Jungle Cruise

The Jungle Cruise is an attraction at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland theme parks around the world. It was one of the twenty two attractions that opened with Disneyland on July 17, 1955 and one of the boats on the cruise was painted gold for the fiftieth celebration in 2005.

It is a humourous boat ride, hosted by a 'skipper' who takes guests on a journey through the jungles of Asia, Africa and South America. The skipper's memorised spiel is legendary among Disney fans, and many fans hold competitions in which they compete to say the seven-minute spiel the fastest. The only Magic Kingdom-style Disney theme park that doesn't have the Jungle Cruise in its attraction roster is Disneyland Paris, for the reason that it was thought European audiences did not think of a boat ride as unique.

The Jungle Cruises around the world vary in different ways. In 2005, Disneyland's version got a new pirahna attack scene as well as some explosion effects in a scene where gorillas are wrecking a camp and throwing dynamite into the river. Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland's version have a different Trader Sam animatronic figure as well as a indoor temple scene. Hong Kong Disneyland has a different shaped route compared to the others, acting almost like their version of the Rivers of America found in the Frontierland area of the other parks as well as some scenes involving angry Tiki gods.

The Walt Disney Company announced in 2005 that the Jungle Cruise would be adapted into a motion picture, following the footsteps in fellow Disneyland attractions (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion) that had been adapted for the big screen.

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