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October 5, 2019 01:15 pm PDT

A visit to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at Disneyland, plus a look at some of its swell merch

Hey hey, I'm fresh back from a short two-day excursion to Disneyland. I have a bunch of stuff to share with you but I'm going to start with my visit to Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar, that little cocktail oasis behind the pool at the Disneyland Hotel. And, if you haven't been, it really is small. You're looking at about 1/3 of the entire bar in the photo below.

Now, while it's an intimate space, it's jam-packed with over 1600 artifacts, photos, and in-theme adornments. It's got your typical tiki bar elements mixed with real movie memorabilia (even Indiana Jones' iconic bullwhip). What it didn't have on a Monday at 6:30 p.m. was your typical tiki bar crowd, there were more sports tees and baseball caps than aloha shirts and more tourists than tiki lifestylers. But, I'm sure that changes as the evening goes on.

Its Imagineering set decorator, Brandon Kleyla (who is now Manager of Props at Universal), describes the lounge as "Adventurers Club meets Jungle Cruise meets Tiki Room." (Oh, how I miss the Adventurers Club!)

In a 2016 interview, Kleyla describes how the bar's inspiration took form:

"We had to establish 'Who is Trader Sam?' Well, hes a trader, hes on the Jungle Cruise... we looked at the basics. And then we asked, 'what if he knew Indiana Jones, what if he knew Jack Sparrow, or Swiss Family Robinson,' you know, all those types of characters. Basically what it came down to is that he can know anyone live-action from pretty much anywhere in Disneys 'Adventure' history.

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