Today we're going all the way back to the Spring of 1997, when for a brief time, The Swiss Family Treehouse had live birds perched at it's base..........

Ken Annakin, a British director whose films included the family-adventure classic "Swiss Family Robinson," the madcap comedy "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" and the World War II epic "The Longest Day," has died. He was 94.

Let me tell you, it was no job for the faint-hearted. The turnstile position at the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse required nerves of tempered steel to endure the sideways glances from Disneyland visitors who'd never before seen a guy wearing a blouse and knee socks (not to mention those green knickers borrowed from Geppetto.)

It's the early part of 1962 and six tons of steel are rapidly becoming the Family Robinson's island homestead. Had construction stopped right here it still would have
been a very impressive work of minimalist modern art.

Taking another turn into Adventureland, we start to spy the remains of a wrecked ship in and around the rocky landscape. We know we can't be far from the treetop abode of the family Robinson.

Disney is considering turning the island attraction at Disneyland (once the ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ Tree House, later a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’-themed scene) [into] yes, ‘Lost Island.’ Theme park fans should stay tuned.

You have probably walked past it a thousand times and in your quest to get a Dole Whip you haven't given it a second glance. Or maybe you walk by and wonder why there's a tree in the middle of Adventureland.

Great photos and a map of Disney's Treehouse Villas. I agree that it would make a great place for a family gathering.

Wow, huh? This jaw-dropping billboard design (shown here without text) was created in 1961 to boast about the enticing new things in development at Disneyland for the year ahead: New Orleans Square, the Swiss Family Treehouse, a brand new shooting arcade for Adventureland, the Tahitian Terrace Restaurant