Jungle Cruise Update

[mickEblu]

Completely off topic, but getting into proper double edge wet shaving was one of the best changes I've made to my grooming routine. There's something satisfying about lathering an actual shave soap, using an actual double edge razor, aftershave, etc that really boosts the mood in the morning.

Of course, it then turns into a black hole of trying out every soap, aftershave, and razor blade on the market. But it's still delightful and far better then the Gillette 35 blade in one ultraglide combo or whatever nonsense the modern shave industry has concocted.

That sounds nice! Fun fact: I haven't shaved against the grain since I was like 16. Either my Dad told me not to, it gave me a neck rash or both. Cant quite remember

 

[SuddenStorm]

That sounds nice! Fun fact: I haven't shaved against the grain since I was like 16. Either my Dad told me not to, it gave me a neck rash or both. Cant quite remember

Shaving against the grain is rough! If not done properly. I usually do two passes- one down the grain and one across the grain, which is smooth enough. The third against the grain pass is just to easy to irritate the neck, especially since my work requires a collared shirt and tie so there's friction there all day.

 

[mickEblu]

Shaving against the grain is rough! If not done properly. I usually do two passes- one down the grain and one across the grain, which is smooth enough. The third against the grain pass is just to easy to irritate the neck, especially since my work requires a collared shirt and tie so there's friction there all day.

Before or after shower though? I remember sleeping over my grandparents house and my grandpa thinking I was crazy when he found out I shave before the shower.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I shave both ways before showering.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Before or after shower though? I remember sleeping over my grandparents house and my grandpa thinking I was crazy when he found out I shave before the shower.

Most people say after shower... I shave after since it works better with my routine. Since the hot water softens the whiskers.

Some people swear by shaving with cold water vs hot though so I'm guessing it varies from person to person.

 

[mickEblu]

Most people say after shower... I shave after since it works better with my routine. Since the hot water softens the whiskers.

Some people swear by shaving with cold water vs hot though so I'm guessing it varies from person to person.

I think I started doing it that way because I didn’t want any chores after a long hot relaxing shower. It does make more sense to do it after though

 

[Little Green Men]

A nice shave would be great too! Ive only been shaved by a Barber one time and it was glorious.

MKs Main Street has one

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Applying shaving cream and rinsing your face after already cleaning yourself in the shower is superfluous.

 

[mickEblu]

MKs Main Street has one

Do they charge $999.99?

 

[Little Green Men]

Do they charge $999.99?

$19

 

[Sharon&Susan]

$19

Are the haircuts any good?

 

[Practical Pig]

Are the haircuts any good?

You decide:

 

[Little Green Men]

Are the haircuts any good?

I liked mine but I’m a guy and I’m not that picky

 

[PiratesMansion]

Paris also has a barber shop on Main Street.

 

[Practical Pig]

Paris also has a barber shop on Main Street.

Well look at that, they do. I didn't know this so thanks.

Dapper Dan's Hair Cuts

Dapper Dan's Hair Cuts at Disneyland Paris, the Main Street, U.S.A. barber shop in Disneyland Park.

www.dlpguide.com

That looks like a great experience for a Disney Dad. I'd love it if Disneyland would do this, though the more diminutive size of Disneyland USA's Main Street makes that financially unlikely for them. I expect they they make more selling the usual (ahem) "stuff."

 

[Californian Elitist]

You decide:

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I find this gentleman’s hair to be beautiful. It’s not uncommon to find black men rocking one or two afro puffs. Look at this model’s hair texture, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was half black, unless the puffs are add-ons. I do spot some kinkiness in the rest of his hair though.

I don’t think I’d trust a barber at Disneyland with such a style, unless they were either black or highly trained in styling and grooming black hair.

 

[Practical Pig]

I find this gentleman’s hair to be beautiful. It’s not uncommon to find black men rocking one or two afro puffs. Look at this model’s hair texture, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was half black, unless the puffs are add-ons. I do spot some kinkiness in the rest of his hair though.

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I don’t think I’d trust a barber at Disneyland with such a style, unless they were either black or highly trained in styling and grooming black hair.

Absolutely. I most certainly didn't intend to mock. It was the most prominent result when I Googled "mickey mouse haircut male."

If I have been insensitive, I'm listening.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Absolutely. I most certainly didn't intend to mock. It was the most prominent result when I Googled "mickey mouse haircut male."

If I have been insensitive, I'm listening.

No worries! I actually thought it looked exactly like Mickey Mouse. It’s cute and perfect for a Disneyland visit.

 

[TP2000]

This definitely isn't the year to be a Splash Mountain fan, or a Jungle Cruise fan. And soon we can't be Tiki Room fans, or Lincoln fans. Since that implies you like something that's racist, and are therefore racist- not for any action or bias, but for liking a ride with frogs and chickens that sing. Or a ride where the highlight is literally someone saying "The backside of water" with a burned out, sarcastic tone since everyone on the boat's heard it a million times.

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Heck, the Jungle Cruise has a cult following behind it. There's skippers that run a podcast called Tales From the Jungle Crews, but of course now that's just a bunch of skippers talking about all the great times they had working an attraction that is actually negative and a blight on the company's history.

What do we think the chances of Disney distancing themselves from Walt is? Since creative decisions made during his lifetime are at the root of many of these negative attractions? And Mickey, who has a few cartoons Disney probably wishes didn't get made, because caricatures and stereotypes were (and still are) prevalent in animation?

Disneyland has a level of popularity that's unmatched in themed entertainment. Disney has yet to build a park that matches the popularity of Walt's original. And it hasn't had a new 'classic' built since '95, and many of the creatives and management working at the park then are gone. Today's WDI and TDA inherited the park's popularity, and have spent much of their marketing dollars monetizing guest nostalgia for those early years. But now, that park they inherited is negative. And instead of spending their budget fixing areas of the park that are in desperate need of fixing- the Launch Bay and Tomorrowland being the biggest offender, they're spending money altering and outright removing popular attractions.

Oh, and much of TDA is still furloughed. Entertainment is gone. Thousands of hourly cast members have been living off of unemployment for months since Disney laid them off- but this is what they have a budget for? Making significant changes to two of the most beloved attractions ever?

Geez, kid. Wow! I couldn't have said it any better than you.

Do you want my job here?

 

[TP2000]

So do you feel guilty, or do you not actually care about these changes, as other posts you've made have said?

Because it really can't be both.

And if you don't care, then why are you spending so much time circling back to it?

My main issue with this change is the way Burbank cubicle drones and WDI executives branded this change a response to "negative depictions" in the ride. There were only a couple spots where humans appeared in Jungle Cruise, so I would presume the Glendale hipsters now think all of them who aren't white are "negative"? Unless someone can tell us that's not the case and native humans will still populate the African and South American continents on the ride, then my concern is that this was a very distasteful way to throw dead Imagineers and Walt under the bus. Racist old white men who hated anyone who didn't look like them, or so the current fashionable thinking goes.

Please.

And that gets me to my next concern... what's next? We all watch the news. We all know what's going on in fashionable cities like San Francisco and Portland where Abraham Lincoln's name is being stripped from school signage because he is now considered "racist". Lincoln's statues in parks being torn down and desecrated by the woke mob. He's toast. Lincoln is now a horrible, racist man you'd never want to associate with.

If Walt Disney isn't safe, and Abraham Lincoln isn't safe, and there's already rumblings about Main Street USA being too American and... wait for it... racist!, then what's left and what's safe in Disneyland?

I'll tell you what's left and what's safe; Star Wars Land, a Starbucks, and a DVC cart. Have fun kids!

Where's TP? "OK JC skipper recruit. It's your job to go rescue the lost crew." It's a new immersive adventure.

I was being a sociable and a busy host this weekend. You don't even want to know what I served, and who came to dinner! A few people here would never believe it.

My own position, BTW, is that when Splash was designed, every trace of anything that could be considered racist was very carefully avoided. There is nothing offensive in the ride that I can see. But it was inevitable in this evolving society that Disney was going to distance themselves as much as possible from Song of the South, and the ride was doomed.

I couldn't agree with you more about Splash Mountain. Heck, on the Disneyland version they even got the logs streaking through those sets so fast most folks had no idea the ride even had a plot until they went on the WDW version a few years later!

Of course, now with the Internet, we all know what the ride was based on, who the early 20th century author of the stories was and who he was not, and we can all divide ourselves up into groups to be either The Offended or The Defensive.

But back in 1989, before the Internet and when the logs went as fast as they did, no one on that ride knew they were supposed to be offended by the singing chickens.