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Jungle Cruise
Skipper-guided boat journey past jungle wildlife scenes and comic peril.
Water ride
Mild thrill
Any height
5 min
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The skipper makes the experience, so enjoy the jokes and keep an eye out for little details along the river.
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Ride stats
- Type
- Water ride
- Manufacturer
- WED Enterprises
- Model
- Guided riverboat
- Opened
- 1971
- Track length
- 2,000 ft
- Top speed
- 3 mph
- Inversions
- 0
- Duration
- 9 min
- Height requirement
- Any height
💡 Fun facts
- The Magic Kingdom version opened in 1973, two years after the park opened in 1971
- During the Christmas season, the attraction can transform into Jingle Cruise, featuring holiday decorations, seasonal jokes, and Christmas-themed props
- Walt Disney originally wanted the ride to feature real animals, but animatronic animals were used instead because real animals would sleep, hide, or behave unpredictably
- Jungle Cruise was an opening-day Magic Kingdom attraction in 1971
- Skippers deliver a script full of elaborate puns and deadpan jokes
- The ride travels past elaborate scenes with Audio-Animatronic wildlife
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