Discover Jungle Cruise
Our tips:
- Listen to your skipper
- Taking photos is allowed
- A classic from day one
Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise is the classic boat ride in Adventureland. The attraction opened on 17 July 1955, the opening day of Disneyland Park. You take a 10,000-mile voyage along the most “treacherous” rivers in the world.
The concept
You board a covered steamboat and leave civilisation behind. A brave skipper steers you across the water and tells one old joke after another along the way. The attraction is based on Disney's True-Life Adventure nature films. At first the tone was educational. In the early 1960s Walt Disney asked artist Marc Davis to come up with funny scenes. Since then, more and more animals and jokes have been added.
The Experience
You sail past an ancient Cambodian shrine with tigers, cobras and crocodiles. At an abandoned safari camp, curious gorillas have taken over. Indian elephants bathe in a sacred pool. On the African savannah, angry hippos and hungry lions guard a sleeping zebra. At Schweitzer Falls you see a true natural wonder: the backside of water.
Discover Jungle Cruise
Listen to your skipper
The skipper's jokes are half the fun. Every skipper tells them slightly differently, so a second voyage is never the same.
Taking photos is allowed
Feel free to take photos, including of the bathing elephants. Do keep a good grip on your camera when the skipper cracks another joke.
A classic from day one
The Jungle Cruise was already there on the opening day of Disneyland Park. A true classic, then.
Visitor information
There is no minimum height, so everyone can ride. Children under 7 must be accompanied by someone aged 14 or over. You can stay in your wheelchair or ECV. At certain times a sign language interpreter is available. Lightning Lane is not available for this attraction: everyone waits in the same standby queue.
Laughs on the water
The Jungle Cruise is fun for the whole family. The animals always have the last word, but you have the most fun.
Read also
