Disneyland Adventureland Treehouse: Opening Date Announced! Construction Updates, Concept Art, Details
The new Adventureland Treehouse will be coming soon to Disneyland's Adventureland as a reimagining of Tarzan's Treehouse.
In a surprising move, Disneyland decided to retheme the treehouse not to the latest intellectual property (many expected Encanto) but to the original Swiss Family Robinson film. The newly renovated “Adventureland Treehouse” pays tribute to the original treehouse that Walt Disney and his Imagineers built and debuted in 1962.
Scroll down for photos of the new treehouse, storyline details, construction updates for the treehouse, and the Adventureland Treehouse opening date!
New Storyline Details Shared For Adventureland Treehouse
As Disney previously shared, guests will be able to explore the various rooms of the family in the treehouse. Rather than theme the house specifically to the original Swiss Family Robinson movie Disney took inspiration from that film. One place that impacts is that the characters represented in the treehouse are not the same characters from the movie.
In the tree's boughs, guests will find the mother's music den, the sons' nature room, and the astronomer daughter's loft. On the ground level will be a kitchen, dining room, and the father's art studio featuring sketches and paintings of each room.
Disney has released new story details for the background of the treehouse, which is fashioned as an “oasis among the trees inspired by nature” and crafted with found objects. The design of the treehouse highlights how the family works together while honoring their own individual passions and talents. The family, proud of what they've accomplished and ready to show it to the world, is excited to invite guests to learn about their way of life and explore their treetop home.
The home's water wheel is adjacent to the stairwell and powered by a nearby brook. The family designed a pulley system that works to deliver water from the stream to the tree, generating the energy needed to power their inventions and various gadgets.
Adventureland Treehouse Room Details
Disney is giving us a look inside some of the treehouse's rooms through new concept art, sharing more details on the stories and passions of the family.
The daughter is an “admirer of celestial bodies and their magnitudes, motions, and magic,” and her room is located in the highest part of the home so that she can have a view of the night sky. She spends her time here tracking stars, planets, and comets with her telescopes and logging her discoveries in her notebooks, sketches, and art.
You can see the concept art above for the daughter's room. This looks like a really colorful, beautiful space with several hidden details to explore.
The mother's room is filled with musical instruments including a harp, lute, guitar, and organ. You can see a glimpse of the room in the concept art below:
Guests will also be able to explore other rooms, including the twin brothers' collection of plants and animals and the father's room with his gadgets and invented devices, with his space reflecting “the whole family’s affinity for exploring the unknown and designing the unimaginable.”
New Photos Shared for Adventureland Treehouse
As we get closer to the opening date of the Adventureland Treehouse, Disney has shared a look at the exterior and inside some of the rooms in new photos! Above, you can see the beautiful new sign welcoming guests into the Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Swiss Family Robinson.
Disney also gave us a peek at the iconic water wheel located by the entrance of the attraction:
Below, you can see the astronomer daughter's loft, with her many telescopes that she uses to track stars, planets, and comets:
You can see a glimpse of the twin sons' room with their collection of plants and animals that live in harmony with one another:
The mother's room is filled with various instruments, including a harp, lute, guitar, and organ, that she uses to play cheerful melodies:
You can see the family's kitchen and dining room located on the ground floor:
Also on the ground floor of the treehouse you'll find an Audio-Animatronic ostrich that bobs around an enclosure.
Below, we'll share details on the opening date of the Adventureland Treehouse!
Adventureland Treehouse Opening Date Announced!
Disney shared that the Adventureland treehouse will officially open to guests on November 10, 2023.
Adventureland Treehouse is finishing up its transformation, and guests will soon have the opportunity to explore its new additions. The treehouse will feature wood rope stairways, items crafted from found objects and natural resources that the family has gathered, and various rooms to explore.
Disney just released a new video tour of the completed Adventureland Treehouse. See it below.
Magic Key holders will get a slightly earlier look at the new Adventureland Treehouse during a preview that will be held on November 9, one day before the official opening. This preview will be held from 11am-7pm, with one entry allowed per Magic Key holder, and check-in to receive your wristband will be near Rivers of America.
Construction Update: Adventureland Treehouse Scaffolding and Scrim Removed
As construction for the Adventureland Treehouse continues, the scaffolding and green scrim that previously obstructed the treehouse have been removed to reveal more details. While no opening date has been announced yet, we can see the progress made on its reimagined exterior.
While we can't yet see details of the base/entrance of the treehouse that were shown in the concept artwork like the water wheel and main sign, we can see the pulley system of small bamboo buckets that function to carry water to each room as well as a clearer view of the crow's nest near the top of the treehouse.
See the photo above from our recent visits to Disneyland for the new details unveiled!
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Disneyland Treehouse Construction Update
More aspects of the treehouse have emerged from behind scaffolding. The exterior of the top section of the treehouse looks largely unchanged from the previous Tarzan version.
Here's a look at the concept artwork currently posted on the construction walls.
These photos were captured on April 24, 2023.
NEW (Old) Disneyland Treehouse Theme
Tarzan's Treehouse has been fully covered and under refurbishment since September of last year and we now finally have an announcement on details of the new (or you might say old) theme.
The treehouse, now called the Adventureland Treehouse, will return the classic Walt Disney's Swiss Family Robinson treehouse to Disneyland park in a whole new way.
The treehouse will be filled with new environments created amongst the branches within the tree on the “shores of the Jungle River”. Guests will once again be welcomed to enter by the giant water wheel and follow the rope stairways up into the branches and rooms.
Each room matches characters from the story of Swiss Family Robinson. Disney shared that rooms will include the mother’s music den (as depicted in the concept art above), the young sons’ nature room, and the teenage daughter’s astronomer’s loft. Each room will be “fashioned from found objects, natural resources, and pure ingenuity”.
The ground floor will also be used to make the experience accessible to all – it will feature an “ingenious kitchen and dining room” and an art studio for the father with hand drawn sketches and paintings of each of the rooms in the house.
Some fans might notice that there is also a banner with the logo of SEA – Secret of Explorers and Adventurers – on the concept art hanging down from one of the railings. This insignia is for a fictional organization and is used in adventure themed attractions across the Disney Parks around the world. The story began in Tokyo DisneySea but has since been used to link together attractions like this. We will have to wait and see if we get more details on the connection to the society.
Swiss Family Treehouse in Walt Disney World
The rumored theme for the new treehouse was the hit film, Encanto. Disney instead opted for the return to historical roots with the Adventureland Treehouse. Fans will be excited. Disney has shared that the treehouse will open sometime in 2023.
Moves like this are encouraging for Disney fans to see that the company still understands its history and the passion that fans have for it. For the company there is also the added bonus that there is a Swiss Family Robinson show and a show featuring the Society of Explorers and Adventurers in the works for Disney Plus
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I am rather glad to hear this. I used to love to go check out the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House. It was like visiting the set from the film. It was a simple favorite, like the Tiki Room. I could not relate to it being the Tarzan house at all.
I am glad to see this coming back, as it was a favorite as a child. Unfortunately, I won’t be climbing the treehouse anymore, due to disability.
I am very confused if this is the concept, as it does not follow either the book, or the early movie, or the Disney movie. You say there is the daughter’s astronomy loft, they had not daughter – it was a girl traveling on the same boat – and in the Disney movie two of the sons compete for her affections.
You mention young twin sons, again, not the same as movies or book. In the book they have 4 sons, and in the movie, they have 3. Two older sons, late teens or early 20’s. And only 1 young son. It is sad that the designers never saw the movie – apparently.
Sandy, I took your comments and went to learn more from the designers. They shared that the house is “inspired” by the movie and they chose to lean into a less specific family for the house to make it easier for everyone to connect with. They went with the thought that few would have seen the original Swiss Family Robinson movie so instead leaned into a new story.