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| Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost | |
|---|---|
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Adventureland |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Explorers,Jungle Book |
| Previous name | Explorer's Club |
Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost is a restaurant located inAdventureland, inDisneyland Paris. It opened in 1992 with the park under the nameExplorer's Club. It specialises in a wide range of pizzas and pastas.
At the opening of the park, the building was originally known asExplorer's Club Restaurant. Housed in a colonial estate in a lush jungle where adventurers rest and have meals, the Club allowed guests to encounter famous European explorers, portrayed by cast actors, likeDavid Livingstone orErnest Hemingway. The featured soundtrack fitted the theme, with tunes such asTheresien-Fanfare,Colonel Bogey March,Onward, Christian Soldiers,Royal Air Force March Past orCavalry of the Steppes.
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 theTiki Room). Some of these animals even interacted with the actors. The room is also ornamented with artifacts from numerous exotic regions, and murals representing journeys around the world.
The meals were originally colonial-inspired, and delivered on table.
The nearby rideIndiana Jones and the Temple of Peril still displays in its queue line part items featuring the nameExplorer's Club.
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 wasRudyard Kipling'sJungle Book, especially itsDisney adaptation. Though not entirely, most of the original soundtrack was replaced with samples from this movie's one.
