When "Adventureland" was first conceived, it was to be based on Walt's award winning documentaries on Africa and Asia. "Jungle Cruise" was the star attraction until "Swiss Family Treehouse" opened in 1962. The inspiration for the "Jungle Cruise" includes the True-Life Adventure documentary, "The African Lion" and the film, "The African Queen" (the name for the Land was to be "True-Life Adventureland" ...

Disneyland will put a new themed spot called "The Tropical Hideway" between the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland, in a little used space that was formerly Aladdin's Oasis. Park officials are calling it a "dining location," adding that few details are available at this time, but it won't be a full-service restaurant. Continuing the park's tradition, it will not serve alcohol. ...

Disneyland visitors will be able to sit on an outdoor deck in Adventureland, watch boats from the Jungle Cruise ride by and eat exotic grab-and-go food when the park's newest eatery opens later this year, according to the Disney Parks blog. The blog provided a few more tantalizing details about the new Tropical Hideway eatery under construction next to the Enchanted Tiki Room. This spot is being ...

There's a line in the Enchanted Tiki Room soundtrack at Disneyland that asks, "Whatever happened to Rosita?" Well, the answer will soon be that she landed next door at the Tropical Hideaway eatery. Disney is adding the animatronic, joke-cracking cockatoo as an additional attraction at this new eatery that the company is calling a "dining spot," not a restaurant. It's under construction next to the ...

The tiki torches are lit and the tables are ready. Now, get ready for some outdoor dining overlooking the Jungle Cruise, as Disneyland's Tropical Hideaway prepares to open for business. This new eatery will serve grab-and-go exotic foods such as warm bao buns with spiced vegetable, kaffir lime chicken and bulgogi beef fillings, ramen salad, spring rolls with cream cheese and pineapple and more. ...

It might be true that nothing at Disneyland these days is really hidden away, not with record crowds, but it's still worth checking out the newest eatery, called the Tropical Hideaway. Sandwiched in between the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Jungle Cruise, this new outdoor dining spot provides a rustic river-view deck and iron tables and chairs, along with an experience designed to thrust you in the mood ...

There are many fortuitous foods that you can consume as the new year begins. Particular legumes? So lucky, it is often said. Various fruits? Healthful and hope-filled for the future. A Dole Whip, like you might queue for in front of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room on a toasty July afternoon? Any pineapple person and/or aficionado of icy-cold treats can testify that the Dole Whip is among ...

It's hard to say when it was decided to schedule a vacation at Disneyland. A year of pictures dominated by apes, lions and burning flesh-and those were just the kids' movies-probably had something to do with it. In any case, it was time to celebrate Disneyland's golden anniversary in style. Buyer's remorse set in as soon as the trip was confirmed. What could one possibly do for five days and four ...

“It was probably the best job I 've ever had,” says Vera Nitinthorn, a former cast member of the Tahitian Terrace. She is one of many who sing praises of a fondly remembered place from Disneyland 's dining history. The Tahitian Terrace was a Polynesian dinner show that opened in 1962 at the height of the post-World War II American fascination with the tropics and remained until closing in ...