The porters wear identical khaki outfits and carry identical small backpacks.ĭisneyland has been closed since March 2020. A Great White Hunter and his four fez-wearing native African porters sought safety from a rhinoceros with a particularly long horn. Surprisingly, the Trapped Safari is quite different at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom Park.Īt Disneyland, the Lost Safari scene joined the Jungle Cruise in the summer of 1964. The Indian Elephant Bathing Pool, Gorillas in the Camp, the African Veldt, and the Hippo Pool should all survive. “You can take pictures because they all have their trunks on.” (Magic Kingdom) There’s no need to say goodbye to the skippers, the boats, the animal scenes, Schweitzer Falls, or the jungle itself. The best parts of the Jungle Cruise are staying. Sunlight glowing through the rainforest mist (Disneyland) So let’s say goodbye to the Old Jungle Cruise.Įntering the dense jungle foliage (Disneyland) Without saying so directly, the phrases “reflect and value the diversity” and “addressing the negative depictions“ made it clear that the African porters, dancing natives, ambush party, and Trader Sam’s shrunken heads would all be “sent to Yesterland.” It’s the Jungle Cruise you know and love, with the skippers still leading the way, and at the same time, we’re addressing the negative depictions of “natives.” Beatty explained, “This is not a re-envisioning of the entire attraction. The website of D23 (“the Official Disney Fan Club”) published an interview with Chris Beatty, Creative Portfolio Executive at Walt Disney Imagineering. The Disney Parks Blog shared that there would be “new adventures that stay true to the experience we know and love-more humor, wildlife and skipper heart-and also reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.” Renderings showed a re-imagined version of the Trapped Safari scene and an entirely new scene of chimpanzees who have taken over a wrecked Jungle Cruise boat.
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At Disneyland, the last significant new show scenes, including Gorillas in the Camp, were added in 1976.
#JUNGLE CRUISE SKIPPER UPDATE#
Earlier this week, on January 25, 2021, Disney announced plans to update the classic Jungle Cruise in California and Florida.