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They were cast a drift in an angry uncharted sea.

Sharks! Sharks!

They were flung ashore on a strange lost island,

but teamed with a thousand perilous dangers,

yet together with a quiet kind of daring and a proud kind of courage.

The Swiss family Robinson transformed this island jungle into an exciting topical paradise.

Welcome to the 3028, this is episode 49 of the Disney History and Disney History Show.

I'm Matt Parrish, and I'm Kevin Quigley.

And Kevin, on a recent episode of the show, we talked about upstairs geology.

This was a concept both of us loved and it was attractions that are upstairs and, you know,

featured in upstairs that dramatically changed and enhanced your experience at the Disney Parks.

Unfortunately, we missed one crucial attraction that Shirley would have been

maybe number one or at least near the top, and that was the Swiss family tree house.

Yeah, yeah, we really took an L on this one.

It shut out to our alert fan, Pat Lewis, for pointing this out.

The 3028 podcast is like this big fan of overcorrection,

so we decided to do a deep dive into the history of this attraction.

Super fascinating from its beginnings as a Disney live action film to its current place in today's Disney Parks.

All right, without further ado, let's jump in.

As Walt Disney and the team at Wed finalized the plans for Disneyland,

they were determined to recreate a living world of fantasy, tomorrow, frontier,

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