Jungle Cruise is a riverboat amusement ride located in the Adventureland themed section at various Disney theme parks. The attraction is a simulated riverboat cruise that travels along a waterway with various wilderness themes. Park guests board replica steam launches from a 1930s British explorers' lodge and Audio-Animatronic exotic animals are displayed throughout the ride. A live Disney cast member acts as a tour guide and boat skipper that loosely follows a rehearsed script, providing passengers with a comedic narrative.
The first installation of the ride was featured at Disneyland for its opening in 1955. A film adaptation of the ride was released in July 2021.
Mola Ram's ceremonial headdress on the Jungle Cruise ride.
Indiana Jones has been featured throughout Adventureland and is connected to the lore of the Jungle Cruise with tie-ins connected to Temple of the Forbidden Eye, Temple of Peril, Temple of the Crystal Skull and Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar. Due to their shared 1930s setting, adventurous themes and overlapping park locations, the two properties have featured crossovers and Easter eggs referencing one another.
References to Jungle Cruise in Indiana Jones[]
- In the queue for Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye, the "Eye on the Globe" newsreel show tourists using a jungle cruise boat to travel to the Lost Delta.
- Jock Lindsey's flight-log at Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar mentions the pilot having been taken to see Schweitzer Falls by a Jungle Cruise skipper. A shrunken-head can be seen in the lost and found next to a stack of umbrellas, seemingly referencing Chief Nah-mee from the Jungle Cruise ride.
References to Indiana Jones in Jungle Cruise[]
List of things to look for as part of Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries.
- The Temple of the Forbidden Eye is featured throughout Disneyland's Jungle Cruise. Nigel Greenwater mentions Marcus Brody speaking to the anthropological society about Indiana Jones' expedition at the Temple. Along the docks of the Mekong boathouse is a life-preserver from the boat Vasquez de Coronado from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and a crate addressed to Club Obi Wan from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- Radio announcer Albert Awol alludes to the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol during his broadcast in the queue of the Jungle Cruise at the Magic Kingdom. He mentions golden idols as being one of the highlights of traveling through the rainforests of South America. In Alberta Falls' office in the Amazon River Base, a postcard can be seen from the Lost River Delta with artwork of the Temple of the Crystal Skull.[1]
- Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries was a promotional event held at Disneyland during the summer of 2008 to coincide with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In a refurbishment of the Jungle Cruise, objects from Jones' adventures were filled throughout the ride. Artifacts left behind included: the crate containing the Ark of the Covenant in the Congo, Henry Jones Sr.'s umbrella on the African veldt, Mola Ram's ceremonial headdress in the headhunter camp and a tablet with the image of a crystal skull.[2] Other items listed as possible relics left behind included the Peacock's Eye diamond, the Cross of Coronado, the Golden Idol of Fertility, Henry Jones Sr.'s Grail Diary, Indy's Eagle Scout hat, Nurhachi's urn, the Sankara Stones and the Staff of Ra.
- During the annual holiday-themed overlay "Jingle Cruise" from 2013 to 2017, the skippers mention Indiana Jones not attending their company New Year's Eve party due to, "hating it when the ball drops".
- In the 2015 Halloween-themed overlay "Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity" at Hong Kong Disneyland, Jones was included as part of the ride's backstory. The Daily Colonial Journal referenced Professor Garrett Reed of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers as attempting to steal a Peruvian idol. While Jones himself was interviewed about Reed by the newspaper.
- A toolbox belonging to Jock Lindsey is featured in the Skipper Canteen's lost & found. There is also a barrel containing, "The Backside of Water" addressed to a Prof. Marley at Marshall College. In the library, there is a book titled, "The Eyes of Mara" written by Indiana Jones. Other books in the canteen include Seeking Knowledge by Mara and Temple Tours by Paco.
- In the 2020 board game Jungle Cruise Adventure Game, Jones is included as a member of the Temple and DeNyle families. Stone statues of Mara are also transported as cargo.
Disneyland crossovers[]
The Indiana Jones and Jungle Cruise franchises have both been referenced with crossovers in other Adventureland-themed attractions.
- There are various references to both Indiana Jones and Jungle Cruise throughout Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel. There are letters sent to Trader Sam coming from Indiana Jones, Marcus Brody, Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir, Short Round and Jones' mother Anna Jones. There is also a fedora and bullwhip, tags from Sallah's business of Sallah Tours, a sack labelled for usage of the Ark of the Covenant, a seltzer bottle from Marion's bar The Raven and Mola Ram's kryta doll of Indiana Jones.
- The Adventure Trading Company was a limited-time interactive event based in Adventureland and Frontierland of Disneyland in the summer of 2014. The "Eye of Mara" Juju mission had guests aiding the Lost Delta Archaeological Expedition in deciphering Maraglyphs from the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. "Henry Jones" was listed as a member of the Adventure Trading Company. The main hub for the event was the Indiana Jones Adventure Outpost shop with the company's bulletin-board having the New York Yankees cap of Jones' sidekick Short Round hanging on it. The Daily Gnus newspaper also had several allusions to the Indiana Jones series. There were advertisements for the Temple of the Forbidden Eye and a mention of the Adventure Trading Company having previously spent time in the Lost River Delta. A community posting for snakelets from, "Jacque" is sometimes taken as a typo of Jock, referencing Indiana Jones' aviator Jock Lindsey.
- To tie-in with the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the Adventureland restaurant Bengal Barbecue served four Indiana Jones themed meal items. One was the Forbidden Turnover, modelled after the Eye of Mara.[3]
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External links[]
Jungle Cruise on Wikipedia- Jungle Cruise Wiki on Fandom
