Scott Hanko
Asia
Jungle Cruise
As you wind your way around a deceptively long queue that snakes back and forth through the last outpost of the Jungle Cruise offices, be sure to note the architectural details. For example, there's a chalkboard with a list of missing boats and persons, with names like "Ilene Dover" and "Anne Fellen." Also listen to the overhead chatter of the Cast Members to help while the wait time away. The really bad jokes they tell give you an idea of what you're in for on the cruise itself!
Jungle Cruise -- You board canopied launches patterned after the boat in the movie The African Queen that have whimsical names like "Bomokandi Bertha", "Irrawaddy Irma," and "Amazon Annie." After the launch leaves the dock, the skipper then pilots you through the dangerous waters of four "rivers": the Amazon in South America; the Congo in Africa; the Nile in Egypt; and the Mekong river in Cambodia in Southeast Asia. Along the route, a variety of realistic (and some not-so) Audio-Animatronic animals and natives are encountered, including a herd of bathing elephants in the Elephant Pool, some lions enjoying their dinner, angry hippos who might attack at any moment, and a shrunken head salesman. The launch also passes by a waterfall and several spraying fountains, so you may just get a little damp on this 9-minute excursion. In addition to being sprayed, you will also be peppered by a barrage of bad jokes and puns from your skipper! The cruise concludes with more funnies as guest disembark at the same point from which they started.
Walt Disney World-Magic Kingdom- Orlando Fl.
Asia
Jungle Cruise
As you wind your way around a deceptively long queue that snakes back and forth through the last outpost of the Jungle Cruise offices, be sure to note the architectural details. For example, there's a chalkboard with a list of missing boats and persons, with names like "Ilene Dover" and "Anne Fellen." Also listen to the overhead chatter of the Cast Members to help while the wait time away. The really bad jokes they tell give you an idea of what you're in for on the cruise itself!
Jungle Cruise -- You board canopied launches patterned after the boat in the movie The African Queen that have whimsical names like "Bomokandi Bertha", "Irrawaddy Irma," and "Amazon Annie." After the launch leaves the dock, the skipper then pilots you through the dangerous waters of four "rivers": the Amazon in South America; the Congo in Africa; the Nile in Egypt; and the Mekong river in Cambodia in Southeast Asia. Along the route, a variety of realistic (and some not-so) Audio-Animatronic animals and natives are encountered, including a herd of bathing elephants in the Elephant Pool, some lions enjoying their dinner, angry hippos who might attack at any moment, and a shrunken head salesman. The launch also passes by a waterfall and several spraying fountains, so you may just get a little damp on this 9-minute excursion. In addition to being sprayed, you will also be peppered by a barrage of bad jokes and puns from your skipper! The cruise concludes with more funnies as guest disembark at the same point from which they started.
Walt Disney World-Magic Kingdom- Orlando Fl.