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Tarzan's Treehouse, a jumble of jungle and tropical, makeshift home of the legendary ape-man and his friend Jane Porter, rises nearly 19 meters in the heart of Adventureland on Tarzan Island. Tarzan's story unfolds in amazing detail as guests follow winding stairways (cobbled together from a shipwreck) among limbs, branches and 10,000 broad green leaves so meticulously placed by artists that they flutter in the wind and their veins can be seen. Along the vertical pathway guests follow, three "huts" are vignettes into Tarzan's life.
Lucky the Dinosaur joins Hong Kong Disneyland for three months from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida where he was a summertime hit at Disney's Animal Kingdom as part of the "Happiest Celebration on Earth," a global salute to 50 years of Disney park magic. Lucky represents the latest innovation in Audio-Animatronics design and is the first Disney character of its type to walk freely and personally interact with children and families. He stands 9 feet tall, is 12 feet long and weighs 450 pounds. Lucky can sniffle, burp, hiccup, sneeze, yawn, cough, giggle, snort and purr.
Enchanted Village Drummers display their percussion pageantry near the animal watering hole in Adventureland inside Hong Kong Disneyland Park. The drummers are part of Disney's "atmosphere entertainment" –- performers at the vacation resort who add magic to each setting with music, dance or humor.
"Festival of the Lion King" is presented in the Theater in the Wild, a 2,250-seat theater inspired by a Cameroonian grand ceremonial house. The 28-minute Broadway-caliber musical is inspired by Disney's animated classic The Lion King.
Staged theater-in-the-round style, "Festival of the Lion King" performs to amazed guests (queuing is in four sections -- each named for a jungle animal). Four giant rolling stages move in from two directions as costumed performers and colorful props sail through the air above the audience.The elaborate production features a cast of 30 performers portraying tribal dancers, hyenas, gazelles, zebras and the stars from the animated motion picture.
The Jungle River Cruise travels the exotic waterways of Asia, India, the South Seas and Africa surrender their secrets to the wonderment of guests aboard timeworn riverboats of the Jungle River Cruise Co. Skippers conduct live commentary in Cantonese, Putonghua or English. Guests simply board whatever boat matches their preferred language. Even the wisecracking humor the skipper spiels -- a tradition with this Disney attraction -- is tailored to each language and scripted to cultural sensibilities.
Adventureland's Tahitian Terrace Restaurant is a scramble-style, counter-service restaurant themed to the South Seas with tropical foliage and architecture under the watchful eyes of tiki gods. It specializes in South Asian and Cantonese-style cooking from barbecue, wok and noodle kitchens and seats 245 guests.
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