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| caption='''The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel in Fantasyland'''  
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| caption='''Concept art for the Jungle Skipper Canteen'''
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| opened=December 16, 2015
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| opened=October 1, 1971
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|custom_value_1= Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel (1971-2010)
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The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
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The Jungle Skipper Canteen is a table service restaurant located in [[Adventureland]].  
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==Attraction History==
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==History==
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The history of the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel actually goes back to long before Walt Disney World opened. The carousel was built in 1917 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, for use in the Detroit Palace Garden Park <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/02/carrousel-horses-ready-for-the-day-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>. Originally, the ride was named the "Liberty Carousel" and it was painted red, white and blue <ref name= "mouseplanet">https://www.mouseplanet.com/9271/The_Tale_of_Cinderellas_Golden_Carrousel </ref>. On the original canopy, images of Miss Liberty and other patriotic symbols could be seen. In 1928, the carousel was brought back to Philadelphia for repairs, and then sold to the Olympic Park, in Maplewood, New Jersey <ref name= "mouseplanet"/>. The carousel ran there for 39 years, until 1965 when the park closed  <Ref name= "Krokis"/>. The Walt Disney Company purchased the carousel from the closing park for use in the unopened Walt Disney World. After purchase, Disney Imagineers (including John Hench and Isle Voght) had to completely restore the carousel. They  stripped and repainted the carousel's horses, giving each horse a unique design. Disney also added a 23 karat gold leaf, silver, and bronze to each of the ride's 90 horses <ref> http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/cinderellas-golden-carrousel/ </ref>. Imagineer John Hench decided to have all of the horses on the carousel be white due to the fact that in Disneyland, guests always wanted to ride the the white "hero" horse. <Ref name= "Krokis"> Secret stories of Walt Disney World: things you never knew you never knew
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The area that would one day house the Jungle Skipper Canteen was occupied by the Adventureland Veranda from 1971 until 1994. The location remained closed until 1998 when it briefly opened (albeit with a generic menu) during the refurbishment of nearby [[Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe]] <ref> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/advv.htm </ref>. After a long period of closure, during which the Veranda was used for special events and character meet and greets, the location briefly opened during Spring Break 2010 <ref> http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/03/the-adventureland-veranda-is-back-sort-of/ </ref>.
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Jim Korkis - Sam Gennawey </ref> According to Voght, "Disney purchased some antique horses that were made by two other well-known producers of carousels: the Dentzel Co. and the Parker Co." <ref name= "mouseplanet"/> Furthermore, the canopy was rethemed, so that 18 scenes from the Disney movie Cinderella were included in the attraction <ref> http://allears.net/tp/mk/carr.htm </ref>.
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The carousel opened as Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel on October 1, 1971 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/disneyworldgrandopening.html</ref>. Although the attraction has not changed since opening day, on June 1, 2010 Disney announced that they were changing the name of the ride to the “Prince Charming Regal Carrousel” <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/05/carrousel-name-change-at-walt-disney-world/ </ref>. With the name change, Disney also released a new backstory for the attraction which says:
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In August 2011, Disney announced that a new Tinkerbell meet and greet would take place in the old Adventureland Veranda building. Called Tinker Bell's Magical Nook, the meet and greet operated from 2011 until 2014 <ref> http://allears.net/tp/mk/TinkerBellsMagicalNook.htm </ref>.  
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In February 2015, permits were filled for extensive construction on the Adventureland Veranda building <ref> http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/03/the-adventureland-veranda-is-back-sort-of/ </ref>. At this time however no information was given about what the building would eventually be used for <ref>http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/adventureland-verandah/news/11feb2015-construction-permits-filed-for-new-adventureland-verandah-restaurant.htm </ref>.
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On August 15, 2015, at the D23 Expo, Disney announced that a new restaurant called the "Jungle Navigation Co., Ltd. Skipper Canteen" would be opening in the old Adventureland Veranda building <Ref name= "disney"> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-to-open-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>. Announced during the "Safari So Good—60 Years of the World Famous Jungle Cruise" panel <ref> https://d23.com/parks-celebrates-60-years-of-innovation-at-d23-expo-2015/</ref>, details further emerged that the Jungle Skipper Canteen would have a [[Jungle Cruise]] theme and would be staffed by Jungle Cruise Skippers <ref name= "disney"/>.
  
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{{Quotation| Following their fairy-tale romance and happily-ever-after wedding, Cinderella and Prince Charming took up residence in Cinderella’s Castle. With peace throughout the kingdom, Prince Charming had time to practice for jousting tournaments. In the countryside near the castle, he built a training device of carved horses, on which he could practice the art of ring-spearing, a tournament event in which a knight rides his horse full speed, lance in hand, toward a small ring hanging from a tree limb, with the object of spearing the ring. This event was known by various names throughout the lands, but generally came to be called “carrousel.”
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According to the head chef of the Jungle Skipper Canteen the idea for the restaurant had been in development for four years, while the menu was put together over a period of a year and a half <ref> https://twitter.com/ORLParkPass/status/676152580108611584 </ref>. The Jungle Skipper Canteen officially opened on December 16, 2015 <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/12/new-jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-opens-dec-16-in-magic-kingdom-park-at-walt-disney-world-resort/ </ref>. On July 19, 2016 the Jungle Skipper Canteen got a new menu. Although still offering exotic meals, the new menu also features more basic entrees like fried fish and baked pasta <ref> http://www.insidethemagic.net/2016/07/a-new-updated-menu-debut-at-the-skipper-canteen-restaurant-magic-kingdom-walt-disney-world/ </ref>
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The carrousel device drew the attention of the villagers, who wanted to take a turn on this amazing spinning contraption. So Prince Charming had a second carrousel constructed closer to the Castle, where everyone could take a spin on this wondrous invention. Instead of a working knight’s training device, however, this new carrousel is more befitting its regal location in the Castle Courtyard – its rustic training horses replaced with ornately decorated prancing steeds adorned with golden helmets and shields, flower garlands, feathers and other festoons. Prince Charming invites one and all to test their horsemanship skills and to enjoy their own happy ending. <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/05/carrousel-name-change-at-walt-disney-world/ </ref>}}
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==Restaurant Description==
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[[Image:Regalcarousel2.jpg|thumb|400px|A close up of the carousel's canopy featuring some of the carousel's original figures,as well a scene from Cinderella. Photo Credit: HarshLight]]
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Open for both lunch and dinner, the Jungle Skipper Canteen features numerous unique dining rooms including the once secret meeting room of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, the skipper's mess hall, and the living room.
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The Price Charming Regal Carrousel is a two minute carousel ride. Guests can choose from 90 different horses, each with their own unique color pattern. While guests ride the carousel, classic Disney music plays on an organ. Songs that can be heard on The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel include:
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===Backstory===
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The following note appears inside the Jungle Skipper Canteen. It gives the history of the restaurant was well as the broader history of the Jungle Navigation Company
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{{Quotation| Welcome to the Jungle Skipper Canteen! <br>
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My name is Alberta and I’ll be your owner, manager, bookkeeper, interior decorator, and sous chef for the next 3 courses (or as far as you get). My grandfather, Dr. Albert Falls, established the Jungle Navigation Company in 1971. His goal was to improve the way in which cargo moved up and down the jungle rivers for his fellow explorers and adventures. When I was eight years old my parents sent me here to live with my grandfather and the jungle boat skippers I call the jungle m home and the crew members are my family. <br>
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That’s why I turned to them when business began to decline soon after I inherited the company. Fewer and fewer full-fledged expeditions were seen in the jungle and Adventureland became more of a destination for greenhorn globetrotters. Simply put, our cargo shipping business was dry docked. Then one of the skippers came to me with an idea. He suggested we use our vessels to offer guided tours to the visitors. <br>
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The rest is history! We have been offering [[Jungle Cruises]] for several years now and business has never been better. We’ve been so successful that I decided to open up our home offices to hungry travelers. The crew’s mess hall, our old family room and even my grandfather’s old meeting room are now open to our diners! <br>
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We enjoy having you and we hope you enjoy being had. Please relax and enjoy your meal, then get out.  <br>
  
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* Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
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Yours truly, <br>
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-Alberta Falls <br>
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P.S. I’m sorry, that was rude…Please get out.}}
  
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* High Ho (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
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==Menu==
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Click below to see the Jungle Skipper Canteen's current menu:
  
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* Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins)
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https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/magic-kingdom/jungle-navigation-skipper-canteen/menus/
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* Be Our Guests (Beauty and the Beast)
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* Chim Chim Cheree (Mary Poppins)
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* When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio)
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==Fun Facts and Trivia==
 
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
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* There is a tribute to the Swan Boat attraction that was once found in the [[Magic Kingdom]] inside the Jungle Skipper Canteen. A note on the wall in the Jungle Skipper Canteen reads: {{Quotation| '''Boat for Sale'''<br> - Gently Used <br> -All White <br> -Carved Swan on Boat <br> Contact Merry Time Tracers for more information}} <ref> https://twitter.com/Imagineer2017/status/676140731719925760 </ref>
  
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* The Philadelphia Toboggan Company only made 87 carousels before stopping production in the 1930s <ref> http://www.philadelphiatoboggancoastersinc.com/history.php </ref>. The carousel that is today known as the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel was the 46th one that they made <ref> http://www.philadelphiatoboggancoastersinc.com/carousels.php </ref>.
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* According to a banner found within the restaurant, the inaugural Jungle Cruise took place on October 1, 1931 <ref> https://twitter.com/Imagineer2017/status/676104740384714752 </ref>
  
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* The horses that guest ride on, are made of Maplewood <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/guide/350/Walt-Disney-World/Magic-Kingdom/Fantasyland/Prince-Charming-Regal-Carrousel </ref>.
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http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-to-open-at-magic-kingdom-park/
  
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* Built in 1917, the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is the oldest attraction in the Magic Kingdom.
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http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/adventureland-verandah/news/11feb2015-construction-permits-filed-for-new-adventureland-verandah-restaurant.htm
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* There are 2,325 lights on the Price Charming Regal Carrousel <ref> http://allears.net/tp/mk/carr.htm </ref>.
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* The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is almost 60 feet in diameter <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-prince-charmings-royal-carrousel-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>
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* Some guests (and cast members) believe that Cinderella's horse is the number 37 horse, which is located in the second line (with the gold ribbon on its tail). Although some Disney merchandise seems to support this, the claim has never been confirmed by Disney <ref> http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/wdw/magickingdom/secrets/fl/Carrousel.html </ref>.
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Revision as of 17:55, 12 February 2020

Jungle Skipper Canteen
SkipperCanteen2.jpg
Concept art for the Jungle Skipper Canteen
Magic Kingdom
Land Adventureland
Opening date December 16, 2015
Restaurant Type Table Service
Menu Type Exotic
Based on Jungle Cruise

The Jungle Skipper Canteen is a table service restaurant located in Adventureland.

History

The area that would one day house the Jungle Skipper Canteen was occupied by the Adventureland Veranda from 1971 until 1994. The location remained closed until 1998 when it briefly opened (albeit with a generic menu) during the refurbishment of nearby Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe [1]. After a long period of closure, during which the Veranda was used for special events and character meet and greets, the location briefly opened during Spring Break 2010 [2].

In August 2011, Disney announced that a new Tinkerbell meet and greet would take place in the old Adventureland Veranda building. Called Tinker Bell's Magical Nook, the meet and greet operated from 2011 until 2014 [3]. In February 2015, permits were filled for extensive construction on the Adventureland Veranda building [4]. At this time however no information was given about what the building would eventually be used for [5].

On August 15, 2015, at the D23 Expo, Disney announced that a new restaurant called the "Jungle Navigation Co., Ltd. Skipper Canteen" would be opening in the old Adventureland Veranda building [6]. Announced during the "Safari So Good—60 Years of the World Famous Jungle Cruise" panel [7], details further emerged that the Jungle Skipper Canteen would have a Jungle Cruise theme and would be staffed by Jungle Cruise Skippers [6].

According to the head chef of the Jungle Skipper Canteen the idea for the restaurant had been in development for four years, while the menu was put together over a period of a year and a half [8]. The Jungle Skipper Canteen officially opened on December 16, 2015 [9]. On July 19, 2016 the Jungle Skipper Canteen got a new menu. Although still offering exotic meals, the new menu also features more basic entrees like fried fish and baked pasta [10]

Restaurant Description

Open for both lunch and dinner, the Jungle Skipper Canteen features numerous unique dining rooms including the once secret meeting room of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, the skipper's mess hall, and the living room.

Backstory

The following note appears inside the Jungle Skipper Canteen. It gives the history of the restaurant was well as the broader history of the Jungle Navigation Company

Welcome to the Jungle Skipper Canteen!

My name is Alberta and I’ll be your owner, manager, bookkeeper, interior decorator, and sous chef for the next 3 courses (or as far as you get). My grandfather, Dr. Albert Falls, established the Jungle Navigation Company in 1971. His goal was to improve the way in which cargo moved up and down the jungle rivers for his fellow explorers and adventures. When I was eight years old my parents sent me here to live with my grandfather and the jungle boat skippers I call the jungle m home and the crew members are my family.
That’s why I turned to them when business began to decline soon after I inherited the company. Fewer and fewer full-fledged expeditions were seen in the jungle and Adventureland became more of a destination for greenhorn globetrotters. Simply put, our cargo shipping business was dry docked. Then one of the skippers came to me with an idea. He suggested we use our vessels to offer guided tours to the visitors.
The rest is history! We have been offering Jungle Cruises for several years now and business has never been better. We’ve been so successful that I decided to open up our home offices to hungry travelers. The crew’s mess hall, our old family room and even my grandfather’s old meeting room are now open to our diners!
We enjoy having you and we hope you enjoy being had. Please relax and enjoy your meal, then get out.

Yours truly,
-Alberta Falls
P.S. I’m sorry, that was rude…Please get out.

Menu

Click below to see the Jungle Skipper Canteen's current menu:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/magic-kingdom/jungle-navigation-skipper-canteen/menus/

Fun Facts and Trivia

  • There is a tribute to the Swan Boat attraction that was once found in the Magic Kingdom inside the Jungle Skipper Canteen. A note on the wall in the Jungle Skipper Canteen reads:
    Boat for Sale
    - Gently Used
    -All White
    -Carved Swan on Boat
    Contact Merry Time Tracers for more information
[11]
  • According to a banner found within the restaurant, the inaugural Jungle Cruise took place on October 1, 1931 [12]

References

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-to-open-at-magic-kingdom-park/

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/adventureland-verandah/news/11feb2015-construction-permits-filed-for-new-adventureland-verandah-restaurant.htm
  1. ↑ http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/advv.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/03/the-adventureland-veranda-is-back-sort-of/
  3. ↑ http://allears.net/tp/mk/TinkerBellsMagicalNook.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/03/the-adventureland-veranda-is-back-sort-of/
  5. ↑ http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/adventureland-verandah/news/11feb2015-construction-permits-filed-for-new-adventureland-verandah-restaurant.htm
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-to-open-at-magic-kingdom-park/
  7. ↑ https://d23.com/parks-celebrates-60-years-of-innovation-at-d23-expo-2015/
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/ORLParkPass/status/676152580108611584
  9. ↑ http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/12/new-jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-opens-dec-16-in-magic-kingdom-park-at-walt-disney-world-resort/
  10. ↑ http://www.insidethemagic.net/2016/07/a-new-updated-menu-debut-at-the-skipper-canteen-restaurant-magic-kingdom-walt-disney-world/
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/Imagineer2017/status/676140731719925760
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/Imagineer2017/status/676104740384714752
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