London

**London** is a real-world city which is the capital of England and the British Empire.

## Description

### Features

* **Kensington**: Kensington is an inner-London district in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
	+ **Houghton Estate**: This was home of the Houghton family.
* ***Royal Anthropological and Diverse Adventures Society* headquarters**:
* **Thames Road**:
	+ **70 Thames Road**: This was a building which held offices for the colonial Jungle Navigation Company.
* **Tower Bridge**:

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Disney Parks

#### Adventure Trading Company

A board for the Jungle Navigation Company's cargo transport mentioned transporting of a shipment of, "Ship mints" from London to the, "Oasis Loading Dock", possibly referencing Aladdin's Oasis.

#### Jungle Cruise

Outside of the Amazon River Base is an advertisement for the Jungle Navigation Company's services. This advert says to contact general travel and passenger agent J.T. Sharp at *70 Thames Road* in London, England. Also in the base is a crate from "*Barton & Reed Fine Silver*" of London. On a wall is an advertisement for Field & Co. Ivory and Spice Dealers, who have offices in London. In *The Daily Gnus* newspaper released amidst 2021 refurbishments, Alberta Falls mentioned having travelled to London when she was a girl due to the lecture circuits of her father, Albert Falls, Jr..

### Film

#### Jungle Cruise

In the first-act of this film, Lily and MacGregor Houghton meet with the *Royal Anthropological and Diverse Adventures Society* in London to pitch their expedition to find the Tree of Life. The Houghton offer is rebuked, resulting in Lily robbing the sexist gentleman's club of the sacred arrowhead required and escaping into the London marketplace before the siblings make off for the Amazon rainforest. They return at the end of the film where the society offers them positions only to be shut down due to their piousness and amorality.

### Other connections

#### The Great Movie Ride

1910 London appeared in this ride's *Mary Poppins* scene.

#### Indiana Jones

Archaeologist Indiana Jones has many connections to London, mostly relating to his military service in World War I. His ally Marcus Brody of Marshall College was also born in London. The Royal Anthropological and Diverse Adventures Society might be connected to the Royal Anthropological Society, an organization which Marcus Brody lectured on the Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

#### Pirates of the Caribbean

Much of *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* was set in London in the year 1730. Here, the city was visited by Captain Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, Blackbeard and Angelica Teach on their respective missions to locate the Fountain of Youth.

#### Skipper Canteen

There are illustrations of the Hyperion airship which was funded by London aristocrat Sir Anthony Ross in 1907.

#### Tarzan the Ape Man

In this 1932 film, Jane originates from London and wishes for Tarzan to return to London with her.

## Trivia

* Various historic-figures affiliated with London history are referenced in the Jungle Cruise including Sir Morton Stanley, David Livingstone and Adelaide Hall.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2014/08/adventureland-trading-company-adds-fun-scavenger-hunts-to-disneyland-unearthing-prizes-for-finishing-puzzles/
2. ↑ https://mickeyblog.com/2018/09/11/top-5-reasons-need-eat-skipper-canteen/
3. ↑ https://www.onlywdworld.com/2010/09/fun-waiting-for-jungle-cruise-in.html