There are no plans to make changes at the Jungle Cruise-themed Trader Sam's bars or the Jungle Navigation Company Skipper Canteen restaurants, an Imagineering source confirmed. Imagineering sources said that the company will reveal later more detail about the changes, which are scheduled for later this year. But sources with Imagineer said that the film characters will not be part of the Jungle Cruise rewrite. Disney added Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow and other characters from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies to those attractions after the films' success. Many fans had thought that Disney might change Jungle Cruise to add the stars of its upcoming "Jungle Cruise" movie, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. "With Jungle Cruise, we're bringing to life more of what people love - the humor and wit of our incredible skippers, while making needed updates." "As Imagineers, it is our responsibility to ensure experiences we create and stories we share reflect the voices and perspectives of the world around us," WDI's Executive, Creative Development & Inclusion Strategies, Carmen Smith, said. Disney is rewriting Jungle Cruise to remove negative depictions of indigenous people in several scenes of the ride. That's not the reason that Disney is changing this 66-year-old classic. While Disney created an overall narrative for its Jingle Cruise holiday overlay, the new Jungle Cruise script will provide the attraction's first full-time narrative arc.īut let's face it. It was always a collection of jokes around the set pieces - with the Skippers often going off script to write gags of their own.
With its collection of animatronic animals and natives within show scenes themed to jungle locations around the world, Disney's Jungle Cruise never had much of a narrative. Ultimately, the jungle gets the last laugh." "Ever wonder what happened to them? Well, you might go ape when you find out. "Fans of the Jungle Cruise attraction may recall some boats that used to make their way around the river but haven’t been seen for a while -especially the Mekong Maiden and the Kwango Kate," Lively added.