Adventureland – Page 3

The Lost Temple

I love exiting Indiana Jones from that dark, rocky tunnel into the dense foliage that rises high overhead. There’s something really neat about the way light moves in this adventurous jungle. It peeks through the leaves and branches where it can, dancing around their movements and flickering like a set of heavenly twinkle lights arranged in no particular fashion. And that’s just what happens overhead. The idea of discovering and exploring ancient lost ruins is thrilling. Even though I’ve been on the ride a hundred times, its facade still lends mystery to the imagination and I constantly find myself dreaming up myriad scenarios of my own archaeological adventures. Oh what wonders await you, my friend!

The Forbidden Jeep

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Once a movie prop, this vintage Mercedes Benz is one of the first things you’ll spy through the dense foliage shrouding the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Sometimes I wish I could just climb in and sit in the driver’s seat for a while.

Morning Refuge

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The Union Jack hangs high in the Everblooming Disney Tree (bet you didn’t know it had a name, did you?) from what would appear to be bits of refuse, mysteriously suspended. It is, in fact, not a heap of refuse but rather a refuge. The story of Tarzan is not one I’ve been all that familiar with until recently. Sure I have seen the Disney film, a few cartoons, a comic or two all loosely based on the creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs. My dad happens to love ERB and recently, thanks to my handy dandy books app, I’ve dug into Tarzan of the Apes. Admittedly, I don’t read anywhere near as often as I’d like or should. After experiencing other’s takes on the story, it’s nice to get lost in my own imagination for a change.

Too Much Fun in the Shower

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One of the classic scenes of The World Famous Jungle Cruise is also a good reminder of what happens if you take your time and have too much fun in the shower – you turn into an elephant.

The Tablet of Eternal Youth

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Ah, the tablet of eternal youth at the site discovered by famed archaeologist, Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. It’s quite an adventure seeking after a treasure of your own in this gem of an ancient booby-trap laden temple. With three to choose from, four if you count the “Gates of Doom” and enjoy that sort of thing, who could decide?

The Adventureland Market

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Tropical Imports is Adventureland’s market. Bananas, clean water and mosquito nets can all be found here at a reasonable cost, cash or barter. Just don’t stop in thinking you’ll find Earl Grey tea because a pack of angry gorillas got all of it during the last shipment up the river.