List of Secrets and Easter Eggs in Trader Sam's

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A compendium of easter-eggs and trivia relating to the Trader Sam's bars. For a similar list of other dining-services related to the Jungle Cruise, see List of Secrets and Easter Eggs in Adventureland services.

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Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

• The bar is themed to being run by, "Trader Sam", a character originating from the Jungle Cruise attraction. Said character was removed due to being a highly racist caricature of South American Indigenous peoples, along with having general offensive stereotypes directed against people of colour such as Black people and the Indigenous peoples of Polynesia. Amongst the offensive elements relating to the character are: him being a cannibal, his prolific womanizing, his murders for the selling of shrunken heads, being an ally of the British colonial Jungle Navigation Company, his anachronistic tribal outfit, and him stealing to sell said stolen items from Trader Sam's Gift Shop.
  • Many (but not all) of the items connected to Sam's racist history have been removed from the bars.

    

• The doors to the bar feature the likeness of real-like Polynesian mythological figure Māui, as he is depicted at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort.
• The name of the bar is an allusion to the attraction Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Tiki sculptures from said attraction are scattered about the Enchanted Tiki Bar, with the bar tap handles being modelled after the Tiki Gods. It may be implied that the village this bar is located in, is in the vicinity of the Enchanted Tiki Room.
• This bar is canonically set within the Wilds of Adventureland.
• Throughout the bar are references to the establishment being run by the Jungle Navigation Company, a fictional British colonial company originating from the Jungle Cruise and which Sam is a member and ally to.
• The Enchanted Tiki Bar is themed around the Tiki Craze of the 1930s-1950s. Though various props in the bar place the setting of it to around the late 1950s.
• On the wall, guests can find the House Rules which are
  • The Rules are:
    1. Blow dart guns are not to be used as drinking straws.
    2. Cannibals not serve people!
    3. (Redacted)
    4. Do not provide alcohol to on duty Jungle Cruise skippers. No exceptions!!!
    5. Call bartender if Schweitzer Falls.
    6. No poison dart games.
    7. Management is not responsible (redacted) under any circumstances!
  • House Rule #5 name drops Schweitzer Falls, though in referring to, "Schweitzer" as a character is a reference to the waterfall's historic namesake, Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

Menus

Description

• The menu descriptions are written by Skip Dockmonkey, a Jungle Navigation Company employee originating from the Adventure Trading Company.
• Skip has the same signature style as Walt Disney.
• Skip uses the greeting, "Kungaloosh!", a fictional greeting/catch-phrase from the defunct dining-service/attraction the Adventurers Club.
• One of the locations which Skip identifies Sam as having travelled to is Mystic Point, a fictional colony which is the setting for Mystic Point in Hong Kong Disneyland.
  • Sam is also identified as having travelled through the Amazon rainforest, Polynesia and the Congo.

Items/Drink Effects

• "Shipwreck on the Rocks" is a drink themed around the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The drink description mentions Davy Jones' Locker, and ordering it causes a bottle containing a miniature of The Wicked Wench from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction to be caught in a storm and sink.
  • The effect is taken from the Adventurers Club.
  • The pirate ship trapped within a bottle may be a reference to Blackbeard's bottled ships from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).
• The, "Zombie" drink is has elements alluding to the Haunted Mansion. The design of the mugs is taken from Blaine Gibson's, "Leering Head" mould used in the Haunted Mansion, and ordering it triggers ghostly ambience in the bar.
  • The drink used to be called the, "Shrunken Zombie Head" as an allusion to shrunken heads.
• The Polynesian Pearl's clam, "Shelly" resembles the giant animatronic clams from Submarine Voyage. Incidentally, the menu shows artwork of a wrecked submarine behind the description for the drink.
• The Nautilus drink is themed around 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). The mug is modelled after the Nautilus submarine, and ordering it causes submarine audio to play with Captain Nemo audible.
• HippopotoMai-Tai drinks are served in glasses depicting an aquatic monster resembling that from The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), a classic monster movie which Jungle Cruise imagineer Chris Mueller worked on. Overall, the drink is themed around the Jungle Cruise's hippo pool, with the, "Two Shots of Rum" fired and gunshots alluding to the revolvers historically fired by skippers in said scene.
  • In the Grog Grotto, the drinks are instead made to resemble the resort's portrayal of Māui.
• Krakatoa Punch is named for the historic volcano Krakatoa which erupted in 1883.
• The drink, "Uh-Oa!" is named for the goddess of disaster from the defunct Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management).
• "Rosita's Margarita" is named for Rosita from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. The menu description quotes the attraction and identifies the cocktail as coming from Rosita, before asking whatever happened to her. Rosita's absence is a running-gag in the Disney Parks and the Rosita character was also featured in the Jungle Cruise film.
• The, "La Florida" mentions Sam having attempted to find the Fountain of Youth, an allusion to Ponce de Léon's searches for the mythical water-feature in Florida. This could also be a tribute to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) or various Disney attractions that reference the fountain.
• Angolada takes its name from the Central African Republic of Angola. The menu description states that Sam found the, "Old Family Recipe" while riding the Yangtze Lotus through the Congo, the Lotus being a boat from Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.
• The drink the Schweitzer Falls is named for the waterfall of there same name in the Jungle Cruise. The drink is identified as having been a favourite of the waterfalls's fictitious namesake and JNC founder, Dr. Albert Falls.
• Secret menu drinks include, "The Bounty", a drink modelled after the character of Grogu from The Mandalorean, and "Kungaloosh!" which is a drink from the defunct attraction The Adventurers Club.

Props

• Trader Sam's removed tribal mask from the Jungle Cruise appears on a shelf, alongside drummer tikis from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.
• The mounted fishing-rod comes from the, "God With a Rod" sculpture of Zeus from the defunct Adventurers Club. The rod is identified as having been given to Sam by club president, Pamelia Perkins.
• Carl and Ellie's coin-jar for , "Paradise Falls" from Up (2009) is on a shelf in this bar.
• The genie's lamp from Aladdin is on a shelf, next to a metal bust of JNC founder Dr. Albert Falls.
• On a shelf in this bar is a plastic figure of the Orange Bird from Sunshine Tree Terrace, in the possession of Trader Sam. Attached is a note from Sam explaining, "I traded for this because I thought it had a ppeal".
• In the bar a mounted banjo reading, "Banjo lessons contact H. Goff; dock 54". This is a tribute to artist/imagineer/banjo-player Harper Goff and his fictional Adventureland counterpart.
• One of the musical lockets belonging to Davy Jones and Calypso from the Pirates of the Caribbean films is in Sam's collection.
• Hanging from the roof of the bar are small crates with Venus flytraps and the note, "Take care of these Sam!- L. Moss", referencing Dr. Leonard Moss from the Jungle Cruise.

Letters

• In the bar there are post-cards and letters from various characters:
  • One is from Charlie Allnut from The African Queen (1951), a Non-Disney film which inspired the Jungle Cruise.

Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

• The bar is themed to being run by, "Trader Sam", a character originating from the Jungle Cruise attraction. Said character was removed due to being a highly racist caricature of South American Indigenous peoples, along with having general offensive stereotypes directed against people of colour such as Black people and the Indigenous peoples of Polynesia. Amongst the offensive elements relating to the character are: him being a cannibal, his prolific womanizing, his murders for the selling of shrunken heads, being an ally of the British colonial Jungle Navigation Company, his anachronistic tribal outfit, and him stealing to sell said stolen items from Trader Sam's Gift Shop.
  • Many (but not all) of the items connected to Sam's racist history have been removed from the bars.
• Throughout the bar are references to the establishment being run by the Jungle Navigation Company, a fictional British colonial company originating from the Jungle Cruise and which Sam is a member and ally to.
• The Grog Grotto is themed around the 1950s-1970s, though some items in the bar may actually set it around the 1980s to modern day. Its physical setting is within the Great Ceremonial House of the Polynesian Village along the Seven Seas Lagoon.
• The house rules can be found within the bar:
  • The rules go:
    1. Keep the porthole closed at ALL times!!
    2. Never throw Annette into the sea.
    3. The grotto is not zoned for slap dancing.
    4. (Redacted)
    5. NO HARASSING THE HIPPOS!
    6. Don’t ask for Humuhumunukunukuapua sushi.
    7. Cannot serve on duty skippers.
    8. Management is not responsible (Redacted) for any reason.
  • Rule #2 references historic actress/singer Annette Funicello (1942-2013) who was known for her work in the, "Beach Party" subgenera and who was a former child-star on the original Mickey Mouse Club.

Menus

Description

• The menu descriptions are written by Skip Dockmonkey, a Jungle Navigation Company employee originating from the Adventure Trading Company.
• Skip has the same signature style as Walt Disney.
• Skip uses the greeting, "Kungaloosh!", a fictional greeting/catch-phrase from the defunct dining-service/attraction the Adventurers Club.
• Skip's description mentions Sam having travelled to Vulcania, a fictional island from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas which was the base of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo.
  • Sam is also identified as having travelled through the Amazon rainforest, Polynesia and the Congo.

Items and drink effects

• The Polynesian Pearl's clam, "Shelly" resembles the giant animatronic clams from Submarine Voyage. Incidentally, the menu shows artwork of a wrecked submarine behind the description for the drink.
• The Nautilus drink is themed around 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). The mug is modelled after the Nautilus submarine, and ordering it causes submarine audio to play with Captain Nemo audible. The menu description mentions the Nautilus having visited the Polynesian Village's waters and being depicted in artwork by locals. The giant tentacle arm which serves the drink belongs to the Giant Squid from the film.

  

• The drink, "Uh-Oa!" is named for the goddess of disaster from the defunct Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management). Uh-Oa's figure is mounted in the bar and while it remains static, will light up and say audio from the show when the drink is ordered.

Props

• This bar references Trader Sam having visited many tourist destinations in Florida. Amongst these are Silver Springs, the Sunken Gardens of St. Petersburg, and the Parrot Jungle & Gorilla jungle of Miami.
• Hanging above the counter in this bar are car-keys labelled, "J. Thaddeus Toad, Esq." which seemingly identify Toad as having been a customer of Trader Sam's. The implication is presumably that the keys were confiscated due to Toad's infamously poor driving abilities.
  • This is a tribute to the attraction Mr. Toad's Wild Ride which was shut down in Walt Disney World. Incidentally, Toad's character and defunct attraction are also referenced in the Walt Disney World restaurant the Skipper Canteen.
• The life-preserver, "Vesta Gruppen" is a repurposed prop from the village scene of the defunct Epcot attraction, "Maelstrom".
• A necklace with a carving of Shrunken Ned's head on it decorates one of the shelves in this Trader Sam bar.

  

• The display case contains various easter-eggs, including:
  • A figurine of the Orange Bird from Sunshine Tree Terrace.
  • A wooden sculpture of Lampie from Pete's Dragon (1977).
  • A book dissuading Sam from cannibalistic behaviour titled, "Eating People is Wrong".
  • Several sleeves of beach music, such as the work of Elvis Presley.
  • A wooden sculpture of a peg-legged sailor, potentially intended to represent Smith from Mary Poppins (1964).
  • There is also a book titled, "Lava; Songs of Hawaii" referencing the Pixar short, Lava.

• On the wall is a menu from the South Seas Club, a fictional Hollywood nightclub from the film The Rocketeer.
• A sign labelled, "Samoa" references the defunct shop Samoa Snacks from Disney's Polynesian Village Resort which was replaced with the Moana Mercantile.
• There is a mobile of seashells made to resemble the bird-mobile of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. On the mobile is the name, "Rosita", referencing the Tiki Room bird of the same name.
• The turtle-shell guitar of Ned Land made on Vulcania is on one of the shelves.
• In the rafters, Trader Sam has a surfboard with a design of Mickey Mouse on it, though his face is hidden.

Letters

• There is a post-card from Hathaway Browne, a character from the defunct Adventurers Club.

Photographs

• There is a photograph of Walt Disney promoting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and holding the squid's arm.

Trader Sam's references in other media

Attractions

• Adventure Trading Company: The bar was included as a part of the Tiki Mask Juju mission in the Adventure Trading Company.
• City of Zootopia: One of the billboards is for, "Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Nights" and, "Trader Lamb's".

Television

• Loki: The Hippopotomai-tai glasses appeared in an episode of the MCU series Loki when Sylvia put a Time Variance Authority member into a memory at a tiki bar.