How come? The comedy take on it only happened much later into its life, it isn't the ride Walt opened. I don't like it tbh even though I enjoy stand up comedy it's the same jokes over hard to hear speakers.
The comedy take actually began being implemented fairly soon after its debut. Walt agreed the Jungle Cruise should be more humorous and he assigned Marc Davis to creating the now-beloved scenes that added fantasy and laughs to the ride.
Walt added humorous scenes to the ride but did not make it into standup routines.
I took 2 trips on KS a few months ago, and it was a laugh riot from beginning to end… Same day, different guides, each with a completely different routine. Nonstop joking, but with plenty of appropriate pauses to respect the awesome wildlife and lots of facts. A perfect balance. I loved it… the whole group loved it.
Wow no way about KS, thats so strange to me. I didnt even know the CMs could do comedy there. I was last there in December and again never been on a joke version of KS. I think I prefer it educational but would love to hear a comedy version at least once.
There’s a reason they changed it the first time. If the ride didn’t work without jokes in 1955 Disneyland, it’s not going to suddenly work in 2023.
I know this is an old post but I'm just now catching up and was curious if there were any specific things in Milan you wanted to do / see? I'm a huge fashion lover and my favorite designer Rick Owens has a flagship store there that looks incredible. I didn't make it to Milan when I visited Italy but next time I go I am definitely gonna make a stop there and just enjoy all the designer stores I've never been able to visit in person.
See, I'm a huge Star Wars fan and even enjoy roleplaying, to a degree. My problem is I only enjoy RPing in a small group with people I know (playing Dungeons & Dragons, roleplaying in video games, etc.) and would rather die than be stuck in an enclosed space with those ultra Star Wars fans who spend thousands upon thousands of dollars for a "Star Wars cruise." If it was genuinely themed to Star Wars and didn't look more like Star Trek with Star Wars characters randomly inserted into the environment. if it was a more reasonable price, and if it functioned like a normal hotel (different lengths of stays, make all the RP events and such optional / post the times in advance for people to plan their days if they wanna RP / play the games then I think they'd be printing money, not throwing it out the airlock of their Starcruiser.Agreed. However, even if the execution had been spot on, I'm still dubious about if there is a big enough audience out there to maintain this indefinitely. You have to be 1) a Star Wars Fan, 2) afford the cost of "voyage", and 3) enjoy LARPing. That's a pretty select group of customers.
It will be interesting to see where they go from here.
These two guides I got definitely gave off a Jungle Cruise skipper vibe, but it wasn’t obnoxious or distracting. They both came across as very friendly, at-ease and extremely knowledgeable about the animals. On both tours, the guests were laughing and enjoying the jokes, so I think the guides “read the room” and kept the tone light-hearted and casual throughout.
Pardon me if someone already said this, but this Tweet just hit me that suddenly clueless Disney execs who decades ago stopped pushing WDI to design high-capacity attractions now have a reason to demand higher capacity attractions from WDI!
If they can now sell seats on E Tickets for up to $25 bucks per ride, per person, the bonehead senior execs in TDA and TDO and Burbank suddenly have a reason to demand more available seats on any new ride that gets built. For decades now, even mid-level execs in TDA got free valet parking, free Fastpasses/Maxpasses loaded onto their tickets, or even a VIP Guide to usher them around the park and whisk them on to any ride their adorable little executive children wanted to. Also, reserved folding chairs waiting for them curbside for parades and water shows. So why should execs care that the idiot tourists are waiting 3 hours to ride low-capacity E Tickets that Richard Nunis and Walt Disney never would have allowed to be built for their "guests"???
But now? There's money in every seat on every big E Ticket that gets built! More seats! Higher capacity! Bigger vehicles! Faster dispatch intervals! Double stations! We gotta sell more Individual Lightning Lanes now!!!!
Suddenly, the executives in charge of the parks that never have to wait in line are interested in capacity.
I like the idea of HMH being less of a permanent thing, but the prospect of spreading holiday overlays to additional attractions (beyond Mansion, Jungle Cruise, & Small World) gives me anxiety haha.
It looked like a total trainwreck because that’s what it was!
Making MMRR go all virtual queue or ILL kind of negates the reasoning for shifting the closures of IASW Holiday & HMH.
