Disneyland Hidden Disney: Secrets & Details > Adventureland
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Tarzan's Treehouse Trunk
Tarzan's Treehouse: When the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse was re-imagined as Tarzan's Treehouse, it seems as if some of the Imagineers might have gotten carried away when sculpting the trunk.
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Jabba the Hutt - Tarzan's Treehouse Trunk
Tarzan's Treehouse: The base of Tarzan's Treehouse in Adventureland looks uncannily familiar... It seems that Jabba the Hutt's influence extends all the way to Disneyland.
Special thanks to our friends at www.DisneylandClub33.com for pointing Jabba out to us.
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Swisskapolka Phonograph
Tarzan's Treehouse: As a tribute to the old Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, a phonograph around the bottom of Tarzan's Treehouse plays the Swisskapolka.
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Mrs. Potts & Chip
Tarzan's Treehouse: Take a good look around the kitchen area underneath Tarzan's Treehouse. Mrs. Potts and Chip, from Beauty & the Beast, can be sitting on top of a wooden crate. Perhaps that spell wasn't broken after all?
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Mercedes Truck - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye: An interesting Disney detail is parked outside of the Indiana Jones attraction. The olive green truck appears to be the one from the famous Raiders of the Lost Ark chase scene, in which Indy chases after the Nazi convoy transporting the Ark of the Covenant.
The truck's body type, license plate and missing hood ornament, match features from the vehicle used in the famous Raiders of the Lost Ark stunt sequence.
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AT&T Indiana Jones Decoder Card
Indiana Jones & the Temple of the Forbidden Eye: When the Indiana Jones attraction opened in 1995, sponsor AT&T made decoder cards so that guests could decipher the hieroglyphics hidden throughout the queue.
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Projection Room - Eeyore Sign
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye: Somewhere above the Indiana Jones Adventure projection room, there is an old Eeyore parking sign hidden high up in the rafters. The blue & white sign pays homage to the Eeyore Parking Lot, which gave way to the current Indiana Jones attraction.
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Eeyore Parking Sign
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye: An old Eeyore parking sign is hidden up in the rafters high above the projection room (in the queue). The sign pays homage to the Eeyore Parking Lot, which gave way to the current Indiana Jones attraction.
Photo courtesy of rcarlson80. Thank you!
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Temple of the Forbidden Eye - Archaeology Office
Temple of the Forbidden Eye: There are quite a few details in and around Indy's archaeological dig office. Inside, one the desk, is an old copy of Life Magazine featuring a Mickey Mouse cover. The crates used to create the space have shipping labels addressed to a pair of George Lucas' characters, Marcus Brody and Obi Wan.
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Jungle Cruise - Lion King Shield
It can be tough to spot, but the Lion King Musical logo has been hidden in this Jungle Cruise scene. Hidden behind the tribesmen, the Lion King logo adorns one of the shields resting against a hut.
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Tablet of the Crystal Skull
Jungle Cruise: A Crystal Skull tablet next to Trader Sam represents the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Update: The skull tablet was removed after the movie hype died down.
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Tablet of the Crystal Skull
Jungle Cruise: A Crystal Skull tablet next to Trader Sam represents the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Update: The skull tablet was removed after the movie hype died down.
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Three Wise Monkeys
Bengal Barbecue: Three Wise Monkeys inside Adventureland's Bengal Barbecue see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil. The neat Disney detail is inspired by the parable of the Three Mystic Apes (or Three Wise Monkeys), based on an anicent Asian parable on morality.
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Aladdin's Magic Carpet
Aladdin's Oasis: An Aladdin inspired Hidden Disney detail can be found in the Oasis entrance. Just inside the lobby is a tile mosaic of Aladdin's Magic Carpet, complete with scimitars, magic lamps and Cave of Wonders tiger heads.
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Genie's Lamp
Aladdin's Oasis: A closer look reveals the Genie's Lamp, topping the spire at Aladdin's Oasis.