Jungle Cruise Redesign

In general, I'm not too keen on any changes to my sentimental favorites. The Jungle Cruise is one of these. But...I'll remain open until I've actually seen these changes. Actually, I had no idea that they were making a live action movie based on the ride. I think I'm more upset about this than I am about the potential ride updates. Not a huge fan of The Rock. The ads for his silly football show on HBO really cut into my enjoyment of The Game of Thrones. :ack:

That said, I DID love Moana.

Cinderelley;2505500 wrote: Just when you thought you had learned all the acronyms on intercot

Haha! The Last Jedi and Empire Strikes Back. Now it used to be that you could refer to ESB as just Empire and Return of the Jedi as just Jedi, but I guess that will change with TLJ?

baldburke;2505420 wrote: Wow! Not to be judgy but that sounds like a little bit of a leap. Last time I looked Disney's financials were fairly solid.

Disney is one of the few companies which can withstand a terrible money losing decision or two...

DizneyFreak2002;2505557 wrote: Disney is one of the few companies which can withstand a terrible money losing decision or two...

Yeah, the "not so" Good Dinosaur

I know I'm going get blasted for saying this but oh what the heck ...

I rode the Jungle Cruise when we were down in May and I gotta say I came away like, "Wow. That ride has really turned into a stinker." This is one of many rides that counted heavily on two elements; a clear, solid story and a great guide. With the mega decline in the quality of cast over the last two decades and the odd muddling of the story that's occurred to please ... someone ... I'm not exactly sure who ... the ride has become really badly disjointed, corny, and oddly annoying. All I wanted to do was get off the boat. Our guide was nearly inaudible and what I did hear was delivered in a horrid monotone voice that lacked even the slightest bit of enthusiasm or "selling" of the story (what little there is left).

And then like I noticed that for some reason I fail to understand there's no longer a bunch of rhinos around the guys on the totem pole? It's turned into a bunch of hyenas standing under them laughing. Which, of course, makes absolutely no sense since they seem to be laughing at them for being stuck on a pole but they're only stuck on a pole because of what? Hyenas? Meh.

I saw somewhere the rhinos were being refurbed, but have no verification of that.

We rode last fall, and our skippers were still great (we rode 2-3 times). I'm sure there is some luck of the draw, as usual with anything to do w/ the CMs. So, rather than change the ride, they should improve their staffing (training, hiring, pay, whatever). That would improve the experiences across all attractions and resorts. Though the biggest area where I'm seen CM change is in the retail and dining areas.

The only thing I don't like about JC, is the awkward position I have to sit in to look out. But, I can live to see such a fun, and endearing attraction.

texas211;2505681 wrote: So, rather than change the ride, they should improve their staffing (training, hiring, pay, whatever). That would improve the experiences across all attractions and resorts. Though the biggest area where I'm seen CM change is in the retail and dining areas.

Unfortunately that's never going to happen. There just isn't a deep enough pool of talent to staff the positions that's also willing to live up to historical Disney standards and work for minimum wage. And God forbid Bob Iger and the rest of his overpaid stuff suits would take some pay cuts and live on a "meager" $10 million a year instead of the hundreds of millions they make now!

Ian;2505689 wrote: Unfortunately that's never going to happen. There just isn't a deep enough pool of talent to staff the positions that's also willing to live up to historical Disney standards and work for minimum wage. And God forbid Bob Iger and the rest of his overpaid stuff suits would take some pay cuts and live on a "meager" $10 million a year instead of the hundreds of millions they make now!

That and the workforce these days leaves much to be desired. Regardless of what you are being paid, you should do the best job you can. But so many, don't believe in that.

Either way, leave JC alone. Or let Ginger snap.

texas211;2505694 wrote:

Either way, leave JC alone. Or let Ginger snap.

You need a ginger to snap? I'll be right there. :P

I guess I'm just not sentimental enough. :unsure:

Jungle Cruise actually seems to generate long wait times most of day, but I can't figure out why! No way I'm wasting a FP for a ride I don't even enjoy. It was fun the first time, back in 1983! But the last time, which was 15 years ago, no one on my boat even laughed at the jokes. Okay, I'm a little more sentimental when it comes to Pirates, but still enjoyed the updates to the ride. Tiki Birds and Country Bears...sorry, not feeling it.

While I'm not a huge fan and can skip it most of the time, I do have some friends that enjoy that type of humor. It makes me laugh when I see them having such a great time on it. The back side of water is a running joke that my ex-boyfriend and I have, because it is referred to in World of Warcraft.

I completely understand Texas211's point of view though. The things I enjoy, I return to time and again because I like them exactly as they are. If I wanted something different, I would have found something different. I don't need to see the end result to know that it isn't exactly the way I like it.

Snow's Mom;2505729 wrote: I guess I'm just not sentimental enough. :unsure:

Jungle Cruise actually seems to generate long wait times most of day, but I can't figure out why! No way I'm wasting a FP for a ride I don't even enjoy. It was fun the first time, back in 1983! But the last time, which was 15 years ago, no one on my boat even laughed at the jokes. Okay, I'm a little more sentimental when it comes to Pirates, but still enjoyed the updates to the ride. Tiki Birds and Country Bears...sorry, not feeling it.

It's not that you're not sentimental enough ... it's that only certain things reach a level worthy of your sentimentality and for you, like me, this ain't it lol

Ian;2505737 wrote: It's not that you're not sentimental enough ... it's that only certain things reach a level worthy of your sentimentality and for you, like me, this ain't it lol

I have to agree with this. The Jungle Cruise has a specific type of comedy that only appeals to those types of people. I feel that it doesn't make the ride good or bad or people good or bad. Everyone is different and the park has stuff for everyone. My dad LOVED Country Bears. I dreaded going in there every trip. Although it makes me smile and think of him when I walk by it, I won't ever walk through those doors again. (Although as soon as I say never, something will make me go in there. lol)

Cinderelley;2505742 wrote: My dad LOVED Country Bears. I dreaded going in there every trip. Although it makes me smile and think of him when I walk by it, I won't ever walk through those doors again.

:funny: My DH also loves Country Bears. I think it's only about a 15 minute show, but it seems more like three hours...

I used to dread going into Country Bear... but that's because the moose/bison/deer heads on the wall scared me when I was little. Now when we go that's become a recurring joke!