Jungle Cruise Update

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's a tackle shop! Get it? Also, this island is totally uninhabited except animals.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

Yikes. The pole scene was looking good and now this. Is this the Jungle Cruise or a Carnival Cruise?

Wouldn't be surprised if they half-assed this scene because it's a WDW only scene that this is "replacing".

 

[Too Many Hats]

What's the joke?

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's an abandoned tackle shop! Get it??

 

[mickEblu]

Wouldn't be surprised if they half-assed this scene because it's a WDW only scene that this is "replacing".

I hope so

 

[Sharon&Susan]

I hope so

I don't think they're going to spend the money on cloning the 50 year old "tribal" boats to DL. Just like I doubt that WDW will get a clone of Trader Sam's elephant friend next to their gift shop.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I hope they leave the skulls

 

[Too Many Hats]

This scene sucks!

 

[Matty Hatter]

Just more of the same, probably from the crackerjack team that brought us Web Slingers.

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

Moving today!

Skipper Felix gets animated as the trapped skipper scene is completed at the Jungle Cruise

See video of the new Jungle Cruise scene.

www.wdwmagic.com

oooh, politically correct jungles are tight!

 

[D.Silentu]

I think it's more visually interesting now.

 

[CaptinEO]

Yeah, the characters should all be moving, right?

Otherwise I think it looks good. The guy on the bottom (the butt of the joke, so to speak) looks like a 1960s Marc Davis character.

It's Don Knotts!

 

[CaptinEO]

The designs are solid enough, but ultimately I just don't understand the purpose of adding a story or reoccurring characters to the Jungle Cruise. Obviously I understand these changes were done for PC reasons, but part of the gag for the rhino scene is the commentary on the social hierarchy of the white explorer above the African guides. The gag still works, but a layer has been removed (although the new commentary of white man getting the horn with a white woman safe on top has humor in it, as well). Perhaps it would have been better to go ahead and redesign the entire scene, just as they have with the Native portions of the attractions. At the end of the day, though, I'm just happy the changes are independent of the new movie.

Alberta Falls! You don't want to see the backside of a waterfall?

 

[CaptinEO]

Look! They're not savages; they own businesses!" - Disney

What's more savage? Being a tribal native or a capitalist business owner like Disney?

Also where are the tribal people selling this stuff? They aren't shown? Empty shops?

 

[D.Silentu]

How so?

Beforehand the tree had one character model and four others that were identical. The new figures are all individuals.

 

[AJFireman]

KTLA Morning news is reporting Jungle Cruise is opening tomorrow. Screen grab is from FB i did not see the report. Take it for what its worth.

Probably just a big oops.

 

[Mickeyboof]

I mean, I can’t imagine the refurb is actually going to take until mid July, unless they’re upgrading more than what we expect- such as the on-ride mic/speaker combo.

But, yeah, probably a weird mistake.

 

[Stevek]

Here is the sunken boat scene as well from WDW

 

[SuddenStorm]

Here is the sunken boat scene as well from WDW

Interesting gag choice given WDW's boat actually sunk last year.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

This is incredibly Meta. One might say it's...immersive.