WDW Magazine March 2021 | Page 50

Adventurers Club story alive via its S . E . A . references all over the world , giving club veterans a unique position we haven ’ t really seen before in the history of attraction closures . With the characters and storyline living on , Adventurers Club fans are encouraged to keep their community alive .
While the Adventurers Club was open , fans would write letters to their favorite characters and await the quarterly club newsletter . These days , Facebook groups like the Society for Explorers and Adventurers and The ConGaloosh Society keep club members in touch . You can even virtually walk the halls of the Adventurers
GM _ ADVENTURERS : DISNEY ’ S ADVENTURERS CLUB IN GARRY ’ S MOD BRERBEN
Club via a fan-made Garry ’ s Mod walkthrough , for which Janosko provided thousands of reference photos . Walk through the Adventurers Club via the video above .
For those of us who never had the chance to adventure as Merriweather Pleasure intended , we have to lean on the memories of past Adventurers — who are eager to share their experiences .
Whether posting photos in online groups or singing at reunion events , what started out as a fictional club is now a bonafide community of real-life Adventurers .
The reunion at Yacht and Beach Club in 2019 was my literal initiation into one of the most ambitious and immersive experiences ever created by Disney Imagineers .
It was enough to make me proud of and nostalgic for a place I ’ d never set foot in . But it looks like the legacy will live on , and I ’ ll be saluting with my fellow members again , soon .
Portions of this article were originally published on WDWNT . com .

Adventurers Club story alive via its S . E . A . references all over the world , giving club veterans a unique position we haven ’ t really seen before in the history of attraction closures . With the characters and storyline living on , Adventurers Club fans are encouraged to keep their community alive .

While the Adventurers Club was open , fans would write letters to their favorite characters and await the quarterly club newsletter . These days , Facebook groups like the Society for Explorers and Adventurers and The ConGaloosh Society keep club members in touch . You can even virtually walk the halls of the Adventurers

GM _ ADVENTURERS : DISNEY ’ S ADVENTURERS CLUB IN GARRY ’ S MOD BRERBEN

Club via a fan-made Garry ’ s Mod walkthrough , for which Janosko provided thousands of reference photos . Walk through the Adventurers Club via the video above .

For those of us who never had the chance to adventure as Merriweather Pleasure intended , we have to lean on the memories of past Adventurers — who are eager to share their experiences .

Whether posting photos in online groups or singing at reunion events , what started out as a fictional club is now a bonafide community of real-life Adventurers .

The reunion at Yacht and Beach Club in 2019 was my literal initiation into one of the most ambitious and immersive experiences ever created by Disney Imagineers .

It was enough to make me proud of and nostalgic for a place I ’ d never set foot in . But it looks like the legacy will live on , and I ’ ll be saluting with my fellow members again , soon .

Portions of this article were originally published on WDWNT . com .