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{{Infobox Disney ride|
| nameimage=JungleCruiseExterior.jpg| caption='''The entrance sign for the Jungle Cruise.'''| name=Jungle Cruise
| land=Adventureland
| type=Boat Ride
| park= Magic Kingdom
| opened=October 1, 1971
| duration=9:05
| Maximum Speed= 2.18 mph
| custom_label_2= Disney Genie +
|custom_value_2= Yes
}}
The Jungle Cruise is an attraction located in [[Adventureland]]
==Attraction History==
The genesis of what would eventually be known as the Jungle Cruise is a slow moving boat tour located began in Adventurelandthe 1950s with Walt Disney's True Life Adventures. While Walt wanted to create an attraction for his Disneyland Park that would take inspiration from the films series, particularly from the "African Lion" installment <ref> http://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20150821/30496/jungle-cruise-amazon-adventure-orange-grove </ref>. Disney enlisted the help of Harper Goff (who had worked on the boat guests will travel through rivers in Asiafilm 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'' <ref name= "Spence"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2009/11/jungle_cruise_1.html </ref>. That film featured the 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 Americaand Asia <ref name= "Spence"/>. According to Goff:{{Quotation|"Walt and I had both seen the film 'The African Queen' and the animals were never completely visible, they were partially hidden in the underbrush on shore or just under the water. So we began to think of hippos and other animals whose mechanics and tracks could be hidden and still have animated elements"<ref> http://allears.net/ae/issue743.htm </ref>.}}[[Image:Junglewalt.jpg|400px|thumb|Walt Disney surveying Disneyland's Jungle Cruise]]During the Jungle Cruise's early stages, Walt Disney had hoped to use real animals in the attraction features dozens <ref> http://www.florida-project.com/walt-disney-world-photos/magic-kingdom/adventureland/jungle-cruise </ref>. After researching the issue and consulting with animal specialists however, it was decided that live animals would not be feasible for a number of Audio Anamatronic Animals as well as reasons. For starters, Disney decided that the animals would be too unpredictable to center a cast member Skipperscripted 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 <ref name= "Spence"/>. 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) <ref> http://matterhorn1959.blogspot.com/2009/11/making-jungle-cruise-animals-1954_03.html </ref>. Engineer Bob Mattey was responsible for the effects that made the animals move <ref> http://allears.net/ae/issue743.htm </ref>.
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 construction of the Santa Ana Freeway for the ride <ref> http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-30/realestate/re-8294_1_jungle-cruise </ref>. When choosing the foliage that would be found within the attraction, Evans said he hoped to create a "Hollywood Jungle" that would create the feeling that guests were entering uncharted territory <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/its-a-jungle-out-there-the-history-of-jungle-cruise-horticulture/ </ref>
The Jungle Cruise opened with the rest of Disneyland on July 17, 1955 to rave reviews <ref> http://www.davelandweb.com/junglecruise/ </ref>. 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 <ref name= "Spence"/>. 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 <ref name="Spence"/>.
*In 1994, the back half of an airplane was added to the Congo scene <ref name= "widen"/>.
*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, much of the canopy in the Amazon scene was removed, as was the fog effect.
===2021 Attraction Overhaul===In January 2021, Disney announced that the Jungle Cruise would be updated to give the attraction "Yes Sir Reginald.more humor, wildlife, and skipper heart"while also "reflecting the valuing the diversity of the world around us". In March 2021, Imagineer expanded on the upcoming changes, noting the for the first time the attraction would have a unifying storyline:
And you may ask yourself, Wait, what happened to their boat? And we find out that the front of the boat has been beached upon these rocks. We wanted to put something here that feels like Marc Davis had a hand in it, that has a bit of humor in it. And we wanted the animals to have the last laugh. So you’ll see that the family of chimpanzees has moved in. And we don’t currently have chimps on this attraction—all of these amazing animals have been brought to life through the years on the Jungle Cruise and yet we’ve never had chimpanzees. The family of chimpanzees jumps on the wreckage of the boat and they are almost making fun of us. One is wearing the skipper’s hat and is on the microphone. The mother chimp has opened up all the maps and it looks like she’s reading them. A little chimp has gotten into the wildlife painter’s supplies and has made a mess with paint everywhere. It’s the animals really getting the last laugh in this cute scene—these silly explorers really came in and invaded their world <ref> https://d23.com/enhancements-coming-to-the-jungle-cruise/ </ref>.}}
[[Image:JungleCruiseMonkeyBoat.jpg|thumb|500px|A family of chimpanzees aboard a wrecked Jungle Cruise boat. Photo: Disney|alt= Jungle Cruise monkey]]
The second Jungle Cruise scene to be reworked was the "This is Trader Dan reporting trapped safari" scene, where a tacky [static]hunter and his porters had been run up a pole by a rhinoceros <ref> https://www. We just made it through but, but it was closewdwmagic. Theycom/attractions/jungle-cruise/news/07jun2021-skipper-felix-gets-animated-as-the-trapped-skipper-scene-is-completed-at-the-jungle-cruise.htm </ref>. The original safari figures (which had already been altered in 1996) were replaced by new characters- Skipper Felix Penchman XIII and his crew. As part of the attraction'res new backstory, they're armed Felix Pechman XIII is introduced as a Jungle Cruises skipper from Silver Springs Florida <ref> https://attractionsmagazine.com/trader-sam-animatronic-jungle-cruise-replaced-with arrows, poison darts, repeat, hostile [static] are attacking-trader-sams-gift-shop/ </ref>. Stay clear of After signing on with the river north Jungle Navigation Co., Pechman was tasked with piloting a group of [static]Alberta Falls' VIP guests aboard the Kwango Kate (a boat that had previously been in the Jungle Cruise fleet until being retired in 2000)."Members of the VIP party include:
Dr. Leonard Moss- An acclaimed Canadian botanist who is known for photographing and cataloging every plant in the Novia Scotia peninsula.
Rosa Soto Dominguez- A Mexican artist who is close friends with Alberta Falls. Known to the art world as "La Rosa"Now where was I? Oh yes, the shipment! We still require the Earl Grey teaTubert stopped to visit Falls on her way back to Mexico city. She had hoped to paint exotic animals, quinidineespecially rhinos, mosquito netting and piano wirewhile visiting.""I quite understand sir, I'll see what we can do[[Image:BoatsBaitsBites."jpg|thumb|500px|The Boats Baits and BITES scene. Photo: Disney|alt= Jungle Cruise Boats Baits Bites]]
The next Jungle Cruise scene to be overhauled was the "Pigmy Beach" scene. Here, a new set was constructed with a shack that reads "Boats and Baits AND Bites" <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/jungle-cruise/news/07jun2021-third-new-scene-installed-at-the-jungle-cruise---boats-and-baits---and-bites.htm </ref>. While native canoes that lined the beach in the previous incarnation of the scene are still present, the polls adorned with skulls have been removed, as has the original pigmy hut.
====Jingle Cruise====
'''Main Article: [[Jingle Cruise]]'''
{{Quotation|In this new seasonal storyline of the attraction, the Skippers have grown homesick for the holidays, so they’ve added holiday cheer to the Jungle Cruise queue and boathouse with decorations that have been mailed to them from home (plus a few they’ve created themselves). The Skippers have also added a slew of new jokes to their tours that are the perfect way to get guests in the holiday spirit. Additionally, Jungle Cruise boats have been renamed with the holidays in mind, and if guests listen carefully, they may hear a holiday-themed radio broadcast playing in the background.<ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/10/jungle-cruise-goes-jingle-cruise-for-the-holidays-at-disneyland-park-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>}}
==Attraction Plot==
===Queue===
The queue for the Jungle Cruse takes place in the office of the fictional Jungle Navigation Co. According to a sign in the queue, the company takes guests on riverboats which depart from the Adventureland Dock and take guests to the Zambezi River, Irrawaddy River, Schweitzer Falls and the Congo River. According to the backstory, the Adventureland Dock is itself located on the Amazon River. The company appears to be run by British colonialists.
[[Image:Felix.jpg|thumb|500px|Skipper Felix Pechman XII in the trapped skipper scene]]
====Queue Radio====
While waiting in the queue, guests hear Albert AWOL "the voice of the jungle".
"Jungle Cruise bay this is Branco Beauty. We have run aground just south of the house. All hands are fine, we will wait till the tides change. Over."
"Recovery, recovery this [Laughter] This is Macon MaidenJack. Hey look, you know that shipment 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. Come in pleaseHabberson's gonna be disappointed."
"Did Joss load alreadyHello? Colonel are you there? Hello?"
"YepYes Sir Reginald."
"Good.., jolly good. I'm heading off trying to find out about that shipment. They called me from the outposthome office, wanna join me for said the supplies would be delayed by a game of rummy?full month, due to problems with the jungle shipping company."
"You got This is Trader Dan reporting attacking [static]. We just made it - recoverythrough but, outbut 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.'''[[Image:happyelephant.jpg|thumb|300px|An elephant in the Elephant Bathing Pool]]"Macon MaidenNow where was I? Oh yes, outthe shipment! We still require the Earl Grey tea, quinine, mosquito netting and piano wire."
"Good, jolly good. Thank you Colonel, cheerio!"
"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."
"Recovery, recovery this is Macon Maiden. Come in please."
"Did Joss load already?"
"Good... I'm heading down river to the outpost, wanna join me for a game of rummy?"
"See ya there. Oh, and watch out for those crocs as you pass Trader Sams. Hear they been biting hard."
"Macon Maiden, out."
To hear Albert AWOL in the queue click play below!
The Jungle Cruise begins with guests exiting the loading dock and entering the Amazon River. Here, they 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. After turning a corner, guests come face to face with a yellow and brown python, before the skipper decides to swing by camp to pick up supplies. When guests arrive at the camp however, it seems gorillas have overrun it. Near the bank of the water, a jeep is flipped over and cans and boxes are scattered all 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 boat.
As the boat travels on pass the camp, guests enter the Nile River. Here, they 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 are shown eating a zebra.
Just past the hippo pool, guests come upon the headhunter village. Here, the sound of the native drums can once again be heard in the distance. Along a nearby beach, a canoe 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.
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 a temple, the boat passes 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 a mound of treasure, as well as giant spiders (similar to the ones that were formally found in the [[Haunted Mansion]]).
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
[[Image:marcconcept.jpg|thumb|400px|Marc Davis' concept art for an unused scene featuring a baboon family.]]
*The temple scene is not found in the Disneyland version of the Jungle Cruise.
*Marc Davis' original plans for the Jungle Cruise expansion called for a scene in which a gorilla hit a crocodile in the head <ref name= "widen"/>.
*The sound of bullfrogs can be heard while guests travel the Amazon. This is because the attraction originally featured Audio Animatronic frogs in this location <ref name= "widen"/>.
*The hippo pool is the deepest part of the river that the Jungle Cruise takes place on <ref name= "widen"/>.
*The python in the Congo scene has changed colors many times since 1971.
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* Amazon Annie
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* Bomokandi Bertha
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* Congo Connie
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* Ganges Gertie
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* Irrawaddy Irma
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* Mongala Millie
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* Kwango Kate (retired)
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* Nile Nelly
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* Orinoco Ida
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* Rutshuru Ruby
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* Sankuru Sadie
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* Senegal Sal
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* Volta Val
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* Wamba Wanda
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* Zambezi Zelda
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* Ucyali Lolly
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'''*Sankuru Sadie is the only boat to have ever sunk in the Magic Kingdom. It sank in 2004, but returned to service <ref> http://www.mouseinfo.com/forums/walt-disney-world/14426-jungle-cruise-boat-sinks-mk.html </ref>.'''
==References==