Jungle Cruise Redesign

Giggy;2505764 wrote: 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!

Since the ones in my house don't talk, I'll have to keep going on CB.

As far as JC. If I could, I'd build it in my back yard.

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Snow's Mom;2505757 wrote: :funny: My DH also loves Country Bears. I think it's only about a 15 minute show, but it seems more like three hours...

It's only 15 mins? Geez, I could have sworn it was hours!

Ian;2505677 wrote: 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.

Ya know, I have to agree with you that it has fallen from grace, but for some crazy (or corny) reason I still find it to be one of my all-time-favorites. I like it best after dark, it seems a little more "real" ... It does need a major re-haul and when they do, maybe they will drift back to the original storyline ... I hope !!

How about we just remove that waste of space entirely? I have never understood the fascination with this ride and it takes up a huge space plot of land that could be used to put in a great attraction.

I have ridden this twice in the past several months and I am convinced they need to improve the quality of the sound system and get the skippers to really work on their delivery. While the entire ride needs some TLC, the audio on the two rides was night and day with one ride really clear and coherent and the other barely intelligible. I do enjoy the oldies (JC,POTC,Tiki,CB,COP) but the wait for this one is not worth the hit or miss skippers. Luckily the last ride (the worst of the 2) was with FP so we didn't waste too much time for that trip.

All this talk about the skippers... Yes, the skippers totally make this attraction.... A bad skipper can ruin the experience... Fortunately I haven't had a bad skipper... In fact, my last trip December 2015, the female skipper on my cruise was probably the best I ever had... Funny, friendly, and her joke timing was spot on... However, I wouldn't wait in regular queue for it... FP or not ride...

DonaldDuck1117;2506155 wrote: How about we just remove that waste of space entirely? I have never understood the fascination with this ride and it takes up a huge space plot of land that could be used to put in a great attraction.

Funny you say that...

DizneyFreak2002;2506342 wrote:

Funny you say that...

Ouch!

I agree the sound system needs to be greatly improved, many times you can hear nothing.

Altair;2506359 wrote: Ouch!

I agree the sound system needs to be greatly improved, many times you can hear nothing.

Please don't take that to mean anything...

Fact is the "river" that holds the water isn't in the best of shapes... And it is only being fixed with band aids... They have been lucky so far that they haven't had a massive leak... So instead of doing what is necessary to fix, they Elmer's glue it... Like the condition of Space Mountain... Only so much tape they can use to hold the metal structure together, especially since it is way past its shelf life...

But as far as I know, Jungle Cruise isn't going anywhere...

DizneyFreak2002;2506386 wrote: Like the condition of Space Mountain... Only so much tape they can use to hold the metal structure together, especially since it is way past its shelf life...

Didn't they just rebuild Space Mountain a few years ago when it was closed for like 18 months?

Ian;2506387 wrote: Didn't they just rebuild Space Mountain a few years ago when it was closed for like 18 months?

Nope... That was the plan, and that's what has to be done... But they didn't rebuild it... TDO wouldn't pay for the complete rebuild...

Once Tron opens, maybe that will be another story...

***EDIT: Trying to find out EXACTLY what was done... But I know a complete replacement wasn't...