Swiss Family Treehouse
Rising 72 feet over the jungle in Adventureland, Disneyland's Swiss
Family Treehouse spreads brilliant colored branches 80 feet in width.
Guests become a part of the fabled shipwrecked family as they view the
three separate houses at different levels.
Rising 70 feet over the jungle in Adventureland, Disneyland's Swiss
Family Treehouse spreads brilliant colored branches 80 feet in width.
Guests become a part of the fabled shipwrecked family as they view the
three separate houses at different levels.
Rising 70 feet over the jungle in Adventureland, Disneyland's Swiss
Family Treehouse spreads brilliant colored branches 80 feet in width.
Guests become part of the fabled shipwrecked family as they view the
three separate houses of different levels.
Trivia
- The 3,000 artificial leaves of the Treehouse are made of vinyl,
are dark green with a central wire in their bases,
and each is rather heavy. They are very firmly attached on dried
manzanita branches, so if you plan to appropriate one as a souvenir,
you're likely to need wire clippers and a long reach!
- The official joke answer when guests ask what kind of tree it is,
is the scientific name Disneyodendron semperflorens grandis,
which means "large, everblooming Disney tree."
This joke name is indeed taxonomically correct. For example,
the plant names rhododendron ("rose tree") and philodendron
("love tree") have this same structure based on the ancient Greek word
dendron for "tree." Likewise, the Latin word semper means
"always" (or "ever") and is used in scientific plant names such as
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood) and Psilocybe semperviva
(a hallucinogenic mushroom). Disney's subspecies grandis is
another Latin word commonly used in scientific plant names such as
Citrus grandis (grapefruit) and Tectona grandis (teak).
- In and around 1975 the attractive shrub planted at the base of the
Treehouse was Fatsia japonica (Japanese Aralia).
In the winter it has round white flowers.
(The following non-Disneyland photo of this species is from a
Korean site.)
- Another plant along the walkway of the Treehouse was
Philodendron selloum (Split Leaf Philodendron).
This is a standard tropical landscaping plant found in many places in
Disneyland at one time or another:
the Jungle Cruise near Schweitzer Falls, Tomorrowland underneath the
Peoplemover loading area, and Fantasyland along Pirate Cove.
- The red and white flag on the flagpole near the Boys' Room was the
flag of Switzerland. (What else?)
- In the original Wyss novel, the name given to the treehouse was
Falconhurst.
Miscellaneous
Swiss Family Treehouse music
Polka structure
Excerpts from the book
Updated: February 8, 2002