Swiss Family Treehouse Fun Facts

Opened November 18, 1962
The Moreton Bay Fig Tree that Walt used as a model for the Swiss Family Treehouse is about 1 mile from Disneyland and is still standing two houses down from the Mother Colony House built in 1857.
REPORTED: Mike Tucker 28 NOV 97
John Mills, star of the film "Swiss Family Robinson," and his daughter, Hayley, of the Disney films "The Parent Trap" and "Pollyanna," attended the dedication of this new attraction with Walt Disney on November l8, 1962.
The Swiss Family Treehouse is nicknamed Disneyodentron Semper-Florens Grandis (meaning a large, ever-blooming Disney tree.) Some time the name is modified to Disneyodentron Eximus, an out-of-the-ordinary Disney tree.
REPORTED: Meg 29 JUL 96
The Swiss Family Robinson Tree is indeed a rare species, "Disneyodron Semperflorens Grandis." Its relative Disneyodron Eximus exists only in Disney world. The flag at the top of the tree is the flag of Switzerland.
CONFIRMED: Tangaroa Jr. 12 JUL 97
All 300,000 artificial leaves and blossoms on the tree are changed twice a year by hand, to reflect the season.

Fact	Figure
Attraction Type	Walk Thru
Designer	WED
Year	November 18, 1962
Number of Leaves	300,000 (hand made vinyl)
Number of Blooms	50,000
Number of Steps	137 total - 68 going up, 69 going down
Tree Height	Approximately 70 feet
Tree Width	80 feet (at its widest point)
Root Length	42 feet
Tree Weight	150 tons
Amount of Water Circulated by Bamboo Buckets	Approximately 200 gallons per hour
Amount of Water Circulated in the Treehouse	4,000 gallons per minute
Stream Length	160 feet

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