Jungle Cruise Forgotten Effects

[Dragonman]

I'd like to share some forgotten effects/animals from the Jungle Cruise. I'm not entirely sure where these figures are now or when exactly they were removed so feel free to comment and add on if I missed any other effects. Photo Credits go to Widen Your World.

Crocodiles attacking Horn-bill (Apparently from Disneyland but still interesting)

Frogs (Removed for being too silly looking)

Gorilla slapping crocodile (Removed early possibly only tested, rock is still there and sometimes referred to the "world's largest pet rock" by the skipper)

Same rock today

Crocodiles attacking frog (Scene was tested along railroad)

Butterflies (still in loading area but no longer working)

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Frogs (Removed for being too silly looking)

Meh..Change the eyes a bit and we get Hypno Toads...

 

[JimW]

Meh..Change the eyes a bit and we get Hypno Toads...

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.

 

[FigmentForver96]

Forgotten effects huh.....I know a poster who might have a couple

 

[JimW]

Why not share the pictures of the original King Louie asking if he could join our boat? It was *totally* there.

 

[HonorableMention]

Frogs (Removed for being too silly looking)

I find it funny that in the Jungle Cruise, a ride that is meant to be unrealistic and not taken seriously, had these frogs removed for being "too silly".

 

[KraftServices]

Why not share the pictures of the original King Louie asking if he could join our boat? It was *totally* there.

And even though a Disney historian, the Disney archivist, a Jungle Cruise skipper, and many others say there was never such a thing, I'm going to insist until I'm blue in the face he was there and not accept in just misrembering something from 40 years ago!

For serious I was scared this thread was going to be a repeat of that one you're referencing. Glad it's not! It's really cool seeing the stuff that's no longer there. Those gorillas look really realistic, I wonder if they would hold up in person.

 

[marni1971]

I remember that from the early 80's. Didn't he used to stand and wave where Trader Sam is now with his shrunken heads?

And even though a Disney historian, the Disney archivist, a Jungle Cruise skipper, and many others say there was never such a thing, I'm going to insist until I'm blue in the face he was there and not accept in just misrembering something from 40 years ago!

For serious I was scared this thread was going to be a repeat of that one you're referencing. Glad it's not! It's really cool seeing the stuff that's no longer there. Those gorillas look really realistic, I wonder if they would hold up in person.

It's become a bit of a joke now around here.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I'd like to share some forgotten effects/animals from the Jungle Cruise. I'm not entirely sure where these figures are now or when exactly they were removed so feel free to comment and add on if I missed any other effects. Photo Credits go to Widen Your World.

Crocodiles attacking Horn-bill (Apparently from Disneyland but still interesting)

Frogs (Removed for being too silly looking)

Gorilla slapping crocodile (Removed early possibly only tested, rock is still there and sometimes referred to the "world's largest pet rock" by the skipper)

Same rock today

Crocodiles attacking frog (Scene was tested along railroad)

Butterflies (still in loading area but no longer working)

Cool pictures, but there is a bit of misinformation in your post. Hopefully I can clear a few things up.

1. Gorilla and croc scene was planned for but was never actually installed in Magic Kingdom. Your picture is from the scene as it appears at Disneyland. The second picture that is labelled as "the same rock today," is not actually the same rock from the first picture at all (One is the actual scene in Disneyland, the other is the empty animation pit at Magic Kingdom where this scene was intended to go. It's pretty obvious if you look at it), but the picture is actually from an extensive refurbishment in 1973 and definitely not recent. The scene was planned for our attraction, but was never installed.

2. The gators and frog scene on the Rivers of America was not a scene being tested to be in Jungle Cruise. There was a scene developed for a phase two set of additions for WDW Jungle Cruise by Marc Davis that was never installed featuring crocodiles trying to get to a parrot standing on a stump. around the same time that the frogs were being removed from Jungle Cruise, park ops decided to enhance the scenery along the train route. Marc's original concept was dusted off and restaged to reuse one of the recently-removed Jungle Cruise frogs in place of the parrot, and the crocs became American Alligators. The crocs and parrot scene did eventually make it into Disneyland's Jungle Cruise in a slightly revised staging in 1976.

 

[Dragonman]

Cool pictures, but there is a bit of misinformation in your post. Hopefully I can clear a few things up.

1. Gorilla and croc were never installed in Magic Kingdom. Your picture is from Disneyland. The picture you have listed as "the same rock today," is not only not the same rock at all (One is the actual scene in Disneyland, the other is the empty animation pit at Magic Kingdom. It's pretty obvious if you look at it), but the picture you shared is from a refurbishment in 1973 and definitely not recent. The scene was planned for our attraction, but was never installed.

2. The gators and frog scene on the Rivers of America was not a scene being tested to be in Jungle Cruise. There was a scene developed for a phase two set of additions for Jungle Cruise by Marc Davis that was never installed featuring crocodiles trying to get to a parrot standing on a stump. around the same time that the frogs were being removed from Jungle Cruise, park ops decided to enhance the scenery along the train route. Marc's original concept was dusted off and restaged to reuse one of the recently-removed Jungle Cruise frogs in place of the parrot, and the crocs became American Alligators. The crocs and parrot scene did eventually make it into Disneyland in a slightly revised staging in 1976.

Thanks for the correct info. I'm still learning about these things and wanted to talk about them so sorry about the misinformation.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Thanks for the correct info. I'm still learning about these things and wanted to talk about them so sorry about the misinformation.

No problem at all! Overall it was a great post with cool pictures, I just wanted to clear a few things up.

 

[EagleScout610]

I kinda think he looks like the yeti

 

[King Panda 77]

View attachment 205261 I kinda think he looks like the yeti

Spoiler: Rubbish edit

 

[Simba's Mom]

I remember as a child, having a view master that showed the skipper with a pistol, shooting the animal that popped up by the boat, and I think I remember that effect from the early years. Does anyone remember that, or did I dream it? If so, when/why did it go away? No longer become "politically correct"?

 

[disneygeek90]

I remember as a child, having a view master that showed the skipper with a pistol, shooting the animal that popped up by the boat, and I think I remember that effect from the early years. Does anyone remember that, or did I dream it? If so, when/why did it go away? No longer become "politically correct"?

I believe they used to shoot at the Hippos? I believe they still may do this in DL, but I'm not 100%.

 

[marni1971]

I remember as a child, having a view master that showed the skipper with a pistol, shooting the animal that popped up by the boat, and I think I remember that effect from the early years. Does anyone remember that, or did I dream it? If so, when/why did it go away? No longer become "politically correct"?

Yes, they used to fire blanks.