Swiss Family Treehouse
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Swiss Family Treehouse is an attraction that features at several Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
. The remaining versions based on the original are located at Magic Kingdom Park, Tokyo Disneyland
and at Disneyland Park
in Disneyland Paris. The walk-through attraction is centered around a giant treehouse
where everyone can hear and see various scenes based on the Disney movie Swiss Family Robinson
.
was released to theaters, in 1960, Disneyland introduced the Swiss Family Treehouse to Adventureland.
When the Magic Kingdom
opened at Walt Disney World Resort
on October 1, 1971, the Swiss Family Treehouse was one of the original attractions of Adventureland. The tree, while intended to look real, is actually made up of steel, concrete, and stucco, stretching 60 feet (18.3 m) tall and 90 feet (27.4 m) wide. Yet, it looks exactly like the one in the movie.
Similarly, when Euro Disneyland (now Disneyland Park
) opened on April 12, 1992, it featured a version of the "Swiss Family Treehouse" located in Adventureland, named "La Cabane des Robinson".
Tokyo Disneyland also has a Swiss Family Treehouse, a late addition to the park; not opening until 1993. In 1999, the original attraction at Disneyland was closed and reopened the same year as "Tarzan's Treehouse
."
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises...
. The remaining versions based on the original are located at Magic Kingdom Park, Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland
is a 115 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and opened on April 15, 1983...
and at Disneyland Park
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Disneyland Park is a theme park at Disneyland Paris, a resort complex just outside of Paris, in the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, France. The first of two parks built at the resort, it opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April, 1992...
in Disneyland Paris. The walk-through attraction is centered around a giant treehouse
Treehouse
A treehouse, tree house, or treefort is a habitable structure built in trees. "Treehouse" may also refer to:*Tree House, Crawley, a listed 14th-century building in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom; originally the manor house....
where everyone can hear and see various scenes based on the Disney movie Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson (film)
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American Technicolor feature film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, and Sessue Hayakawa in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. The screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley was loosely based upon the 1812 novel Der Schweizerische Robinson by Johann...
.
History
Before he wrote the book called Swiss Family Robinson, Johann Wyss and his kids imagined what it would be like if they were stranded on an island. So together, they came up with lots of crazy adventures for the Robinsons. Almost two years after the Disney film Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss Family Robinson (film)
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American Technicolor feature film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, and Sessue Hayakawa in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. The screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley was loosely based upon the 1812 novel Der Schweizerische Robinson by Johann...
was released to theaters, in 1960, Disneyland introduced the Swiss Family Treehouse to Adventureland.
When the Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom Park is one of four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Florida. The first park built at the resort, Magic Kingdom opened Oct. 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, the park's layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland in Anaheim, California...
opened at Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
on October 1, 1971, the Swiss Family Treehouse was one of the original attractions of Adventureland. The tree, while intended to look real, is actually made up of steel, concrete, and stucco, stretching 60 feet (18.3 m) tall and 90 feet (27.4 m) wide. Yet, it looks exactly like the one in the movie.
Similarly, when Euro Disneyland (now Disneyland Park
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Disneyland Park is a theme park at Disneyland Paris, a resort complex just outside of Paris, in the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, France. The first of two parks built at the resort, it opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April, 1992...
) opened on April 12, 1992, it featured a version of the "Swiss Family Treehouse" located in Adventureland, named "La Cabane des Robinson".
Tokyo Disneyland also has a Swiss Family Treehouse, a late addition to the park; not opening until 1993. In 1999, the original attraction at Disneyland was closed and reopened the same year as "Tarzan's Treehouse
Tarzan's Treehouse
Tarzan's Treehouse is a walk through attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is styled after the 1999 film Tarzan.-Disneyland version:...
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