==Attraction History==
The genesis of what would eventually be known as the Jungle Cruise began with Walt Disney's True Life Adventures in the 1950s. Walt wanted to create an attraction for his Disneyland park that would take inspiration from the films series, particularly from the "African Lion" installment. Disney enlisted the help of Harper Goff (who had worked on the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) to help design the attraction. Goff used not only the True Life series for inspiration, but also the 1951 film, "''The African Queen'', which featured two main characters traveling down a river in Africa, aboard a steam boat. Goff took the movies basic premise, and expanded it to also include rivers in South America and Asia.
During the Jungle Cruise's early stages, Walt Disney had hoped to use real animals in the attraction. After researching the issue and consulting with animal specialists however, it was decided that live animals would not be feasible for a number of reasons. For starters, Disney decided that the animals would be too unpredictable to center a scripted show around, and that the passing guests would agitate the animals. Furthermore, it would cost Disney a lot of money, land, and man power to take care of the animals. After weighing these issues Walt decided to use artificial (Audio Animatronic) animals instead of real ones. The Audio Animatronic animals used in the attraction were sculpted by Chris Mueller and built at the Disney Studio in Burbank (although some of the animals were built on site). Engineer Bob Mattey was responsible for the effects that made the animals move.
In order to landscape the Jungle Cruise, Disney turned to Bill Evans, who was in charge of gardening all of Disneyland. Evans used foliage from nurseries all over California, as well as displaced vegetation from the Santa Ana Freeway construction for the ride.
The Jungle Cruise opened with the rest of Disneyland on July 17 1955, to rave revuesreviews. Although the attraction was popular, one day Walt heard a guest say (referring to the Jungle Cruise), "we don't need to go on that ride, we've already seen it.” Horrified, Disney realized that he needed to update Disneyland's attractions in order to keep the attention of return visitors. To accomplish this, Walt asked Marc Davis to refresh the Jungle Cruise. Davis changed the tone of the attraction, making it a humorous trip as opposed to the danger filled adventure that it had previously been. To this end, Davis created the Indian Elephant Pool scene (which opened in 1962) as well as the African Veldt and Lost Safari scenes (which opened in 1964). At this time, the script for the Jungle Cruise was rewritten, giving it a much lighter (and pun dependent) narration.
[[Image:Junglewalt.jpg|thumb|Walt Disney surveying Disneyland's Jungle Cruise]]
*Also in 1996, the black porters who (along with a white hunter) had been run up a pole by a Rhinoceros, were changed to Caucasians
*In 1999, Jungle Cruise skippers stopped carrying guns (which the they had used to shoot at hippos), however the guns have since returned.
*In 2000, much of the canopy in the Amazon scene was removed as was the fog effect.
"Jungle Cruise bay this is Branco Beauty. We have run aground just south of the house. All hands are fine, we will wait til the tides change. Over."
"[Laughter] This is Jack. Hey look, you know that ship Enna Tshipment of tea? We ran into a whole pool of hippos and upset the boat. We're doing fine but those hippos got the last of the Earl Gray. [Laughter] Looks like Mrs. Habberson's gonna be disappointed."
'''Transmission from Sir Reginald, who was waiting for Jack's shipment.'''
[[Image:marcconcept.jpg|thumb|250px|Marc Davis' concept art for an unused scene featuring a baboon family.]]
"This is Trader Dan reporting a tacky attacking [static]. We just made it through but, but it was close. They're, they're armed with arrows, poison darts, repeat, hostile [static] are attacking. Stay clear of the river north of [static]."
'''Back to Sir Reginald.'''
"Now where was I? Oh yes, the shipment! We still require the Earl Grey tea, quinidinequinine, mosquito netting and piano wire."
"I quite understand sir, I'll see what we can do."
"Good, jolly good, thank . Thank you Colonel, cheerio!"
"Jungle Cruise skippers this is Alligator Al. With all this rain Schweitzer falls is running at about a hundred-fifty thousand gallons per hour. Current's shifted and is real strong here, if you have to come this way lower the tag in at about eight degrees south. Otherwise you're gonna get real damp. Over."
"This is Tropical Imports to all customers. The mail packet has arrived, along with the new shipment of canned goods, linens, ship's canvas and gunpowder. Mail and special orders are ready for pickup, again this it Tropical Imports announcing that this week's shipment has arrived. Feel free to tie up at the dock. Over."
"Attention all boats on the Irawaddy Irrawaddy near Mandalay. This is the colonial portmaster. There have been reports of some disturbances in your area, please travel with caution."
"Recovery, recovery this is Macon Maiden. Come in please."
"Yep."
"Good... I'm heading off down river to the outpost, wanna join me for a game of rummy?"
"Wouldn't miss it."
===Main Ride===
The Jungle Cruise features a live skipper and thus the script for the attraction is often unique. The below description below does not give the skipper's dialogue, it instead focuses on the sights that guests see while on the attraction. For a list of jokes that the skippers on the Jungle Cruise often use see: [[List of Jungle Cruise Jokes]]
[[Image:python.jpg|thumb|250px|A python on the Congo River]]
The Jungle Cruise begins with guests exiting the loading dock and entering the Amazon River. Here, guests see giant butterflies, remnants of a safari and Inspiration Falls. After traveling down the Amazon, guests transition to the Congo River. Here, the first thing guests see is the sight of pygmy war canoes on a nearby beach. Although the boats are empty, the sound of tribal drums beating in the distance can be heard as the boat continues on. As the boat turns the corner, guests come face to face with a yellow and brown python before the skipper decides to swing by camp to pick up supplies. Unfortunately, it seems as if gorillas have overrun the camp. Near the bank of the water, a jeep is flipped over and cans and boxes are scattered along the beach. Inside the tent, a group of gorillas are seen "playing" with various belongings. The 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 boats.
As the boat travels on pass the camp, guests enter the Nile River. Here, guests pass by African elephants who "trumpet" as the boat passes by. Further on, guests see gnus, giraffes, zebras, impala, and vultures in the distance. The boat also passes by lion’s den, where a pack of lions is shown eating a zebra.