventure Falls

A map in the possession of Captain Mary Oceaneer identifies two locations in Blustery Bay as being named for the Menehune. Namely these include the port of *Menehunei* on Humunga Harbor to the east of the bay and Mene Bank off of its coast.

### Tales from Adventureland

In these books, the Menehune are identified as having constructed the Enchanted Tiki Room as a sanctuary for birds from poachers.
Magic Carpet

**The Magic Carpet** is a character from the film *Aladdin*.

## History

The Magic Carpet is a sentient flying carpet which was friends with the Genie of the Lamp. The carpet along with genie's lamp became imprisoned in the Cave of Wonders outside of the Arabian kingdom of Agrabah for approximately 10,000 years. Eventually he came to befriend the thief Aladdin when Aladdin travelled to the cave to take the lamp. Following this, the carpet became Aladdin's primary mode of transportation.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventureland Bazaar

There are advertisements for Flying Carpets being sold in the Adventureland Bazaar. One, "Fortune" given out by Aladdin's Other Lamp is an advertisement for Magic Carpet repair at a location called, "Akhmud's Garage".

### Disney's Port Orleans Resort

An inanimate incarnation of the Magic Carpet appears in the princess suites of riverside, left by a princess guest of Prince Naveen and Princess Tiana from the Princess and the Frog.

### Magic Carpets of Aladdin

In this Adventureland attraction, guests board one of 16 flying carpets modelled after the original magic carpet which were created by the Genie.

### Tropical Hideaway

In the Tropical Hideaway restaurant is a mosaic floor modelled after the magic carpet. It is a remnant of the Aladdin's Oasis restaurant which was themed to Aladdin. The market-place area of the restaurant also advertises selling Magic Carpets.

### Fantasmic!

The Magic Carpet appears in a segment of Fantasmic! where Aladdin and Jasmine show up in Mickey Mouse's dream singing, "A whole new world".

### Tales from Adventureland

The carpet is referenced in *Tales from Adventureland: The Doomsday Device* where the protagonists use flying carpets taken from the treasure of Ali Baba to find the Eternal Tree.

## Trivia

* There is a separate Magic Carpet which appeared in the Adventurers Club as part of Merriweather Adam Pleasure's collection. It was called the Authentic Flying Carpet of Abu Dhabi and came with seat-belts. The torn piece of a magic carpet also appeared in Camellia Falco's Museum of Fantastic Flight.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpibSEa15k
2. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
3. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/photos-video-take-an-in-depth-tour-of-disneylands-new-tiki-room-jungle-cruise-restaurant-the-tropical-hideaway/
4. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/10/unfortunate-camel-collision.html
Kali River Rapids

Kali River Rapids is an attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

## History

### Backstory

This attraction is set in the township of Anandapur in the Asian kingdom of the same name. Guests enter the ancient, "Tiger Temple" along the Chakrandi river which in 21st century is repurposed to serve as a base-camp for the company *Kali Rapids Expeditions*. This company was founded by local woman Manisha Gurung who started the operation as a means of opposing deforestation at the hands of the Tetak Logging Company.

### Development history

Kali River Rapids was originally imagined as **Tiger Rapids Run** which in-addition to being a rafting ride would have been a safari attraction similar to Kilimanjaro Safaris. Utilmateiy this was decided against due to concerns of keeping the animals in a thrill-ride.

## Summary

Guests enter this attraction from the ruins of the Tiger Temple which contains ancient shrines and murals connecting to Anandapur's culture. This connects to the business quarters of the temple where a video of Manisha Gurung plays, explaining the abhorent deforestation being commit by the Tetak Logging Company. Guests are late to an outdoor dockside where they are boarded into rafts.

The rafts first encounter a lift-hill where they pass by ancient animal statues by their sides. After this the rafts make a small drop and pass through a portion of the river near a rocky waterfall that resembles the head of a tiger. Geysers erupt around guests in the river as they proceed into a part of the jungle which is burned down, giving a view of the Himalayas.

The rafts turn and find a logging-truck belonging to the Tetak Logging Company which has collapses in the mud and is falling into the river. Following this the rafts fall down a massive waterfall and enter a series of flooded ruins containing statues of spiritual figures and elephants.

## Connections

### Expedition Everest

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

### The Jungle Book

One of the boats used by Kali River Expeditions is called the *Baloo Meaway*, named for the bear from the Jungle Book.

### Up

The Wilderness Explorers' handbook featured in the Wilderness Explorers interactive attraction has references to the logging subplot of Kali River Rapids.

## Trivia

* Kali River Rapids was the first river rafting ride at a Disney Park with successors including Grizzly River Run in Grizzly Peak and Roaring Rapids in Adventure Isle.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.wdwfanzone.com/2017/08/kali-river-rapids-history-and-backstory/
2. ↑ https://allears.net/2012/08/07/animal-kingdoms-kali-river-rapids-part-two/
3. ↑ https://allears.net/2012/08/06/animal-kingdoms-kali-river-rapids-part-one/
4. ↑ https://www.wdwkingdom.com/kali-river-rapids-animal-kingdom-asia/
5. ↑ https://schmirfle.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-wilderness-explorers-handbook.html