I know that many guests see the Jungle Cruise as either an outdated and tacky attraction or by some "veteran" guests as an arbitrary experience based on the skipper you get. My argument is that the Jungle Cruise should not be removed. I do believe that it could stand a rehab and based on rumors we have been hearing at work, in the next rehab there might be an exploding gas tank at the gorilla camp (where the one gorilla playing with the crocodile was), a hippo bump in the hippo pool, and an earthquake experience inside the temple (think of catastrophe canyon). If these rumors are true, and rumors are rumors, I do know for certain that we are going down sometimes next year for a rehab, and I think these new additions would add a great deal of new enjoyment to the ride. As for the ride today my biggest argument for not ripping it out is the skipper-guest experience. The Jungle Cruise is a dying breed of attraction in which the CM can react to the guests on their boat. I love having an enthusiastic cruise and playing off them, or a guest skipper driving the boat and making comments about the things they see, because the guests actually feel like they are part of the ride rather than looking at animals while a canned spiel is given. Another unfortunate thing is that many guests may ride a skipper's boat who is not enthusiastic or really care. So what's your opinion?
