Adventureland (Disney)

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Adventureland

Adventureland at Disneyland in 2010
Theme	Remote jungles of Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, the Caribbean Islands and the Middle East. Pirates
Disneyland
Status	Operating
Opened	July 17, 1955 (Sunday)
Magic Kingdom
Status	Operating
Opened	October 1, 1971 (Friday)
Tokyo Disneyland
Status	Operating
Opened	April 15, 1983 (Friday)
Disneyland Paris
Status	Operating
Opened	April 12, 1992 (Sunday)
Hong Kong Disneyland
Status	Operating
Opened	September 12, 2005 (Monday)
Shanghai Disneyland (As Adventure Isle)
Status	Operating
Opened	June 16, 2016 (Thursday)

Adventureland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Disneyland-style theme parks run by the Walt Disney Company around the world. It is themed to resemble the remote jungles in Africa, Asia, South America, Oceania and the Caribbean. "To create a land that would make this dream reality", said Walt Disney, "We pictured ourselves far from civilization, in the remote jungles of Asia and Africa."

Adventureland provides a 1950s view of exotic adventure, capitalizing on the post-war Tiki craze. Lush vegetation resembles jungles while elements of the "other" surround the visitor. Tribal performance masks, conga drums, non-American totem poles, exotic animal statues, and architecture of Pacific influence make for a confined area wherein industry and technology take a back seat to uncharted nature.^[1] Noted art historian David T. Doris explains Adventureland as, "a pastiche of imaginary colonial spaces, conflated within the green and foliate milieu of "the Jungle."^[2]