Jungle Cruise Re-Imagining

[LittleBuford]

"We" are illustrating what is wrong with this path.
We are not the one's on a cleansing agenda.
Things will never be clean enough for the woke mob.
Up next: A cleanse of Tibetan items form the Expedition Everest queue.
Just wait, because it's coming.
Then tell me how authentic these places look, as one by one they become generic and pacified.

I’m what many here would consider “woke”. Am I pleased that certain things in the parks have been changed? Yes. Do I hope for further changes in the future? Yes. Am I demanding a total overhaul of all the attractions in order to further some nefarious “cancel culture” agenda? Absolutely not. There’s a whole lot of grey between the kinds of extremes that posts like yours posit.

It is telling—and should give people pause for thought—that the vast majority of angry, derisive posts in threads such as this come from what I would dub the anti-woke mob, whose members immediately decry any change that they view as politically correct.

 

[larryz]

Meanwhile at DCA

It's OK because those spears are made of vibranium.

 

[larryz]

Thing is, it (like other things) loses it's mystery bit by bit.
Paddles/oars?
What does that have to do with a jungle cruise on a gas powered boat?
It's not modeled on a canoe trip, where oars would certainly be appropriate.

Maybe those oars are the proverbial paddles without which you are up that infamous creek.

 

[LittleBuford]

So this, apparently, was the original Jungle Cruise sign in the Magic Kingdom. Note the absence of spears.

Perhaps those who fear that "history" is being erased can rest a little easier now.

 

[Disney Analyst]

So this, apparently, was the original Jungle Cruise sign in the Magic Kingdom. Note the absence of spears.

Perhaps those who fear that "history" is being erased can rest a little easier now.

They’ll just find something else to get worked up about. Logic does not prevail - but thank you for bringing fact and logic with you.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

So this, apparently, was the original Jungle Cruise sign in the Magic Kingdom. Note the absence of spears.

Perhaps those who fear that "history" is being erased can rest a little easier now.

I like the size (proportions) and positioning of that sign much better than what's there now (but that's all I like better).

 

[LittleBuford]

I like the size (proportions) and positioning of that sign much better than what's there now (but that's all I like better).

I can see why you'd say that. The current sign could be a smidge wider.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I can see why you'd say that. The current sign could be a smidge wider.

Yup, and then make the whole thing bigger overall. It shouldn't be dwarfed by it's surroundings like it is. It should look like it "belongs there" and was planned for.

 

[LittleBuford]

Yup, and then make the whole thing bigger overall. It shouldn't be dwarfed by it's surroundings like it is. It should look like it "belongs there" and was planned for.

I don't think it's ever looked overly small to me in person.

 

[EPICOT]

All I know is that we have slipped down every slippery slope in the past few decades we were *promised* by the “woke” (or whatever you want to call it) that we wouldn’t go down.

 

[LittleBuford]

All I know is that we have slipped down every slippery slope in the past few decades we were *promised* by the “woke” (or whatever you want to call it) that we wouldn’t go down.

And you feel the changes to the Jungle Cruise are evidence of this?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I don't think it's ever looked overly small to me in person.

Honestly, I'm surprised I never noticed the sign before (but then again, my last 3 trips, I was wrangling two little boys, so there's that).

 

[ChrisFL]

Thing is, it (like other things) loses it's mystery bit by bit.
Paddles/oars?
What does that have to do with a jungle cruise on a gas powered boat?
It's not modeled on a canoe trip, where oars would certainly be appropriate.
Is the Adventureland sign next?
Probably.

If the gas powered part dies, guess what you use? Perhaps it's a very subtle indication that this ride might not go as planned

 

[JoeCamel]

So this, apparently, was the original Jungle Cruise sign in the Magic Kingdom. Note the absence of spears.

Perhaps those who fear that "history" is being erased can rest a little easier now.

That is a terrible font

 

[LittleBuford]

That is a terrible font

It's definitely got a '70s flavour to it.

Just goes to show that not everything was better in the good old days.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

That is a terrible font

It really is.

 

[JoeCamel]

It's definitely got a '70s flavour to it.

Just goes to show that not everything was better in the old days.

They were trying to make a river out of it and it worked, my eye keeps flipping between the u and i in cruise trying to see which is which

 

[doctornick]

There was never much authentic about the Jungle Cruise. There's a gigantic difference between that and the theming of the Expedition Everest queue.

Well at the time of its origin, it was certainly meant to be authentic, an attempt to offer the experience of traveling down an exotic tropical river.

But to your point, that has significantly changed over time and it’s now more farcical than realistic. So having theming that is more “gag like” than authentic really isn’t a big deal.

That said, I’d agree with others that the main “problem” with the paddles is that it doesn’t really fit with an expedition on a powered boat. I’m not exactly bothered by it but I do think its inconsistent.

 

[UNCgolf]

Well at the time of its origin, it was certainly meant to be authentic, an attempt to offer the experience of traveling down an exotic tropical river.

But to your point, that has significantly changed over time and it’s now more farcical than realistic. So having theming that is more “gag like” than authentic really isn’t a big deal.

That said, I’d agree with others that the main “problem” with the paddles is that it doesn’t really fit with an expedition on a powered boat. I’m not exactly bothered by it but I do think its inconsistent.

True, when it was first built at Disneyland. That only lasted a few years, though. The one in WDW never offered that experience.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

That said, I’d agree with others that the main “problem” with the paddles is that it doesn’t really fit with an expedition on a powered boat. I’m not exactly bothered by it but I do think its inconsistent.

The only thing it relates to is the new boat rental scene in the ride, but that's a minor scene to base your logo around.