Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost
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Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost is a restaurant located in Adventureland, in Disneyland Paris
. It opened in 1992 with the park under the name Explorer's Club. It specialises in a wide range of pizzas and pastas.
. The featured soundtrack fitted the theme, with tunes such as Colonel Bogey March
or Polyushka Polye.
The Club features a wide outdoor setting area, with one part overlooking waterfalls, and an inside room complete with trees displaying animatronic birds and animals (which was reminiscent of the Tiki Room). Some of these animals even interacted with the actors. The room is also ornamented with artifacts from all over the world, and murals representing journeys by some explorers.
Its meals originally were colonial-inspired, and delivered on table.
The nearby ride Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril still displays in its queueline part items featuring the name Explorer's Club.
Then, in 1995, the restaurant became an eating place for pizzas and pastas. Its new chosen theme was Rudyard Kipling
's Jungle Book, especially its Disney adaptation
. Though not entirely, most of the original soundtrack was replaced with samples of this movie's one.
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Disneyland Park is a theme park at Disneyland Paris, a resort complex just outside of Paris, in the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, France. The first of two parks built at the resort, it opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April, 1992...
. It opened in 1992 with the park under the name Explorer's Club. It specialises in a wide range of pizzas and pastas.
Explorer's Club
At the opening of the park, the building was originally known as Explorer's Club Restaurant. It is housed in a colonial estate in a lush jungle, where explorers could rest and have meals. As such, guests could encounter famous European explorers, portrayed by cast on-stage actors, like David LivingstoneDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
. The featured soundtrack fitted the theme, with tunes such as Colonel Bogey March
Colonel Bogey March
The "Colonel Bogey March" is a popular march that was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts , a British army bandmaster who later became director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth...
or Polyushka Polye.
The Club features a wide outdoor setting area, with one part overlooking waterfalls, and an inside room complete with trees displaying animatronic birds and animals (which was reminiscent of the Tiki Room). Some of these animals even interacted with the actors. The room is also ornamented with artifacts from all over the world, and murals representing journeys by some explorers.
Its meals originally were colonial-inspired, and delivered on table.
The nearby ride Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril still displays in its queueline part items featuring the name Explorer's Club.
Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost
In 1993, one year after the opening of the park, the decision was made to turn the restaurant into a counter service for East-Asian meals, since guests lacked interest in table meals. Some of the trees were removed to make way for counter services.Then, in 1995, the restaurant became an eating place for pizzas and pastas. Its new chosen theme was Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
's Jungle Book, especially its Disney adaptation
The Jungle Book (1967 film)
The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Released on October 18, 1967, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was inspired by the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book of the same name by...
. Though not entirely, most of the original soundtrack was replaced with samples of this movie's one.
Trivia
- The book From Sketch to Reality features a concept-art, presenting the Explorer's Club Restaurant with Commandant Cousteau, HemingwayHemingwayErnest Hemingway was an American writer and journalist.Hemingway may also refer to:*Hemingway , a surname and list of people with that name*Hemingway , a Marvel Comics character*Hemingway, South Carolina...
and Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
. - A boat moored in front of the restaurant is a recreation of the one seen in The African Queen, which also inspired the ride Jungle CruiseJungle CruiseThe Jungle Cruise is an attraction located in Adventureland at many Disney Parks, including Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. At Hong Kong Disneyland, the attraction is named Jungle River Cruise...
in other Disney Parks.