Due to its popularity in Disneyland, the Jungle Cruise was an obvious choice for inclusion in Walt Disney World's Adventureland. Under the watchful eye of Marc Davis, Disney World’s Jungle Cruise featured more "sight gags", and a longer ride time then its Disneyland counterpart. Scenes including: Inspiration falls, the gorillas in the safari camp, pygmy war canoes, the Bengal tiger and the especially the Cambodian Ruins, gave Disney World's Jungle Cruise a unique feel. Construction began on the Jungle Cruise in the spring of 1969 and the attraction was ready for the Magic Kingdom's opening day on October 1, 1971.
==Attraction plotPlot==As riders leave The Jungle Cruise begins with guests exiting the loading dock, and entering the skipper introduces themselves Amazon River. Here, guests see giant butterflies, remnants of a safari and begins to tell corny jokesInspiration Falls. The ride starts on After traveling down the Amazon , guests transition to the Congo River. The Here, the first creatures thing guests see is large butterflies with wingspans from "12 inches up to 1 ft"the sight of pygmy war canoes on a nearby beach. The boat then passes waterfallsAlthough the boats are empty, at which point the sound of tribal drums beating in the distance can be heard as the boat moves continues on. As the boat turns the corner, guests come face to face with a yellow and brown python before the Congo riverskipper decides to swing by camp to pick up supplies. On the CongoUnfortunately, it seems as if gorillas have overrun the boat passes and empty pygmy camp and an enormous python. The boat Near the continues up bank of the river water, a jeep is flipped over and passes another campcans and boxes are scattered along the beach. Inside the tent, a group of gorillas are seen "playing" with various belongings. This camp has been overrun by monkeys! The boat passes by and continues onto father ape tries to put on a small helmet, as the mother ape sits nearby holding a baby. Also in the tent, two young gorillas are shown holding guns, which they are “innocently” pointing towards the Nileboats.
The ship begins As the boat travels on pass the camp, guests enter the Nile River. Here, guests pass by passing through some bathing African Elephants. As elephants who "trumpet" as the boat continues it passes an African field which features by. Further on, guests see gnus, giraffes, wildebeestszebras, impala, zebras and a pride of lionsvultures in the distance. The boat then also passes the final camp shown. This camp has several man stuck on a totem pole. Below them a rhino is trying to get up to them. Continuing on the boat passes two crocodiles and then narrowly avoids being doused by Schweitzer Falls. Riders will also notice airplane wreckage. This plane was added to the attraction in 19??. After passing the plane a hippo pool will appear.At this point on the ridelion’s den, the pygmies once again appear. They are now dancing in where a circle which means that they are ready to attack. The pygmies attack the boat until it goes behind Schwitzer falls. Which leads to the Skipper giving the famous "back side pack of water" jokelions is shown eating a zebra.
The ride's final river is After taking a sharp turn past the The Macong River in Cambodialion’s den, guests see the "trapped safari scene". While Here, four men on this river safari have been run up a pole by a large rhinoceros. Past the boat travels inside safari, guests come across a templebeach which features two large crocodiles (named Old Smiley and Ginger) who hiss as guests pass by. Nearby, native totem poles can be seen. Past the crocodiles and straight ahead, guests see the beautiful scenic falls. The boat then moves inside a templetakes another sharp turn, before it enters the hippo pool. Here (with the sound of crickets in the background) guests navigate past some hippopotamuses, which pop out of the water on either side of guests. Although the hippo’s initially pose a departure from threat to guests, the Disneyland version skipper fires a warning shot which keeps the hippos at bay. In the hippo pool scene, guests can also see the back half of an airplane (the front half of the plane is all-outdoorsused in the [[Great Movie Ride]]. Ruins Just past the hippo pool, treasuresguests come upon the headhunter village. Here, shrinesthe sound of the native drums can once again be heard in the distance. Along a nearby beach, a white tigercanoe full of skulls can be seen in front a small hut, which houses three warriors jumping around with their spears. Nearby, a smaller hut houses three drummers who have seemingly been making the beats that guests have heard in the background.After surviving the village, the boat is attacked by Zulu warriors. Seven men hide in the bushes along the shore with there spears raised. Although the sound of whizzing spears can be heard overhead, guests survive the attack, cobras and monkeys are featured inside soon find themselves passing under Schweitzer Falls. The falls mark the transition between the Nile and Mekong (formally called the Irrawaddy) Rivers. As the boat enters the Mekong River, guests find themselves heading into ancient ruins. On either side of the boat, crocodiles watch closely as the riders pass by. As guests enter the temple, the boats pass by a statue of the Hindu God Vishnu. Inside the crumbling temple, relics depicting scenes of Hindu mythology surround guests, and for a brief moment the boat passes by a tiger who growls menacingly. Just pass the tiger, a python stares intently at the boat as it passes by. Traveling deeper into the ruins, guests hear the soft sound of xylophones in the background. Two pythons sway to the music, as the boat passes by a mound of treasure, as well as giant spiders (similar to the ones that used to be found in the [[Haunted Mansion]]). After exiting the temple , guests find themselves in the elephant bathing pool. While elephants squirt water around them, the boat passes an is narrowly misses getting sprayed. Just pass the Indian Elephant elephant bathing pool; guests pass Trader Sam who sells shrunken heads. The final scene shows Chief Namee who skipper usually comments that Sam is willing to sell shrunken heads, "trade two of his your heads for one of yourshis". After passing Sam, guests arrive back at the dock and unload.
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