Jungle Cruise Re-Imagining

[MisterPenguin]

New sign at the Jungle Cruise replaces spears and masks with Jungle Navigation Co. logo​

New sign at the Jungle Cruise replaces spears and masks with Jungle Navigation Co. logo

The new additions to the Jungle Cruise continue this week with work on the main entrance sign.

www.wdwmagic.com

Here's the old ones:

At least they're color coded for an easy switch to the Jingle Cruise.

Though the spars radiating from the navigation wheel is still pretty raysist.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

It looks really Christmassy. at first i thought it was a new jingle cruise sign
maybe its just me

It's not. As a sign-maker, I try to avoid green and red together like that at all costs because it makes Christmas pop into people's heads.

 

[ppete1975]

It's not. As a sign-maker, I try to avoid green and red together like that at all costs because it makes Christmas pop into people's heads.

all i see now is candy canes

 

[jmuboy]

all i see now is candy canes

I noticed candy canes and the red/ green holiday colors. But I like the new sign. It’s fine and perfectly on brand for the ride

 

[FigmentJedi]

 

[PuertoRekinSam]

It's not. As a sign-maker, I try to avoid green and red together like that at all costs because it makes Christmas pop into people's heads.

Unless you are red/green colorblind. Where you see see a brown/yellow on brown/yellow.

 

[jeanericuser001]

It looks like something you would see in dollywood or a lower quality theme park. Disney obviously got its sign advice from Wierd Al as that certainly looks.....

 

[Prototype82]

*sigh*

 

[Magicart87]

Meh.

Colors are straight up Christmas. Strike 1! Looks too new. Strike 2! And looks too modern. Strike 3! In short: It Sucks!

 

[brb1006]

Speaking of changes, has anybody checked out "Behind The Attraction" that dropped today on Disney+?

 

[JohnD]

Speaking of changes, has anybody checked out "Behind The Attraction" that dropped today on Disney+?

Not yet. About to get off work and will check it out. I started watching Episode 3 of "Assembled" about the making of Loki but could only get through a portion before heading out to work. So several things to watch on Disney+ tonight.

 

[Magicart87]

Jungle Cruise Glow Party?

 

[Brer Panther]

Wait, "exotic" is a problematic word now?

 

[JohnD]

Wait, "exotic" is a problematic word now?

Apparently. See The Washington Post. Don’t shoot the messenger.

 

[jeanericuser001]

Wait, "exotic" is a problematic word now?

Depends on what it is paired with. Exotic food is always enjoyed. Then again exotic dancing is not......depending on who you are talking to. hehe

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Depends on what it is paired with. Exotic food is always enjoyed. Then again exotic dancing is not......depending on who you are talking to. hehe

Funny you mention exotic food, as that's the usage that people are complaining about.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Funny you mention exotic food, as that's the usage that people are complaining about.

I know everyone is throwing up their hands in horror at this, but there is some logic to not describing other peoples' food as exotic or, even worse, ethnic. Would you really love to live in a place where your food, music, etc. was given any of those labels?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I know everyone is throwing up their hands in horror at this, but there is some logic to not describing other peoples' food as exotic or, even worse, ethnic.

I'm an English major, so the meanings of words and how they shift over time, the origins, etc. is all very interesting to me.

I'm not sure when the word "exotic" gained a negative connotation, but it means "originating in or characteristic of a distant country". If you google "etymology of exotic", you can see that the "similar" words tend to be far more problematic...especially "alien".

 

[brb1006]

Not yet. About to get off work and will check it out. I started watching Episode 3 of "Assembled" about the making of Loki but could only get through a portion before heading out to work. So several things to watch on Disney+ tonight.

Highly recommend it for the amount of behind the scenes footage.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I'm an English major, so the meanings of words and how they shift over time, the origins, etc. is all very interesting to me.

I'm not sure when the word "exotic" gained a negative connotation, but it means "originating in or characteristic of a distant country". If you google "etymology of exotic", you can see that the "similar" words tend to be far more problematic...especially "alien".

It is certainly interesting, and as someone who has always loved the whole mid-century tiki culture and Polynesian pop it has given me some pause for thought in recent years!

The definition you cite is quite interesting as you could also substitute "foreign" for "exotic" and it would be far less evocative, perhaps more accurate, and would probably make people more uncomfortable! This is where I think the way they are using it on the new sign to refer to the fantasy ride is probably fine, whereas describing, for example, something like an arepa that people from Colombia and Venezuela may eat everyday as "exotic" is more of an issue.