Main Salon of the Adventurers Club . PHOTO COURTESY OF IAN JANOSKO
and talking about their latest expedition to Papua New Guinea , but I certainly loved the building !”
Guests entered the building on the second floor Zebra Mezzanine , surrounded by artifacts from various expeditions and overlooking the Main Salon . Wall displays included photos and plaques detailing the history of the characters guests were about to meet . Imagineer Joe Rohde — famous for both large earrings and the genius theming at Pandora , Aulani , and Expedition Everest ( to name a few )— assembled the decor .
It ’ s been said that some guests who didn ’ t get the appeal of the Adventurers Club may not have had great timing . But those who lingered long enough might see Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench wake up to sing the Club Song in the Main Salon or witness as Emil Bleehall won the outrageous Balderdash Cup Competition ( again ) in the Library .
Every 20 minutes , one of the five rooms of the club hosted a show . The Library was the largest room , with interactive shows like the Radio Broadcast , in which Otis T . Wren and Pamelia
Perkins struggled to put on a radio show without most of the actors . The audience , of course , had to step into the roles .
ONCE A MEMBER , ALWAYS A MEMBER Janosko said , “ Some came because they just stumbled into the place one night and got hooked . Some needed a place to escape the drudgery of their lives . Some came because there was alcohol ! But , no matter who you were , if you ‘ got ’ the club , it felt like home .”
At its outset , the goal was to make guests feel like