Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The thrill of Jungle River Cruising at Disneyland Hong Kong

The Jungle River Cruise is an attraction located in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland. The attraction simulates a riverboat cruise down several major rivers of Asia, Africa and South America. Park guests board replica tramp steamers and are taken on a voyage past many different Audio-Animatron Ric jungle animals. The tour is led by a live Disney cast member delivering a humorous scripted narration. 

The Jungle River Cruise
Guests board on the boat and meet the skipper. The boat then depart and head down the river, past Tarzan's Tree-house where the skipper tells us to wave goodbye to the guests traversing the tree-house  for they will never see them again.

ready to cruise
The boats then drift past a mother Indian elephant and her calf playing in the water, followed by another elephant showering in a waterfall. A large bull Indian elephant emerges from the water squirting a plume of water at the boats.
mommy elephant
The boat then drift down a narrow stream past ancient Cambodian ruins which have been claimed by the jungle. Giant spiders and king cobras watch the boats as they move on. Up ahead several crocodiles are seen resting on a small beach, while a school of hungry piranha are jumping in the hopes of attacking us.

The boats escape into Africa and they pass a large safari camp where several curious gorillas have discovered clothes, guns, hammocks, and books, as the "Trashing the Camp" song from Tarzan plays on a nearby 1930s radio. The African Veldt comes into view where antelope, giraffes, zebras, and African elephants stare at the boats.

 safari camp
 The boat then drift into a small pool where a pod of hippos try to tip the boat. Several feet ahead a rhino is seen chasing a safari group up a tree while several hyenas look on laughing.

a rhino is seen chasing a safari group
Skulls and cloth impaled on broken bamboo sticks appears as tribal drums and horns fill the air. The skipper tells us that they have entered head hunter country and must quietly sneak by. The boats slowly pass through the main village where several upright shields rest in the tall grass. A native notices the boats and all the shields now revealed to have head hunters behind them begin firing spears and poison darts at the boats as they narrowly escape into a rocky canyon.

In the rocky canyon, the boats stop near two unusual rock formations that look like faces, revealed by the skipper to be the fire god and the water god who constantly feud over their differences.

the main village
The fire god sets the river ablaze while the water god vomits a water bomb, causing the flames to die and the whole canyon to become a cloud of steam. The boats escape the canyon and pass a baby elephant before returning to the boathouse.


reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Cruise#Hong_Kong_Disneyland


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