Rock (Dwayne Johnson) and WDI Partner on Jungle Cruise Updates

[Suspirian]

I think an indoor segment would be great! Some less static AAs would be good and updating the way Africans/natives are represented would help the ride tremendously.

I've always kinda had a problem with the savage native trope used on JC

 

[SSG]

 

[Ismael Flores]

I think an indoor segment would be great! Some less static AAs would be good and updating the way Africans/natives are represented would help the ride tremendously.

Interesting thing is that I have been to parts of remote Africa and there are still many tribes that live,dress and hunt like what is represented on the jungle cruise

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

I would love for the Jungle Cruise to receive thoughtful, effective updates.

That's not what this is, and it's frankly distressing. The parks are now viewed by execs solely as a marketing machine for film franchises. That's bad for the parks in both the short and long term.

And yes, the 2006 Depp redo of Pirates ruined the ride, neutering a masterpiece.

I adore Dwayne, but I don't need him in the Jungle Cruise.

 

[drizgirl]

I would love for the Jungle Cruise to receive thoughtful, effective updates.

That's not what this is, and it's frankly distressing. The parks are now viewed by execs solely as a marketing machine for film franchises. That's bad for the parks in both the short and long term.

And yes, the 2006 Depp redo of Pirates ruined the ride, neutering a masterpiece.

I adore Dwayne, but I don't need him in the Jungle Cruise.

IP Land marches on.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Hyyyyype!

Just think of all the "rock" puns.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Interesting thing is that I have been to parts of remote Africa and there are still many tribes that live,dress and hunt like what is represented on the jungle cruise

Did they aggressively attack your party with their spears drawn?

 

[Curious Constance]

I would love for the Jungle Cruise to receive thoughtful, effective updates.

That's not what this is, and it's frankly distressing. The parks are now viewed by execs solely as a marketing machine for film franchises. That's bad for the parks in both the short and long term.

And yes, the 2006 Depp redo of Pirates ruined the ride, neutering a masterpiece.

I adore Dwayne, but I don't need him in the Jungle Cruise.

They aren't actually putting a Dwayne AA in the Jungle Cruise are they?

 

[Phroobar]

Don't worry. They will be selling life size duplicates of the Rock in the gift shop.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

They aren't actually putting a Dwayne AA in the Jungle Cruise are they?

I mean...do you think they won't?

 

[Curious Constance]

I mean...do you think they won't?

How could they? I mean, even I can see how gross that would be.

 

[SSG]

They aren't actually putting a Dwayne AA in the Jungle Cruise are they?

That'd be the obvious move, wouldn't it? Rock could even channel his inner-Depp and appear live on the ride and banter with the guests as they go by.

 

[Suspirian]

Interesting thing is that I have been to parts of remote Africa and there are still many tribes that live,dress and hunt like what is represented on the jungle cruise

May I ask which countries and tribes? Just out of curiosity

 

[Bacon]

It was never the same after they removed the Jungle Book characters.

Link to a video?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Am I the only one excited by this? It's DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON. The People's Champ. Demigod of the wind and sea. Hero to all. The most electrifying man in entertainment.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Am I the only one excited by this? It's DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON. The People's Champ. Demigod of the wind and sea. Hero to all. The most electrifying man in entertainment.

I love the Rock. He's awesome. I don't want him in the Jungle Cruise.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I love the Rock. He's awesome. I don't want him in the Jungle Cruise.

If there's one thing I can't stand about the Disney fan community, it's the way they imbue freaking amusement park attractions with a bizarre sanctity. It's fundamentalist religion applied to robot animals. Bizarre.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

If there's one thing I can't stand about the Disney fan community, it's the way they imbue freaking amusement park attractions with a bizarre sanctity. It's fundamentalist religion applied to robot animals. Bizarre.

I don't see the Jungle Cruise as sacred. I would love for them to really go in and upgrade the living crap out of it and make it awesome.

I don't want them to shove in elements from a movie loosely based on the ride. The ride is its own masterpiece - why should it be subjugated to the whims of studio execs who refuse to greenlight original material? What would the Jungle Cruise gain from a Dwayne AA, or a set of them? Why does it now have to be altered to fit a movie that may or may not be any good?

Again, theme park attractions are their own art form, not just living commercials for Disney movies.

 

[SSG]

I'm watching like:

 

[Bairstow]

If there's one thing I can't stand about the Disney fan community, it's the way they imbue freaking amusement park attractions with a bizarre sanctity. It's fundamentalist religion applied to robot animals. Bizarre.

At what point does a collection of robot animals become "art" deserving of preservation?