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The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Appearances
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Fortress Explorations
Skipper Canteen
Miss Adventure Falls
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Mystic Manor
Tropical Hideaway

Home
Porto Paradiso
Other names
S.E.A.
The Society for Explorers and Adventurers (retconned)

Notable Members
Henry Mystic
Harrison Hightower
Barnabas T. Bullion
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Albert Falls
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Jason Chandler
Jock Lindsey
Camellia Falco

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers also known as S.E.A. or SEA and erroneously as the Society for Explorers and Adventurers is a fictional organization that has become a central, unifying element in various Disney theme park attractions around the globe.


Contents
1 Description
2 History
2.1 Background
2.1.1 16th century
2.1.2 19th century
2.1.3 20th century
2.2 Development History
3 Members
3.1 Pets
3.2 Honorary Members
3.3 Affiliate groups
4 Bases
5 Appearances and allusions
5.1 AbracadaBar
5.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5.3 Club 33
5.4 Disney Explorers Lodge
5.5 Mediterranean Harbour
5.5.1 Fortress Explorations
5.5.2 Magellan's
5.5.3 Soaring: Fantastic Flight
5.6 Miss Adventure Falls
5.7 Mystic Point
5.7.1 Mystic Manor
5.8 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
5.9 Jungle Cruise
5.9.1 Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
5.9.2 Skipper Canteen
5.9.3 Tropical Hideaway
5.10 Oceaneer Lab
6 Connections
6.1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6.2 Adventurers Club
6.3 Expedition Everest
6.4 Haunted Mansion
6.5 Raiders of the Lost Ark
6.6 Jungle Cruise
6.6.1 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
6.7 Phantom Manor
6.8 Pirates of the Caribbean
6.9 Raging Spirits
6.10 Tower of Terror
6.11 Typhoon Lagoon
6.12 Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
7 Trivia
8 References
Tracker
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Description
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Four guiding concepts are represented on SEA's original Fortress Explorations crest as objects. The guiding concepts are a Galleon to represent Adventure , an Armillary Sphere for Romance, a Compass to depict Discovery and Innovation is represented as Artist Tools. These object are selected as the best ways to represent the original charter and mission statement, which simply read "We the Society of Explorers and Adventurers shall acquire knowledge through exploration".

A more detailed mission statement, seen at later S.E.A. facilities, reads:

“The mission of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers is to collect, conserve, and curate valuable cultural and artistic artifacts from around the world and make them available to the public in an artistically pleasing and sensitive manner. It is furthermore the mission of the organization to equip and mount socio-cultural expeditions to discover, explore, chronicle and protect the artistic achievements of human society, past and present, exalted and forgotten.”
History
Background
16th century

The original crest for the Society

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was established on August 12, 1538 at Porto Paradiso, Italy, home of the Fortress Explorations that serves as the club's headquarters. Established to carry on the great work of exploring and understanding the world during the Renaissance and Age of Exploration and years into the past, the society consists of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The society made many, "Unofficial members" in the form of notable historic figures with the spirit of honorary member Leonardo Da Vinci even coming to haunt Fortress Explorations.

19th century
In the first-half of the 19th century, the society was run by Italian president Vitale Robustelli during a time of great change for the society. The S.E.A. began to expand internationally with local chapters being established by members such as Lord Henry Mystic and club-secretary Jason Chandler. In 1851, Vitale brought in the first female member of SEA in the form of one Camellia Falco.

At some point following 1851, the presidency of the Society changed from Vitale Robustelli to Jason Chandler for unknown reasons. In the June of 1882, Lord Henry Mystic travelled to Morocco where he and his pet monkey Albert became fond of middle-eastern fashion, namely the fez. At some point following this, the fez became a staple of S.E.A. membership. This however wouldn't seem to truly catch on until some point following 1899.

The S.E.A. continued their archaeological efforts to share the vast sum of humanity's knowledge and culture with the world. However there were a notable sum of members within the society who were known for unsavoury tactics such as Barnabas T. Bullion, Harrison Hightower III, Merriweather Adam Pleasure and even the likes of Jason and Chandler who supported the aforementioned members while partaking in similar crimes themselves. Certain members of the society were even involved in a group known as the Pillagers Brigade which specialized in brutal and amoral tactics in obtaining artifacts.

20th century
By the 1920s, the virtues of the S.E.A. appeared to have changed to being much more moral as many colonial crimes such as grave robbing were punished. One notable occurrence in 1927 had grave-robber Garrett Reed's membership redacted by Lord Henry Mystic. In this era, S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure became discontent with the group's stuffiness and founded a splinter-faction known as the Adventurers Club. The Adventurers Club would hold close affiliations with the society and its members, most notably SEA member and aviator Jock Lindsey in the 1950s.

Development History
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was created c. 2001 for the attraction Fortress Explorations in the theme-park Tokyo DisneySea. Initially the society's membership consisted of historic figures from the Hellenic period up unto the 17th century. The acronym S.E.A. played into the motif of Tokyo DisneySea frequently using the three letters due to it having multiple meanings as the park was located along the sea, SEA is an acronym in real-life for South-East Asia where the park was located, and the park was called DisneySea.

In 2013 S.E.A.'s characterization was altered with the attraction Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland where it had many Disney Park connections retconned and introduced into its 19th century history. This new characterization was inspired by the Adventurers Club, a fictitious group from the defunct Pleasure Island of Walt Disney World. Both the Adventurers Club and reimagining of S.E.A. were inspired by the historic Explorers Club, an American organization of exploration and innovation founded in 1904. Fortress Explorations later retconned the historic members of the Society into having been, "Honorary members" while Disney Parks attractions across the world began making connections to the society.

Members
Official S.E.A. members
Image Character Description Attraction
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Barnabas T. Bullion Barnabas T. Bullion was the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company during the latter-half of the 19th century. He operated out of the town of Tumbleweed, Arizona and mined in Big Thunder Mountain despite its spirits being angered by his colonial presence. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Camellia Falco Camellia Falco was a 19th century woman aviator, inventor and proprietor of the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso. In 1851, Camellia would become the first woman indoctrinated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. She would die in 1875 and became a ghost who haunted her museum and hosted posthumous aviation tours aboard her Dream Flyers. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Captain Mary Oceaneer Captain Mary Oceaneer was a skilled treasure-hunter, early scuba-diver and treasure-hunter who joined the society by the late 19th century. C. 1955 she wound up being marooned in Placid Palms, Blustery Bay by a hurricane which had scattered her relics and treasures. Oceaneer Lab
Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls

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Charlton J. Taboret Charlton J. Taboret was a professional painter who made portraits of the different adventurers of society members.
Chef Tandaji Chef Tandaji was a member of S.E.A during the early 20th century and is most notable for having been a chef who documented different recipes from locations such as Africa. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Doctor Albert Falls Doctor Albert Falls was an explorer during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. He would discover locations such as Schweitzer Falls on the Nile River and ancient buddhist ruins in the Lost Delta of Cambodia. Falls would found the Jungle Navigation Company which would peak in success decades later under the eye of his granddaughter Alberta Falls. Jungle Cruise
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Doctor J.L. Baterista Dr. J.L. Baterista was an explorer and adventurer within the society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Doctor Kon Chunosuke During the 1930s, Dr. Kon Chunosuke was a prominent Japanese entomologist experienced in collecting insects from around the world.[1] Jungle Cruise
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Garrett Reed Prof. Garrett Reed was an evil grave-robber and black-market salesman who was a member of the S.E.A. only to be forced out in 1927 due to his crimes. He died in the 1930s due to the curse of the Emerald Trinity jewels which he attempted to steal to gain immortality. Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Jason Chandler Jason Chandler was a skilled inventor who served as the president of the society during the latter half of the 19th century. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Discovery Bay

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Jock Lindsey Jock Lindsey was the aviator and accomplice of archaeologist Indiana Jones during the 1930s. Lindsey would later settle down in Disney Springs, Florida where he ran a bar which contained many artifacts from his adventures with Jones. Circa 1948 he was initiated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Harrison Hightower III (1835-1899) Harrison Hightower III was a member of the wealthy Hightower family and owner of the Hotel Hightower in New York. Harrison was a colonial thief and grave robber who traversed the globe stealing artifacts for his collection. He died on the New Year's Eve of 1899 as a result of the trickster deity Shiriki Utundu which he had stolen the idol of. Tower of Terror
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Lord Henry Mystic Lord Henry Mystic was a member of the Society since the 1850s at the latest. He was a British noble who travelled the globe collecting artifacts for his personal collection which he would move to his mansion of Mystic Manor in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea. Mystic Point/Mystic Manor

A photographer seen in the Skipper Canteen presumed to be Luana

Luana Teixeira Based on what little references exist for her, Luana is a photographer within S.E.A. during the latter end of the 19th century. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Maestro D'Elfman Maestro D'Elfman was a maestro within the Society during the 19th century who had close affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic. He was seemingly absent from the society by 1899, the reasons for which is unknown.
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Merriweather Adam Pleasure Merriweather Adam Pleasure was an industrialist who in the early 20th century settled the colony of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He was was a party-loving man who was known as, "The Grand Funmeister" in tribute to a spirit which brought him to the island. He disappeared off the face of the earth in the 1940s on an expedition with his family. Pleasure Island/Adventurers Club
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Professor R. Blauerhimmel Prof. R. Blaurhimmel was an aviator in the late-19th and early half of the 20th century. He had affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic and the Jungle Navigation Company. Bengal Barbecue
Sango Shio Sango Shio was a senior-member of S.E.A. during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Vitale Robustelli Vitale Robustelli was the aged president of S.E.A. by the 1850s. He would initiate the first woman member of the society and also seemed to be president around the time of the society's overseas expansion.
Pets
Several S.E.A. members had pets which had some inclusion in the ranks of the society.

Pets
Image Character Description Attraction
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Albert Albert was a monkey which was adopted by Lord Henry Mystic in 1909 during an expedition to Papua New Guinea. He would serve as Lord Mystic's loyal pet and closest companion, even being given his own fez for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Mystic Manor
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Aletta Aletta was the pet falcon of Camellia Falco, being seemingly supernatural as it belonged to her father Cellino Falco and continued to live past Camellia's demise. It still served as Camellia's companion and pet posthumously, assisting in her Dream Flyer tours. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Duncan Duncan was a turquoise macaw which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her 20th century expeditions and subsequent marooning in Typhoon Lagoon. Duncan lived with Mary in the wreckage of the M.S. Salty IV outside the rapids of Miss Adventure Falls during this time, assisting her in salvaging her lost goods. Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls
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Reggie Reggie was the beloved pet boa constrictor of Jock Lindsey during the 1930s. Lindsey would name a steamboat and alcoholic beverage at his bar after the snake. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Salty Salty was a small green parrot which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her voyages in the 19th century and 1900s. Decades later, Mary would name some of her ships after the bird. Oceaneer Lab
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Scooter The beloved pet peacock of the Pleasure family which was taken in around 1931 and died prior to 1937. Adventurers Club

D-Street

Honorary Members
Honorary members
Image Name Description Attraction
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Due to colonial-myths regarding Colombo (or "Christopher Columbus")'s journeys to the Americas he was named as one of S.E.A.'s honorary members to represent their ideals of, "Discovery". Fortress Explorations

World of Motion

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Ferdinand Magellan Magellan's
Ibn Battuta Fortress Explorations
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Leif Erikson Leif Eriksson was a Nordic explorer from Iceland who is best known for having the first known European to have set foot in North America (having done so approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus did so and also having done so without committing mass genocide). He also established an early settlement in Vinland. Fortress Explorations
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a 15th/16th century Italian painter, inventor, architect, sculptor, scientist, anatomist, and engineer. He is probably best known for portraits like the Mona Lisa or the Last Supper and for his illustrations which were centuries ahead of the time in regards of studying the human body and creating mechanical devices, or for the controversy he held with the Catholic Church due to his studies of science challenging their religious beliefs and for Da Vinci's bisexuality. Leonardo died at the chateaux Clos Lucé on the 2 May of 1519 at the age of 67, it is believed that he died of a stroke. As tribute to the genius, the S.E.A. would declare Leonardo as being an honorary member of the society and his ghost would come to haunt the fortress. Fortress Explorations

World of Motion


The Timekeeper

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Marco Polo Fortress Explorations
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Prince Henry the Navigator Fortress Explorations
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Pytheas of Massalia Pytheas was a Hellenic geographer who made voyages throughout Northern Europe and made some of the earliest known writings of the continent. Fortress Explorations
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Sir Francis Drake Fortress Explorations
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Tycho Brahe Fortress Explorations
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Vasco de Gama Fortress Explorations
Affiliate groups
Affiliate groups
Image Group Description Appearances
Adventurers Club Logo.jpg
Adventurers Club The Adventurers Club was a splinter-faction of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers founded by Merriweather Adam Pleasure due to his dissatisfaction with the stuffiness of the society. It based itself out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista and was founded around the early 20th century. Adventurers Club
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Big Thunder Mining Company The Big Thunder Mining Company was founded in Thunder Mesa, Arizona in 1847 by the evil Henry Ravenswood. The company made its money by exploiting gold from Big Thunder Mountain and following Henry's death in the earthquake of 1860, Barnabas T. Bullion would become the company's new owner. Following 1880, the company would also utilize technology acquired from S.E.A.'s president Jason Chandler. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Jungle Navigation Company The Jungle Navigation Company was founded in 1911 by Dr. Albert Falls as a means of transporting cargo, messages and passengers throughout several jungles across the globe. The company would reach particular success in the 1930s through the leadership of Albert's granddaughter Alberta Falls who began the Jungle Cruise tourist service and also oriented the company's services towards Hollywood filmmakers and archaeologists visiting the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Cambodia. Jungle Cruise
Pillagers Brigade The Pillagers Brigade was a brotherhood of colonial thieves in the 19th century and ancestor of the Adventurers Club. It included the likes of Harrison Hightower III and quite possibly Merriweather Adam Pleasure as a portrait with him identified amongst their ranks was hung in the Adventurers Club. Aunty's Beach House/Aulani
Bases
Known meeting-places for the Society.
Image Name Description Appearances
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Falls Estate The Falls Estate was a victorian manor which was home to the Falls family. The estate held a secret meeting-chamber for the society run by Dr. Albert Falls. The room is accessed from a passageway hidden behind the Falls family library via a secret door activated via pulling a copy of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

In 1938 the estate was turned into the, "Skipper Canteen" restaurant with the secret meeting room being used as a not secret dining area.

Skipper Canteen

Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

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Fortress Explorations Built at Explorers' Landing in the Italian seaport of Porto Paradiso, Fortress Explorations is the original headquarters of the Society. Serving as a hub of activity in the midst of the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, S.E.A. was established on August 12, 1538 and quickly dedicated itself to exploring and understanding the world. Fortress Explorations
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Hotel Hightower Hotel Hightower is a hotel found at One Park Avenue, New York City, NY, 10016. It is 14 stories tall and was constructed in the 19th century for SEA member Harrison Hightower III. The hotel served as a place of assembly for the society, presumably on the 5th floor which was listed as the, "Explorers Club Meeting Hall". The last known meeting in the hotel was in 1899 as on the New Year's Eve of that year Harrison Hightower III was spirited away by the god Shiriki Utundu with the hotel being left cursed and haunted. Tower of Terror
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The Renaissance Fortress Explorations
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Tropical Hideaway The Tropical Hideaway was a restaurant located nearby a bazaar in the Polynesian isles. The Jungle Navigation Company ran a dockside nearby the hideaway which itself was located nearby the Enchanted Tiki Room. Notably, the Hideaway held a collection of paddles commemorating different S.E.A. river expedition.
The restaurant is known to have been active some point between the 1930s and 1950s but it is unknown if it was also active during the river expeditions or if they were simply moved there afterwards. If it was open for all of the river expeditions then it would have been active since 1831 when she went on the voyage or 1851 when she joined the society.

Tropical Hideaway

Jungle Cruise

Appearances and allusions
AbracadaBar
A SEA Membership Fez can be seen within the bar, suggesting the lost magician could have been a member.[2]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
In the queue for the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a letter addressed to Barnabas T. Bullion from Jason Chandler, identifying him as the president (and erroneously as the founder) of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

Club 33
During Club 33's Tiki Takeover event, a crate with the S.E.A. logo was placed outside of the exclusive club along with other Jungle paraphernalia. The menu for this event made reference to several Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones characters, including SEA members Dr. Albert Falls and Dr. Kon Chunosuke. One of the listed airlines in the menu was, "S.E.A. Global Charters Pacific Lines" being used by Sneh Falls to travel to India in 1937.[3]

Disney Explorers Lodge
The passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in this resort have stamps from the S.E.A. in addition to Adventureland, Mystic Manor, and the Squirt Gardens.[4]

Mediterranean Harbour
Fortress Explorations
Magellan's
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Miss Adventure Falls
The crest for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers adorns the entrance to this attraction.

Mystic Point
Mystic Manor
Several portraits portraying different members of the Society decorate the interior queue of this attraction. Included is a portrait of the 1899 meeting of the S.E.A. before Harrison Hightower III was killed by Shiriki Utundu.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
Sometime before the opening of the Bar, Jock Lindsay had been induction into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and uses the club as a gathering place for his fellow members and the society's 20th century crest adorns menus within the bar.[5]

Jungle Cruise
Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Skipper Canteen
In this restaurant is a dining area made from a meeting hall for the Society of Explorers of Adventurers which was located within the estate of the Falls family. Within the S.E.A. meeting room are a painting of Dr. Albert Falls's discovery of the sunken temple and maps of Mythological Creatures produced by S.E.A. members. One of the maps shows legendary beasts of the Mediterranean and amongst the illustrations are the sea-serpent from World of Motion (listed as "Kimballum Horriblus" in tribute to imagineer Ward Kimball) and the Nautilus engaged in combat with a giant squid. Another map has several illustrations of the Hyperion airship from The Island at the Top of the World.

The library for the Skipper Canteen also possesses books written by different members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Amongst these books are the likes of:

A Manor of Fact, Primates as Shipmates, and Treasures of the Manor by Lord Henry Mystic.
FUZNEWI PDMWH CHF JD U by Albert the Monkey.
Another New Year by Merriweather Adam Pleasure.
MINE!, Treasures of the Animal Kingdom, and Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti by Harrison Hightower III.
Parrots as Pets and Charting Course by Mary Oceaneer.
Traditional Native Holiday Décor by Professor R. Blauerhimmel.
Discovery of the South Seas by S. Shio.
Tropical Hideaway
A wall of paddles commemorating different society members can be found hung on the wall with plaques containing the SEA crest and the details of commemoration. The plaques read as:

C. Falco, Zambezi River, 1831
B.T. Bullion, Colorado River, 1870
J. Chandler, Elaho River, 1882
H. Mystic, Ganges River, 1874
S. Shio, Amazon River, 1910
H. Hightower, Yangtze River, 1872
Dr. J. L. Baterista, Congo River, 1906
Dr. A. Falls, Mbei River, 1903
Prof. R. Blauerhimmel, Ucayali River, 1904
M. Oceaneer, Orinoco River, 1899
M.A. Pleasure, Kissimmee River, 1900
Chef Tandaji, Irawaddy River, 1913
Oceaneer Lab
Connections
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Adventurers Club
Expedition Everest
Harrison Hightower III once attempted to track down the Yeti (presumably of the Forbidden Mountain) in a book titled Expedition Everest.

Haunted Mansion
One of the owners of the Haunted Mansion was George Hightower, a man who was murdered by his wife Constance Hatchaway. George's surname indicates that he was a relative of Harrison Hightower III. Many objects and elements from the mansion are also seen or paralleled in Mystic Manor and Mystic is mentioned in the book Tales from the Haunted Mansion by his rival Colonel Bartholomew Tusk.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jock Lindsey is a character originating from this film who was close with Indiana Jones. Jones was also a rival of Garrett Reed, having competed with him for the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol from the film. Characters and entities from the Indiana Jones franchise are also frequently affiliated with the Jungle Cruise.

Jungle Cruise
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
Trader Sam's alleged grandfather Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill was a close affiliate and advisor to Harrison Hightower III. A portrait of Trader Bill was hung in the Hotel Hightower and later sent to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar by the New York Preservation Society. Sam was also close with the Adventurers Club since its early days and has a photograph of Isabella Pleasure, the late-wife of Merriweather Adam Pleasure.[6] In the bar is also a bronze bust of Dr. Albert Falls and a letter from the crew of the Miss Tilly which identifies him as having been present in the hurricane that marooned Captain Oceaneer. [7][8]

Phantom Manor
The Big Thunder Mining Company was originally founded by Henry Ravenswood, the Phantom of Ravenswood Manor. Additionally one of Mélanie Ravenswood's suitors was Captain Rowan D. Falls, the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat who is theorized to be a relative or ancestor of the Falls family.

Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain Mary Oceaneer was a lover of pirates and the golden age of piracy. Amongst her excavated goods were the Dead Man's Chest and crates identifying her as performed excavations in Shipwreck Cove from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Additionally the honorary S.E.A. member Sir Francis Drake is a historic pirate of the Caribbean who is featured in Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off materials, having obtained a treasure sought after by Captain Jack Sparrow.

Raging Spirits
Tower of Terror
Typhoon Lagoon
Typhoon Lagoon's infamous hurricane not only terraformed its land but also stranded Mary Oceaneer within the park's setting of Placid Palms.

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
The SEA base of the Tropical Hideaway is adjacent to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room which is shown to be a patron of the Jungle Navigation Company.

Trivia
It is possible Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar implicates certain Adventurers Club members as becoming members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by the 1940s/1950s. This is because the Hangar Bar's description indicates that Jock used his Disney Springs property to host members of the S.E.A., however no officially known members of S.E.A. are referenced in the bar outside of Lindsey. There are however multiple references to the Adventurers Club having attended the bar meaning it is possible that some of their members joined S.E.A. by Jock's time.
References
disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/jungle-cruise-adds-new-characters-mischievous-wildlife-and-skipper-humor-to-classic-attraction/
touringplans.com/blog/2016/09/10/s6_abracadabar/
jungleskipper.com/news/even-more-s.e.a.references-inside-club-33
jungleskipper.com/news/new-s.e.a.reference-found-in-hkdl-s-explorers-lodge
attractionsmagazine.com/story-behind-sea-disneys-society-of-explorers-and-adventurers/

http://instagram.com/p/BeKke44FPhb

jefflangedvd.com/2011/09/trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-at-the-disneyland-hotel-tour-of-decorations-and-effects-photos-and-video/
www.disneytouristblog.com/trader-sams-backstory-details/
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2021-08-08
I thought up on some stories I'm planning in which the Society of Ekplorers and Adventurers be allies to Tarzan and co along with friends including those from The Lion King and Brother Bear. I see many being valuable allies to them.

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2021-08-08
Sounds my kind of club. I'd always been into ekplorers and adventurers since I was small. It would be nice to meet them.

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History
Opening date
May 1, 1989
Closing date
September 27, 2008 (public)
September 25, 2009 (private event)
Description
Park
Pleasure Island, Downtown Disney
Attraction type
Themed nightclub
Connection Status
Retconned into Society of Explorers and Adventurers
The Adventurers Club was an themed nightclub at the former Pleasure Island complex at Downtown Disney.
The flagship of Pleasure Island's nightclubs, the Adventurers Club was the offering at Pleasure Island most directly tied to the Merriweather Adam Pleasure storyline and the spiritual ancestor of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. After the club closed in 2008, it would be retconned into S.E.A.'s storyline as a successor organization established by Merriweather Pleasure after feeling the Society had become too stuffy.


Contents
1 Members
2 Summary
2.1 Rooms
2.1.1 The Zebra Mezzanine
2.1.2 The Main Salon
2.1.3 The Library
2.1.4 The Mask Room
2.1.5 The Treasure Room
2.2 Shows
3 Connections
3.1 Aulani
3.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
3.3 Explorers Club
3.4 The Jungle Cruise
3.5 Skipper Canteen
3.6 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
3.7 Tropical Hideaway
3.8 Other
Tracker
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Members
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Pamelia Perkins
Hathaway Browne
Samantha Sterling
Otis T. Wren
Emil Bleehall
Fletcher Hodges
Graves
Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench
Madame Zarkov
The Maid
Summary
Taking place during New Year's Eve, 1937, the Adventurers Club is a gathering place for a wild band of explorers and adventurers that are celebrating the new year through an Open House/New Membership Drive. The Club's permanent membership would roam through the different rooms for different shows throughout the evening, with a number of animatronic/puppet characters also found throughout.

Rooms
The Zebra Mezzanine
The top floor of the club. The club entrance leads into the mezzanine, which forms a circular balcony around the Main Salon. The walls feature many artifacts, and a framed parchment of the Club Creed. Primarily Graves' domain, the adventurers spend limited time here except for certain rituals (e.g. an exorcism or the Rhythm Ritual). This area featured a rarely used extra bar near the staircase into the Main Salon that was only used during particularly busy nights.

The Main Salon
The central room of the club. The Main Salon houses the nightclub's primary bar, and also has a small stage from which the adventurers often speak or lead shows such as the New Member Induction Ceremony. The centerpiece of the Main Salon is a larger-than-life statue that some say is titled "Zeus Goes Fishing", but alternatively referred to as "God with Rod". It is a replica of the famous Artemision Bronze. The walls of this room are filled with even more artifacts than on the Mezzanine, and many have placards giving their history and importance to the fictional former owner of the island, Merriweather Pleasure.

The Library
This room is the largest in the club, housing around 100 people, and hosts the larger (and mostly scripted) shows, many of which are musical in nature. This room also includes an additional bar, and is the home of Fingers Zambezi.

The Mask Room
A small room off the Main Salon that features several shows throughout the night, with a 40 person capacity. The walls are covered with masks from around the world, many of which move and laugh. Two large Bacchanalian-inspired masks at the front of the room, Arnie and Claude, also talk and move their eyes.

The Treasure Room
Another small room off the Main Salon, the Treasure Room contains additional artifacts gathered by the club, and also hosts several shows throughout the night which feature the genie-head-in-a-lantern special effect.

Shows
The Adventurers Club offered many shows throughout the night. The main shows were hosted in the library, which seated over 100 people, while smaller shows occurred in the Mask Room and Treasure Room, seating about 40 people each. The times were not always fixed, but there were plaques next to each room to show the schedule for that particular evening. The shows mostly follow a script and order of songs and jokes, but performers would sometimes make running jokes about guests' behavior, dress, or place of origin. Some guests would be invited to participate. Shows include:

Welcome Party (Library). Samantha Sterling and Fletcher Hodges throw a welcome party to get the open house off to a good start.
Radio Broadcast (Library). Otis and Pamelia lead a version of their weekly old-timey radio broadcast "Tales of the Adventurers Club", in which half of the cast is missing and must be replaced by audience members. The broadcast is a serial radio show, similar to "The Shadow" or "Little Orphan Annie".
The Balderdash Cup Competition (Library). The Adventurer of the Year wins the Balderdash Cup. The Balderdash Cup ceremony always ended with Emil Bleehall winning, as judged by crowd applause. However, on the club's final night, the crowd decided to applaud and cheer for Otis T. Wren, allowing him to win the cup for the fourth time.
The RadioThon (Library). The club uses its radio broadcasting ability to attempt to raise $2,000 and save the club from losing its lease, finding some trouble along the way. A kind of variety show. On the last night, the show failed to raise the $2,000 needed.
The New Member Induction Ceremony (Main Salon). Every night in the Adventurers Club is the night of their membership drive. The ceremony is performed 3 times throughout the night, hosted by different characters each time.
The Club Salute – This is where new adventurers learn the true meaning of the club's greeting, "Kungaloosh!", and the secret salute to accompany it.
The Club Creed – A recitation of the Official Creed.
The Club Song – The Colonel is awakened to teach the crowd the club's anthem, though he usually misunderstands which song is expected of him at first.
Samantha's Cabaret (Library) – Features Samantha Sterling performing musical numbers.
The Maid's Sing-Along (Library). The Maid leads the audience in song.
The Rhythm Ritual – A show centered in the Main Salon that leads into the Hoopla. The Ritual usually features all the adventurers looking down from the balconies of the mezzanine as they take turns performing humorous solos on percussive instruments. The ritual usually builds to a crescendo as they come downstairs into the Main Salon, all playing their instruments together. Then the Colonel responds to the sound by coming off duty and shouting out rhythmic but often nonsensical phrases for the patrons to repeat, finalizing in the announcement of the Hoopla.
The Hoopla – The Adventurers Club evening finale. At the end of the Rhythm Ritual, the Library doors open and the guests are seated. The Hoopla is hosted by Samantha Sterling, and always begins with a sing-along of "The Happy Wanderer". There are usually two or three other numbers performed by other adventurers, then the show is always concluded with Samantha leading everyone in "When the Saints Go Marching In", with each remaining adventurer creating a verse. The actors either invent a new verse on the spur of the moment or reuse one they've previously found to be effective.
Some shows were performed in the club's earlier years but later canceled. These include the beer tasting session (where guests would vote on the beer of the evening), "Fingers Plays Requests" (where guests would try to stump the organist's knowledge of tunes), Madam Zarkov's show, and more.

Connections
Aulani
A group panting originally found near the stage purported to include Merriweather Pleasure himself would be moved to Aunty's Beach House at Aulani in Hawaii after the closure. There, it would be retconned into a painting of a young Harrison Hightower III and his Pillager's Brigade, on an African expedition where he would first learn of the legend of Shiriki Utundu.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
The character of Zarkov would later be referenced in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, appearing in a letter from Jason Chandler to Barnabas T. Bullion, warning him of the mountain's supernatural properties. This letter would also identify Zarkov as working at the Museum of the Weird from the Haunted Mansion.

Explorers Club
A number of the masks in the Mask Room were moved to the Explorer's Club Restaurant at Mystic Point after the restaurant's closure. Within the context of the new story, the masks were originally owned by Lord Henry Mystic, who moved them from the house's collection to the restaurant hallway as he had begun to notice the unnerving movement of their eyes. Presumably, Mystic would end up gifting the masks to Merriweather Pleasure to be rid of them entirely.

The Jungle Cruise
Previously at the Magic Kingdom's Fastpass kiosks, trunks and crates are being shipped to Adventurers Club members Pamelia Perkins and Emil Bleehall by the Jungle Navigation Company.

Skipper Canteen
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers membership fez of Merriweather Adam Pleasure is on display. Additionally, a book called Another New Year can be seen in the library which was written by Merriweather. Props from the Adventurers Club can also be found throughout the restaurant.

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
There are letters to Trader Sam from several club members which can be found in this locale. A photograph of the Colonel is also found with a letter mentioning his familiarity with Sam and his favourite drink of Gin & Tonic. Sam was apparently left in possession of the Adventurers Club's ventriloquist dummy by Pamelia Perkins with said dummy being visible. While the bar is clearly influenced by the Adventurers Club, one of the drink-order events at Trader Sam's is a shipwreck in a bottle, which was borrowed from the Adventurers Club though changed to resemble The Wicked Wench from Pirates of the Caribbean. There are also several photos and messages from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt with notes from Sam saying he was an early member of the club.

Tropical Hideaway
An oar commemorating M.A. Pleasure's 1900 voyage on the Kissimmee River is on display along with those of other S.E.A. members.

Other
The bottled shipwreck was originally designed by Yale Gracey to be featured in a bar themed to the film Splash (1984) which would have been featured in Downtown Disney.
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Adventurers Club
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Adventurers Club

History
Opening date
May 1, 1989
Closing date
September 27, 2008 (public)
September 25, 2009 (private event)
Description
Park
Pleasure Island, Downtown Disney
Attraction type
Themed nightclub
Connection Status
Retconned into Society of Explorers and Adventurers
The Adventurers Club was an themed nightclub at the former Pleasure Island complex at Downtown Disney.
The flagship of Pleasure Island's nightclubs, the Adventurers Club was the offering at Pleasure Island most directly tied to the Merriweather Adam Pleasure storyline and the spiritual ancestor of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. After the club closed in 2008, it would be retconned into S.E.A.'s storyline as a successor organization established by Merriweather Pleasure after feeling the Society had become too stuffy.


Contents
1 Members
2 Summary
2.1 Rooms
2.1.1 The Zebra Mezzanine
2.1.2 The Main Salon
2.1.3 The Library
2.1.4 The Mask Room
2.1.5 The Treasure Room
2.2 Shows
3 Connections
3.1 Aulani
3.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
3.3 Explorers Club
3.4 The Jungle Cruise
3.5 Skipper Canteen
3.6 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
3.7 Tropical Hideaway
3.8 Other
Tracker
Honest Game Trailers | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Members
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Pamelia Perkins
Hathaway Browne
Samantha Sterling
Otis T. Wren
Emil Bleehall
Fletcher Hodges
Graves
Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench
Madame Zarkov
The Maid
Summary
Taking place during New Year's Eve, 1937, the Adventurers Club is a gathering place for a wild band of explorers and adventurers that are celebrating the new year through an Open House/New Membership Drive. The Club's permanent membership would roam through the different rooms for different shows throughout the evening, with a number of animatronic/puppet characters also found throughout.

Rooms
The Zebra Mezzanine
The top floor of the club. The club entrance leads into the mezzanine, which forms a circular balcony around the Main Salon. The walls feature many artifacts, and a framed parchment of the Club Creed. Primarily Graves' domain, the adventurers spend limited time here except for certain rituals (e.g. an exorcism or the Rhythm Ritual). This area featured a rarely used extra bar near the staircase into the Main Salon that was only used during particularly busy nights.

The Main Salon
The central room of the club. The Main Salon houses the nightclub's primary bar, and also has a small stage from which the adventurers often speak or lead shows such as the New Member Induction Ceremony. The centerpiece of the Main Salon is a larger-than-life statue that some say is titled "Zeus Goes Fishing", but alternatively referred to as "God with Rod". It is a replica of the famous Artemision Bronze. The walls of this room are filled with even more artifacts than on the Mezzanine, and many have placards giving their history and importance to the fictional former owner of the island, Merriweather Pleasure.

The Library
This room is the largest in the club, housing around 100 people, and hosts the larger (and mostly scripted) shows, many of which are musical in nature. This room also includes an additional bar, and is the home of Fingers Zambezi.

The Mask Room
A small room off the Main Salon that features several shows throughout the night, with a 40 person capacity. The walls are covered with masks from around the world, many of which move and laugh. Two large Bacchanalian-inspired masks at the front of the room, Arnie and Claude, also talk and move their eyes.

The Treasure Room
Another small room off the Main Salon, the Treasure Room contains additional artifacts gathered by the club, and also hosts several shows throughout the night which feature the genie-head-in-a-lantern special effect.

Shows
The Adventurers Club offered many shows throughout the night. The main shows were hosted in the library, which seated over 100 people, while smaller shows occurred in the Mask Room and Treasure Room, seating about 40 people each. The times were not always fixed, but there were plaques next to each room to show the schedule for that particular evening. The shows mostly follow a script and order of songs and jokes, but performers would sometimes make running jokes about guests' behavior, dress, or place of origin. Some guests would be invited to participate. Shows include:

Welcome Party (Library). Samantha Sterling and Fletcher Hodges throw a welcome party to get the open house off to a good start.
Radio Broadcast (Library). Otis and Pamelia lead a version of their weekly old-timey radio broadcast "Tales of the Adventurers Club", in which half of the cast is missing and must be replaced by audience members. The broadcast is a serial radio show, similar to "The Shadow" or "Little Orphan Annie".
The Balderdash Cup Competition (Library). The Adventurer of the Year wins the Balderdash Cup. The Balderdash Cup ceremony always ended with Emil Bleehall winning, as judged by crowd applause. However, on the club's final night, the crowd decided to applaud and cheer for Otis T. Wren, allowing him to win the cup for the fourth time.
The RadioThon (Library). The club uses its radio broadcasting ability to attempt to raise $2,000 and save the club from losing its lease, finding some trouble along the way. A kind of variety show. On the last night, the show failed to raise the $2,000 needed.
The New Member Induction Ceremony (Main Salon). Every night in the Adventurers Club is the night of their membership drive. The ceremony is performed 3 times throughout the night, hosted by different characters each time.
The Club Salute – This is where new adventurers learn the true meaning of the club's greeting, "Kungaloosh!", and the secret salute to accompany it.
The Club Creed – A recitation of the Official Creed.
The Club Song – The Colonel is awakened to teach the crowd the club's anthem, though he usually misunderstands which song is expected of him at first.
Samantha's Cabaret (Library) – Features Samantha Sterling performing musical numbers.
The Maid's Sing-Along (Library). The Maid leads the audience in song.
The Rhythm Ritual – A show centered in the Main Salon that leads into the Hoopla. The Ritual usually features all the adventurers looking down from the balconies of the mezzanine as they take turns performing humorous solos on percussive instruments. The ritual usually builds to a crescendo as they come downstairs into the Main Salon, all playing their instruments together. Then the Colonel responds to the sound by coming off duty and shouting out rhythmic but often nonsensical phrases for the patrons to repeat, finalizing in the announcement of the Hoopla.
The Hoopla – The Adventurers Club evening finale. At the end of the Rhythm Ritual, the Library doors open and the guests are seated. The Hoopla is hosted by Samantha Sterling, and always begins with a sing-along of "The Happy Wanderer". There are usually two or three other numbers performed by other adventurers, then the show is always concluded with Samantha leading everyone in "When the Saints Go Marching In", with each remaining adventurer creating a verse. The actors either invent a new verse on the spur of the moment or reuse one they've previously found to be effective.
Some shows were performed in the club's earlier years but later canceled. These include the beer tasting session (where guests would vote on the beer of the evening), "Fingers Plays Requests" (where guests would try to stump the organist's knowledge of tunes), Madam Zarkov's show, and more.

Connections
Aulani
A group panting originally found near the stage purported to include Merriweather Pleasure himself would be moved to Aunty's Beach House at Aulani in Hawaii after the closure. There, it would be retconned into a painting of a young Harrison Hightower III and his Pillager's Brigade, on an African expedition where he would first learn of the legend of Shiriki Utundu.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
The character of Zarkov would later be referenced in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, appearing in a letter from Jason Chandler to Barnabas T. Bullion, warning him of the mountain's supernatural properties. This letter would also identify Zarkov as working at the Museum of the Weird from the Haunted Mansion.

Explorers Club
A number of the masks in the Mask Room were moved to the Explorer's Club Restaurant at Mystic Point after the restaurant's closure. Within the context of the new story, the masks were originally owned by Lord Henry Mystic, who moved them from the house's collection to the restaurant hallway as he had begun to notice the unnerving movement of their eyes. Presumably, Mystic would end up gifting the masks to Merriweather Pleasure to be rid of them entirely.

The Jungle Cruise
Previously at the Magic Kingdom's Fastpass kiosks, trunks and crates are being shipped to Adventurers Club members Pamelia Perkins and Emil Bleehall by the Jungle Navigation Company.

Skipper Canteen
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers membership fez of Merriweather Adam Pleasure is on display. Additionally, a book called Another New Year can be seen in the library which was written by Merriweather. Props from the Adventurers Club can also be found throughout the restaurant.

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
There are letters to Trader Sam from several club members which can be found in this locale. A photograph of the Colonel is also found with a letter mentioning his familiarity with Sam and his favourite drink of Gin & Tonic. Sam was apparently left in possession of the Adventurers Club's ventriloquist dummy by Pamelia Perkins with said dummy being visible. While the bar is clearly influenced by the Adventurers Club, one of the drink-order events at Trader Sam's is a shipwreck in a bottle, which was borrowed from the Adventurers Club though changed to resemble The Wicked Wench from Pirates of the Caribbean. There are also several photos and messages from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt with notes from Sam saying he was an early member of the club.

Tropical Hideaway
An oar commemorating M.A. Pleasure's 1900 voyage on the Kissimmee River is on display along with those of other S.E.A. members.

Other
The bottled shipwreck was originally designed by Yale Gracey to be featured in a bar themed to the film Splash (1984) which would have been featured in Downtown Disney.
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Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye
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Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

History
Opening date
March 4, 1995
Description
Land
Adventureland
Park
Disneyland
Attraction type
Motion-simulated dark ride
Connection Status
Retconned, through references at other attractions
Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye is a dark ride attraction at Disneyland, located in Adventureland. It was the second Indiana Jones attraction to open at the Disney parks, the first dark ride based on the series, and the third collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and George Lucas.

Contents
1 Background
2 Attraction Experience
2.1 Queue/Pre-Show
2.2 The Attraction
3 Connections
3.1 Jungle Cruise
3.2 Skipper Canteen
3.3 Skipper Survival Guide
3.4 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
3.5 Trader Sam’s
4 Trivia
5 References
Background
In 1935, Indiana Jones discovered the location of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye - an ancient Bengalese temple to the deity Mara. They are said to give gifts to all who enter the temple, provided they never look into their eyes. When money ran short for the excavation, Indy’s friend, Sallah, began offering tours of the temple to raise funds. As guests went missing, Indy went into the temple to look for them, hoping to find the Jewel of Power in the process. A week passed, and he had not returned. Indy’s colleague and friend, Marcus Brody, asked Sallah to keep the tours running, in hopes that they’d find him.

Attraction Experience
Queue/Pre-Show
Guests enter the queue outside, weaving around the excavation site before entering the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Many of the props outside were used in the films, like the truck and the mine car. Depictions of Mara can be found on the temple walls, along with hieroglyphic letters spelling out different phrases. Cards were once given out to guests to decipher the phrases, but they are no longer available - though they can be easily found online. Interactive elements can be found throughout the temple, such as a rope to pull on or traps to trigger.

The line leads to a screening room, where a newsreel plays while guests wait to board. It talks about the discovery of the temple and all of the tourism it’s brought to the Lost River Delta area.

After the newsreel, Sallah welcomes guests into the temple. He gives the safety instructions - put all carry-on items into the pouch, buckle the safety belt, and keep hands, arms, feet, and legs inside of the car. He warned guests not to look into Mara’s eyes, before he sent them on their way. The queue continues, passing by Indy’s office, until reaching the loading station.

The Attraction
Once guests board the vehicles, it moves deeper into the temple, reaching the Chamber of Destiny. Mara decides which gift they will bestow, before entering the Hall of Promise. Their dialogue is different, depending on which gift they receive - eternal youth, earthly riches, and omnipotence. However, it’s no use, as the guests look into the idol’s eyes. Mara sends them into the Gates of Doom. The vehicle is sent speeding into another direction, as the halls crumble around them. Indiana Jones is standing at the gates of doom, trying to close them. He scolds the guests for looking into the idol’s eyes, before pointing them in the right direction.

The guests are sent speeding into the darkness, nearly falling into a pit of lava below. A giant statue of Mara sits on the other side of the chamber, making fire materialize around them. The vehicles enter the catacombs, with hundreds of skeletons around them. The vehicle’s headlights go out and they enter complete darkness. When the lights flicker back on, bugs are crawling over the temple walls. They pass onto a wooden bridge, overlooking the lava pit from earlier. The vehicle stalls, and Mara attempts to destroy the bridge, but they escape just in time.

Guests enter a chamber of snakes, while Indy complains, and are nearly struck by a giant cobra. A mudslide sends the vehicle downwards. They pass into a corridor of statues that shoot darts towards guests.

They come to a stop, when Indy dangles from a rope above. He is about to join the guests, until a large boulder rolls towards them. The vehicle drives backwards, before accelerating forward just in time, barely missing the impact. The guests swerve, before they meet with Indy one last time. The vehicle makes it safely back to the station, where they disembark.

Connections
Jungle Cruise
Skippers will point out the temple, when riding past it at the beginning of the attraction.

Skipper Canteen
After the events of the attraction, Indy wrote a book about the temple, titled The Eye of Mara. A copy of it can be found on a bookshelf just outside of the S.E.A. room.

Skipper Survival Guide
Indy utilized the Jungle Navigation Company’s services to help find the temple, as told through journal entries from the skippers. He finally found the temple on October 29, 1937, and skippers were eager to see how this helped their business.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
A map with Mara's likeness on it is in the Lost & Found of this Disney Springs bar belonging to Indiana Jones' affiliate and SEA member Jock Lindsey.[1] On the map of the bar is also an illustration of the Eye of Mara over India.[2]

Trader Sam’s
A map of the temple can be found at the Enchanted Tiki Bar. Attached to it is a note to Trader Sam from Sallah[3]. He thought that Sam would be interested in showing it to some of his guests, having 'borrowed' it from Indy.

Marcus Brody sent a postcard to Sam, asking if he had seen Indy since he had gone missing, likely while he was still in the temple[4].

A baggage claim tag from Sallah’s tours is pinned to a wall, heading from the Lost Delta Region to the Amazon Basin[5].

Trivia
The ride system was reused for DINOSAUR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
References
www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2015/09/23/jock-lindseys-hangar-bar-opens-in-disney-springs/
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Kungaloosh explorers! Did you know there was a story which links together over 20 Disney attractions from their theme parks throughout the world? This is the Society of Explorers and Adventurers and together we are going to cover some of the basics. You can find a lot more information on it around this site, including all the members and attractions.

We are going to cover this in 2 main sections, first the story of S.E.A. and then behind the scences which is even more exciting!

Last updated - 12th May 2020 We try and keep this article upto date with the latest S.E.A. developments.

The Story Behind S.E.A.
The Society of Explorers and Adventures, S.E.A, is an organisation first founded on August 12th, 1538. Consisting of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The Society of Explorers and Adventures is dedicated to the exploration of the world’s oceans and exotic lands.

The original founding members of S.E.A. opened Fortress Explorations, a walk-through attraction based in Tokyo DisneySea, to help ‘promote the sharing of nautical and scientific knowledge for world exploration’.


Source: Jungle Skipper, Copyright Disney
We don’t hear anything about S.E.A. for the next 300 years we first hear about Camellia Falco in 1850 taking over the directorship of the Museam of Fantastic Flight (Tokyo DisneySea) from here father Cellino. We can see a portrait of her being inducted to S.E.A. which is on display at the museam of Fantastic Flight as they celebrate 100th anniversary of the birth of Camellia Falco.


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Next we are introduced Lord Henry Mystic, a collector of antiquities and treasures from around the world, opens his house, Mystic Manor (Hong Kong Disneyland), for tours of his collection of antiquities. Aligning the walls are pictures and portraits documenting all his adventurers - this includes a very special 1899 group portrait of the society.


Source: Chris Turner Concept Art, copyright Disney
This portrait not only introduces Lord Henry Mystic as a member but also 7 additional members:

Harrison Hightower III
Professor R. Blauerhimmel
Lord Henry Mystic
Doctor J.L. Baterista
Barnabas T. Bullion - unconfirmed
Unknown
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Charlton J Taboret - unconfirmed
Due to the portrait in Mystic Manor we also found out another member of S.E.A. Harrison Hightower III who owns Hightower Hotel (Tokyo DisneySea). Harrison Hightower III inherited his fortune and used it to get what he wanted. He had a particular interest in artefacts from other cultures. If he couldn’t buy it he stole it. It is one particular exploration of the fearful Mtundu he stole their scared idol Shiriki Utundu, dismissing concerns that it was cursed.

On December 31st, 1899 Harrison threw a New Years party to show off his latest acquisition. When the clock stroked 12 Harrison was in the elevator with the idol on the way to his penthouse apartment. The idol came to life and Harrison was blasted into oblivion.

In 1911 the New York Preservation Society opened up the Hightower Hotel for tours.

This secret socity doesn’t just exist in one place there are many chapters spread across the world and occasionally they all meet up. This brings us to our next member, Dr Albert Falls famed discoverer of Schwietzer falls and owner of the infamous Jungle Cruise Navigation Company. He created the company to help his fellow explorers navigate remote areas.

The next chapter in our timeline is the Adventurers Club (Pleasure Island, Walt Disney World). Owned by Merriweather Pleasure contained an extensive collection of artefacts he collected from around the world. This includes the same masks from Lord’s Henry Mystics collection (stolen or given? We don’t know).


The masks on display at The Explorers Club Resturant
This is a complicated back story we’ve only covered the major attractions which link the S.E.A. story line together. What’s even more exciting is the behind the scences story!

Behind the scences
S.E.A. started off as a happy accident which was taken by the imagineers and offically extended. So lets start right at the begining with the oldest attraction, The Adverturers Club which has nothing to do with S.E.A. Opening in 1989 the Adventurers Club was a themed nightclub in Walt Disney World’s Pleasure Island. It was designed around a private members club for explorers, the club closed in 2008 and some of it’s props were transferred to another attraction which was being built at the time, Mystic Manor.

Even though we credit The Adventurers Club at the beginning, the first attraction which mentions S.E.A. is Fortress Explorations from Tokyo’s DisneySea.

Fortress Explorations
Fortress Explorations provides all the details which make up S.E.A. including its logo, shield and the aims of the organisation. The entrance to Fortress Explorations also mentions when the organisation was founded, 1538.

So how did we get the name ‘Society of Explorers and Adventurers’? I can only make a guess - it could be a play on words based on the park Fortress Explorations is apart of, DisneySea. DisneySea got its name for two reasons, first it’s designed around ports at sea and secondly, it’s near the sea.

Tower of Terror, Mystic Manor and the Explorers Club Restaurant
In comes Imagineer Joe Lanzisero, the Creative Lead for the Tokyo Disney Resort Portfolio. Shortly after the park opened Lanzisero began work on bringing Twilight Zone Tower of Terror to a new expansion, the American Waterfront port. Unfortunately, the Twilight Zone (the storyline to the other versions of this ride) wasn’t popular in Japan so a new backstory was needed.

Harrison Hightower in Canada Source: Jungle Skipper, March 2018, Taken in the queue for Tower of Terror Tokyo DisneySea

The show writer Michael Sprout came up with Harrison Hightower III (modelled on the Imagineer Joe Rhode). He was a ruthless explorer who had an ill-fated end when travelling in an elevator with a scared idol he stole.

Unfortunately, Tower of Terror and Harrison Hightower III had no connection to S.E.A. inside the attraction. At this time S.E.A. was based solely at Fortress Explorations and had very little to do with the American Waterfront expansion where Tower of Terror was to be located.

Mystic Point
This all changed with Lanzisero’s next project, The Mystic Point expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland. What was missing from Hong Kong Disneyland was a Haunted Mansion - one existed in all the other Disney parks. However, just as with the Japanese Tower of Terror, the Hong Kong market didn’t really understand the concept of haunted houses. Ghosts tend to be friendly and don’t jump out to scare you.


Mystic Manor, Hongkong Disneyland
A new ride with a unique and original backstory was created, Mystic Manor.


Part of the same expansion was The Explorers Club Restaurant which also features a S.E.A. backstory. The same masks which appeared in The Adventurers Club now also appear on the walls of The Explorers Club Restaurant. The decision to add these masks looks to be accidental, but by being there the S.E.A. fans drew the link between the 2 attractions.


Alunai Resort
The link was later confirmed by Joe Rhode with the creation of Disney’s Alunai Resort in Hawaii.


Letter from Adventurers Club member Pamelia Perkins mentioning Harrison Hightower
S.E.A. Universe Expansion
The 2016 Destination D event ‘Amazing Adventures’ it was announced that Imagineering was expanding the S.E.A. backstory. This announcement came shortly after the opening of the Skipper Canteen in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This restaurant provided a complete backstory to the Jungle Cruise and shows that Dr Albert Falls, the owner of Jungle Navigation Co, was a member of S.E.A and held secret meetings within the canteen.

Jungle Cruise, Skipper Canteen & Bengal BBQ
The Jungle Cruise had already been connected to The Adventures Club and now by extension to S.E.A. The trunks next to the old Fastpass machines included labels from Emil Bleehall and Pamela Perkins from The Adventurers Club.


Luggage tag spotted in the Jungle Cruise line. Source FigmentJedi on Twitter

Luggage tag spotted in the Jungle Cruise line. Source FigmentJedi on Twitter
In 2017 the Bengal BBQ (Disneyland) was reopened with confirmed more Jungle Cruise and S.E.A. connections.


You can see Albert the Monkey in this shot taken from the film the African Queen. Source: Bruno, Copyright Disney.
Big Thunder Mountain
Barnabas T. Bullion and Jason Chandler are both members of S.E.A. and got their links confirmed in a letter in Walt Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain queue line. The letter is from Jason Chandler asks him not to dig further into the mine.

Dear Barney,

Great Caesar’s Ghost, old chap, I haven’t heard from you since our little misadventure in El Dorado! I am indeed sorry to hear of the second disturbance within Big Thunder Mountain, but I did warn you that you were prospecting at your own peril when I sold you the drilling machine. I took the liberty of consulting Madame Zarkov at the Museum of the Weird, and it is her considered opinion that you should abandon the entire operation at once and find a less volatile site. I wish I had better news for you, old boy, but some forces simply are not to be trifled with.

On behalf of your compatriots of SEA, I do hope to see you around the club a bit more often!

Yours in Exploration and Adventure,

Jason Chandler

Founding Member The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Big Thunder is set in the late 1800’s at roughly the same time period as Lord Henry’s Mystic portrait, but this doesn’t feature Jason Chandler. The letter also mentions that Jason Chandler is a ‘founding member of S.E.A.’ which doesn’t follow the storyline laid out by Fortress Explorations, or Soarin: Fantastic Flight!

Miss Adventure Falls
The first S.E.A. based attraction to debut in the US and the first to debut after the 2016 Destination D event. Miss Adventure Falls is a water slide attraction based in Walt Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon. It includes a backstory of Mary Oceaneer (shown in the portrait in Mystic Manor) and her parrot who was diving for treasure when a typhoon hit and shipwrecked them on an island.


You may notice that there is Atlantan along the bottom of the diving bell. This could be a link between the film Atlantic: The Lost Empire and S.E.A. though we will have to wait and see if anything else pops up with this before we can be certain.

What’s next?
The sea-iverse is huge and it’s growing with different stories from different parks around the world. What started out as a small secret society has turned into a massive story arc between attractions and parks. We are looking forward to the Jungle Cruise films - there are rumors we could see some S.E.A. hints.

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Disney’s Secret Society: A look into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers

By Joshua Whitworth
Posted on March 27, 2020


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There are a ton of secret societies in the world. Many authors have made his entire career off writing fiction from the subject. Secret societies instantly yield a ton of conspiracy theories that entice the minds of everyone. Some may be true, but usually the conspiracy theories are totally outrageous (USA totally landed on the moon). The Disney family of theme parks has their own secret society too. It’s just as riddled with conspiracy theories and back stories to keep the most disbelieving of guests entertained for hours. Of course the secret society I’m talking about is the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, usually abbreviated to S.E.A.

Origin of S.E.A’
Adventures Club

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers isn’t the first exploration society in Disney history. The Adventurers Club was the first iteration of the S.E.A. that was found on Pleasure Island. The Adventurers Club opened on Pleasure Island in 1989. It held strong for a solid 20 years, officially closing in September of 2009. Before it’s closing, The Adventurers Club was announced to be going to Hong Kong Disney, where it was used as props for Mystic Manor.

The story behind the S.E.A. is that it was founded on August 12, 1538 by a group of intellectuals from various backgrounds with the goal of exploration of the world and to educate the masses with their findings. The four principles that are the backbone of the society are adventure, romance, discovery, and innovation.


Not long after the S.E.A. was created in the minds of Imagineers, they knew they had to tie in the Adventurers Club into the S.E.A. by suggesting that the Adventurers Club was Merriweather Adam Pleasure’s branch of S.E.A.

Tokyo DisneySea
The first official Society of Explorers and Adventurers attraction was the Fortress Exploration walkthrough attraction at Tokyo DisneySea. Inside the Fortress Exploration there are numerous references to S.E.A. as well as Magellan’s restaurant.

The S.E.A. was really constructed to be a worldwide organization when it was brought up as the theming for the Tokyo version of the Tower of Terror. Disney couldn’t use the same backstory for this iteration of the Tower, so they had to come up with a whole new one. Thus the Hotel Hightower was born.

The Hotel Hightower’s backstory is that Harrison Hightower III, a member of S.E.A., is an avid collector of fine objects and artifacts. He does not have the best of intentions with said pieces, and is known to obtain them in some less-than-pleasant manners. He would display his collection at his hotel. Things go sour for Mr. Hightower when he goes out of his way to obtain the Shiriki Utundu from a remote African village. This angers the god for whom the artifact was created. The Shiriki Utundu is displayed at Hotel Hightower and the angry god makes sure to make Harrison Hightower III disappear on New Year’s Eve in 1899. The hotel closed until the New York Preservation Society reopened it in 1912. Now Harrison Hightower III haunts the hotel and is constantly tortured by the Shiriki Utundu.


Hong Kong Disneyland
I previously alluded to it, but Mystic Manor is also an attraction that connects to the S.E.A. The ride is set at Lord Henry Mystic’s outpost in Mystic Point in 1909. The story behind Mystic Manor is in 1880 Lord Henry Mystic opened his home as an S.E.A. meeting place. Then in 1896 Lord Mystic opened some parts of his house as a public art museum. Then in 1909, Lord Henry Mystic’s pet monkey, Albert, opens a Balinese music box that brings inanimate objects to life. This makes for a ride that is beloved by millions of park goers.

Hong Kong Disney doesn’t stop there. Since the opening of Mystic Manor is 2013, some of the Adventureland attractions have started incorporating S.E.A. in their backstories. For instance, the Curse of the Emerald Trinity, the ride overlay for the Hong Kong Disneyland version of Jungle Cruise, is a story about Professor Garrett Reed’s attempt at getting the Emerald Trinity. Professor Reed was a former S.E.A. member that was kicked out by Lord Henry Mystic for using very questionable tactics in the way he would obtain his archaeological artifacts.

Walt Disney World
The crown jewel of the Disney park family has a grand total of 5 different attractions that are connected to the S.E.A.

Big Thunder Mountain

The first of the Disney World attractions to be linked to the S.E.A. is the classic Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The Thunder Mountain attraction tells the tale of the Big Thunder Mining Company. The Big Thunder Mining Company’s owner is Barnabas T. Bullion who is a member of the S.E.A. The queue for the ride has letters exchanged between Mr. Bullion and Jason Chandler who, with the consulting from his former colleague at the Museum of the Weird Madame Zarkov, both advise to end the mining at Big Thunder Mountain due to the supernatural activity at the location.

The next obvious S.E.A. connection is at the Skipper Canteen. The Skipper Canteen was used as a meeting place for the S.E.A. In fact, there is an S.E.A. meeting room that guests can eat in. The meeting room has walls with bookshelves that are filled with books written by S.E.A. members.



In 2017, Typhoon Lagoon debuted Miss Adventure Falls. This attraction is telling the tale of Captain Mary Oceaneer, a prominent member of the S.E.A., and her parrot. The two are on a treasure hunt when a massive storm comes and strands them on Typhoon Lagoon.

The United Kingdom Pavilion in Epcot has the Library of the Royal Adventurer’s Society in the Kids’ Station. This library showcases the book “Society of Explorers and Adventurers Handbook” as well as other books referencing the S.E.A. and artwork either by S.E.A. members or obtained by S.E.A. members.

The AbracadaBar at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn Resort has a few S.E.A. references. The story behind the bar is that it hosted magicians until 1940 when on a Friday the 13th every magician disappeared. One of the props left behind by a magician is a fez with the S.E.A. symbol on it.

Disneyland
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On the other coast of the United States, Disneyland has its fair share of S.E.A. references. Their own version of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has a portrait of Barnabas T. Bullion as well as some cargo that is set to ship to Jason Chandler.

The Tropical Hideaway is a 2018 restaurant extension to the Enchanted Tiki Room that is decorated with various items detailing S.E.A. members and their expeditions. This is also the location that is first to mention Camellia Falco, who is expected to show up in DisneySea’s upcoming version of Soarin’.

The popular restaurant Bengal Barbeque is noted to have first been an outpost of S.E.A. members in 1899. A portrait of the members of the club stands as wall decoration as proof. The restaurant also shows a photo of Professor R. Blauerhimmel in a biplane cockpit writing letters to known S.E.A. members Elizabeth Doer and Bessie Steele. The coolest connection in Bengal Barbeque has to be the picture of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer from the film “African Queen” aboard the Jungle Cruise ship Zambezi Miss alongside Lord Henry Mystic and his trusty sidekick Albert the Monkey.

Disneyland Paris
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In the French version of the Disney parks there is Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Outpost which has a piece of luggage with an S.E.A. sticker on the side.

Cafe Hyperion is known because Captain Brieux, of the airship The Hyperion, is a well known S.E.A. member. Other than the fact that he is a member of the S.E.A. there are no distinct ways to connect the restaurant to the S.E.A.

Disney Cruiseliners
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Aboard the cruise ships the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder there is Oceaneer’s Lab. This is an obvious reference to Mary Oceaneer, the S.E.A. member. The lab has portraits of Mary Oceaneer as well other members, such as Lord Henry Mystic. It also contains some newspaper clippings in reference to the disappearance of Harrison Hightower III. The last S.E.A. connection is that there is a captain’s hat that is said to be a gift from Dr. J.L. Baterista, also a member of the S.E.A.

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The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Appearances
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Fortress Explorations
Skipper Canteen
Miss Adventure Falls
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Mystic Manor
Tropical Hideaway

Home
Porto Paradiso
Other names
S.E.A.
The Society for Explorers and Adventurers (retconned)

Notable Members
Henry Mystic
Harrison Hightower
Barnabas T. Bullion
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Albert Falls
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Jason Chandler
Jock Lindsey
Camellia Falco

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers also known as S.E.A. or SEA and erroneously as the Society for Explorers and Adventurers is a fictional organization that has become a central, unifying element in various Disney theme park attractions around the globe.


Contents
1 Description
2 History
2.1 Background
2.1.1 16th century
2.1.2 19th century
2.1.3 20th century
2.2 Development History
3 Members
3.1 Pets
3.2 Honorary Members
3.3 Affiliate groups
4 Bases
5 Appearances and allusions
5.1 AbracadaBar
5.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5.3 Club 33
5.4 Disney Explorers Lodge
5.5 Mediterranean Harbour
5.5.1 Fortress Explorations
5.5.2 Magellan's
5.5.3 Soaring: Fantastic Flight
5.6 Miss Adventure Falls
5.7 Mystic Point
5.7.1 Mystic Manor
5.8 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
5.9 Jungle Cruise
5.9.1 Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
5.9.2 Skipper Canteen
5.9.3 Tropical Hideaway
5.10 Oceaneer Lab
6 Connections
6.1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6.2 Adventurers Club
6.3 Expedition Everest
6.4 Haunted Mansion
6.5 Raiders of the Lost Ark
6.6 Jungle Cruise
6.6.1 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
6.7 Phantom Manor
6.8 Pirates of the Caribbean
6.9 Raging Spirits
6.10 Tower of Terror
6.11 Typhoon Lagoon
6.12 Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
7 Trivia
8 References
Tracker
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Description
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Four guiding concepts are represented on SEA's original Fortress Explorations crest as objects. The guiding concepts are a Galleon to represent Adventure , an Armillary Sphere for Romance, a Compass to depict Discovery and Innovation is represented as Artist Tools. These object are selected as the best ways to represent the original charter and mission statement, which simply read "We the Society of Explorers and Adventurers shall acquire knowledge through exploration".

A more detailed mission statement, seen at later S.E.A. facilities, reads:

“The mission of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers is to collect, conserve, and curate valuable cultural and artistic artifacts from around the world and make them available to the public in an artistically pleasing and sensitive manner. It is furthermore the mission of the organization to equip and mount socio-cultural expeditions to discover, explore, chronicle and protect the artistic achievements of human society, past and present, exalted and forgotten.”
History
Background
16th century

The original crest for the Society

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was established on August 12, 1538 at Porto Paradiso, Italy, home of the Fortress Explorations that serves as the club's headquarters. Established to carry on the great work of exploring and understanding the world during the Renaissance and Age of Exploration and years into the past, the society consists of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The society made many, "Unofficial members" in the form of notable historic figures with the spirit of honorary member Leonardo Da Vinci even coming to haunt Fortress Explorations.

19th century
In the first-half of the 19th century, the society was run by Italian president Vitale Robustelli during a time of great change for the society. The S.E.A. began to expand internationally with local chapters being established by members such as Lord Henry Mystic and club-secretary Jason Chandler. In 1851, Vitale brought in the first female member of SEA in the form of one Camellia Falco.

At some point following 1851, the presidency of the Society changed from Vitale Robustelli to Jason Chandler for unknown reasons. In the June of 1882, Lord Henry Mystic travelled to Morocco where he and his pet monkey Albert became fond of middle-eastern fashion, namely the fez. At some point following this, the fez became a staple of S.E.A. membership. This however wouldn't seem to truly catch on until some point following 1899.

The S.E.A. continued their archaeological efforts to share the vast sum of humanity's knowledge and culture with the world. However there were a notable sum of members within the society who were known for unsavoury tactics such as Barnabas T. Bullion, Harrison Hightower III, Merriweather Adam Pleasure and even the likes of Jason and Chandler who supported the aforementioned members while partaking in similar crimes themselves. Certain members of the society were even involved in a group known as the Pillagers Brigade which specialized in brutal and amoral tactics in obtaining artifacts.

20th century
By the 1920s, the virtues of the S.E.A. appeared to have changed to being much more moral as many colonial crimes such as grave robbing were punished. One notable occurrence in 1927 had grave-robber Garrett Reed's membership redacted by Lord Henry Mystic. In this era, S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure became discontent with the group's stuffiness and founded a splinter-faction known as the Adventurers Club. The Adventurers Club would hold close affiliations with the society and its members, most notably SEA member and aviator Jock Lindsey in the 1950s.

Development History
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was created c. 2001 for the attraction Fortress Explorations in the theme-park Tokyo DisneySea. Initially the society's membership consisted of historic figures from the Hellenic period up unto the 17th century. The acronym S.E.A. played into the motif of Tokyo DisneySea frequently using the three letters due to it having multiple meanings as the park was located along the sea, SEA is an acronym in real-life for South-East Asia where the park was located, and the park was called DisneySea.

In 2013 S.E.A.'s characterization was altered with the attraction Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland where it had many Disney Park connections retconned and introduced into its 19th century history. This new characterization was inspired by the Adventurers Club, a fictitious group from the defunct Pleasure Island of Walt Disney World. Both the Adventurers Club and reimagining of S.E.A. were inspired by the historic Explorers Club, an American organization of exploration and innovation founded in 1904. Fortress Explorations later retconned the historic members of the Society into having been, "Honorary members" while Disney Parks attractions across the world began making connections to the society.

Members
Official S.E.A. members
Image Character Description Attraction
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Barnabas T. Bullion Barnabas T. Bullion was the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company during the latter-half of the 19th century. He operated out of the town of Tumbleweed, Arizona and mined in Big Thunder Mountain despite its spirits being angered by his colonial presence. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Camellia Falco Camellia Falco was a 19th century woman aviator, inventor and proprietor of the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso. In 1851, Camellia would become the first woman indoctrinated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. She would die in 1875 and became a ghost who haunted her museum and hosted posthumous aviation tours aboard her Dream Flyers. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Captain Mary Oceaneer Captain Mary Oceaneer was a skilled treasure-hunter, early scuba-diver and treasure-hunter who joined the society by the late 19th century. C. 1955 she wound up being marooned in Placid Palms, Blustery Bay by a hurricane which had scattered her relics and treasures. Oceaneer Lab
Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls

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Charlton J. Taboret Charlton J. Taboret was a professional painter who made portraits of the different adventurers of society members.
Chef Tandaji Chef Tandaji was a member of S.E.A during the early 20th century and is most notable for having been a chef who documented different recipes from locations such as Africa. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Doctor Albert Falls Doctor Albert Falls was an explorer during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. He would discover locations such as Schweitzer Falls on the Nile River and ancient buddhist ruins in the Lost Delta of Cambodia. Falls would found the Jungle Navigation Company which would peak in success decades later under the eye of his granddaughter Alberta Falls. Jungle Cruise
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Doctor J.L. Baterista Dr. J.L. Baterista was an explorer and adventurer within the society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Doctor Kon Chunosuke During the 1930s, Dr. Kon Chunosuke was a prominent Japanese entomologist experienced in collecting insects from around the world.[1] Jungle Cruise
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Garrett Reed Prof. Garrett Reed was an evil grave-robber and black-market salesman who was a member of the S.E.A. only to be forced out in 1927 due to his crimes. He died in the 1930s due to the curse of the Emerald Trinity jewels which he attempted to steal to gain immortality. Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Jason Chandler Jason Chandler was a skilled inventor who served as the president of the society during the latter half of the 19th century. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Discovery Bay

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Jock Lindsey Jock Lindsey was the aviator and accomplice of archaeologist Indiana Jones during the 1930s. Lindsey would later settle down in Disney Springs, Florida where he ran a bar which contained many artifacts from his adventures with Jones. Circa 1948 he was initiated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Harrison Hightower III (1835-1899) Harrison Hightower III was a member of the wealthy Hightower family and owner of the Hotel Hightower in New York. Harrison was a colonial thief and grave robber who traversed the globe stealing artifacts for his collection. He died on the New Year's Eve of 1899 as a result of the trickster deity Shiriki Utundu which he had stolen the idol of. Tower of Terror
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Lord Henry Mystic Lord Henry Mystic was a member of the Society since the 1850s at the latest. He was a British noble who travelled the globe collecting artifacts for his personal collection which he would move to his mansion of Mystic Manor in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea. Mystic Point/Mystic Manor

A photographer seen in the Skipper Canteen presumed to be Luana

Luana Teixeira Based on what little references exist for her, Luana is a photographer within S.E.A. during the latter end of the 19th century. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Maestro D'Elfman Maestro D'Elfman was a maestro within the Society during the 19th century who had close affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic. He was seemingly absent from the society by 1899, the reasons for which is unknown.
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Merriweather Adam Pleasure Merriweather Adam Pleasure was an industrialist who in the early 20th century settled the colony of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He was was a party-loving man who was known as, "The Grand Funmeister" in tribute to a spirit which brought him to the island. He disappeared off the face of the earth in the 1940s on an expedition with his family. Pleasure Island/Adventurers Club
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Professor R. Blauerhimmel Prof. R. Blaurhimmel was an aviator in the late-19th and early half of the 20th century. He had affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic and the Jungle Navigation Company. Bengal Barbecue
Sango Shio Sango Shio was a senior-member of S.E.A. during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Vitale Robustelli Vitale Robustelli was the aged president of S.E.A. by the 1850s. He would initiate the first woman member of the society and also seemed to be president around the time of the society's overseas expansion.
Pets
Several S.E.A. members had pets which had some inclusion in the ranks of the society.

Pets
Image Character Description Attraction
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Albert Albert was a monkey which was adopted by Lord Henry Mystic in 1909 during an expedition to Papua New Guinea. He would serve as Lord Mystic's loyal pet and closest companion, even being given his own fez for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Mystic Manor
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Aletta Aletta was the pet falcon of Camellia Falco, being seemingly supernatural as it belonged to her father Cellino Falco and continued to live past Camellia's demise. It still served as Camellia's companion and pet posthumously, assisting in her Dream Flyer tours. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Duncan Duncan was a turquoise macaw which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her 20th century expeditions and subsequent marooning in Typhoon Lagoon. Duncan lived with Mary in the wreckage of the M.S. Salty IV outside the rapids of Miss Adventure Falls during this time, assisting her in salvaging her lost goods. Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls
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Reggie Reggie was the beloved pet boa constrictor of Jock Lindsey during the 1930s. Lindsey would name a steamboat and alcoholic beverage at his bar after the snake. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Salty Salty was a small green parrot which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her voyages in the 19th century and 1900s. Decades later, Mary would name some of her ships after the bird. Oceaneer Lab
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Scooter The beloved pet peacock of the Pleasure family which was taken in around 1931 and died prior to 1937. Adventurers Club

D-Street

Honorary Members
Honorary members
Image Name Description Attraction
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Due to colonial-myths regarding Colombo (or "Christopher Columbus")'s journeys to the Americas he was named as one of S.E.A.'s honorary members to represent their ideals of, "Discovery". Fortress Explorations

World of Motion

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Ferdinand Magellan Magellan's
Ibn Battuta Fortress Explorations
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Leif Erikson Leif Eriksson was a Nordic explorer from Iceland who is best known for having the first known European to have set foot in North America (having done so approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus did so and also having done so without committing mass genocide). He also established an early settlement in Vinland. Fortress Explorations
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a 15th/16th century Italian painter, inventor, architect, sculptor, scientist, anatomist, and engineer. He is probably best known for portraits like the Mona Lisa or the Last Supper and for his illustrations which were centuries ahead of the time in regards of studying the human body and creating mechanical devices, or for the controversy he held with the Catholic Church due to his studies of science challenging their religious beliefs and for Da Vinci's bisexuality. Leonardo died at the chateaux Clos Lucé on the 2 May of 1519 at the age of 67, it is believed that he died of a stroke. As tribute to the genius, the S.E.A. would declare Leonardo as being an honorary member of the society and his ghost would come to haunt the fortress. Fortress Explorations

World of Motion


The Timekeeper

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Marco Polo Fortress Explorations
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Prince Henry the Navigator Fortress Explorations
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Pytheas of Massalia Pytheas was a Hellenic geographer who made voyages throughout Northern Europe and made some of the earliest known writings of the continent. Fortress Explorations
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Sir Francis Drake Fortress Explorations
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Tycho Brahe Fortress Explorations
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Vasco de Gama Fortress Explorations
Affiliate groups
Affiliate groups
Image Group Description Appearances
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Adventurers Club The Adventurers Club was a splinter-faction of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers founded by Merriweather Adam Pleasure due to his dissatisfaction with the stuffiness of the society. It based itself out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista and was founded around the early 20th century. Adventurers Club
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Big Thunder Mining Company The Big Thunder Mining Company was founded in Thunder Mesa, Arizona in 1847 by the evil Henry Ravenswood. The company made its money by exploiting gold from Big Thunder Mountain and following Henry's death in the earthquake of 1860, Barnabas T. Bullion would become the company's new owner. Following 1880, the company would also utilize technology acquired from S.E.A.'s president Jason Chandler. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Jungle Navigation Company The Jungle Navigation Company was founded in 1911 by Dr. Albert Falls as a means of transporting cargo, messages and passengers throughout several jungles across the globe. The company would reach particular success in the 1930s through the leadership of Albert's granddaughter Alberta Falls who began the Jungle Cruise tourist service and also oriented the company's services towards Hollywood filmmakers and archaeologists visiting the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Cambodia. Jungle Cruise
Pillagers Brigade The Pillagers Brigade was a brotherhood of colonial thieves in the 19th century and ancestor of the Adventurers Club. It included the likes of Harrison Hightower III and quite possibly Merriweather Adam Pleasure as a portrait with him identified amongst their ranks was hung in the Adventurers Club. Aunty's Beach House/Aulani
Bases
Known meeting-places for the Society.
Image Name Description Appearances
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Falls Estate The Falls Estate was a victorian manor which was home to the Falls family. The estate held a secret meeting-chamber for the society run by Dr. Albert Falls. The room is accessed from a passageway hidden behind the Falls family library via a secret door activated via pulling a copy of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

In 1938 the estate was turned into the, "Skipper Canteen" restaurant with the secret meeting room being used as a not secret dining area.

Skipper Canteen

Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

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Fortress Explorations Built at Explorers' Landing in the Italian seaport of Porto Paradiso, Fortress Explorations is the original headquarters of the Society. Serving as a hub of activity in the midst of the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, S.E.A. was established on August 12, 1538 and quickly dedicated itself to exploring and understanding the world. Fortress Explorations
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Hotel Hightower Hotel Hightower is a hotel found at One Park Avenue, New York City, NY, 10016. It is 14 stories tall and was constructed in the 19th century for SEA member Harrison Hightower III. The hotel served as a place of assembly for the society, presumably on the 5th floor which was listed as the, "Explorers Club Meeting Hall". The last known meeting in the hotel was in 1899 as on the New Year's Eve of that year Harrison Hightower III was spirited away by the god Shiriki Utundu with the hotel being left cursed and haunted. Tower of Terror
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The Renaissance Fortress Explorations
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Tropical Hideaway The Tropical Hideaway was a restaurant located nearby a bazaar in the Polynesian isles. The Jungle Navigation Company ran a dockside nearby the hideaway which itself was located nearby the Enchanted Tiki Room. Notably, the Hideaway held a collection of paddles commemorating different S.E.A. river expedition.
The restaurant is known to have been active some point between the 1930s and 1950s but it is unknown if it was also active during the river expeditions or if they were simply moved there afterwards. If it was open for all of the river expeditions then it would have been active since 1831 when she went on the voyage or 1851 when she joined the society.

Tropical Hideaway

Jungle Cruise

Appearances and allusions
AbracadaBar
A SEA Membership Fez can be seen within the bar, suggesting the lost magician could have been a member.[2]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
In the queue for the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a letter addressed to Barnabas T. Bullion from Jason Chandler, identifying him as the president (and erroneously as the founder) of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

Club 33
During Club 33's Tiki Takeover event, a crate with the S.E.A. logo was placed outside of the exclusive club along with other Jungle paraphernalia. The menu for this event made reference to several Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones characters, including SEA members Dr. Albert Falls and Dr. Kon Chunosuke. One of the listed airlines in the menu was, "S.E.A. Global Charters Pacific Lines" being used by Sneh Falls to travel to India in 1937.[3]

Disney Explorers Lodge
The passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in this resort have stamps from the S.E.A. in addition to Adventureland, Mystic Manor, and the Squirt Gardens.[4]

Mediterranean Harbour
Fortress Explorations
Magellan's
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Miss Adventure Falls
The crest for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers adorns the entrance to this attraction.

Mystic Point
Mystic Manor
Several portraits portraying different members of the Society decorate the interior queue of this attraction. Included is a portrait of the 1899 meeting of the S.E.A. before Harrison Hightower III was killed by Shiriki Utundu.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
Sometime before the opening of the Bar, Jock Lindsay had been induction into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and uses the club as a gathering place for his fellow members and the society's 20th century crest adorns menus within the bar.[5]

Jungle Cruise
Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Skipper Canteen
In this restaurant is a dining area made from a meeting hall for the Society of Explorers of Adventurers which was located within the estate of the Falls family. Within the S.E.A. meeting room are a painting of Dr. Albert Falls's discovery of the sunken temple and maps of Mythological Creatures produced by S.E.A. members. One of the maps shows legendary beasts of the Mediterranean and amongst the illustrations are the sea-serpent from World of Motion (listed as "Kimballum Horriblus" in tribute to imagineer Ward Kimball) and the Nautilus engaged in combat with a giant squid. Another map has several illustrations of the Hyperion airship from The Island at the Top of the World.

The library for the Skipper Canteen also possesses books written by different members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Amongst these books are the likes of:

A Manor of Fact, Primates as Shipmates, and Treasures of the Manor by Lord Henry Mystic.
FUZNEWI PDMWH CHF JD U by Albert the Monkey.
Another New Year by Merriweather Adam Pleasure.
MINE!, Treasures of the Animal Kingdom, and Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti by Harrison Hightower III.
Parrots as Pets and Charting Course by Mary Oceaneer.
Traditional Native Holiday Décor by Professor R. Blauerhimmel.
Discovery of the South Seas by S. Shio.
Tropical Hideaway
A wall of paddles commemorating different society members can be found hung on the wall with plaques containing the SEA crest and the details of commemoration. The plaques read as:

C. Falco, Zambezi River, 1831
B.T. Bullion, Colorado River, 1870
J. Chandler, Elaho River, 1882
H. Mystic, Ganges River, 1874
S. Shio, Amazon River, 1910
H. Hightower, Yangtze River, 1872
Dr. J. L. Baterista, Congo River, 1906
Dr. A. Falls, Mbei River, 1903
Prof. R. Blauerhimmel, Ucayali River, 1904
M. Oceaneer, Orinoco River, 1899
M.A. Pleasure, Kissimmee River, 1900
Chef Tandaji, Irawaddy River, 1913
Oceaneer Lab
Connections
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Adventurers Club
Expedition Everest
Harrison Hightower III once attempted to track down the Yeti (presumably of the Forbidden Mountain) in a book titled Expedition Everest.

Haunted Mansion
One of the owners of the Haunted Mansion was George Hightower, a man who was murdered by his wife Constance Hatchaway. George's surname indicates that he was a relative of Harrison Hightower III. Many objects and elements from the mansion are also seen or paralleled in Mystic Manor and Mystic is mentioned in the book Tales from the Haunted Mansion by his rival Colonel Bartholomew Tusk.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jock Lindsey is a character originating from this film who was close with Indiana Jones. Jones was also a rival of Garrett Reed, having competed with him for the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol from the film. Characters and entities from the Indiana Jones franchise are also frequently affiliated with the Jungle Cruise.

Jungle Cruise
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
Trader Sam's alleged grandfather Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill was a close affiliate and advisor to Harrison Hightower III. A portrait of Trader Bill was hung in the Hotel Hightower and later sent to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar by the New York Preservation Society. Sam was also close with the Adventurers Club since its early days and has a photograph of Isabella Pleasure, the late-wife of Merriweather Adam Pleasure.[6] In the bar is also a bronze bust of Dr. Albert Falls and a letter from the crew of the Miss Tilly which identifies him as having been present in the hurricane that marooned Captain Oceaneer. [7][8]

Phantom Manor
The Big Thunder Mining Company was originally founded by Henry Ravenswood, the Phantom of Ravenswood Manor. Additionally one of Mélanie Ravenswood's suitors was Captain Rowan D. Falls, the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat who is theorized to be a relative or ancestor of the Falls family.

Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain Mary Oceaneer was a lover of pirates and the golden age of piracy. Amongst her excavated goods were the Dead Man's Chest and crates identifying her as performed excavations in Shipwreck Cove from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Additionally the honorary S.E.A. member Sir Francis Drake is a historic pirate of the Caribbean who is featured in Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off materials, having obtained a treasure sought after by Captain Jack Sparrow.

Raging Spirits
Tower of Terror
Typhoon Lagoon
Typhoon Lagoon's infamous hurricane not only terraformed its land but also stranded Mary Oceaneer within the park's setting of Placid Palms.

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
The SEA base of the Tropical Hideaway is adjacent to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room which is shown to be a patron of the Jungle Navigation Company.

Trivia
It is possible Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar implicates certain Adventurers Club members as becoming members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by the 1940s/1950s. This is because the Hangar Bar's description indicates that Jock used his Disney Springs property to host members of the S.E.A., however no officially known members of S.E.A. are referenced in the bar outside of Lindsey. There are however multiple references to the Adventurers Club having attended the bar meaning it is possible that some of their members joined S.E.A. by Jock's time.
References
disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/jungle-cruise-adds-new-characters-mischievous-wildlife-and-skipper-humor-to-classic-attraction/
touringplans.com/blog/2016/09/10/s6_abracadabar/
jungleskipper.com/news/even-more-s.e.a.references-inside-club-33
jungleskipper.com/news/new-s.e.a.reference-found-in-hkdl-s-explorers-lodge
attractionsmagazine.com/story-behind-sea-disneys-society-of-explorers-and-adventurers/

http://instagram.com/p/BeKke44FPhb

jefflangedvd.com/2011/09/trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-at-the-disneyland-hotel-tour-of-decorations-and-effects-photos-and-video/
www.disneytouristblog.com/trader-sams-backstory-details/
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The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Appearances
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Fortress Explorations
Skipper Canteen
Miss Adventure Falls
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Mystic Manor
Tropical Hideaway

Home
Porto Paradiso
Other names
S.E.A.
The Society for Explorers and Adventurers (retconned)

Notable Members
Henry Mystic
Harrison Hightower
Barnabas T. Bullion
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Albert Falls
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Jason Chandler
Jock Lindsey
Camellia Falco

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers also known as S.E.A. or SEA and erroneously as the Society for Explorers and Adventurers is a fictional organization that has become a central, unifying element in various Disney theme park attractions around the globe.


Contents
1 Description
2 History
2.1 Background
2.1.1 16th century
2.1.2 19th century
2.1.3 20th century
2.2 Development History
3 Members
3.1 Pets
3.2 Honorary Members
3.3 Affiliate groups
4 Bases
5 Appearances and allusions
5.1 AbracadaBar
5.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5.3 Club 33
5.4 Disney Explorers Lodge
5.5 Mediterranean Harbour
5.5.1 Fortress Explorations
5.5.2 Magellan's
5.5.3 Soaring: Fantastic Flight
5.6 Miss Adventure Falls
5.7 Mystic Point
5.7.1 Mystic Manor
5.8 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
5.9 Jungle Cruise
5.9.1 Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
5.9.2 Skipper Canteen
5.9.3 Tropical Hideaway
5.10 Oceaneer Lab
6 Connections
6.1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6.2 Adventurers Club
6.3 Expedition Everest
6.4 Haunted Mansion
6.5 Raiders of the Lost Ark
6.6 Jungle Cruise
6.6.1 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
6.7 Phantom Manor
6.8 Pirates of the Caribbean
6.9 Raging Spirits
6.10 Tower of Terror
6.11 Typhoon Lagoon
6.12 Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
7 Trivia
8 References
Tracker
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Description
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Four guiding concepts are represented on SEA's original Fortress Explorations crest as objects. The guiding concepts are a Galleon to represent Adventure , an Armillary Sphere for Romance, a Compass to depict Discovery and Innovation is represented as Artist Tools. These object are selected as the best ways to represent the original charter and mission statement, which simply read "We the Society of Explorers and Adventurers shall acquire knowledge through exploration".

A more detailed mission statement, seen at later S.E.A. facilities, reads:

“The mission of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers is to collect, conserve, and curate valuable cultural and artistic artifacts from around the world and make them available to the public in an artistically pleasing and sensitive manner. It is furthermore the mission of the organization to equip and mount socio-cultural expeditions to discover, explore, chronicle and protect the artistic achievements of human society, past and present, exalted and forgotten.”
History
Background
16th century

The original crest for the Society

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was established on August 12, 1538 at Porto Paradiso, Italy, home of the Fortress Explorations that serves as the club's headquarters. Established to carry on the great work of exploring and understanding the world during the Renaissance and Age of Exploration and years into the past, the society consists of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The society made many, "Unofficial members" in the form of notable historic figures with the spirit of honorary member Leonardo Da Vinci even coming to haunt Fortress Explorations.

19th century
In the first-half of the 19th century, the society was run by Italian president Vitale Robustelli during a time of great change for the society. The S.E.A. began to expand internationally with local chapters being established by members such as Lord Henry Mystic and club-secretary Jason Chandler. In 1851, Vitale brought in the first female member of SEA in the form of one Camellia Falco.

At some point following 1851, the presidency of the Society changed from Vitale Robustelli to Jason Chandler for unknown reasons. In the June of 1882, Lord Henry Mystic travelled to Morocco where he and his pet monkey Albert became fond of middle-eastern fashion, namely the fez. At some point following this, the fez became a staple of S.E.A. membership. This however wouldn't seem to truly catch on until some point following 1899.

The S.E.A. continued their archaeological efforts to share the vast sum of humanity's knowledge and culture with the world. However there were a notable sum of members within the society who were known for unsavoury tactics such as Barnabas T. Bullion, Harrison Hightower III, Merriweather Adam Pleasure and even the likes of Jason and Chandler who supported the aforementioned members while partaking in similar crimes themselves. Certain members of the society were even involved in a group known as the Pillagers Brigade which specialized in brutal and amoral tactics in obtaining artifacts.

20th century
By the 1920s, the virtues of the S.E.A. appeared to have changed to being much more moral as many colonial crimes such as grave robbing were punished. One notable occurrence in 1927 had grave-robber Garrett Reed's membership redacted by Lord Henry Mystic. In this era, S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure became discontent with the group's stuffiness and founded a splinter-faction known as the Adventurers Club. The Adventurers Club would hold close affiliations with the society and its members, most notably SEA member and aviator Jock Lindsey in the 1950s.

Development History
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was created c. 2001 for the attraction Fortress Explorations in the theme-park Tokyo DisneySea. Initially the society's membership consisted of historic figures from the Hellenic period up unto the 17th century. The acronym S.E.A. played into the motif of Tokyo DisneySea frequently using the three letters due to it having multiple meanings as the park was located along the sea, SEA is an acronym in real-life for South-East Asia where the park was located, and the park was called DisneySea.

In 2013 S.E.A.'s characterization was altered with the attraction Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland where it had many Disney Park connections retconned and introduced into its 19th century history. This new characterization was inspired by the Adventurers Club, a fictitious group from the defunct Pleasure Island of Walt Disney World. Both the Adventurers Club and reimagining of S.E.A. were inspired by the historic Explorers Club, an American organization of exploration and innovation founded in 1904. Fortress Explorations later retconned the historic members of the Society into having been, "Honorary members" while Disney Parks attractions across the world began making connections to the society.

Members
Official S.E.A. members
Image Character Description Attraction
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Barnabas T. Bullion Barnabas T. Bullion was the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company during the latter-half of the 19th century. He operated out of the town of Tumbleweed, Arizona and mined in Big Thunder Mountain despite its spirits being angered by his colonial presence. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Camellia Falco Camellia Falco was a 19th century woman aviator, inventor and proprietor of the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso. In 1851, Camellia would become the first woman indoctrinated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. She would die in 1875 and became a ghost who haunted her museum and hosted posthumous aviation tours aboard her Dream Flyers. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Captain Mary Oceaneer Captain Mary Oceaneer was a skilled treasure-hunter, early scuba-diver and treasure-hunter who joined the society by the late 19th century. C. 1955 she wound up being marooned in Placid Palms, Blustery Bay by a hurricane which had scattered her relics and treasures. Oceaneer Lab
Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls

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Charlton J. Taboret Charlton J. Taboret was a professional painter who made portraits of the different adventurers of society members.
Chef Tandaji Chef Tandaji was a member of S.E.A during the early 20th century and is most notable for having been a chef who documented different recipes from locations such as Africa. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Doctor Albert Falls Doctor Albert Falls was an explorer during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. He would discover locations such as Schweitzer Falls on the Nile River and ancient buddhist ruins in the Lost Delta of Cambodia. Falls would found the Jungle Navigation Company which would peak in success decades later under the eye of his granddaughter Alberta Falls. Jungle Cruise
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Doctor J.L. Baterista Dr. J.L. Baterista was an explorer and adventurer within the society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Doctor Kon Chunosuke During the 1930s, Dr. Kon Chunosuke was a prominent Japanese entomologist experienced in collecting insects from around the world.[1] Jungle Cruise
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Garrett Reed Prof. Garrett Reed was an evil grave-robber and black-market salesman who was a member of the S.E.A. only to be forced out in 1927 due to his crimes. He died in the 1930s due to the curse of the Emerald Trinity jewels which he attempted to steal to gain immortality. Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Jason Chandler Jason Chandler was a skilled inventor who served as the president of the society during the latter half of the 19th century. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Discovery Bay

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Jock Lindsey Jock Lindsey was the aviator and accomplice of archaeologist Indiana Jones during the 1930s. Lindsey would later settle down in Disney Springs, Florida where he ran a bar which contained many artifacts from his adventures with Jones. Circa 1948 he was initiated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Harrison Hightower III (1835-1899) Harrison Hightower III was a member of the wealthy Hightower family and owner of the Hotel Hightower in New York. Harrison was a colonial thief and grave robber who traversed the globe stealing artifacts for his collection. He died on the New Year's Eve of 1899 as a result of the trickster deity Shiriki Utundu which he had stolen the idol of. Tower of Terror
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Lord Henry Mystic Lord Henry Mystic was a member of the Society since the 1850s at the latest. He was a British noble who travelled the globe collecting artifacts for his personal collection which he would move to his mansion of Mystic Manor in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea. Mystic Point/Mystic Manor

A photographer seen in the Skipper Canteen presumed to be Luana

Luana Teixeira Based on what little references exist for her, Luana is a photographer within S.E.A. during the latter end of the 19th century. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Maestro D'Elfman Maestro D'Elfman was a maestro within the Society during the 19th century who had close affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic. He was seemingly absent from the society by 1899, the reasons for which is unknown.
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Merriweather Adam Pleasure Merriweather Adam Pleasure was an industrialist who in the early 20th century settled the colony of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He was was a party-loving man who was known as, "The Grand Funmeister" in tribute to a spirit which brought him to the island. He disappeared off the face of the earth in the 1940s on an expedition with his family. Pleasure Island/Adventurers Club
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Professor R. Blauerhimmel Prof. R. Blaurhimmel was an aviator in the late-19th and early half of the 20th century. He had affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic and the Jungle Navigation Company. Bengal Barbecue
Sango Shio Sango Shio was a senior-member of S.E.A. during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Vitale Robustelli Vitale Robustelli was the aged president of S.E.A. by the 1850s. He would initiate the first woman member of the society and also seemed to be president around the time of the society's overseas expansion.
Pets
Several S.E.A. members had pets which had some inclusion in the ranks of the society.

Pets
Image Character Description Attraction
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Albert Albert was a monkey which was adopted by Lord Henry Mystic in 1909 during an expedition to Papua New Guinea. He would serve as Lord Mystic's loyal pet and closest companion, even being given his own fez for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Mystic Manor
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Aletta Aletta was the pet falcon of Camellia Falco, being seemingly supernatural as it belonged to her father Cellino Falco and continued to live past Camellia's demise. It still served as Camellia's companion and pet posthumously, assisting in her Dream Flyer tours. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Duncan Duncan was a turquoise macaw which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her 20th century expeditions and subsequent marooning in Typhoon Lagoon. Duncan lived with Mary in the wreckage of the M.S. Salty IV outside the rapids of Miss Adventure Falls during this time, assisting her in salvaging her lost goods. Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls
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Reggie Reggie was the beloved pet boa constrictor of Jock Lindsey during the 1930s. Lindsey would name a steamboat and alcoholic beverage at his bar after the snake. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Salty Salty was a small green parrot which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her voyages in the 19th century and 1900s. Decades later, Mary would name some of her ships after the bird. Oceaneer Lab
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Scooter The beloved pet peacock of the Pleasure family which was taken in around 1931 and died prior to 1937. Adventurers Club

D-Street

Honorary Members
Honorary members
Image Name Description Attraction
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Due to colonial-myths regarding Colombo (or "Christopher Columbus")'s journeys to the Americas he was named as one of S.E.A.'s honorary members to represent their ideals of, "Discovery". Fortress Explorations

World of Motion

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Ferdinand Magellan Magellan's
Ibn Battuta Fortress Explorations
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Leif Erikson Leif Eriksson was a Nordic explorer from Iceland who is best known for having the first known European to have set foot in North America (having done so approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus did so and also having done so without committing mass genocide). He also established an early settlement in Vinland. Fortress Explorations
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a 15th/16th century Italian painter, inventor, architect, sculptor, scientist, anatomist, and engineer. He is probably best known for portraits like the Mona Lisa or the Last Supper and for his illustrations which were centuries ahead of the time in regards of studying the human body and creating mechanical devices, or for the controversy he held with the Catholic Church due to his studies of science challenging their religious beliefs and for Da Vinci's bisexuality. Leonardo died at the chateaux Clos Lucé on the 2 May of 1519 at the age of 67, it is believed that he died of a stroke. As tribute to the genius, the S.E.A. would declare Leonardo as being an honorary member of the society and his ghost would come to haunt the fortress. Fortress Explorations

World of Motion


The Timekeeper

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Marco Polo Fortress Explorations
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Prince Henry the Navigator Fortress Explorations
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Pytheas of Massalia Pytheas was a Hellenic geographer who made voyages throughout Northern Europe and made some of the earliest known writings of the continent. Fortress Explorations
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Sir Francis Drake Fortress Explorations
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Tycho Brahe Fortress Explorations
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Vasco de Gama Fortress Explorations
Affiliate groups
Affiliate groups
Image Group Description Appearances
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Adventurers Club The Adventurers Club was a splinter-faction of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers founded by Merriweather Adam Pleasure due to his dissatisfaction with the stuffiness of the society. It based itself out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista and was founded around the early 20th century. Adventurers Club
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Big Thunder Mining Company The Big Thunder Mining Company was founded in Thunder Mesa, Arizona in 1847 by the evil Henry Ravenswood. The company made its money by exploiting gold from Big Thunder Mountain and following Henry's death in the earthquake of 1860, Barnabas T. Bullion would become the company's new owner. Following 1880, the company would also utilize technology acquired from S.E.A.'s president Jason Chandler. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Jungle Navigation Company The Jungle Navigation Company was founded in 1911 by Dr. Albert Falls as a means of transporting cargo, messages and passengers throughout several jungles across the globe. The company would reach particular success in the 1930s through the leadership of Albert's granddaughter Alberta Falls who began the Jungle Cruise tourist service and also oriented the company's services towards Hollywood filmmakers and archaeologists visiting the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Cambodia. Jungle Cruise
Pillagers Brigade The Pillagers Brigade was a brotherhood of colonial thieves in the 19th century and ancestor of the Adventurers Club. It included the likes of Harrison Hightower III and quite possibly Merriweather Adam Pleasure as a portrait with him identified amongst their ranks was hung in the Adventurers Club. Aunty's Beach House/Aulani
Bases
Known meeting-places for the Society.
Image Name Description Appearances
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Falls Estate The Falls Estate was a victorian manor which was home to the Falls family. The estate held a secret meeting-chamber for the society run by Dr. Albert Falls. The room is accessed from a passageway hidden behind the Falls family library via a secret door activated via pulling a copy of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

In 1938 the estate was turned into the, "Skipper Canteen" restaurant with the secret meeting room being used as a not secret dining area.

Skipper Canteen

Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

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Fortress Explorations Built at Explorers' Landing in the Italian seaport of Porto Paradiso, Fortress Explorations is the original headquarters of the Society. Serving as a hub of activity in the midst of the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, S.E.A. was established on August 12, 1538 and quickly dedicated itself to exploring and understanding the world. Fortress Explorations
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Hotel Hightower Hotel Hightower is a hotel found at One Park Avenue, New York City, NY, 10016. It is 14 stories tall and was constructed in the 19th century for SEA member Harrison Hightower III. The hotel served as a place of assembly for the society, presumably on the 5th floor which was listed as the, "Explorers Club Meeting Hall". The last known meeting in the hotel was in 1899 as on the New Year's Eve of that year Harrison Hightower III was spirited away by the god Shiriki Utundu with the hotel being left cursed and haunted. Tower of Terror
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The Renaissance Fortress Explorations
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Tropical Hideaway The Tropical Hideaway was a restaurant located nearby a bazaar in the Polynesian isles. The Jungle Navigation Company ran a dockside nearby the hideaway which itself was located nearby the Enchanted Tiki Room. Notably, the Hideaway held a collection of paddles commemorating different S.E.A. river expedition.
The restaurant is known to have been active some point between the 1930s and 1950s but it is unknown if it was also active during the river expeditions or if they were simply moved there afterwards. If it was open for all of the river expeditions then it would have been active since 1831 when she went on the voyage or 1851 when she joined the society.

Tropical Hideaway

Jungle Cruise

Appearances and allusions
AbracadaBar
A SEA Membership Fez can be seen within the bar, suggesting the lost magician could have been a member.[2]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
In the queue for the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a letter addressed to Barnabas T. Bullion from Jason Chandler, identifying him as the president (and erroneously as the founder) of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

Club 33
During Club 33's Tiki Takeover event, a crate with the S.E.A. logo was placed outside of the exclusive club along with other Jungle paraphernalia. The menu for this event made reference to several Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones characters, including SEA members Dr. Albert Falls and Dr. Kon Chunosuke. One of the listed airlines in the menu was, "S.E.A. Global Charters Pacific Lines" being used by Sneh Falls to travel to India in 1937.[3]

Disney Explorers Lodge
The passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in this resort have stamps from the S.E.A. in addition to Adventureland, Mystic Manor, and the Squirt Gardens.[4]

Mediterranean Harbour
Fortress Explorations
Magellan's
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Miss Adventure Falls
The crest for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers adorns the entrance to this attraction.

Mystic Point
Mystic Manor
Several portraits portraying different members of the Society decorate the interior queue of this attraction. Included is a portrait of the 1899 meeting of the S.E.A. before Harrison Hightower III was killed by Shiriki Utundu.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
Sometime before the opening of the Bar, Jock Lindsay had been induction into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and uses the club as a gathering place for his fellow members and the society's 20th century crest adorns menus within the bar.[5]

Jungle Cruise
Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Skipper Canteen
In this restaurant is a dining area made from a meeting hall for the Society of Explorers of Adventurers which was located within the estate of the Falls family. Within the S.E.A. meeting room are a painting of Dr. Albert Falls's discovery of the sunken temple and maps of Mythological Creatures produced by S.E.A. members. One of the maps shows legendary beasts of the Mediterranean and amongst the illustrations are the sea-serpent from World of Motion (listed as "Kimballum Horriblus" in tribute to imagineer Ward Kimball) and the Nautilus engaged in combat with a giant squid. Another map has several illustrations of the Hyperion airship from The Island at the Top of the World.

The library for the Skipper Canteen also possesses books written by different members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Amongst these books are the likes of:

A Manor of Fact, Primates as Shipmates, and Treasures of the Manor by Lord Henry Mystic.
FUZNEWI PDMWH CHF JD U by Albert the Monkey.
Another New Year by Merriweather Adam Pleasure.
MINE!, Treasures of the Animal Kingdom, and Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti by Harrison Hightower III.
Parrots as Pets and Charting Course by Mary Oceaneer.
Traditional Native Holiday Décor by Professor R. Blauerhimmel.
Discovery of the South Seas by S. Shio.
Tropical Hideaway
A wall of paddles commemorating different society members can be found hung on the wall with plaques containing the SEA crest and the details of commemoration. The plaques read as:

C. Falco, Zambezi River, 1831
B.T. Bullion, Colorado River, 1870
J. Chandler, Elaho River, 1882
H. Mystic, Ganges River, 1874
S. Shio, Amazon River, 1910
H. Hightower, Yangtze River, 1872
Dr. J. L. Baterista, Congo River, 1906
Dr. A. Falls, Mbei River, 1903
Prof. R. Blauerhimmel, Ucayali River, 1904
M. Oceaneer, Orinoco River, 1899
M.A. Pleasure, Kissimmee River, 1900
Chef Tandaji, Irawaddy River, 1913
Oceaneer Lab
Connections
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Adventurers Club
Expedition Everest
Harrison Hightower III once attempted to track down the Yeti (presumably of the Forbidden Mountain) in a book titled Expedition Everest.

Haunted Mansion
One of the owners of the Haunted Mansion was George Hightower, a man who was murdered by his wife Constance Hatchaway. George's surname indicates that he was a relative of Harrison Hightower III. Many objects and elements from the mansion are also seen or paralleled in Mystic Manor and Mystic is mentioned in the book Tales from the Haunted Mansion by his rival Colonel Bartholomew Tusk.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jock Lindsey is a character originating from this film who was close with Indiana Jones. Jones was also a rival of Garrett Reed, having competed with him for the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol from the film. Characters and entities from the Indiana Jones franchise are also frequently affiliated with the Jungle Cruise.

Jungle Cruise
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
Trader Sam's alleged grandfather Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill was a close affiliate and advisor to Harrison Hightower III. A portrait of Trader Bill was hung in the Hotel Hightower and later sent to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar by the New York Preservation Society. Sam was also close with the Adventurers Club since its early days and has a photograph of Isabella Pleasure, the late-wife of Merriweather Adam Pleasure.[6] In the bar is also a bronze bust of Dr. Albert Falls and a letter from the crew of the Miss Tilly which identifies him as having been present in the hurricane that marooned Captain Oceaneer. [7][8]

Phantom Manor
The Big Thunder Mining Company was originally founded by Henry Ravenswood, the Phantom of Ravenswood Manor. Additionally one of Mélanie Ravenswood's suitors was Captain Rowan D. Falls, the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat who is theorized to be a relative or ancestor of the Falls family.

Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain Mary Oceaneer was a lover of pirates and the golden age of piracy. Amongst her excavated goods were the Dead Man's Chest and crates identifying her as performed excavations in Shipwreck Cove from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Additionally the honorary S.E.A. member Sir Francis Drake is a historic pirate of the Caribbean who is featured in Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off materials, having obtained a treasure sought after by Captain Jack Sparrow.

Raging Spirits
Tower of Terror
Typhoon Lagoon
Typhoon Lagoon's infamous hurricane not only terraformed its land but also stranded Mary Oceaneer within the park's setting of Placid Palms.

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
The SEA base of the Tropical Hideaway is adjacent to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room which is shown to be a patron of the Jungle Navigation Company.

Trivia
It is possible Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar implicates certain Adventurers Club members as becoming members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by the 1940s/1950s. This is because the Hangar Bar's description indicates that Jock used his Disney Springs property to host members of the S.E.A., however no officially known members of S.E.A. are referenced in the bar outside of Lindsey. There are however multiple references to the Adventurers Club having attended the bar meaning it is possible that some of their members joined S.E.A. by Jock's time.
References
disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/jungle-cruise-adds-new-characters-mischievous-wildlife-and-skipper-humor-to-classic-attraction/
touringplans.com/blog/2016/09/10/s6_abracadabar/
jungleskipper.com/news/even-more-s.e.a.references-inside-club-33
jungleskipper.com/news/new-s.e.a.reference-found-in-hkdl-s-explorers-lodge
attractionsmagazine.com/story-behind-sea-disneys-society-of-explorers-and-adventurers/

jefflangedvd.com/2011/09/trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-at-the-disneyland-hotel-tour-of-decorations-and-effects-photos-and-video/
www.disneytouristblog.com/trader-sams-backstory-details/
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I thought up on some stories I'm planning in which the Society of Ekplorers and Adventurers be allies to Tarzan and co along with friends including those from The Lion King and Brother Bear. I see many being valuable allies to them.

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Sounds my kind of club. I'd always been into ekplorers and adventurers since I was small. It would be nice to meet them.

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Adventurers Club
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Adventurers Club

History
Opening date
May 1, 1989
Closing date
September 27, 2008 (public)
September 25, 2009 (private event)
Description
Park
Pleasure Island, Downtown Disney
Attraction type
Themed nightclub
Connection Status
Retconned into Society of Explorers and Adventurers
The Adventurers Club was an themed nightclub at the former Pleasure Island complex at Downtown Disney.
The flagship of Pleasure Island's nightclubs, the Adventurers Club was the offering at Pleasure Island most directly tied to the Merriweather Adam Pleasure storyline and the spiritual ancestor of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. After the club closed in 2008, it would be retconned into S.E.A.'s storyline as a successor organization established by Merriweather Pleasure after feeling the Society had become too stuffy.


Contents
1 Members
2 Summary
2.1 Rooms
2.1.1 The Zebra Mezzanine
2.1.2 The Main Salon
2.1.3 The Library
2.1.4 The Mask Room
2.1.5 The Treasure Room
2.2 Shows
3 Connections
3.1 Aulani
3.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
3.3 Explorers Club
3.4 The Jungle Cruise
3.5 Skipper Canteen
3.6 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
3.7 Tropical Hideaway
3.8 Other
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Members
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Pamelia Perkins
Hathaway Browne
Samantha Sterling
Otis T. Wren
Emil Bleehall
Fletcher Hodges
Graves
Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench
Madame Zarkov
The Maid
Summary
Taking place during New Year's Eve, 1937, the Adventurers Club is a gathering place for a wild band of explorers and adventurers that are celebrating the new year through an Open House/New Membership Drive. The Club's permanent membership would roam through the different rooms for different shows throughout the evening, with a number of animatronic/puppet characters also found throughout.

Rooms
The Zebra Mezzanine
The top floor of the club. The club entrance leads into the mezzanine, which forms a circular balcony around the Main Salon. The walls feature many artifacts, and a framed parchment of the Club Creed. Primarily Graves' domain, the adventurers spend limited time here except for certain rituals (e.g. an exorcism or the Rhythm Ritual). This area featured a rarely used extra bar near the staircase into the Main Salon that was only used during particularly busy nights.

The Main Salon
The central room of the club. The Main Salon houses the nightclub's primary bar, and also has a small stage from which the adventurers often speak or lead shows such as the New Member Induction Ceremony. The centerpiece of the Main Salon is a larger-than-life statue that some say is titled "Zeus Goes Fishing", but alternatively referred to as "God with Rod". It is a replica of the famous Artemision Bronze. The walls of this room are filled with even more artifacts than on the Mezzanine, and many have placards giving their history and importance to the fictional former owner of the island, Merriweather Pleasure.

The Library
This room is the largest in the club, housing around 100 people, and hosts the larger (and mostly scripted) shows, many of which are musical in nature. This room also includes an additional bar, and is the home of Fingers Zambezi.

The Mask Room
A small room off the Main Salon that features several shows throughout the night, with a 40 person capacity. The walls are covered with masks from around the world, many of which move and laugh. Two large Bacchanalian-inspired masks at the front of the room, Arnie and Claude, also talk and move their eyes.

The Treasure Room
Another small room off the Main Salon, the Treasure Room contains additional artifacts gathered by the club, and also hosts several shows throughout the night which feature the genie-head-in-a-lantern special effect.

Shows
The Adventurers Club offered many shows throughout the night. The main shows were hosted in the library, which seated over 100 people, while smaller shows occurred in the Mask Room and Treasure Room, seating about 40 people each. The times were not always fixed, but there were plaques next to each room to show the schedule for that particular evening. The shows mostly follow a script and order of songs and jokes, but performers would sometimes make running jokes about guests' behavior, dress, or place of origin. Some guests would be invited to participate. Shows include:

Welcome Party (Library). Samantha Sterling and Fletcher Hodges throw a welcome party to get the open house off to a good start.
Radio Broadcast (Library). Otis and Pamelia lead a version of their weekly old-timey radio broadcast "Tales of the Adventurers Club", in which half of the cast is missing and must be replaced by audience members. The broadcast is a serial radio show, similar to "The Shadow" or "Little Orphan Annie".
The Balderdash Cup Competition (Library). The Adventurer of the Year wins the Balderdash Cup. The Balderdash Cup ceremony always ended with Emil Bleehall winning, as judged by crowd applause. However, on the club's final night, the crowd decided to applaud and cheer for Otis T. Wren, allowing him to win the cup for the fourth time.
The RadioThon (Library). The club uses its radio broadcasting ability to attempt to raise $2,000 and save the club from losing its lease, finding some trouble along the way. A kind of variety show. On the last night, the show failed to raise the $2,000 needed.
The New Member Induction Ceremony (Main Salon). Every night in the Adventurers Club is the night of their membership drive. The ceremony is performed 3 times throughout the night, hosted by different characters each time.
The Club Salute – This is where new adventurers learn the true meaning of the club's greeting, "Kungaloosh!", and the secret salute to accompany it.
The Club Creed – A recitation of the Official Creed.
The Club Song – The Colonel is awakened to teach the crowd the club's anthem, though he usually misunderstands which song is expected of him at first.
Samantha's Cabaret (Library) – Features Samantha Sterling performing musical numbers.
The Maid's Sing-Along (Library). The Maid leads the audience in song.
The Rhythm Ritual – A show centered in the Main Salon that leads into the Hoopla. The Ritual usually features all the adventurers looking down from the balconies of the mezzanine as they take turns performing humorous solos on percussive instruments. The ritual usually builds to a crescendo as they come downstairs into the Main Salon, all playing their instruments together. Then the Colonel responds to the sound by coming off duty and shouting out rhythmic but often nonsensical phrases for the patrons to repeat, finalizing in the announcement of the Hoopla.
The Hoopla – The Adventurers Club evening finale. At the end of the Rhythm Ritual, the Library doors open and the guests are seated. The Hoopla is hosted by Samantha Sterling, and always begins with a sing-along of "The Happy Wanderer". There are usually two or three other numbers performed by other adventurers, then the show is always concluded with Samantha leading everyone in "When the Saints Go Marching In", with each remaining adventurer creating a verse. The actors either invent a new verse on the spur of the moment or reuse one they've previously found to be effective.
Some shows were performed in the club's earlier years but later canceled. These include the beer tasting session (where guests would vote on the beer of the evening), "Fingers Plays Requests" (where guests would try to stump the organist's knowledge of tunes), Madam Zarkov's show, and more.

Connections
Aulani
A group panting originally found near the stage purported to include Merriweather Pleasure himself would be moved to Aunty's Beach House at Aulani in Hawaii after the closure. There, it would be retconned into a painting of a young Harrison Hightower III and his Pillager's Brigade, on an African expedition where he would first learn of the legend of Shiriki Utundu.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
The character of Zarkov would later be referenced in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, appearing in a letter from Jason Chandler to Barnabas T. Bullion, warning him of the mountain's supernatural properties. This letter would also identify Zarkov as working at the Museum of the Weird from the Haunted Mansion.

Explorers Club
A number of the masks in the Mask Room were moved to the Explorer's Club Restaurant at Mystic Point after the restaurant's closure. Within the context of the new story, the masks were originally owned by Lord Henry Mystic, who moved them from the house's collection to the restaurant hallway as he had begun to notice the unnerving movement of their eyes. Presumably, Mystic would end up gifting the masks to Merriweather Pleasure to be rid of them entirely.

The Jungle Cruise
Previously at the Magic Kingdom's Fastpass kiosks, trunks and crates are being shipped to Adventurers Club members Pamelia Perkins and Emil Bleehall by the Jungle Navigation Company.

Skipper Canteen
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers membership fez of Merriweather Adam Pleasure is on display. Additionally, a book called Another New Year can be seen in the library which was written by Merriweather. Props from the Adventurers Club can also be found throughout the restaurant.

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
There are letters to Trader Sam from several club members which can be found in this locale. A photograph of the Colonel is also found with a letter mentioning his familiarity with Sam and his favourite drink of Gin & Tonic. Sam was apparently left in possession of the Adventurers Club's ventriloquist dummy by Pamelia Perkins with said dummy being visible. While the bar is clearly influenced by the Adventurers Club, one of the drink-order events at Trader Sam's is a shipwreck in a bottle, which was borrowed from the Adventurers Club though changed to resemble The Wicked Wench from Pirates of the Caribbean. There are also several photos and messages from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt with notes from Sam saying he was an early member of the club.

Tropical Hideaway
An oar commemorating M.A. Pleasure's 1900 voyage on the Kissimmee River is on display along with those of other S.E.A. members.

Other
The bottled shipwreck was originally designed by Yale Gracey to be featured in a bar themed to the film Splash (1984) which would have been featured in Downtown Disney.
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History
Opening date
May 1, 1989
Closing date
September 27, 2008 (public)
September 25, 2009 (private event)
Description
Park
Pleasure Island, Downtown Disney
Attraction type
Themed nightclub
Connection Status
Retconned into Society of Explorers and Adventurers
The Adventurers Club was an themed nightclub at the former Pleasure Island complex at Downtown Disney.
The flagship of Pleasure Island's nightclubs, the Adventurers Club was the offering at Pleasure Island most directly tied to the Merriweather Adam Pleasure storyline and the spiritual ancestor of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. After the club closed in 2008, it would be retconned into S.E.A.'s storyline as a successor organization established by Merriweather Pleasure after feeling the Society had become too stuffy.


Contents
1 Members
2 Summary
2.1 Rooms
2.1.1 The Zebra Mezzanine
2.1.2 The Main Salon
2.1.3 The Library
2.1.4 The Mask Room
2.1.5 The Treasure Room
2.2 Shows
3 Connections
3.1 Aulani
3.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
3.3 Explorers Club
3.4 The Jungle Cruise
3.5 Skipper Canteen
3.6 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
3.7 Tropical Hideaway
3.8 Other
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Members
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Pamelia Perkins
Hathaway Browne
Samantha Sterling
Otis T. Wren
Emil Bleehall
Fletcher Hodges
Graves
Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench
Madame Zarkov
The Maid
Summary
Taking place during New Year's Eve, 1937, the Adventurers Club is a gathering place for a wild band of explorers and adventurers that are celebrating the new year through an Open House/New Membership Drive. The Club's permanent membership would roam through the different rooms for different shows throughout the evening, with a number of animatronic/puppet characters also found throughout.

Rooms
The Zebra Mezzanine
The top floor of the club. The club entrance leads into the mezzanine, which forms a circular balcony around the Main Salon. The walls feature many artifacts, and a framed parchment of the Club Creed. Primarily Graves' domain, the adventurers spend limited time here except for certain rituals (e.g. an exorcism or the Rhythm Ritual). This area featured a rarely used extra bar near the staircase into the Main Salon that was only used during particularly busy nights.

The Main Salon
The central room of the club. The Main Salon houses the nightclub's primary bar, and also has a small stage from which the adventurers often speak or lead shows such as the New Member Induction Ceremony. The centerpiece of the Main Salon is a larger-than-life statue that some say is titled "Zeus Goes Fishing", but alternatively referred to as "God with Rod". It is a replica of the famous Artemision Bronze. The walls of this room are filled with even more artifacts than on the Mezzanine, and many have placards giving their history and importance to the fictional former owner of the island, Merriweather Pleasure.

The Library
This room is the largest in the club, housing around 100 people, and hosts the larger (and mostly scripted) shows, many of which are musical in nature. This room also includes an additional bar, and is the home of Fingers Zambezi.

The Mask Room
A small room off the Main Salon that features several shows throughout the night, with a 40 person capacity. The walls are covered with masks from around the world, many of which move and laugh. Two large Bacchanalian-inspired masks at the front of the room, Arnie and Claude, also talk and move their eyes.

The Treasure Room
Another small room off the Main Salon, the Treasure Room contains additional artifacts gathered by the club, and also hosts several shows throughout the night which feature the genie-head-in-a-lantern special effect.

Shows
The Adventurers Club offered many shows throughout the night. The main shows were hosted in the library, which seated over 100 people, while smaller shows occurred in the Mask Room and Treasure Room, seating about 40 people each. The times were not always fixed, but there were plaques next to each room to show the schedule for that particular evening. The shows mostly follow a script and order of songs and jokes, but performers would sometimes make running jokes about guests' behavior, dress, or place of origin. Some guests would be invited to participate. Shows include:

Welcome Party (Library). Samantha Sterling and Fletcher Hodges throw a welcome party to get the open house off to a good start.
Radio Broadcast (Library). Otis and Pamelia lead a version of their weekly old-timey radio broadcast "Tales of the Adventurers Club", in which half of the cast is missing and must be replaced by audience members. The broadcast is a serial radio show, similar to "The Shadow" or "Little Orphan Annie".
The Balderdash Cup Competition (Library). The Adventurer of the Year wins the Balderdash Cup. The Balderdash Cup ceremony always ended with Emil Bleehall winning, as judged by crowd applause. However, on the club's final night, the crowd decided to applaud and cheer for Otis T. Wren, allowing him to win the cup for the fourth time.
The RadioThon (Library). The club uses its radio broadcasting ability to attempt to raise $2,000 and save the club from losing its lease, finding some trouble along the way. A kind of variety show. On the last night, the show failed to raise the $2,000 needed.
The New Member Induction Ceremony (Main Salon). Every night in the Adventurers Club is the night of their membership drive. The ceremony is performed 3 times throughout the night, hosted by different characters each time.
The Club Salute – This is where new adventurers learn the true meaning of the club's greeting, "Kungaloosh!", and the secret salute to accompany it.
The Club Creed – A recitation of the Official Creed.
The Club Song – The Colonel is awakened to teach the crowd the club's anthem, though he usually misunderstands which song is expected of him at first.
Samantha's Cabaret (Library) – Features Samantha Sterling performing musical numbers.
The Maid's Sing-Along (Library). The Maid leads the audience in song.
The Rhythm Ritual – A show centered in the Main Salon that leads into the Hoopla. The Ritual usually features all the adventurers looking down from the balconies of the mezzanine as they take turns performing humorous solos on percussive instruments. The ritual usually builds to a crescendo as they come downstairs into the Main Salon, all playing their instruments together. Then the Colonel responds to the sound by coming off duty and shouting out rhythmic but often nonsensical phrases for the patrons to repeat, finalizing in the announcement of the Hoopla.
The Hoopla – The Adventurers Club evening finale. At the end of the Rhythm Ritual, the Library doors open and the guests are seated. The Hoopla is hosted by Samantha Sterling, and always begins with a sing-along of "The Happy Wanderer". There are usually two or three other numbers performed by other adventurers, then the show is always concluded with Samantha leading everyone in "When the Saints Go Marching In", with each remaining adventurer creating a verse. The actors either invent a new verse on the spur of the moment or reuse one they've previously found to be effective.
Some shows were performed in the club's earlier years but later canceled. These include the beer tasting session (where guests would vote on the beer of the evening), "Fingers Plays Requests" (where guests would try to stump the organist's knowledge of tunes), Madam Zarkov's show, and more.

Connections
Aulani
A group panting originally found near the stage purported to include Merriweather Pleasure himself would be moved to Aunty's Beach House at Aulani in Hawaii after the closure. There, it would be retconned into a painting of a young Harrison Hightower III and his Pillager's Brigade, on an African expedition where he would first learn of the legend of Shiriki Utundu.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
The character of Zarkov would later be referenced in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, appearing in a letter from Jason Chandler to Barnabas T. Bullion, warning him of the mountain's supernatural properties. This letter would also identify Zarkov as working at the Museum of the Weird from the Haunted Mansion.

Explorers Club
A number of the masks in the Mask Room were moved to the Explorer's Club Restaurant at Mystic Point after the restaurant's closure. Within the context of the new story, the masks were originally owned by Lord Henry Mystic, who moved them from the house's collection to the restaurant hallway as he had begun to notice the unnerving movement of their eyes. Presumably, Mystic would end up gifting the masks to Merriweather Pleasure to be rid of them entirely.

The Jungle Cruise
Previously at the Magic Kingdom's Fastpass kiosks, trunks and crates are being shipped to Adventurers Club members Pamelia Perkins and Emil Bleehall by the Jungle Navigation Company.

Skipper Canteen
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers membership fez of Merriweather Adam Pleasure is on display. Additionally, a book called Another New Year can be seen in the library which was written by Merriweather. Props from the Adventurers Club can also be found throughout the restaurant.

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
There are letters to Trader Sam from several club members which can be found in this locale. A photograph of the Colonel is also found with a letter mentioning his familiarity with Sam and his favourite drink of Gin & Tonic. Sam was apparently left in possession of the Adventurers Club's ventriloquist dummy by Pamelia Perkins with said dummy being visible. While the bar is clearly influenced by the Adventurers Club, one of the drink-order events at Trader Sam's is a shipwreck in a bottle, which was borrowed from the Adventurers Club though changed to resemble The Wicked Wench from Pirates of the Caribbean. There are also several photos and messages from U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt with notes from Sam saying he was an early member of the club.

Tropical Hideaway
An oar commemorating M.A. Pleasure's 1900 voyage on the Kissimmee River is on display along with those of other S.E.A. members.

Other
The bottled shipwreck was originally designed by Yale Gracey to be featured in a bar themed to the film Splash (1984) which would have been featured in Downtown Disney.
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Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye
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Opening date
March 4, 1995
Description
Land
Adventureland
Park
Disneyland
Attraction type
Motion-simulated dark ride
Connection Status
Retconned, through references at other attractions
Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye is a dark ride attraction at Disneyland, located in Adventureland. It was the second Indiana Jones attraction to open at the Disney parks, the first dark ride based on the series, and the third collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and George Lucas.

Contents
1 Background
2 Attraction Experience
2.1 Queue/Pre-Show
2.2 The Attraction
3 Connections
3.1 Jungle Cruise
3.2 Skipper Canteen
3.3 Skipper Survival Guide
3.4 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
3.5 Trader Sam’s
4 Trivia
5 References
Background
In 1935, Indiana Jones discovered the location of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye - an ancient Bengalese temple to the deity Mara. They are said to give gifts to all who enter the temple, provided they never look into their eyes. When money ran short for the excavation, Indy’s friend, Sallah, began offering tours of the temple to raise funds. As guests went missing, Indy went into the temple to look for them, hoping to find the Jewel of Power in the process. A week passed, and he had not returned. Indy’s colleague and friend, Marcus Brody, asked Sallah to keep the tours running, in hopes that they’d find him.

Attraction Experience
Queue/Pre-Show
Guests enter the queue outside, weaving around the excavation site before entering the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Many of the props outside were used in the films, like the truck and the mine car. Depictions of Mara can be found on the temple walls, along with hieroglyphic letters spelling out different phrases. Cards were once given out to guests to decipher the phrases, but they are no longer available - though they can be easily found online. Interactive elements can be found throughout the temple, such as a rope to pull on or traps to trigger.

The line leads to a screening room, where a newsreel plays while guests wait to board. It talks about the discovery of the temple and all of the tourism it’s brought to the Lost River Delta area.

After the newsreel, Sallah welcomes guests into the temple. He gives the safety instructions - put all carry-on items into the pouch, buckle the safety belt, and keep hands, arms, feet, and legs inside of the car. He warned guests not to look into Mara’s eyes, before he sent them on their way. The queue continues, passing by Indy’s office, until reaching the loading station.

The Attraction
Once guests board the vehicles, it moves deeper into the temple, reaching the Chamber of Destiny. Mara decides which gift they will bestow, before entering the Hall of Promise. Their dialogue is different, depending on which gift they receive - eternal youth, earthly riches, and omnipotence. However, it’s no use, as the guests look into the idol’s eyes. Mara sends them into the Gates of Doom. The vehicle is sent speeding into another direction, as the halls crumble around them. Indiana Jones is standing at the gates of doom, trying to close them. He scolds the guests for looking into the idol’s eyes, before pointing them in the right direction.

The guests are sent speeding into the darkness, nearly falling into a pit of lava below. A giant statue of Mara sits on the other side of the chamber, making fire materialize around them. The vehicles enter the catacombs, with hundreds of skeletons around them. The vehicle’s headlights go out and they enter complete darkness. When the lights flicker back on, bugs are crawling over the temple walls. They pass onto a wooden bridge, overlooking the lava pit from earlier. The vehicle stalls, and Mara attempts to destroy the bridge, but they escape just in time.

Guests enter a chamber of snakes, while Indy complains, and are nearly struck by a giant cobra. A mudslide sends the vehicle downwards. They pass into a corridor of statues that shoot darts towards guests.

They come to a stop, when Indy dangles from a rope above. He is about to join the guests, until a large boulder rolls towards them. The vehicle drives backwards, before accelerating forward just in time, barely missing the impact. The guests swerve, before they meet with Indy one last time. The vehicle makes it safely back to the station, where they disembark.

Connections
Jungle Cruise
Skippers will point out the temple, when riding past it at the beginning of the attraction.

Skipper Canteen
After the events of the attraction, Indy wrote a book about the temple, titled The Eye of Mara. A copy of it can be found on a bookshelf just outside of the S.E.A. room.

Skipper Survival Guide
Indy utilized the Jungle Navigation Company’s services to help find the temple, as told through journal entries from the skippers. He finally found the temple on October 29, 1937, and skippers were eager to see how this helped their business.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
A map with Mara's likeness on it is in the Lost & Found of this Disney Springs bar belonging to Indiana Jones' affiliate and SEA member Jock Lindsey.[1] On the map of the bar is also an illustration of the Eye of Mara over India.[2]

Trader Sam’s
A map of the temple can be found at the Enchanted Tiki Bar. Attached to it is a note to Trader Sam from Sallah[3]. He thought that Sam would be interested in showing it to some of his guests, having 'borrowed' it from Indy.

Marcus Brody sent a postcard to Sam, asking if he had seen Indy since he had gone missing, likely while he was still in the temple[4].

A baggage claim tag from Sallah’s tours is pinned to a wall, heading from the Lost Delta Region to the Amazon Basin[5].

Trivia
The ride system was reused for DINOSAUR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
References
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Kungaloosh explorers! Did you know there was a story which links together over 20 Disney attractions from their theme parks throughout the world? This is the Society of Explorers and Adventurers and together we are going to cover some of the basics. You can find a lot more information on it around this site, including all the members and attractions.

We are going to cover this in 2 main sections, first the story of S.E.A. and then behind the scences which is even more exciting!

Last updated - 12th May 2020 We try and keep this article upto date with the latest S.E.A. developments.

The Story Behind S.E.A.
The Society of Explorers and Adventures, S.E.A, is an organisation first founded on August 12th, 1538. Consisting of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The Society of Explorers and Adventures is dedicated to the exploration of the world’s oceans and exotic lands.

The original founding members of S.E.A. opened Fortress Explorations, a walk-through attraction based in Tokyo DisneySea, to help ‘promote the sharing of nautical and scientific knowledge for world exploration’.


Source: Jungle Skipper, Copyright Disney
We don’t hear anything about S.E.A. for the next 300 years we first hear about Camellia Falco in 1850 taking over the directorship of the Museam of Fantastic Flight (Tokyo DisneySea) from here father Cellino. We can see a portrait of her being inducted to S.E.A. which is on display at the museam of Fantastic Flight as they celebrate 100th anniversary of the birth of Camellia Falco.


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Next we are introduced Lord Henry Mystic, a collector of antiquities and treasures from around the world, opens his house, Mystic Manor (Hong Kong Disneyland), for tours of his collection of antiquities. Aligning the walls are pictures and portraits documenting all his adventurers - this includes a very special 1899 group portrait of the society.


Source: Chris Turner Concept Art, copyright Disney
This portrait not only introduces Lord Henry Mystic as a member but also 7 additional members:

Harrison Hightower III
Professor R. Blauerhimmel
Lord Henry Mystic
Doctor J.L. Baterista
Barnabas T. Bullion - unconfirmed
Unknown
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Charlton J Taboret - unconfirmed
Due to the portrait in Mystic Manor we also found out another member of S.E.A. Harrison Hightower III who owns Hightower Hotel (Tokyo DisneySea). Harrison Hightower III inherited his fortune and used it to get what he wanted. He had a particular interest in artefacts from other cultures. If he couldn’t buy it he stole it. It is one particular exploration of the fearful Mtundu he stole their scared idol Shiriki Utundu, dismissing concerns that it was cursed.

On December 31st, 1899 Harrison threw a New Years party to show off his latest acquisition. When the clock stroked 12 Harrison was in the elevator with the idol on the way to his penthouse apartment. The idol came to life and Harrison was blasted into oblivion.

In 1911 the New York Preservation Society opened up the Hightower Hotel for tours.

This secret socity doesn’t just exist in one place there are many chapters spread across the world and occasionally they all meet up. This brings us to our next member, Dr Albert Falls famed discoverer of Schwietzer falls and owner of the infamous Jungle Cruise Navigation Company. He created the company to help his fellow explorers navigate remote areas.

The next chapter in our timeline is the Adventurers Club (Pleasure Island, Walt Disney World). Owned by Merriweather Pleasure contained an extensive collection of artefacts he collected from around the world. This includes the same masks from Lord’s Henry Mystics collection (stolen or given? We don’t know).


The masks on display at The Explorers Club Resturant
This is a complicated back story we’ve only covered the major attractions which link the S.E.A. story line together. What’s even more exciting is the behind the scences story!

Behind the scences
S.E.A. started off as a happy accident which was taken by the imagineers and offically extended. So lets start right at the begining with the oldest attraction, The Adverturers Club which has nothing to do with S.E.A. Opening in 1989 the Adventurers Club was a themed nightclub in Walt Disney World’s Pleasure Island. It was designed around a private members club for explorers, the club closed in 2008 and some of it’s props were transferred to another attraction which was being built at the time, Mystic Manor.

Even though we credit The Adventurers Club at the beginning, the first attraction which mentions S.E.A. is Fortress Explorations from Tokyo’s DisneySea.

Fortress Explorations
Fortress Explorations provides all the details which make up S.E.A. including its logo, shield and the aims of the organisation. The entrance to Fortress Explorations also mentions when the organisation was founded, 1538.

So how did we get the name ‘Society of Explorers and Adventurers’? I can only make a guess - it could be a play on words based on the park Fortress Explorations is apart of, DisneySea. DisneySea got its name for two reasons, first it’s designed around ports at sea and secondly, it’s near the sea.

Tower of Terror, Mystic Manor and the Explorers Club Restaurant
In comes Imagineer Joe Lanzisero, the Creative Lead for the Tokyo Disney Resort Portfolio. Shortly after the park opened Lanzisero began work on bringing Twilight Zone Tower of Terror to a new expansion, the American Waterfront port. Unfortunately, the Twilight Zone (the storyline to the other versions of this ride) wasn’t popular in Japan so a new backstory was needed.

Harrison Hightower in Canada Source: Jungle Skipper, March 2018, Taken in the queue for Tower of Terror Tokyo DisneySea

The show writer Michael Sprout came up with Harrison Hightower III (modelled on the Imagineer Joe Rhode). He was a ruthless explorer who had an ill-fated end when travelling in an elevator with a scared idol he stole.

Unfortunately, Tower of Terror and Harrison Hightower III had no connection to S.E.A. inside the attraction. At this time S.E.A. was based solely at Fortress Explorations and had very little to do with the American Waterfront expansion where Tower of Terror was to be located.

Mystic Point
This all changed with Lanzisero’s next project, The Mystic Point expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland. What was missing from Hong Kong Disneyland was a Haunted Mansion - one existed in all the other Disney parks. However, just as with the Japanese Tower of Terror, the Hong Kong market didn’t really understand the concept of haunted houses. Ghosts tend to be friendly and don’t jump out to scare you.


Mystic Manor, Hongkong Disneyland
A new ride with a unique and original backstory was created, Mystic Manor.


Part of the same expansion was The Explorers Club Restaurant which also features a S.E.A. backstory. The same masks which appeared in The Adventurers Club now also appear on the walls of The Explorers Club Restaurant. The decision to add these masks looks to be accidental, but by being there the S.E.A. fans drew the link between the 2 attractions.


Alunai Resort
The link was later confirmed by Joe Rhode with the creation of Disney’s Alunai Resort in Hawaii.


Letter from Adventurers Club member Pamelia Perkins mentioning Harrison Hightower
S.E.A. Universe Expansion
The 2016 Destination D event ‘Amazing Adventures’ it was announced that Imagineering was expanding the S.E.A. backstory. This announcement came shortly after the opening of the Skipper Canteen in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This restaurant provided a complete backstory to the Jungle Cruise and shows that Dr Albert Falls, the owner of Jungle Navigation Co, was a member of S.E.A and held secret meetings within the canteen.

Jungle Cruise, Skipper Canteen & Bengal BBQ
The Jungle Cruise had already been connected to The Adventures Club and now by extension to S.E.A. The trunks next to the old Fastpass machines included labels from Emil Bleehall and Pamela Perkins from The Adventurers Club.


Luggage tag spotted in the Jungle Cruise line. Source FigmentJedi on Twitter

Luggage tag spotted in the Jungle Cruise line. Source FigmentJedi on Twitter
In 2017 the Bengal BBQ (Disneyland) was reopened with confirmed more Jungle Cruise and S.E.A. connections.


You can see Albert the Monkey in this shot taken from the film the African Queen. Source: Bruno, Copyright Disney.
Big Thunder Mountain
Barnabas T. Bullion and Jason Chandler are both members of S.E.A. and got their links confirmed in a letter in Walt Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain queue line. The letter is from Jason Chandler asks him not to dig further into the mine.

Dear Barney,

Great Caesar’s Ghost, old chap, I haven’t heard from you since our little misadventure in El Dorado! I am indeed sorry to hear of the second disturbance within Big Thunder Mountain, but I did warn you that you were prospecting at your own peril when I sold you the drilling machine. I took the liberty of consulting Madame Zarkov at the Museum of the Weird, and it is her considered opinion that you should abandon the entire operation at once and find a less volatile site. I wish I had better news for you, old boy, but some forces simply are not to be trifled with.

On behalf of your compatriots of SEA, I do hope to see you around the club a bit more often!

Yours in Exploration and Adventure,

Jason Chandler

Founding Member The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Big Thunder is set in the late 1800’s at roughly the same time period as Lord Henry’s Mystic portrait, but this doesn’t feature Jason Chandler. The letter also mentions that Jason Chandler is a ‘founding member of S.E.A.’ which doesn’t follow the storyline laid out by Fortress Explorations, or Soarin: Fantastic Flight!

Miss Adventure Falls
The first S.E.A. based attraction to debut in the US and the first to debut after the 2016 Destination D event. Miss Adventure Falls is a water slide attraction based in Walt Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon. It includes a backstory of Mary Oceaneer (shown in the portrait in Mystic Manor) and her parrot who was diving for treasure when a typhoon hit and shipwrecked them on an island.


You may notice that there is Atlantan along the bottom of the diving bell. This could be a link between the film Atlantic: The Lost Empire and S.E.A. though we will have to wait and see if anything else pops up with this before we can be certain.

What’s next?
The sea-iverse is huge and it’s growing with different stories from different parks around the world. What started out as a small secret society has turned into a massive story arc between attractions and parks. We are looking forward to the Jungle Cruise films - there are rumors we could see some S.E.A. hints.

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Disney’s Secret Society: A look into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers

By Joshua Whitworth
Posted on March 27, 2020


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There are a ton of secret societies in the world. Many authors have made his entire career off writing fiction from the subject. Secret societies instantly yield a ton of conspiracy theories that entice the minds of everyone. Some may be true, but usually the conspiracy theories are totally outrageous (USA totally landed on the moon). The Disney family of theme parks has their own secret society too. It’s just as riddled with conspiracy theories and back stories to keep the most disbelieving of guests entertained for hours. Of course the secret society I’m talking about is the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, usually abbreviated to S.E.A.

Origin of S.E.A’
Adventures Club

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers isn’t the first exploration society in Disney history. The Adventurers Club was the first iteration of the S.E.A. that was found on Pleasure Island. The Adventurers Club opened on Pleasure Island in 1989. It held strong for a solid 20 years, officially closing in September of 2009. Before it’s closing, The Adventurers Club was announced to be going to Hong Kong Disney, where it was used as props for Mystic Manor.

The story behind the S.E.A. is that it was founded on August 12, 1538 by a group of intellectuals from various backgrounds with the goal of exploration of the world and to educate the masses with their findings. The four principles that are the backbone of the society are adventure, romance, discovery, and innovation.


Not long after the S.E.A. was created in the minds of Imagineers, they knew they had to tie in the Adventurers Club into the S.E.A. by suggesting that the Adventurers Club was Merriweather Adam Pleasure’s branch of S.E.A.

Tokyo DisneySea
The first official Society of Explorers and Adventurers attraction was the Fortress Exploration walkthrough attraction at Tokyo DisneySea. Inside the Fortress Exploration there are numerous references to S.E.A. as well as Magellan’s restaurant.

The S.E.A. was really constructed to be a worldwide organization when it was brought up as the theming for the Tokyo version of the Tower of Terror. Disney couldn’t use the same backstory for this iteration of the Tower, so they had to come up with a whole new one. Thus the Hotel Hightower was born.

The Hotel Hightower’s backstory is that Harrison Hightower III, a member of S.E.A., is an avid collector of fine objects and artifacts. He does not have the best of intentions with said pieces, and is known to obtain them in some less-than-pleasant manners. He would display his collection at his hotel. Things go sour for Mr. Hightower when he goes out of his way to obtain the Shiriki Utundu from a remote African village. This angers the god for whom the artifact was created. The Shiriki Utundu is displayed at Hotel Hightower and the angry god makes sure to make Harrison Hightower III disappear on New Year’s Eve in 1899. The hotel closed until the New York Preservation Society reopened it in 1912. Now Harrison Hightower III haunts the hotel and is constantly tortured by the Shiriki Utundu.


Hong Kong Disneyland
I previously alluded to it, but Mystic Manor is also an attraction that connects to the S.E.A. The ride is set at Lord Henry Mystic’s outpost in Mystic Point in 1909. The story behind Mystic Manor is in 1880 Lord Henry Mystic opened his home as an S.E.A. meeting place. Then in 1896 Lord Mystic opened some parts of his house as a public art museum. Then in 1909, Lord Henry Mystic’s pet monkey, Albert, opens a Balinese music box that brings inanimate objects to life. This makes for a ride that is beloved by millions of park goers.

Hong Kong Disney doesn’t stop there. Since the opening of Mystic Manor is 2013, some of the Adventureland attractions have started incorporating S.E.A. in their backstories. For instance, the Curse of the Emerald Trinity, the ride overlay for the Hong Kong Disneyland version of Jungle Cruise, is a story about Professor Garrett Reed’s attempt at getting the Emerald Trinity. Professor Reed was a former S.E.A. member that was kicked out by Lord Henry Mystic for using very questionable tactics in the way he would obtain his archaeological artifacts.

Walt Disney World
The crown jewel of the Disney park family has a grand total of 5 different attractions that are connected to the S.E.A.

Big Thunder Mountain

The first of the Disney World attractions to be linked to the S.E.A. is the classic Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The Thunder Mountain attraction tells the tale of the Big Thunder Mining Company. The Big Thunder Mining Company’s owner is Barnabas T. Bullion who is a member of the S.E.A. The queue for the ride has letters exchanged between Mr. Bullion and Jason Chandler who, with the consulting from his former colleague at the Museum of the Weird Madame Zarkov, both advise to end the mining at Big Thunder Mountain due to the supernatural activity at the location.

The next obvious S.E.A. connection is at the Skipper Canteen. The Skipper Canteen was used as a meeting place for the S.E.A. In fact, there is an S.E.A. meeting room that guests can eat in. The meeting room has walls with bookshelves that are filled with books written by S.E.A. members.



In 2017, Typhoon Lagoon debuted Miss Adventure Falls. This attraction is telling the tale of Captain Mary Oceaneer, a prominent member of the S.E.A., and her parrot. The two are on a treasure hunt when a massive storm comes and strands them on Typhoon Lagoon.

The United Kingdom Pavilion in Epcot has the Library of the Royal Adventurer’s Society in the Kids’ Station. This library showcases the book “Society of Explorers and Adventurers Handbook” as well as other books referencing the S.E.A. and artwork either by S.E.A. members or obtained by S.E.A. members.

The AbracadaBar at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn Resort has a few S.E.A. references. The story behind the bar is that it hosted magicians until 1940 when on a Friday the 13th every magician disappeared. One of the props left behind by a magician is a fez with the S.E.A. symbol on it.

Disneyland
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On the other coast of the United States, Disneyland has its fair share of S.E.A. references. Their own version of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has a portrait of Barnabas T. Bullion as well as some cargo that is set to ship to Jason Chandler.

The Tropical Hideaway is a 2018 restaurant extension to the Enchanted Tiki Room that is decorated with various items detailing S.E.A. members and their expeditions. This is also the location that is first to mention Camellia Falco, who is expected to show up in DisneySea’s upcoming version of Soarin’.

The popular restaurant Bengal Barbeque is noted to have first been an outpost of S.E.A. members in 1899. A portrait of the members of the club stands as wall decoration as proof. The restaurant also shows a photo of Professor R. Blauerhimmel in a biplane cockpit writing letters to known S.E.A. members Elizabeth Doer and Bessie Steele. The coolest connection in Bengal Barbeque has to be the picture of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer from the film “African Queen” aboard the Jungle Cruise ship Zambezi Miss alongside Lord Henry Mystic and his trusty sidekick Albert the Monkey.

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In the French version of the Disney parks there is Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Outpost which has a piece of luggage with an S.E.A. sticker on the side.

Cafe Hyperion is known because Captain Brieux, of the airship The Hyperion, is a well known S.E.A. member. Other than the fact that he is a member of the S.E.A. there are no distinct ways to connect the restaurant to the S.E.A.

Disney Cruiseliners
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Aboard the cruise ships the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder there is Oceaneer’s Lab. This is an obvious reference to Mary Oceaneer, the S.E.A. member. The lab has portraits of Mary Oceaneer as well other members, such as Lord Henry Mystic. It also contains some newspaper clippings in reference to the disappearance of Harrison Hightower III. The last S.E.A. connection is that there is a captain’s hat that is said to be a gift from Dr. J.L. Baterista, also a member of the S.E.A.

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The Society of Explorers and Adventurers

Appearances
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Fortress Explorations
Skipper Canteen
Miss Adventure Falls
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Mystic Manor
Tropical Hideaway

Home
Porto Paradiso
Other names
S.E.A.
The Society for Explorers and Adventurers (retconned)

Notable Members
Henry Mystic
Harrison Hightower
Barnabas T. Bullion
Captain Mary Oceaneer
Albert Falls
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
Jason Chandler
Jock Lindsey
Camellia Falco

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers also known as S.E.A. or SEA and erroneously as the Society for Explorers and Adventurers is a fictional organization that has become a central, unifying element in various Disney theme park attractions around the globe.


Contents
1 Description
2 History
2.1 Background
2.1.1 16th century
2.1.2 19th century
2.1.3 20th century
2.2 Development History
3 Members
3.1 Pets
3.2 Honorary Members
3.3 Affiliate groups
4 Bases
5 Appearances and allusions
5.1 AbracadaBar
5.2 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5.3 Club 33
5.4 Disney Explorers Lodge
5.5 Mediterranean Harbour
5.5.1 Fortress Explorations
5.5.2 Magellan's
5.5.3 Soaring: Fantastic Flight
5.6 Miss Adventure Falls
5.7 Mystic Point
5.7.1 Mystic Manor
5.8 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
5.9 Jungle Cruise
5.9.1 Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
5.9.2 Skipper Canteen
5.9.3 Tropical Hideaway
5.10 Oceaneer Lab
6 Connections
6.1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6.2 Adventurers Club
6.3 Expedition Everest
6.4 Haunted Mansion
6.5 Raiders of the Lost Ark
6.6 Jungle Cruise
6.6.1 Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
6.7 Phantom Manor
6.8 Pirates of the Caribbean
6.9 Raging Spirits
6.10 Tower of Terror
6.11 Typhoon Lagoon
6.12 Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
7 Trivia
8 References
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Description
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Four guiding concepts are represented on SEA's original Fortress Explorations crest as objects. The guiding concepts are a Galleon to represent Adventure , an Armillary Sphere for Romance, a Compass to depict Discovery and Innovation is represented as Artist Tools. These object are selected as the best ways to represent the original charter and mission statement, which simply read "We the Society of Explorers and Adventurers shall acquire knowledge through exploration".

A more detailed mission statement, seen at later S.E.A. facilities, reads:

“The mission of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers is to collect, conserve, and curate valuable cultural and artistic artifacts from around the world and make them available to the public in an artistically pleasing and sensitive manner. It is furthermore the mission of the organization to equip and mount socio-cultural expeditions to discover, explore, chronicle and protect the artistic achievements of human society, past and present, exalted and forgotten.”
History
Background
16th century

The original crest for the Society

The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was established on August 12, 1538 at Porto Paradiso, Italy, home of the Fortress Explorations that serves as the club's headquarters. Established to carry on the great work of exploring and understanding the world during the Renaissance and Age of Exploration and years into the past, the society consists of scientists, explorers, researchers, artists, travellers and adventurers from around the world. The society made many, "Unofficial members" in the form of notable historic figures with the spirit of honorary member Leonardo Da Vinci even coming to haunt Fortress Explorations.

19th century
In the first-half of the 19th century, the society was run by Italian president Vitale Robustelli during a time of great change for the society. The S.E.A. began to expand internationally with local chapters being established by members such as Lord Henry Mystic and club-secretary Jason Chandler. In 1851, Vitale brought in the first female member of SEA in the form of one Camellia Falco.

At some point following 1851, the presidency of the Society changed from Vitale Robustelli to Jason Chandler for unknown reasons. In the June of 1882, Lord Henry Mystic travelled to Morocco where he and his pet monkey Albert became fond of middle-eastern fashion, namely the fez. At some point following this, the fez became a staple of S.E.A. membership. This however wouldn't seem to truly catch on until some point following 1899.

The S.E.A. continued their archaeological efforts to share the vast sum of humanity's knowledge and culture with the world. However there were a notable sum of members within the society who were known for unsavoury tactics such as Barnabas T. Bullion, Harrison Hightower III, Merriweather Adam Pleasure and even the likes of Jason and Chandler who supported the aforementioned members while partaking in similar crimes themselves. Certain members of the society were even involved in a group known as the Pillagers Brigade which specialized in brutal and amoral tactics in obtaining artifacts.

20th century
By the 1920s, the virtues of the S.E.A. appeared to have changed to being much more moral as many colonial crimes such as grave robbing were punished. One notable occurrence in 1927 had grave-robber Garrett Reed's membership redacted by Lord Henry Mystic. In this era, S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure became discontent with the group's stuffiness and founded a splinter-faction known as the Adventurers Club. The Adventurers Club would hold close affiliations with the society and its members, most notably SEA member and aviator Jock Lindsey in the 1950s.

Development History
The Society of Explorers and Adventurers was created c. 2001 for the attraction Fortress Explorations in the theme-park Tokyo DisneySea. Initially the society's membership consisted of historic figures from the Hellenic period up unto the 17th century. The acronym S.E.A. played into the motif of Tokyo DisneySea frequently using the three letters due to it having multiple meanings as the park was located along the sea, SEA is an acronym in real-life for South-East Asia where the park was located, and the park was called DisneySea.

In 2013 S.E.A.'s characterization was altered with the attraction Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland where it had many Disney Park connections retconned and introduced into its 19th century history. This new characterization was inspired by the Adventurers Club, a fictitious group from the defunct Pleasure Island of Walt Disney World. Both the Adventurers Club and reimagining of S.E.A. were inspired by the historic Explorers Club, an American organization of exploration and innovation founded in 1904. Fortress Explorations later retconned the historic members of the Society into having been, "Honorary members" while Disney Parks attractions across the world began making connections to the society.

Members
Official S.E.A. members
Image Character Description Attraction
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Barnabas T. Bullion Barnabas T. Bullion was the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company during the latter-half of the 19th century. He operated out of the town of Tumbleweed, Arizona and mined in Big Thunder Mountain despite its spirits being angered by his colonial presence. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Camellia Falco Camellia Falco was a 19th century woman aviator, inventor and proprietor of the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso. In 1851, Camellia would become the first woman indoctrinated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. She would die in 1875 and became a ghost who haunted her museum and hosted posthumous aviation tours aboard her Dream Flyers. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Captain Mary Oceaneer Captain Mary Oceaneer was a skilled treasure-hunter, early scuba-diver and treasure-hunter who joined the society by the late 19th century. C. 1955 she wound up being marooned in Placid Palms, Blustery Bay by a hurricane which had scattered her relics and treasures. Oceaneer Lab
Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls

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Charlton J. Taboret Charlton J. Taboret was a professional painter who made portraits of the different adventurers of society members.
Chef Tandaji Chef Tandaji was a member of S.E.A during the early 20th century and is most notable for having been a chef who documented different recipes from locations such as Africa. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Doctor Albert Falls Doctor Albert Falls was an explorer during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. He would discover locations such as Schweitzer Falls on the Nile River and ancient buddhist ruins in the Lost Delta of Cambodia. Falls would found the Jungle Navigation Company which would peak in success decades later under the eye of his granddaughter Alberta Falls. Jungle Cruise
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Doctor J.L. Baterista Dr. J.L. Baterista was an explorer and adventurer within the society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Doctor Kon Chunosuke During the 1930s, Dr. Kon Chunosuke was a prominent Japanese entomologist experienced in collecting insects from around the world.[1] Jungle Cruise
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Garrett Reed Prof. Garrett Reed was an evil grave-robber and black-market salesman who was a member of the S.E.A. only to be forced out in 1927 due to his crimes. He died in the 1930s due to the curse of the Emerald Trinity jewels which he attempted to steal to gain immortality. Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Jason Chandler Jason Chandler was a skilled inventor who served as the president of the society during the latter half of the 19th century. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Discovery Bay

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Jock Lindsey Jock Lindsey was the aviator and accomplice of archaeologist Indiana Jones during the 1930s. Lindsey would later settle down in Disney Springs, Florida where he ran a bar which contained many artifacts from his adventures with Jones. Circa 1948 he was initiated into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Harrison Hightower III (1835-1899) Harrison Hightower III was a member of the wealthy Hightower family and owner of the Hotel Hightower in New York. Harrison was a colonial thief and grave robber who traversed the globe stealing artifacts for his collection. He died on the New Year's Eve of 1899 as a result of the trickster deity Shiriki Utundu which he had stolen the idol of. Tower of Terror
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Lord Henry Mystic Lord Henry Mystic was a member of the Society since the 1850s at the latest. He was a British noble who travelled the globe collecting artifacts for his personal collection which he would move to his mansion of Mystic Manor in Mystic Point, Papua New Guinea. Mystic Point/Mystic Manor

A photographer seen in the Skipper Canteen presumed to be Luana

Luana Teixeira Based on what little references exist for her, Luana is a photographer within S.E.A. during the latter end of the 19th century. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Maestro D'Elfman Maestro D'Elfman was a maestro within the Society during the 19th century who had close affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic. He was seemingly absent from the society by 1899, the reasons for which is unknown.
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Merriweather Adam Pleasure Merriweather Adam Pleasure was an industrialist who in the early 20th century settled the colony of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He was was a party-loving man who was known as, "The Grand Funmeister" in tribute to a spirit which brought him to the island. He disappeared off the face of the earth in the 1940s on an expedition with his family. Pleasure Island/Adventurers Club
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Professor R. Blauerhimmel Prof. R. Blaurhimmel was an aviator in the late-19th and early half of the 20th century. He had affiliations with Lord Henry Mystic and the Jungle Navigation Company. Bengal Barbecue
Sango Shio Sango Shio was a senior-member of S.E.A. during the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
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Vitale Robustelli Vitale Robustelli was the aged president of S.E.A. by the 1850s. He would initiate the first woman member of the society and also seemed to be president around the time of the society's overseas expansion.
Pets
Several S.E.A. members had pets which had some inclusion in the ranks of the society.

Pets
Image Character Description Attraction
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Albert Albert was a monkey which was adopted by Lord Henry Mystic in 1909 during an expedition to Papua New Guinea. He would serve as Lord Mystic's loyal pet and closest companion, even being given his own fez for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Mystic Manor
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Aletta Aletta was the pet falcon of Camellia Falco, being seemingly supernatural as it belonged to her father Cellino Falco and continued to live past Camellia's demise. It still served as Camellia's companion and pet posthumously, assisting in her Dream Flyer tours. Soarin'/Soaring: Fantastic Flight
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Duncan Duncan was a turquoise macaw which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her 20th century expeditions and subsequent marooning in Typhoon Lagoon. Duncan lived with Mary in the wreckage of the M.S. Salty IV outside the rapids of Miss Adventure Falls during this time, assisting her in salvaging her lost goods. Typhoon Lagoon/Miss Adventure Falls
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Reggie Reggie was the beloved pet boa constrictor of Jock Lindsey during the 1930s. Lindsey would name a steamboat and alcoholic beverage at his bar after the snake. Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
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Salty Salty was a small green parrot which was the pet of Captain Mary Oceaneer during her voyages in the 19th century and 1900s. Decades later, Mary would name some of her ships after the bird. Oceaneer Lab
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Scooter The beloved pet peacock of the Pleasure family which was taken in around 1931 and died prior to 1937. Adventurers Club

D-Street

Honorary Members
Honorary members
Image Name Description Attraction
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Due to colonial-myths regarding Colombo (or "Christopher Columbus")'s journeys to the Americas he was named as one of S.E.A.'s honorary members to represent their ideals of, "Discovery". Fortress Explorations

World of Motion

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Ferdinand Magellan Magellan's
Ibn Battuta Fortress Explorations
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Leif Erikson Leif Eriksson was a Nordic explorer from Iceland who is best known for having the first known European to have set foot in North America (having done so approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus did so and also having done so without committing mass genocide). He also established an early settlement in Vinland. Fortress Explorations
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a 15th/16th century Italian painter, inventor, architect, sculptor, scientist, anatomist, and engineer. He is probably best known for portraits like the Mona Lisa or the Last Supper and for his illustrations which were centuries ahead of the time in regards of studying the human body and creating mechanical devices, or for the controversy he held with the Catholic Church due to his studies of science challenging their religious beliefs and for Da Vinci's bisexuality. Leonardo died at the chateaux Clos Lucé on the 2 May of 1519 at the age of 67, it is believed that he died of a stroke. As tribute to the genius, the S.E.A. would declare Leonardo as being an honorary member of the society and his ghost would come to haunt the fortress. Fortress Explorations

World of Motion


The Timekeeper

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Marco Polo Fortress Explorations
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Prince Henry the Navigator Fortress Explorations
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Pytheas of Massalia Pytheas was a Hellenic geographer who made voyages throughout Northern Europe and made some of the earliest known writings of the continent. Fortress Explorations
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Sir Francis Drake Fortress Explorations
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Tycho Brahe Fortress Explorations
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Vasco de Gama Fortress Explorations
Affiliate groups
Affiliate groups
Image Group Description Appearances
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Adventurers Club The Adventurers Club was a splinter-faction of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers founded by Merriweather Adam Pleasure due to his dissatisfaction with the stuffiness of the society. It based itself out of Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista and was founded around the early 20th century. Adventurers Club
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Big Thunder Mining Company The Big Thunder Mining Company was founded in Thunder Mesa, Arizona in 1847 by the evil Henry Ravenswood. The company made its money by exploiting gold from Big Thunder Mountain and following Henry's death in the earthquake of 1860, Barnabas T. Bullion would become the company's new owner. Following 1880, the company would also utilize technology acquired from S.E.A.'s president Jason Chandler. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Jungle Navigation Company The Jungle Navigation Company was founded in 1911 by Dr. Albert Falls as a means of transporting cargo, messages and passengers throughout several jungles across the globe. The company would reach particular success in the 1930s through the leadership of Albert's granddaughter Alberta Falls who began the Jungle Cruise tourist service and also oriented the company's services towards Hollywood filmmakers and archaeologists visiting the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Cambodia. Jungle Cruise
Pillagers Brigade The Pillagers Brigade was a brotherhood of colonial thieves in the 19th century and ancestor of the Adventurers Club. It included the likes of Harrison Hightower III and quite possibly Merriweather Adam Pleasure as a portrait with him identified amongst their ranks was hung in the Adventurers Club. Aunty's Beach House/Aulani
Bases
Known meeting-places for the Society.
Image Name Description Appearances
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Falls Estate The Falls Estate was a victorian manor which was home to the Falls family. The estate held a secret meeting-chamber for the society run by Dr. Albert Falls. The room is accessed from a passageway hidden behind the Falls family library via a secret door activated via pulling a copy of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

In 1938 the estate was turned into the, "Skipper Canteen" restaurant with the secret meeting room being used as a not secret dining area.

Skipper Canteen

Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

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Fortress Explorations Built at Explorers' Landing in the Italian seaport of Porto Paradiso, Fortress Explorations is the original headquarters of the Society. Serving as a hub of activity in the midst of the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, S.E.A. was established on August 12, 1538 and quickly dedicated itself to exploring and understanding the world. Fortress Explorations
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Hotel Hightower Hotel Hightower is a hotel found at One Park Avenue, New York City, NY, 10016. It is 14 stories tall and was constructed in the 19th century for SEA member Harrison Hightower III. The hotel served as a place of assembly for the society, presumably on the 5th floor which was listed as the, "Explorers Club Meeting Hall". The last known meeting in the hotel was in 1899 as on the New Year's Eve of that year Harrison Hightower III was spirited away by the god Shiriki Utundu with the hotel being left cursed and haunted. Tower of Terror
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The Renaissance Fortress Explorations
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Tropical Hideaway The Tropical Hideaway was a restaurant located nearby a bazaar in the Polynesian isles. The Jungle Navigation Company ran a dockside nearby the hideaway which itself was located nearby the Enchanted Tiki Room. Notably, the Hideaway held a collection of paddles commemorating different S.E.A. river expedition.
The restaurant is known to have been active some point between the 1930s and 1950s but it is unknown if it was also active during the river expeditions or if they were simply moved there afterwards. If it was open for all of the river expeditions then it would have been active since 1831 when she went on the voyage or 1851 when she joined the society.

Tropical Hideaway

Jungle Cruise

Appearances and allusions
AbracadaBar
A SEA Membership Fez can be seen within the bar, suggesting the lost magician could have been a member.[2]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
In the queue for the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a letter addressed to Barnabas T. Bullion from Jason Chandler, identifying him as the president (and erroneously as the founder) of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

Club 33
During Club 33's Tiki Takeover event, a crate with the S.E.A. logo was placed outside of the exclusive club along with other Jungle paraphernalia. The menu for this event made reference to several Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones characters, including SEA members Dr. Albert Falls and Dr. Kon Chunosuke. One of the listed airlines in the menu was, "S.E.A. Global Charters Pacific Lines" being used by Sneh Falls to travel to India in 1937.[3]

Disney Explorers Lodge
The passports of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in this resort have stamps from the S.E.A. in addition to Adventureland, Mystic Manor, and the Squirt Gardens.[4]

Mediterranean Harbour
Fortress Explorations
Magellan's
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
Miss Adventure Falls
The crest for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers adorns the entrance to this attraction.

Mystic Point
Mystic Manor
Several portraits portraying different members of the Society decorate the interior queue of this attraction. Included is a portrait of the 1899 meeting of the S.E.A. before Harrison Hightower III was killed by Shiriki Utundu.

Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
Sometime before the opening of the Bar, Jock Lindsay had been induction into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and uses the club as a gathering place for his fellow members and the society's 20th century crest adorns menus within the bar.[5]

Jungle Cruise
Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity
Skipper Canteen
In this restaurant is a dining area made from a meeting hall for the Society of Explorers of Adventurers which was located within the estate of the Falls family. Within the S.E.A. meeting room are a painting of Dr. Albert Falls's discovery of the sunken temple and maps of Mythological Creatures produced by S.E.A. members. One of the maps shows legendary beasts of the Mediterranean and amongst the illustrations are the sea-serpent from World of Motion (listed as "Kimballum Horriblus" in tribute to imagineer Ward Kimball) and the Nautilus engaged in combat with a giant squid. Another map has several illustrations of the Hyperion airship from The Island at the Top of the World.

The library for the Skipper Canteen also possesses books written by different members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Amongst these books are the likes of:

A Manor of Fact, Primates as Shipmates, and Treasures of the Manor by Lord Henry Mystic.
FUZNEWI PDMWH CHF JD U by Albert the Monkey.
Another New Year by Merriweather Adam Pleasure.
MINE!, Treasures of the Animal Kingdom, and Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti by Harrison Hightower III.
Parrots as Pets and Charting Course by Mary Oceaneer.
Traditional Native Holiday Décor by Professor R. Blauerhimmel.
Discovery of the South Seas by S. Shio.
Tropical Hideaway
A wall of paddles commemorating different society members can be found hung on the wall with plaques containing the SEA crest and the details of commemoration. The plaques read as:

C. Falco, Zambezi River, 1831
B.T. Bullion, Colorado River, 1870
J. Chandler, Elaho River, 1882
H. Mystic, Ganges River, 1874
S. Shio, Amazon River, 1910
H. Hightower, Yangtze River, 1872
Dr. J. L. Baterista, Congo River, 1906
Dr. A. Falls, Mbei River, 1903
Prof. R. Blauerhimmel, Ucayali River, 1904
M. Oceaneer, Orinoco River, 1899
M.A. Pleasure, Kissimmee River, 1900
Chef Tandaji, Irawaddy River, 1913
Oceaneer Lab
Connections
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Adventurers Club
Expedition Everest
Harrison Hightower III once attempted to track down the Yeti (presumably of the Forbidden Mountain) in a book titled Expedition Everest.

Haunted Mansion
One of the owners of the Haunted Mansion was George Hightower, a man who was murdered by his wife Constance Hatchaway. George's surname indicates that he was a relative of Harrison Hightower III. Many objects and elements from the mansion are also seen or paralleled in Mystic Manor and Mystic is mentioned in the book Tales from the Haunted Mansion by his rival Colonel Bartholomew Tusk.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jock Lindsey is a character originating from this film who was close with Indiana Jones. Jones was also a rival of Garrett Reed, having competed with him for the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol from the film. Characters and entities from the Indiana Jones franchise are also frequently affiliated with the Jungle Cruise.

Jungle Cruise
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
Trader Sam's alleged grandfather Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill was a close affiliate and advisor to Harrison Hightower III. A portrait of Trader Bill was hung in the Hotel Hightower and later sent to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar by the New York Preservation Society. Sam was also close with the Adventurers Club since its early days and has a photograph of Isabella Pleasure, the late-wife of Merriweather Adam Pleasure.[6] In the bar is also a bronze bust of Dr. Albert Falls and a letter from the crew of the Miss Tilly which identifies him as having been present in the hurricane that marooned Captain Oceaneer. [7][8]

Phantom Manor
The Big Thunder Mining Company was originally founded by Henry Ravenswood, the Phantom of Ravenswood Manor. Additionally one of Mélanie Ravenswood's suitors was Captain Rowan D. Falls, the captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat who is theorized to be a relative or ancestor of the Falls family.

Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain Mary Oceaneer was a lover of pirates and the golden age of piracy. Amongst her excavated goods were the Dead Man's Chest and crates identifying her as performed excavations in Shipwreck Cove from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Additionally the honorary S.E.A. member Sir Francis Drake is a historic pirate of the Caribbean who is featured in Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off materials, having obtained a treasure sought after by Captain Jack Sparrow.

Raging Spirits
Tower of Terror
Typhoon Lagoon
Typhoon Lagoon's infamous hurricane not only terraformed its land but also stranded Mary Oceaneer within the park's setting of Placid Palms.

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
The SEA base of the Tropical Hideaway is adjacent to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room which is shown to be a patron of the Jungle Navigation Company.

Trivia
It is possible Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar implicates certain Adventurers Club members as becoming members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by the 1940s/1950s. This is because the Hangar Bar's description indicates that Jock used his Disney Springs property to host members of the S.E.A., however no officially known members of S.E.A. are referenced in the bar outside of Lindsey. There are however multiple references to the Adventurers Club having attended the bar meaning it is possible that some of their members joined S.E.A. by Jock's time.
References
disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/jungle-cruise-adds-new-characters-mischievous-wildlife-and-skipper-humor-to-classic-attraction/
touringplans.com/blog/2016/09/10/s6_abracadabar/
jungleskipper.com/news/even-more-s.e.a.references-inside-club-33
jungleskipper.com/news/new-s.e.a.reference-found-in-hkdl-s-explorers-lodge
attractionsmagazine.com/story-behind-sea-disneys-society-of-explorers-and-adventurers/

jefflangedvd.com/2011/09/trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-at-the-disneyland-hotel-tour-of-decorations-and-effects-photos-and-video/
www.disneytouristblog.com/trader-sams-backstory-details/
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