The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]]. {{Infobox Disney ride|| image=JungleCruiseExteriorPoohentrance.jpg| caption='''The entrance sign for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Jungle CruisePooh.'''| name=Jungle Cruise| land=Adventureland| type=Boat Ride
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The Jungle Cruise is an attraction located in [[Adventureland]]
==Attraction History==
The genesis of what would eventually be known as the Jungle Cruise began in the 1950s with Walt Disney's True Life Adventures. 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''. 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 America and Asia.
During the Jungle CruiseThe idea of a dark ride based on Disney's early stages, Walt Disney had hoped to use real animals Winnie the Pooh franchise began in the attractionlate 1970s. After researching Following the issue and consulting with animal specialists howeverpopularity of the Winnie the Pooh movies, it was decided that live animals would not be feasible Imagineers began to make plans for a number of reasons. For starters, Disney decided that Winnie the animals would Pooh attraction to be too unpredictable added to center Disneyland's Fantasyland. Fantasyland was going to go under a scripted show aroundsignificant renovation soon, and it was assumed that the passing guests would agitate Winnie the animals. Furthermore, it Pooh dark ride would cost Disney a lot of money, land, and man power to take care of the animalsbe added then. After weighing these issues Walt decided to use artificial (Audio Animatronic) animals instead of real ones. The Audio Animatronic animals used When Disneyland's Fantasyland re-opened 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 1983 however, there was responsible for the effects that made no Winnie the animals movePooh ride present.
In order to landscape Although the Jungle Cruiseattraction was not built, Disney turned to Bill Evans who the idea of a Winnie the Pooh dark ride was not dead. In 1988, Imagineers once again began making plans for a Disneyland Pooh ride. This time the attraction was going to be located in charge of gardening all of Disneyland's Toontown Fair. Evans used foliage from nurseries all over California, as well as displaced vegetation from The new Winnie the construction of Pooh rid would have allowed guests to travel through what were deemed the Santa Ana Freeway for three best scenes in the ridemovies in a spinable honeypot. Once again however, the attraction never came to fruition.
The Jungle Cruise opened with ===Winnie the rest of Disneyland on July 17, 1955 to rave reviews. 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) narrationPooh Replaces Mr. Toad===
[[Image:JunglewaltSeven years after the last attempt at a Winnie the Pooh dark ride, Imagineers once again pitched the idea.jpg|thumb|This time, they wanted to build the attraction in Walt Disney surveying DisneylandWorld. Although Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise]]Fantasyland had enough space to build the new attraction, it was eventually decided to replace the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride attraction. Despite Mr. Toad fan protests (as well as some bad publicity) Disney closed Mr. Toad's Wild Ride on September 7 1998. Mr. Toad's show building and ride structure were then reused, and on June 4 1999 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh officially opened.
Due to its popularity in Disneyland, ==Attraction Plot==The Many Adventures of Winnie 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 Pooh is a longer dark ride time then its Disneyland counterpart. Scenes including: Inspiration Falls, attraction that takes guests into 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 world of 1969 and the attraction was ready for the Magic Kingdom's opening day on October 1, 1971100 Acre Woods.
==Changes Since Opening Day==
Since it opened the Jungle Cruise has experienced a series of major and minor changes. The changes to the attraction include:
*In 1971, bullfrogs which were located in the Congo scene were removed.
*In 1973, the Jungle Cruise's queue was expanded, and access to the queue structure’s second floor was removed.
*In 1991, the Jungle Cruise's queue was updated. An office was added to the line, as were many artifacts and props. Background music and a radio show hosted by Albert AWOL (the voice of the jungle) were added to the queue at this time.
*Also in 1991, the shack that is located across from the loading dock was covered with supplies and safari equipment.
*In 1994, the back half of an airplane was added to the Congo scene.
*In 1996, women began being cast as skippers on the Jungle Cruise. From 1971-1995 men were exclusively Jungle Cruise skippers (except for 1975-1976)
*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 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.
*Also in 2000, the boats were replaced with more modern vessels. The new boats looked essentially identical to the old ones, although the color scheme changed and props were added to the boat.
*The Jungle Cruise's original entrance sign was removed in 1991. The current entrance sign was added in 2000 as part of the FastPass instillation refurbishment.
==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.
====Queue Radio====While waiting in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh's queue, is themed to be chapter one of the story that guests hear Albert AWOL "are about to enter. Pages from a Winnie the voice Pooh book, tell guests a story as they walk through the line. The queue begins with Winnie wondering what he will do today. A map of the jungleHundred Acre Woods is present, showing the various places that Pooh (and guests) can go. The Hundred Acre Woods begin with guests passing Pooh's house. His house is inside a large honey tree, and the words "Mr. Sanders" can be read above the front door. The attraction entrance sign actually hangs off of the honey tree, marking the beginning of the attraction. As part of the attraction's new interactive queue, guests can actually go into Pooh's house and see how the bear lives.
As guests continue on through queue, they pass both Eeyore's and Piglet's house. Storybook pages outside the homes, give guests a little background. As guests continue on, they come upon Tigger'These transmissions s house and also his bouncing place. Here, guests can be heard over the speakers in the queue linebounce on Tigger themed springs around a small area.'''
"Jungle Cruise bay this is Branco Beauty. We have run aground just south of the After passing Tigger's house, guests come to Rabbit's garden. All hands Here, despite his best efforts, gophers are finetearing up the garden. The gophers pop up and down, interacting with guests. One section of the garden allows guests to stomp on a button, we which will wait till knock the tides changegophers back to down into their holes. OverAnother part of Rabbit's garden allows guests to spin giant sunflowers and beat (like a drum) various vegetables.After passing through Rabbit's garden, guests come upon the interactive "honey walls". The honey walls are large interactive touch screens, which allow guests to smear and draw in the honey.
"[Laughter] This is Jack. Hey lookAt this point, you know that shipment of tea? We ran into a whole pool of hippos and upset guests finally come to the boatloading area. We're doing fine Here, another storybook page tells guests that chapter one is ending but those hippos got chapter two will start soon. As guests board their honeypot ride vehicles, the last pages of chapter two line the Earl Grayback wall. [Laughter] Looks like Mrs. Habberson's gonna be disappointedAt this point, guests then enter the story themselves, starting the attraction."
'''Transmission from Sir Reginald, who was waiting for Jack's shipment===Main Attraction===[[Image:Poohtoad.'''jpg|thumb|200px|The painting of Mr. Toad handing the deed over to Owl.]]
As Chapter two begins, guests enter the Hundred Acre Woods on blustery day. Piglet and Gopher can be seen on riders’ left, being blown around in a garden. Next to them, Pooh is holding on to a balloon and using the wind to try and get into a beehive. Back on the ground Eeyore looks on, commenting that Pooh will never get the honey. Across the room, Rabbit can be seen lying in his garden, underneath a pile on unearthed carrots. Next to him is Kanga, who is desperately trying to hang on to Roo. Roo is up in the air, holding on to the other end of a scarf. As Kanga pleads with him to hold on, Roo says: "Hello? Colonel are you there? Hello?Look mama, I'm a kite!". Riders then go through a door and into Owl's house.
"Yes Sir Reginald."
"GoodInside Owl's house, jolly goodeverything has been disorganized by the storm. IOn the right in the house, guests can see a picture of J. Thaddeus Toad (Mr. Toad) handing over a deed to Owl. Another picture on the floor shows Moley (Mr. Toad'm trying s sidekick) and Winnie the Pooh together. Both of these pictures are subtle references to find out about the fact that shipmentMr. They called me from Toad's Wild Ride once was located in the home office, said current location of the supplies would be delayed by a full monthMany Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. After passing through Owl's house, due to problems with guests enter the jungle shipping companynext scene through a sliding door."
'''Transmission In the next scene of the attraction, Tigger pops up across from Trader Danriders. He invites them to "Come bounce with me!", but will return as their honeypot vehicles begin to Sir Reginald afterwordsbounce.As riders bounce around the room, Tigger can be seen all over the room. In the background, the song "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" can be heard. As guests enter the next room (Pooh'''s house), they see Tigger pounced on top of Pooh (who is wearing his pajamas). Tigger warns him to "watch out for Heffalumps and Woozles". He also tells Pooh that Heffalumps and Woozles will steal his honey, so Pooh decides to stand guard (holding a gun). Despite his best efforts however, Pooh falls asleep and magically floats into the next room.
[Static][[Image:marcconceptAs guests follow him into the next room, they enter a bizarre room.jpg|thumb|250px|Marc Davis' concept art for an unused scene featuring All around them, Heffalumps and Woozles manically sing. Strange objects such as Woozles with jack-in-the-box necks surrounded guests. One Woozle even seems to light the end of a baboon familyHeffalump on fire, causing a smoke ring to come out of the Heffalumps trunk hitting guests. After passing through a large hole in a Heffalump, guests can see room’s exit. Before exiting however, the honeypots travel under "watering can" shaped Heffalumps, which transition them to the next scene.]]
"This is Trader Dan reporting attacking [static][Image:Honey. We just made it through butjpg|thumb|200px|Pooh, but it was close. They're, they're armed with arrows, poison darts, repeat, hostile [static] are attacking. Stay clear happily eating his honey at the end of the river north of [staticattraction.]]."
'''Back The next scene takes place back in the Hundred Acre Woods, where a large storm is brewing. Eeyore, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Tigger all team up to Sir Reginaldsave Piglet from being washed down Floody Place Falls.On the other side of the forest, Pooh can be seen (apparently stuck), trying to get into a beehive. After the storm has ended, all of the characters (except for Pooh) can be seen celebrating at Rabbit'''s house. A little further down the track, Pooh can be seen happily eating honey inside a tree. After passing a beaming Pooh, a storybook page reads "The End", and guests can disembark from their honeypot. After unloading, guests exit into the [[Hundred Acre Goods]] store.
"Now where was I? Oh yes, ==See the shipmentAttraction! We still require the Earl Grey tea, quinine, mosquito netting and piano wire."==
"I quite understand sir, I'll see what we can do." "Good, jolly good. 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 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." "I hear you Jack." "Did Joss load already?" "Yep." "Good... I'm heading down river to the outpost, wanna join me for a game of rummy?" "Wouldn't miss it." "See ya there. Oh, and watch out for those crocs as you pass Trader Sams. Hear they been biting hard." "You got it - recovery, out." "Macon Maiden, out." ===Main Ride=== The Jungle Cruise features a live skipper and thus the script for the attraction is often unique. The 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{{#ev: [[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. 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 the camp. 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 boats. 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 is shown eating a zebra. After taking a sharp turn past the lion’s den, guests see the "trapped safari scene". Here, four men on safari have been run up a pole by a large rhinoceros. Past the safari, guests come across a beach which features two large crocodiles (named Old Smiley and Ginger) who hiss as guests pass by. Past the crocodiles and straight ahead, guests see the beautiful Scenic Falls. Passing the falls, the boat then takes 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 the boat. Although the hippo’s initially pose a threat to guests, the 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 used in the [[Great Movie Ride]]. 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.After surviving the village, the boat is attacked by Zulu warriors. Seven men hide in the bushes along the shore with their spears raised. Although the sound of whizzing spears can be heard overhead, guests survive the attack, and 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 a 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 a mound of treasure, as well as giant spiders (similar to the ones that used to be found in the [[Haunted Mansion]]).[[Image:happyelephant.jpg|thumbyoutube|200pxNw6oJFmgvY4|An elephant in the Elephant Bathing Pool]]After exiting the temple, guests find themselves in the Elephant Bathing Pool. While elephants squirt water around them, the boat narrowly misses getting sprayed. Just pass the elephant bathing pool; guests pass Trader Sam, who sells shrunken heads. The skipper usually comments that Sam is willing to "trade two of your heads for one of his". After passing Sam, guests arrive back at the dock and unload.420}}
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
*The temple scene is not found in the Disneyland version of the Jungle Cruise.
*The Jungle Cruise has the lowest elevation FastPass machines for The Many Adventures of any attraction in Winnie the Magic KingdomPooh, are located near Mickey's PhilharMagic.
*Marc Davis' original plans for the Jungle Cruise expansion called for A small carving of a scene in which submarine can be found on a gorilla hit crocodile rafter in Pooh's house. The submarine is a subtle tribute to the closed Fantasyland attraction [[20,000 Leagues Under the headSea]].
* Another planned scene (designed by Marc Davis) that was never used would have featured The FastPass return clock for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh features a baboon family standing on a rock formationsmall Pooh "Cuckoo".
*The sound of bullfrogs Guests can be heard while guests travel the Amazon. This is because the attraction originally called for Audio Animatronic frogs in this location. *Walt Disney originally wanted to use the squid from the film ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' in the Jungle Cruise. *Chris Mueller sculpted the Audio Animatronic animals found on the Jungle Cruise, and Bob Mattey created the effects that allowed the animals to move. *smell honey as they exit The hippo pool is the deepest part Many Adventures of Winnie the river that the Jungle Cruise takes place on. *A cargo truck appeared outside the Jungle Cruse form 1994-2000. *The python in the Congo scene has changed colors many times since 1971. ===Jungle Cruise Boat Names===Every boat on the Jungle Cruise has an individual name. They are: {| style="padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px;"|-| * Amazon Annie| * Bomokandi Bertha| * Congo Connie|-| * Ganges Gertie| * Irrawaddy Irma| * Mongala Millie|-| * Kwango Kate (retired)| * Nile Nelly| * Orinoco Ida|-|* Rutshuru Ruby| * Sankuru Sadie| * Senegal Sal|-| * Volta Val| * Wamba Wanda| * Zambezi Zelda|-|* Ucyali Lolly|} '''*Sankuru Sadie is the only boat to have ever sunk in the Magic Kingdom. It sank in 2004, but returned to service.''''''’* Kwango Kate was retired in 2000Pooh.'''
==References==
http://www.worldfamousjunglecruise.com/attraction/wdwoverview.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDsiCwd6MIk
http://home.earthlink.net/~andyda/disney/fromng/jcjokes2.html
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/magickingdom/adv-jungle.htm
http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2011/07/jungle-cruise-early-years.html
http://wwwdisneyworld.omniluxedisney.netgo.com/wywparks/magic-kingdom/attractions/many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/jc.htm
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