Matt_Black
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I disagree. You get to stand behind a barricade and look at someone's bed. Woo! Maybe if you could actually go into the rooms and interact with the stuff, yeah.
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Swiss Family Treehouse to close for a brief refurbishment in March
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I disagree. You get to stand behind a barricade and look at someone's bed. Woo! Maybe if you could actually go into the rooms and interact with the stuff, yeah.
SpectroMan93
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Indiana Jones Adventure. That's all I'm gonna say.Peace and quiet is for the hotel room, not something called an attraction in a place named ADVENTUREland.
If there were more attractions in the Adventureland area, I could be persuaded to leave the Treehouse alone for those who enjoy the photography opportunities it offers and the respite from the crowds. But alas, Adventureland needs Adventure so the treehouse needs to be retired to yesterdayland and replaced by something adventurous and ADA compliant! I still say installing a zipline to go over the Jungle Cruise rivers would be a great improvement,but since that will never happen I just hope for the day somebody comes up with something exciting that could fit in the available space. "Hypnotiq Tales with Kaa?" maybe? "Archery contest with Robin Hood and Little John?" "Gator races with the Rescuers?" Nope, just a dumb old treehouse with pretty views for people who bring their tripods or are looking to hide from their kids. :lol
Peace and quiet is for the hotel room, not something called an attraction in a place named ADVENTUREland.
If there were more attractions in the Adventureland area, I could be persuaded to leave the Treehouse alone for those who enjoy the photography opportunities it offers and the respite from the crowds. But alas, Adventureland needs Adventure so the treehouse needs to be retired to yesterdayland and replaced by something adventurous and ADA compliant! I still say installing a zipline to go over the Jungle Cruise rivers would be a great improvement,but since that will never happen I just hope for the day somebody comes up with something exciting that could fit in the available space. "Hypnotiq Tales with Kaa?" maybe? "Archery contest with Robin Hood and Little John?" "Gator races with the Rescuers?" Nope, just a dumb old treehouse with pretty views for people who bring their tripods or are looking to hide from their kids. :lol
Aren't there two expansion pads available in Adventureland without removing anything?
Why don't we start by filling them before we get rid of another attraction?
MKCP 1985
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That is probably a rhetorical question, but since you quoted my post I will answer by saying
1. Whether there are expansion pads available is not a certainty; Adventureland hasn't been expanded since the park opened. When they wanted to add an attraction, they just plopped a spinner with spitting camels right in the middle of the walkway. I don't think much of anybody wants a repeat of that.
2. The Magic Kingdom has a track record of removing attractions that are judged by the powers that be to be past their prime; and
3. If the space occupied by the Treehouse can be more appealing and enticing by replacing an existing attraction with something planned to be better, that could be a reason to replace rather than expand. Pooh for Toad, Buzz Lightyear for Dream Flight, etc.
@surfsupdon Don raises the point of the attraction's nostalgic appeal, but I have always fallen more into @Matt_Black's camp of thinking it was too "off limits" to really be fun, even though I am one of the few(er than there used to be) people who remember the movie.
All a moot point, I suppose. The treehouse is getting a refurb, not a closure, right?
Matt_Black
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No, no, I remember the film too, and none too fondly. The moral? Big brawny boring guys get the girl, while scrawny, sensitive, brainy Tommy Kirks get shipped off to Europe. BOO!
surfsupdon
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I totally understand your point, but as a kid that did not matter for me, but I can't explain how lol. It carried over into my 20s and I still enjoy the Treehouse.
Beholder
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The Treehouse is woven into the fabric of my childhood. It's a part of every MK visit. As a kid, I would imagine what it would be like to actually live in something like this. And as far as Disney attractions/rides go, it was the only one within the (childhood) realm of actually replicating on my own. I could have a treehouse, and with a little imagination and a few cardboard boxes, I'd have my own version. Times change and the way imagination is stimulated has changed, but for me, that real physical interface is pretty awesome.