Tarzan’s Treehouse

Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse.
Anything without a line at Disneyland is a win (though riding on it’s a small world is debatable). Pretty good stair hike to the top but you’re rewarded with some good views of Frontier land. It’s worth it I think.
— Look for the magic hidden frog somewhere here. I was lucky enough to get a picture of it.
— Probably better to do earlier in the day before you’re legs are dead tired.

It’s great for kids who have tons of energy to burn off.
The best thing about this is that there’s no line up. You can come and go as you please

There isn’t much to this tree house, but it is shaded, kids like it, there a few interactive items at the end and there is zero wait. Great little stop off.

It’s ok, but you’re gonna need some energy for this one.
We made the mistake of walking by this after almost 8 hours of walking around Disneyland when our son wanted to come through here. There’s no free roam, just have to follow people though and some can be slow while others can be pushy. Not a lot of room for people to pass at certain parts.
You need to walk up stairs, over a bridge, and then down some step again. A good exercise for those who are already exhausted. You can come here early and get your sweat on and take your time or you can come here when you’re already tired and get even more so.
There are some visuals inside of animals, baby Tarzan and a gorilla, grown Tarzan and Jane, and some cool artifacts. I didn’t care for it one way or another (never was a Tarzan fan) and some kids didn’t seem to either, but others will of course find it something to do and will like it.
There’s a rope near the end kids will try to climb.
All in all, it’s ok. If you have to skip something in the park, this could be it — but your kids might feel different about it.

My toddler is scared of a lot of indoor rides, so we found ourselves on the treehouse for the first time in over a decade. The «tree» was easy to climb up and down for our son, and the things you get to see were interesting to him even though he doesn’t know the story of Tarzan yet. Even better yet, there was no wait to go up!

Gosh I remember when this was the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. My son loves it, although it takes me a bit longer to climb this ride than I remember when I was young…

You’ve exercised all day at Disneyland by walking EVERYWHERE… but do you need MORE exercise? Well, look no further than TARZAN’S TREEHOUSE! Hehehe.
You climb stairs. You cross a bridge. Then, you climb down a lot of stairs to get to the bottom, but at not such a steep incline. Along the way, you can read the Tarzan story. At the way bottom, there’s rope to climb, things to hit that make noise, etc. It’s pretty much a small little area for children to run/​walk around for a bit.
I’ll agree with other comments. It was far better as the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, but hey… children these days don’t know that family. So, I understand the change. Kind of. Hahaha.
There’s no height requirement, but just so you know, it’s definitely a workout. :D

The Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse was awesome. Tarzan, not so much. They blocked the good views, and basically removed everything that made the treehouse so great. I like innovation and change at Disneyland, but this is one attraction that I just can’t bring myself to love as much as the old version. Check it out if you’ve never seen it before, but it’s not nearly as cool as it used to be.

If you like tree houses, Tarzan, and don’t mind climbing up stairs, then you will love this attraction.
I like trees, so of course I wanted to give this a try. Though, after circling Disneyland 100 times in a day, the last thing I want to do is climb a bunch of stairs, but yet again, what do you expect to be doing when you enter a tree house?
I do think the theme is cool, Tarzan is a cool guy. He lives with gorillas, how cool is that?!? :)
The props at the bottom of the tree house, once you complete your hike, are awesome. The stream is cool.
I give Tarzan’s Tree house a ³⁄₅ simply because I don’t want to climb stairs after running around the many acres of Disneyland all day.

This used to be really good when it was the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, probably worth a good 4 easy. Yes, that was based on a movie just like it is now, but the whole idea made sense and was approachable, fun, and imagination-​provoking even for those who had not read or seen the story. One could easily grasp and have fun thinking about a family making a home when stranded on a deserted island and they did such a great job with it. There also used to be much more to it than there is now. All that they did was take away a bunch of the neatest elements and details, and stick in a handful of lame Tarzan cartoon figures. As «Tarzan’s house» it doesn’t even really make that much sense. It’s just one example of Disney’s misguided, and in my opinion often failed, attempts to try to cater to a new generation without realizing that the classic attraction retain value and draw.
That said, it does have some neat views still, rope bridges, etc., and one can go high up in the tree over Disneyland. That currently is the only real value to this thing.

~*~This is a walk through tree house, there is no ride here~*~
I remember the first time I walked through thinking it was the line and there would be a ride at the end of it. OK stop laughing you’re hurting my ego.
About a 5 minute walk through or longer depending on how often you stop and play. Interactive story telling with animated visuals and sculpture scene stills.
Wobbly bridge warning (watch your step and your little ones).
Fun visuals.

I tend to skip this attraction — thanks, but I don’t really want to wait in line just to climb stairs and come back down again.

I thought this was going to be a big jungle gym for the kids. I was hoping to find a spot to sit and rest while my kid and his cousin burned off some energy. I was wrong. You just walk up a long flight of stairs, look at stuff along the treehouse, then walk back down. At the bottom there’s a small area where kids can mess around with ropes and pulleys, pots and pans, musical instruments, etc. but that’s about it.

One of the fastest walking attractions I’ve ever seen exists here. And when you take into proportion that everything exists on the stairs and that there’s no handicapped accessible entryway, it’s problematic for these guests. I know I’m not handicapped, but some days I wish I’d been, to say something. It isn’t really much of anything to speak about.

Like others have said in their reviews, it was better when it was the Swiss Family Treehouse. The animated character statues weren’t there so the attraction wasn’t cheaper because of it.
That said, this isn’t a mandatory Disneyland visit attraction at all. After walking around the whole park and standing in lines the whole time, do you really want to do more of that but this time while climbing up a treehouse? I think not. It’s kind of interesting with the interactive stuff and seeing the park from up high I’d rather spend my time at the nearby Haunted Mansion or Pirates.

Years ago, way back when, this was the Swiss Family Treehouse. As a kid, I liked the charm of the place, going across the wooden rope bridge, and looking inside the rooms.
Now that it’s been updated to Tarzan’s Treehouse (based on one of the lesser Disney animated movies, in my opinion)… it feels dumbed down. Oh sure, there’s a lot of interactive stuff for the kiddies — yelling the Tarzan yell into the giant horn made my GF giggle and pretend she wasn’t with me — but seeing the place redone with the fake looking animated characters just loses that spark for me.
At least the view of the park from the top is still amazing, so there’s that.

Apparently, I’ve been in this treehouse before, when I was a kid. Now, I don’t remember it, and the only reason I know this to be true is because there’s an old picture of me with my siblings, smiling down from one of the windows, while one of my parents took a picture of us from below.
So, you know — I don’t know anything about what it used to be. I’ve always avoided this — in every one of its iterations — because it’s always crowded with kids. I don’t think I’ve ever even been curious about what goes on up there.
But, we went up there early one cold morning, and walked through all the little dioramas that they have up there. I’ve never seen Disney’s version of Tarzan, but the tale is pretty set in stone, so I figured I’d have no trouble keeping up with the story’s walk-​through.
We kept stopping so that I could take the obligatory silly pictures (me ringing the bell (and me going, «Oh! THIS is where the ringing bell is coming from!»; me pretending to be attacked from behind by the vicious jungle cat, me pretending to draw the scene from Tarzan as it magically appeared on the screen in one of the rooms…)
The tree house itself is interesting. There’s a lot of content crammed into the space, and it spills out onto the ground level (I never knew!) There’s some interactive displays where you can pretend to be one with the story, and I guess that’s good for the kiddies.
It’s not a terrible space, but it’s not particularly wonderful, either. I did like the wooden bridge, but would have preferred it to seem a bit more perilous. But who am I kidding? Kids would never cross it if it felt like you were going to fall right through the boards.

Here’s why I hate this attraction: I used to loooove it when it was Swiss Family Robinson themed. l-​o-​v-​e-​d. I have fond memories of walking through as a little one, imaging being on the island, wearing tattered Victorian dresses and all the cool shit I would make out of coconuts and palm fronds…
(I was a bit of a dork. Moving along.)
Now, my beloved treehouse is dumbed down: weird-​looking giant cartoon apes in 3D (which sometimes translates to RL, but here not so much), narrow walk ways making for pushing and «excuse me“s, mere hints of the awesomeness and creativity that once was.
It’s like park designers said, «Welp, we’ve got this spare $ 245 we found in the couch cushions and this big tree… let’s mess with a good thing: slap some Tarzan shit in there, barely change anything else, call it a day.»
Disney: you keep Autopia and the Tiki Room, but get rid of Swiss Family Robinson?
You’re KILLING MY CHILDHOOD.
Verdict: Ew. Skippy skip. Seriously, who cares about Tarzan?
(Answer: Jane)

Cute treehouse for kids to go through and burn some energy, but not the best option for little toddlers. I always dread when my daughter asks to go through the treehouse because the older kids are always pushing past her little footsteps on the stairs and pushing around her at the very few and limited displays. I ALWAYS end up just picking her up and making the long trek up the many stairs and carrying her up to see the exhibits, then pick her up again to take her back down the flights of stairs. I don’t care how fit you are, it still gets exhausting carrying a 25 pound wiggly toddler along with your purse and a water bottle or two.
I think I’ll have to pass on this walk-​through exhibit at least for another year until my daughter is old enough to quickly take on all those flights of stairs.

I do miss this being the Swiss Family Robinson house, but I do understand that most kids wouldn’t know that story so Disney had to update it.
With that said, Disney didn’t completely overhaul the attraction so there are still a good amount of sights from the walkthrough’s original form.
On a side note, keep an eye out for the hidden Ms. Pots & Chip that is located somewhere near the end of the walkthrough. Where? I’ll leave that up to you to discover.