Ride Profile: Jungle Cruise

Tiger and lions and bears “oh my”!

Join your very own skipper as you cruise through rivers across the continenets. This journey lasts about 7 minutes once you leave the dock. The Jungle Cruise features four different rivers:

• The African Congo  Tour an abandoned Pygmy site, glimpse a massive python and snap a picture of a camp overrun by curious gorillas.

• The Nile River  Behold bathing elephants, angry hippos and hungry lions—but be on the lookout for a tribe of headhunters, recently spotted in the area.

• The Amazon in South America  A canopy of green trees opens up to a native shrine, a mammoth anaconda and ravenous piranha!

• The Mekong River  Explore an age-old shrine, home to baboons, cobras and crocodiles.

Even though this ride is often passed or ignored as guests make there way to or from a more thrilling ride like Indiana Jones, I enjoy the Jungle Cruise as a easy going funny ride. The skippers “driving” the boat are always entertaining, known for their jokes and puns. You can find this ride in Adventure Land to the left of Indiana Jones next to the fastpass dispenser.

There is no height requirement for this ride, so it’s a great ride for the kids! Normally the line moves swiftly as boats are on a continuous circuit, but during summer days the line can have a long wait.

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