Patch Notes // latest change 2025.05.09
Adventureland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1971 · Magic Kingdom · 4 changes on record
Biggest recent change: The extended refurbishment was completed and all scaffolding removed; railings were repainted and canopy netting replaced, with the water wheel spinning and carrying water up the tree again. (May 9, 2025)
Closed for an extended, roughly 5-week cosmetic refurbishment (primarily repainting); the attraction stayed behind scaffolding and scrim well past its planned December reopening.
Closed March 12 for a brief cosmetic refurbishment and reopened March 25, 2021.
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Swiss Family Treehouse opened with Magic Kingdom as an original Adventureland walk-through attraction, based on Disney's 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson.
That's every change on the record on Swiss Family Treehouse since 1971.
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Per the documented record, Swiss Family Treehouse at Magic Kingdom opened on Oct 1, 1971.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Swiss Family Treehouse is dated Nov 18, 2024: Closed for an extended, roughly 5-week cosmetic refurbishment (primarily repainting); the attraction stayed behind scaffolding and scrim well past its planned December reopening.
The latest documented change (documented May 9, 2025): The extended refurbishment was completed and all scaffolding removed; railings were repainted and canopy netting replaced, with the water wheel spinning and carrying water up the tree again.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1971 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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