Photos of the general Adventureland area seem to be rather scarce - if guests did reach for their cameras, they usually did so on the Jungle Cruise, or else they took pictures of the exterior of the Enchanted Tiki Room, or of the Swiss Family Treehouse. So I welcomed these nice images, even if they are from 1981. The color is great, and Adventureland looks very inviting.
In this first shot, we have the ol' Tiki Room in the distance, with the Tahitian Terrace to the right of that, and in the foreground, a souvenir stand where guests could buy woven handbags, hats (for protection against the blazing tropical sun), and who knows what else. Rubber snakes? Shrunken heads! The best souvenir of all, even Grandma would love one hanging from her rearview mirror.
Our photographer thoughtfully took this nice picture of the sign outside of the Tahitian Terrace! Stouffers had been the sponsor since 1962 (when the Terrace debuted), but then Kikkoman took over. Guests could get all the ice-cold soy sauce they could drink! I'm enjoying the odd mix of Asian and African (and Polynesian?) decorations on the sign and dangling from the building itself. Is that a Zuni fetish doll just beneath the stylized buffalo head in the upper right?
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