Congo:
In my opinion, the Congo is the parks weakest thematic land. It barely even tries to look like the African jungles, not to mention the weak attraction lineup. We're going to fix that.
First off, the Ubanga bumper cars will be eradicated off the face of the earth. It doesn't fit with the theme and it's just an all-out cheap flat ride.
Replacing it and the surrounding area will be just a nice place to get off your feet with benches and picnic tables surrounded by the lush jungles of the Congo. A new counter-service restaurant is nearby, dubbed
Ubanga's Jungle Grub, serving up barbecue delicacies along with the usual hamburger or chicken fingers.
Across a rusty, old bridge lies
Congo Rafting Expeditions, a top-to-bottom re-theme of the bland and generic Congo River Rapids.
The premise is simple. You have been invited by the Rafting Expedition company to board a spinning raft and journey deep into the heart of the Congo River. But be warned.. the river isn't friendly to intruders.
Once on board, the raft is subject to the fury of the river, spinning and dropping across the river. Rafts enter a lost temple, coming maybe a little too close to some deadly serpents. The ride climaxes with a newly installed lift hill in the old cave sequence, dropping thirty-five feet into a rushing rapid.
All of this is done with newly enhanced effects and a major track layout change. Congo River Rapids is morphed from a C-ticket to a clear-cut E-ticket attraction, worthy of the reborn park.
Nearby is Kumba, a furious floorless coaster racing through seven inversions and a gut-dropping 135 foot plunge, one of the parks major attractions. Other than new jungle foliage surrounding the ride, the ride remains relatively unchanged.
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There you have it!
Next time, we hit Jungala... or should I say... Madagascar.
