I never went as a kid. I was in my mid 20s the first time I went back in 1983. Still remember thinking I would like to live in the treehouse for awhile.
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Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse appreciation
- Thread starter epcotisbest
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I was thinking how relaxing it would be to wake up to the sound of rain falling through the limbs. I have always loved sleeping to the sound of rain.1985 marked the first time my mother and I visited the MK. It's interesting how certain memories stay with you, long afterwards. I remember my mother's look of delight when we got to the top of the treehouse. She said it would be wonderful to live there, because every morning you'd wake up from the birds on the tree branches, pleasantly "singing" to you! Through the years and up to the present, every time I climb up there, I still remember her words.I vote to save the classic treehouse.
Lucky
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They could always add something.
harveyt0206
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We love the tree house! A few years ago we walked by it during a Halloween Party and it was absolutely empty. We had the entire tree house to ourselves. That's not something you get to experience very often at WDW. We make a point to go a few times every trip. It's lovely at the top. Great views of the castle, Adventureland and even Tomorrowland - please excuse the date stamp. I forgot to turn it off that trip.
Glasgow
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Absolutely agree, it's just not always feasible to do so due to the increased running costs. Seems like it's always one or the other with WDW these days.
75disney
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Great movie, classic attraction! Definitely keep it! The kids have seen the movie so they love climbing through the tree house. They like to linger and study every detail of the rooms. They never understand why people just rush up and down the stairs, barely looking at the rooms. My husband doesn't get; he uses the time to get a FP (in the old days) or a Dole a Whip and waits for us at the bottom. I love that there are so many Treehouse lovers out there!
mergatroid
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Leave it as it is. It's a unique attraction and makes a pleasant change of pace when you explore it. A true classic as far as I'm concerned.
zurgandfriend
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Of course, adapting books to film and remaking pictures into "talkies" is one thing and even when they remade something in the golden age Hollywood they at least attempt to "freshen up" the presentation. My DS is still a teen and even he points out Godzilla, Ninja Turtles and Batman have been rebooted in his lifetime and beaten to death.
HRHPrincessAriel
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I always liked as a kiddo. Bummed we didn't have time to visit this trip with our kiddo.
JIMINYCR
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Leave it. It is a reminder of those great Walt era films that we never see anymore. It is a haul up those steps but it provides a nice balance to the speed, action rides that are nearby. I enjoy looking through the rooms picking out the small details that everyone else glances quickly at and moves on. Makes me think of how I would survive and build a sanctuary if I was deserted on an island. An simple architectural wonder.
216bruce
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And, back in the day, there were more studios, releasing more movies. Yeah, still there were sequels (Frankenstein pics, comedy team series like Abbott and Costello) and genre overload like westerns or musicals but it wasn't as noticeable because there were just so many other films being released. There really is only a small handful of major studios now and really a fraction of the output in general release of old Hollywood. Also, most major studios aren't even studios- they are just part of multinational corporations. Smaller films that aren't a formula or a remake/sequel get many less screens and in some places (maybe most) don't even get shown.
You end up with "Guardians" on three screens at a cineplex, "Turtles" on three, and maybe two screens showing a non-big-summer-blockbuster-franchise-action- sequel coming soon- movie.
By the way, love the Treehouse and the movie it was based on. Don't touch it!!
Every time we are there we notice how we are lingering, checking out the little details, amazed with the clever design, while folks are zooming by not even really looking. I know people zoom through with no appreciation of what they are missing.
myhappyplace
Crazy Cat Lady
Simply a must-do for me, every trip. It is one of the first Disney films (along with classics like Old Yeller) that I remember watching as a child, when I first was entranced by all things Disney. It is my childhood, simply put. I didn't get to go to Disney World until I was 22 and I believe that was the attraction that touched me so much, I was able to be in the treehouse, just like I imagined all those years ago.
Chernaboggles
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I love it. My mother has never been to WDW but loves that movie. Last trip, I sent her photos from up there and told her to guess where I was. She was delighted. I wouldn't change it for the world...but I did get a kick out of all the parents trying to explain to their kids who these Swiss Family Robinson people were, and that NO, they weren't the same Robinsons from the movie with the dinosaur and the meatball gun.
Beholder
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It's a fantastic reminder of days gone by in terms of attractions and movies. I consider it one of the cornerstone attractions along with HM, Pirates, IASW, and SM. I spent many hours of my childhood imagining what it would be like to live there. Or how to build one in my back yard. It was a direct influence on the treehouse I did build for my then 8 year old daughter. Nothing like a well inspired imagination. Thanks Walt!
Must do for us as well.
It does have a completely different feel at night.
FettFan
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I have a real love-hate relationship with Swiss Family Treehouse.
I love it because...it's pleasant. It's nice to just take a leisurely stroll though the tree.
I hate it because....other damn people. Invariably I get either directly in front of some spaz who wants to race through it and push me out of the way (or parents wanting to push me out of the way to catch up to their spaz children) or I get directly behind a morbidly obese person (400+ lbs) who keeps complaining that there's not an easier way to get to the top while wheezing like they're experiencing that same kind of oxygen deprivation one would get from scaling Mount McKinley.
In short....I really wish there would be a Swiss Family Treehouse Bouncer.
"Okay, YOU, semi-athletic looking guy in the hiking boots? You're good. Come on in."
"You, young lady with the Mickey ears and retro-style t-shirt? You can enter."
"You with the five screaming sugar-tripping kids? You get off my line."
I love it because...it's pleasant. It's nice to just take a leisurely stroll though the tree.
I hate it because....other damn people. Invariably I get either directly in front of some spaz who wants to race through it and push me out of the way (or parents wanting to push me out of the way to catch up to their spaz children) or I get directly behind a morbidly obese person (400+ lbs) who keeps complaining that there's not an easier way to get to the top while wheezing like they're experiencing that same kind of oxygen deprivation one would get from scaling Mount McKinley.
In short....I really wish there would be a Swiss Family Treehouse Bouncer.
"Okay, YOU, semi-athletic looking guy in the hiking boots? You're good. Come on in."
"You, young lady with the Mickey ears and retro-style t-shirt? You can enter."
"You with the five screaming sugar-tripping kids? You get off my line."