1 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:04,129 ANNOUNCER 1: Remain seated, please. 2 00:00:04,212 --> 00:00:06,506 (in Spanish) Please remain seated. 3 00:00:06,589 --> 00:00:08,591 (lively music) 4 00:00:11,469 --> 00:00:12,721 (elephants trumpeting) 5 00:00:18,893 --> 00:00:20,228 MAN 1: The love of liberty. 6 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:21,771 (moans) 7 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:23,064 (screaming) 8 00:00:34,909 --> 00:00:37,746 NARRATOR: The desert of Southern California. 9 00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:41,541 A harsh, barren expanse of dryness 10 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:45,879 with nothing more than the moisture of oranges, 11 00:00:46,004 --> 00:00:48,089 -(creaking) -which are actually quite juicy. 12 00:00:49,215 --> 00:00:54,429 But in the 1950s, here in the brutal California sun, 13 00:00:54,512 --> 00:00:57,474 an idea trickled out of the sand. 14 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:00,935 An idea that quickly turned into a torrent, 15 00:01:01,019 --> 00:01:03,772 which quickly turned into a flowing tropical river. 16 00:01:03,855 --> 00:01:05,940 MAN 2: We'll leave the last outpost of civilization, 17 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:08,109 push off into the upper reaches of the Amazon. 18 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:09,277 NARRATOR: And the Jungle Cruise 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,198 has been putting these tropical waters for nearly 70 years, 20 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:18,661 recreating the majesty of elephants, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, 21 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:24,334 piranhas, lions, rhinos, apes, exotic plants, boulders, and... 22 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,002 rocks? 23 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:27,545 (laughs) 24 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:29,464 -All right. -NARRATOR: Yep, there he is. 25 00:01:29,547 --> 00:01:32,258 Saving the world with Emily Blunt in a movie 26 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:36,262 inspired by one of the most enduring attractions at Disneyland. 27 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:37,347 I am not afraid. 28 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:38,640 NARRATOR: And why would you be? 29 00:01:38,723 --> 00:01:42,602 Disney's Jungle Cruise is revered for its team of skippers 30 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,771 who deliver razor-sharp witticisms... 31 00:01:44,854 --> 00:01:46,898 I'd like to point out some plant life to you. 32 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:52,487 NARRATOR: ...and highbrow humor... 33 00:01:52,570 --> 00:01:54,614 Feel free to take as many photos as you like. 34 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:56,157 They all got their trunks on... 35 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:57,826 NARRATOR: ...or otherwise known as... 36 00:01:57,909 --> 00:01:58,868 Dad jokes. 37 00:01:58,952 --> 00:01:59,953 I love a good pun. 38 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:01,371 We're in denial. 39 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,123 NARRATOR: But most of all, 40 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:08,002 the Jungle Cruise is classic, vintage Disneyland at its best. 41 00:02:08,419 --> 00:02:10,547 But before we climb aboard to find out 42 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:15,635 how on earth a humid tropical ecosystem ended up in Southern California... 43 00:02:15,718 --> 00:02:19,681 MAN 3: Yes, a visit by boat to remote, adventurous regions of the world. 44 00:02:19,764 --> 00:02:22,350 NARRATOR: ...and other Disney Parks around the world... 45 00:02:22,517 --> 00:02:24,310 (fire crackles) 46 00:02:24,394 --> 00:02:28,231 ...we need to go back to the dry desert of the early 1950s 47 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:32,819 where a chap named Walter Elias Disney was gaining a bit of a reputation 48 00:02:32,902 --> 00:02:34,237 as an animal man. 49 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,321 Hi, Minnie! 50 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:37,949 NARRATOR: Not so much the cute, animated kind. 51 00:02:38,032 --> 00:02:39,701 No. Cute, little bunny. 52 00:02:39,784 --> 00:02:43,079 We're talking about animals with real killer instincts, 53 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:47,167 ones that don't ever wear either jackets or pants. 54 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:50,712 That's right, our story begins with Walt's love of animals 55 00:02:50,795 --> 00:02:52,672 in all shapes and sizes. 56 00:02:53,047 --> 00:02:57,719 And this fascination grew when he ran a successful cartoon studio 57 00:02:57,802 --> 00:03:00,555 and was striving for animation perfection. 58 00:03:00,638 --> 00:03:03,308 We knew that to retain the charm of these creatures, 59 00:03:03,391 --> 00:03:06,352 our animated drawings must fully capture the natural movements 60 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:08,438 and attitudes of living animals. 61 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,982 WALT: So, we've studied motion pictures of wild animals 62 00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:12,650 living in their natural state. 63 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:17,906 And, in time, we added many reels of wildlife scenes to our Bambi research. 64 00:03:17,989 --> 00:03:19,157 NARRATOR: And in doing this, 65 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,244 Walt not only discovered how to build better Bambis, 66 00:03:23,828 --> 00:03:28,458 he also, like a creature of the wild, wasn't one to waste scraps, 67 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:30,543 especially scraps of good footage. 68 00:03:30,627 --> 00:03:34,422 One thing has always led to another here and Bambi was no exception. 69 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:39,928 The wildlife scenes in this research yielded an unexpected dividend. 70 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:44,432 NARRATOR: That being many forms of potential wildlife documentaries. 71 00:03:44,515 --> 00:03:50,230 It was all about enjoying the grandeur, and appreciating nature and real animals. 72 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:53,483 NARRATOR: Which is when Walt realized that he could quite easily become... 73 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:58,071 A live action movie producer. And so, he makes his first True-Life Adventure. 74 00:03:58,154 --> 00:04:00,198 NARRATOR: Using this location footage, 75 00:04:00,281 --> 00:04:03,493 Walt was able to make a documentary featurette. 76 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:05,286 -Signed, sealed... -(barks) 77 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:07,705 It's a story about Seal Island. 78 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:08,957 NARRATOR: ...and delivered. 79 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:14,295 It becomes eligible for the Academy Award, wins best short documentary, 80 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:17,423 and that was the start of 13 True-Life Adventures, 81 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:19,342 8 of which won Academy Awards. 82 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:20,551 NARRATOR: Yes, it's true. 83 00:04:20,635 --> 00:04:23,721 Walt had more tuxedos than a colony of penguins. 84 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,807 They're always dressed so formally. 85 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:29,143 And with that, Walt Disney's reputation was sealed, 86 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:32,313 as not just an Oscar-winning animated filmmaker, 87 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:35,650 but as a legitimate wildlife documentarian. 88 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,777 (dings) 89 00:04:38,152 --> 00:04:41,489 But Walt was looking to break the seal-ing... 90 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:42,615 No, that one doesn't work. 91 00:04:42,907 --> 00:04:46,035 ...with another True-Life Adventure he'd been working on at home... 92 00:04:47,328 --> 00:04:48,454 Parenthood. 93 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:51,374 It all started from a daddy with two daughters... 94 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:52,875 -(bicycle bell dings) -...wondering where he could take them 95 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:54,919 where he could have a little fun with them too. 96 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:57,297 There's a very famous story about him going to Griffith Park 97 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,632 and having his Daddy's Day with the daughters. 98 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:02,719 Walt was sitting on the bench, feeding nuts to the squirrels 99 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:04,470 and watching his girls ride the carousel. 100 00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:07,515 I felt that there should be something built, 101 00:05:07,598 --> 00:05:10,018 some kind of, uh, an amusement enterprise built 102 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:14,188 where the parents and the children could have fun together. 103 00:05:14,272 --> 00:05:16,107 NARRATOR: And we all know what this idea turned out to be. 104 00:05:16,190 --> 00:05:18,026 WALT: That's it. Right here. 105 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:19,610 Disneyland. 106 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:22,155 NARRATOR: And from the very first sketch of Disneyland, 107 00:05:22,238 --> 00:05:24,741 to almost every single one since, 108 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:29,996 Walt's incredible vision for the park contained an exotic, jungle-laden river 109 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:32,206 that twisted and turned across the map. 110 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,542 The reason why he created Jungle Cruise 111 00:05:34,625 --> 00:05:37,837 was because he wanted to create an experience for people 112 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,631 who weren't able to travel the globe at that time, 113 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:43,384 and bring other parts of the world to the people. 114 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:45,511 -Yes. -He loved this idea 115 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:49,891 of almost like a travelogue of all these, you know, exotic waterways of the world 116 00:05:49,974 --> 00:05:53,102 that he could take his guests through and show them something really good. 117 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,312 NARRATOR: And keep in mind, 118 00:05:54,395 --> 00:05:58,858 international travel to exotic destinations wasn't so easy back then. 119 00:05:58,941 --> 00:06:00,193 Very few people went to Africa. 120 00:06:00,276 --> 00:06:03,154 Very few people even saw what hippos were like in the water. 121 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:05,698 NARRATOR: Uh, graceful, obviously? 122 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:08,868 However, up until 1954, 123 00:06:08,951 --> 00:06:12,663 there was nothing but big talk coming out of Walt Disney's mouth 124 00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:14,290 because, at this point, 125 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:18,336 all Walt had was a basic premise for an exotic boat ride, 126 00:06:18,419 --> 00:06:24,133 just one year to construct Disneyland, and a very dry location to do it in. 127 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:28,513 We get an average rainfall of 12 to 14 inches, and that's a desert. 128 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:32,392 NARRATOR: But the Walt Disney Company was overflowing with talent. 129 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:36,729 So, Walt turned to one guy who had a particular talent with wetness. 130 00:06:37,271 --> 00:06:40,525 If you look at Harper Goff's designs for Walt, 131 00:06:40,608 --> 00:06:43,486 the Nautilus for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 132 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:46,239 he was a very prolific designer. 133 00:06:46,322 --> 00:06:48,783 Harper was one of the first Imagineers. 134 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:50,910 He created the earliest concepts 135 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:53,955 for what would become known as the Jungle Cruise. 136 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:56,249 NARRATOR: But Harper didn't draw inspiration 137 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:57,875 from the depths of the ocean... 138 00:06:57,959 --> 00:07:02,088 I've seen The African Queen and I liked it. 139 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,757 NARRATOR: He saw a lot of potential 140 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:08,803 in a movie about a crusty skipper with questionable hygiene 141 00:07:08,886 --> 00:07:11,931 putting along the Ulanga River in East Africa 142 00:07:12,014 --> 00:07:16,894 with its inherent sights, dangers, and bathing opportunities along the way. 143 00:07:17,478 --> 00:07:20,690 So, The African Queen was a good place to start. 144 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:24,235 Emphasis on start because before they could get here, 145 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:28,030 they had to physically start here or maybe there. 146 00:07:28,865 --> 00:07:33,244 Well, they needed to work it out fast, so Walt assembled his team 147 00:07:33,327 --> 00:07:36,831 and shared the details of his vision for Jungle Cruise. 148 00:07:36,914 --> 00:07:39,959 BILL: Walt, he'd take you on that cruise verbally, 149 00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:41,502 and he'd really get into it. 150 00:07:41,586 --> 00:07:48,009 Then his artist would try to visualize what they heard him say, 151 00:07:48,092 --> 00:07:52,430 and we'd mold this down into where it came out as a drawing on paper. 152 00:07:52,513 --> 00:07:55,933 NARRATOR: And what they ended up with was a sprawling cruise 153 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:59,729 that not only floated down the rivers of Eastern Africa 154 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:02,106 but, you know, all the jungles of the world. 155 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:06,444 We have things from the South Pacific, we have things from Africa, 156 00:08:06,527 --> 00:08:09,363 we have things from many different parts of the world. 157 00:08:09,447 --> 00:08:12,742 NARRATOR: All a world away from Anaheim, but not for long 158 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:15,077 because when construction began for Disneyland... 159 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:19,582 The bulldozer shows up, ready to dig the trench for the river. 160 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:23,127 NARRATOR: To direct the bulldozers poised to carve a jungle river 161 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:24,837 in the bone-dry dirt, 162 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:28,049 Harper Goff used the precision of 1950s technology. 163 00:08:28,132 --> 00:08:30,051 Harper Goff picks up a stick 164 00:08:30,134 --> 00:08:34,138 and he traces the entire outline of one bank of the river, 165 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:35,389 and then when he's completed, 166 00:08:35,473 --> 00:08:37,433 he goes about 10, 15 feet to the other side 167 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:39,894 and does the other bank of the river, 168 00:08:39,977 --> 00:08:42,396 and has the bulldozer start digging up from there. 169 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,483 NARRATOR: And the legacy of Harper Goff's powerful stick... 170 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:46,609 Not actual stick. 171 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:48,319 ...can still be seen today. 172 00:08:48,402 --> 00:08:52,406 And, of course, the Jungle Cruise was, you know, obviously a big job, 173 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:55,243 because we're bringing a jungle into a farmland. 174 00:08:55,326 --> 00:08:57,703 NARRATOR: An overwhelming task, to be sure. 175 00:08:57,787 --> 00:08:59,539 So, for this worldly challenge, 176 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:04,085 Walt scoured the lengths and breadths of his backyard, actually, 177 00:09:04,168 --> 00:09:07,046 where he found the landscape architect Bill Evans 178 00:09:07,129 --> 00:09:12,843 who had helped Walt landscape a man-sized toy train set for his own house. 179 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,804 Uh, don't worry. It's on a loop. He'll be back. 180 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:19,892 And now, it was full steam ahead on a much bigger project. 181 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,186 DAVID: Bill Evans, who was our landscape architect, of course, 182 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:26,232 his job was to fill Disneyland in with as much landscape as possible. 183 00:09:26,315 --> 00:09:29,193 This was kind of an on-the-job training. 184 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,862 BILL: A lot of these things hadn't been done before. 185 00:09:33,155 --> 00:09:35,866 NARRATOR: Spinning their wheels, there was no time to waste. 186 00:09:36,450 --> 00:09:39,370 Jungle Cruise was the first attraction that they really started to break... 187 00:09:39,453 --> 00:09:40,580 -NARRATOR: The seal? -(seal barks) 188 00:09:40,663 --> 00:09:42,164 -...ground for. -Right, sure. 189 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,333 KEVIN: They started with the Jungle Cruise a little bit earlier 190 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:47,169 to get an extra growing season in for all the trees. 191 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:48,629 MICHAEL: Great effort was made to make sure 192 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:50,047 that the area around Adventureland 193 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:53,259 was planted early and densely so that you'd have this backdrop 194 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:55,553 for the Adventureland stories that we wanted to tell. 195 00:09:55,636 --> 00:09:58,598 But trees take time. I mean, it's something you can't fake or force. 196 00:09:58,681 --> 00:09:59,682 NARRATOR: But, of course, 197 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,892 they weren't starting completely from scratch. 198 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:06,022 PAULA: They wanted to save as much of the original trees as they could 199 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:07,898 because the more that they saved, 200 00:10:07,982 --> 00:10:10,860 the more they didn't have to go out and buy and bring in. 201 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:13,154 NARRATOR: In a flurry of colorful conservation... 202 00:10:13,237 --> 00:10:15,573 TIM: They had tagged the trees to save green, 203 00:10:15,656 --> 00:10:17,033 and the ones to bulldoze red. 204 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,159 NARRATOR: But, of course... 205 00:10:18,242 --> 00:10:21,078 The bulldoze operator was color-blind. 206 00:10:21,162 --> 00:10:24,790 And he indiscriminately went through and bulldozed everything. 207 00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:28,836 NARRATOR: Well, in his defense, it's all in black and white, so... 208 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:32,590 But, one way or another, Bill desperately needed trees. 209 00:10:32,673 --> 00:10:35,301 He would go around the different neighborhoods of Anaheim 210 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:36,510 and in California, 211 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:39,680 buying people's trees, buying their exotic plants, 212 00:10:39,764 --> 00:10:40,723 just to bring them in. 213 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:44,435 NARRATOR: And one of those trees even became a minor celebrity 214 00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:46,479 known as the Dominguez Palm. 215 00:10:46,562 --> 00:10:51,651 The palm tree was given to my grandparents as a wedding gift. 216 00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:54,403 NARRATOR: So, when Walt bought the property for Disneyland, 217 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:57,239 he knew the tree had sentimental roots. 218 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,825 Walt promised them that we'd take good care of it, 219 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:03,037 and we brought it from over where it was out in the parking lot 220 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,246 and planted it here. 221 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:08,501 RON: It was in the Jungle Cruise attraction, and they moved it. 222 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:14,215 It got moved a second time on expansion and placed in the queue line. 223 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:16,300 (tranquil music) 224 00:11:16,384 --> 00:11:19,178 RON: I can stand back in Adventureland and see it. 225 00:11:19,804 --> 00:11:20,971 Yeah, it's a big tree. 226 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:23,891 NARRATOR: Well, that's one down... or up? 227 00:11:23,974 --> 00:11:28,020 But, as for the rest, Bill was desperate so he began scouring 228 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:30,815 the newly constructed freeway systems of Southern California. 229 00:11:30,898 --> 00:11:32,733 They were planning to run Interstate 5 230 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:35,319 right past where, you know, the plot that they picked. 231 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:38,364 NARRATOR: Bill would even stoop to roadkill of sorts. 232 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:42,535 The freeways, which were penetrating the suburbs 233 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:44,829 around the Los Angeles area, 234 00:11:44,912 --> 00:11:48,374 uh, made possible the salvage of a lot of trees 235 00:11:48,457 --> 00:11:50,418 that we could not otherwise have found. 236 00:11:50,501 --> 00:11:54,004 BILL: And we literally snatched them from the jaws of the bulldozer. 237 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:56,799 We got there the day before they were to be demolished. 238 00:11:57,341 --> 00:12:01,262 Box them out, haul them down to Disneyland. 239 00:12:01,762 --> 00:12:03,931 Now, I could tell you tree after tree, you know, 240 00:12:04,014 --> 00:12:06,767 this was Santa Monica Freeway, that was at Pomona Freeway. 241 00:12:08,144 --> 00:12:09,603 NARRATOR: But making one jungle 242 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:12,773 out of the building scraps of the urban jungle, 243 00:12:12,857 --> 00:12:14,233 well, even that wasn't enough. 244 00:12:14,316 --> 00:12:19,155 Bill would travel all over jungles of the world 245 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:22,658 to collect seeds to plant this incredible jungle. 246 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:25,578 NARRATOR: And the most exotic tree of them all, 247 00:12:25,661 --> 00:12:31,542 famous for its rare, sweet fruit and luscious nectar. 248 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:33,085 Yep, oranges. 249 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:37,047 Some of the orange trees that were saved ended up in the Jungle Cruise. 250 00:12:37,131 --> 00:12:38,507 And they were planted upside down 251 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:42,052 because the roots look like some kind of exotic tree, 252 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:45,347 and they provided some of the shrubbery for the Jungle Cruise. 253 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:48,309 NARRATOR: Of course, the shrubbery was merely the backdrop 254 00:12:48,392 --> 00:12:52,855 to an exotic animal-filled river yet to be filled. 255 00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:56,609 Here's a guy driving a Rambler station wagon around a ditch 256 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:58,903 and says, "This is gonna be the Jungle Cruise." 257 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:00,613 Hey, how's it going? 258 00:13:00,696 --> 00:13:03,157 "And you're gonna have the lions jumping out over here." 259 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,241 (lion roars) 260 00:13:04,325 --> 00:13:05,701 "And if you look over at that pile of dirt, 261 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:06,952 that's gonna be a bunch of hyenas." 262 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:09,622 NARRATOR: With a bit of imagination, you might say... 263 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:11,165 "Wow, that's really cool," you know? 264 00:13:11,248 --> 00:13:14,210 NARRATOR: But as for the actual lions and hyenas, 265 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:15,503 where would they come from? 266 00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:18,506 The I-5 South, like the trees did? Chances were slim. 267 00:13:18,589 --> 00:13:22,343 Walt did originally wanna have real animals in the Jungle Cruise. 268 00:13:22,426 --> 00:13:24,261 NARRATOR: Well, that's an exciting prospect. 269 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:26,472 VANESSA: It was quickly discovered that... 270 00:13:26,555 --> 00:13:27,765 (goat bleats) 271 00:13:27,848 --> 00:13:31,018 ...that would lead to a not-very-exciting trip for our guests. 272 00:13:31,101 --> 00:13:33,062 NARRATOR: Because, despite what you may have heard, 273 00:13:33,145 --> 00:13:35,689 the lion doesn't always sleep at night. 274 00:13:35,773 --> 00:13:38,025 Animals like to sleep a lot during the day. 275 00:13:38,108 --> 00:13:40,820 KEVIN: How do you get them to stay outside so people can see them? 276 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:43,823 NARRATOR: It's a question that really only had one solution. 277 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:47,701 They realized that they needed to make artificial animals, 278 00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:51,705 and that would be the way that you could have hippos in front of you all the time. 279 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:54,959 NARRATOR: Making enough hippos and artificial animals 280 00:13:55,042 --> 00:13:56,669 to fill a jungle and river? 281 00:13:56,752 --> 00:13:58,671 Well, that had never been done before. 282 00:13:58,754 --> 00:14:01,966 They were inventing this technology from the ground up, 283 00:14:02,049 --> 00:14:03,801 minus the actual ground. 284 00:14:03,884 --> 00:14:08,013 However, Walt did have a bit of a leg up, eight legs in fact. 285 00:14:08,264 --> 00:14:10,349 Our work with three-dimensional characters started 286 00:14:10,432 --> 00:14:14,311 when we needed a giant squid for our feature picture, 287 00:14:14,395 --> 00:14:16,272 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. 288 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:18,816 NARRATOR: Hitting the screens in late 1954, 289 00:14:18,899 --> 00:14:21,151 the movie was a cinematic triumph. 290 00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:28,242 So, once again, out came the tuxedos and Walt won two more Oscars in 1955. 291 00:14:28,826 --> 00:14:32,121 The timing of which worked out pretty well for Walt 292 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:36,000 and the now-unemployed Oscar-winning special effects crew. 293 00:14:36,083 --> 00:14:37,501 BRUCE: All the special effects folks 294 00:14:37,585 --> 00:14:41,088 that had been doing the mechanical effects for motion pictures 295 00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:45,467 were recruited to create live animals for the Jungle Cruise. 296 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:48,596 NARRATOR: But cutting-edge technology in 1955 297 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:50,848 was a little bit different than it is today. 298 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:53,392 WALT: Many new plastic materials came to our aid 299 00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:55,269 in the creation of the jungle beasts. 300 00:14:55,352 --> 00:14:58,314 LANNY: The first robots in the parks compared to the Animatronics 301 00:14:58,397 --> 00:14:59,690 that we have in the parks now... 302 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,359 are very primitive. 303 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:05,029 NARRATOR: Well, they were making primates, but still. 304 00:15:05,112 --> 00:15:07,448 Well, they were definitely mechanical, 305 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:10,576 and you could see the joints of their faces and jaws. 306 00:15:10,659 --> 00:15:11,702 NARRATOR: And here's why. 307 00:15:11,785 --> 00:15:14,079 Animatronics were hydraulic. 308 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:17,917 A hydraulic means that they had oil in them under high pressure 309 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,919 that moved the joints and that sort of thing. 310 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:22,546 NARRATOR: And, like many high-pressure situations, 311 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:25,799 sometimes, it helps to hide behind a bush. 312 00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:30,262 And rhinoceroses could be... the rhinoceri, I guess it is, 313 00:15:30,346 --> 00:15:33,599 could be behind the brush, and the giraffe could... 314 00:15:33,682 --> 00:15:35,017 even though he doesn't have his legs, 315 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,394 he could be eating the tip-tops of the trees. 316 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:40,147 WALT: Towering above them all, the giraffe. 317 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,567 And it's pretty hard to tell him from our mechanical version. 318 00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:47,029 NARRATOR: Depending on which angle you're seeing him from, of course. 319 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:49,740 But not every animal could lurk in the shrubs. 320 00:15:49,823 --> 00:15:54,828 The most sophisticated animation that was in there were the hippos. 321 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:56,830 We knew that the animals couldn't walk. 322 00:15:56,914 --> 00:15:59,583 'Cause we... They were... had to be attached to something. 323 00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:03,462 NARRATOR: So, to work that out, these moviemakers went back to the studio. 324 00:16:03,545 --> 00:16:04,838 WALT: On the tank stage we had built 325 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:07,758 for the submarine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 326 00:16:07,841 --> 00:16:10,052 our monorail system went underwater. 327 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:12,179 NARRATOR: And to keep the whole illusion intact, 328 00:16:12,262 --> 00:16:16,934 the water is actually dyed a lovely shade of murky green 329 00:16:17,017 --> 00:16:19,019 to hide the assortment of mechanics, 330 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:22,940 because those adorable, authentic ears don't wiggle themselves. 331 00:16:23,023 --> 00:16:26,485 But any shortcomings the wild beasts had in looks 332 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:29,363 were more than made up for by the way they sounded, 333 00:16:29,446 --> 00:16:31,615 as Walt Disney himself found out. 334 00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:33,117 (trumpets) 335 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,705 Walt Disney had spent so much time with the park, he'd like to sleep there. 336 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:41,792 JOHN: And the first time he tried it, no one could find the switch 337 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:45,004 -to turn off all the jungle noises. -(monkey gibbers) 338 00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:48,215 And he complained about that he couldn't sleep. 339 00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:50,551 He had to get up and stay up all night 340 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:54,138 because it was just as bad as being in a real jungle. 341 00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:55,514 NARRATOR: This map is a reminder 342 00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:58,100 of just how well the Jungle Cruise is hidden, 343 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:02,563 because here is Walt's apartment, and here's the Jungle Cruise, 344 00:17:02,646 --> 00:17:06,817 right when you walk in the park and directly behind a sleeping Walt. 345 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:07,776 (elephant trumpets) 346 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,111 NARRATOR: It's also worth noting 347 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:12,322 that Walt's apartment is above the firehouse, so... 348 00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:15,868 Anyway, Walt would soon rest easy 349 00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:19,288 because opening day at Disneyland was fast approaching. 350 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:22,666 Just a matter of days away from the formal opening of Disneyland, 351 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,210 we want to bring you up to date on what's been happening 352 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:30,299 and let you share with us the joys and anxieties of our race against time. 353 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:32,634 NARRATOR: The jungle had been growing for a year, 354 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,678 so all the plants were coming along. 355 00:17:34,762 --> 00:17:38,390 The river was partially filled, and the boats were going on their tracks. 356 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:41,769 And, of course, Walt Disney was on the maiden test voyage. 357 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:44,354 It was like the world's biggest toy for the world's biggest kid. 358 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:47,274 KEVIN: And the Jungle Cruise was just like a really cool action figure set 359 00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:48,484 you can go play inside. 360 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:49,985 NARRATOR: Hmm. Nice waterfall. 361 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,446 But, wait a minute, where are all the animals? 362 00:17:52,529 --> 00:17:55,574 They're still installing the electromechanical animals 363 00:17:55,657 --> 00:17:56,575 that are over there. 364 00:17:57,701 --> 00:18:00,621 TODD: And so, he knows that this is down to the wire. 365 00:18:00,996 --> 00:18:06,919 The big concern on July 17th is that it looks good for the TV audience. 366 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,755 NARRATOR: And this TV audience was important 367 00:18:09,838 --> 00:18:11,590 because the whole success of the park 368 00:18:11,673 --> 00:18:14,927 hinged on making a very good first impression. 369 00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:17,805 So, with millions and millions of people watching... 370 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:20,557 The pressure has got to be unbelievable on him. 371 00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:21,892 NARRATOR: Because, don't forget, 372 00:18:21,975 --> 00:18:26,939 Walt wasn't just building a jungle river in an officially classified desert, 373 00:18:27,022 --> 00:18:29,775 he was also building a castle, flying elephants, 374 00:18:29,858 --> 00:18:31,735 pretend flying pirate ships, 375 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:34,279 a working steamboat, little cars that drive about, 376 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:35,906 all in a year. 377 00:18:35,989 --> 00:18:37,366 So, understandably... 378 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:41,286 Everybody is telling you, "What in the hell are you thinking?" 379 00:18:42,162 --> 00:18:43,247 NARRATOR: This, of course. 380 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:48,710 And when the drawbridge finally came down on July 17th, 1955, 381 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,338 these broadcasting pioneers with their... 382 00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:53,924 Twenty-nine cameras, dozens of crews. 383 00:18:54,007 --> 00:18:55,300 -NARRATOR: ...and one... -REPORTER 1: Ronnie Reagan. 384 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:56,885 NARRATOR: ...saved the best for last. 385 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,263 Well, Walt, it seems to me we've been everywhere, haven't we? 386 00:18:59,346 --> 00:19:01,348 Well, I hope so. I don't know. 387 00:19:01,431 --> 00:19:02,975 Say, haven't we missed something? 388 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:04,518 Seems like it. 389 00:19:04,601 --> 00:19:05,769 A whole land? 390 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,396 Adventureland. 391 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,565 Oh, that's my favorite. Let's go over there. 392 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:12,067 And we are now at the beginning of a true-life adventure... 393 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:14,486 NARRATOR: That's right, a true-life adventure. 394 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:16,488 Maybe the greatest one of all. 395 00:19:16,572 --> 00:19:19,032 RONALD: Now, we're all loaded up, I believe. Thank you, Captain. 396 00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:19,992 You can take her off. 397 00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:24,413 We're ready for a ride down the tropical waterways of the world. 398 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,126 Now, you just can't believe it, folks. The colors are so unbelievable. 399 00:19:29,209 --> 00:19:32,004 The banks are lined with rare trees and exotic foliage 400 00:19:32,087 --> 00:19:34,047 flown here from the far corners of the earth. 401 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:38,218 NARRATOR: And the banks of the I-5 south. But it worked, big-time! 402 00:19:38,302 --> 00:19:42,097 The live TV broadcast of Disneyland's grand opening on ABC 403 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:46,560 attracted an audience of about 90 million people. 404 00:19:46,643 --> 00:19:51,690 TIM: It was the largest live TV spectacle up to that point. 405 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:53,317 That's pretty remarkable, 406 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:59,198 considering the overall population of the United States was only 170 million. 407 00:19:59,281 --> 00:20:03,660 Those audiences are people just like them, the spectators are them. 408 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:07,122 PAULA: They're seeing themselves being there. 409 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:10,417 That's what that opening broadcast does, 410 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:14,922 is it puts you in the place where you want to be. 411 00:20:15,088 --> 00:20:16,381 (children cheer) 412 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:19,259 NARRATOR: And that opening day broadcast at Disneyland, 413 00:20:19,343 --> 00:20:21,136 as awkward as it was... 414 00:20:23,513 --> 00:20:27,768 showed that Walt Disney had created something absolutely incredible. 415 00:20:27,851 --> 00:20:30,646 And, after just one crazy year of work, 416 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:35,525 an exotic river now flowed through the arid Anaheim landscape, 417 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:38,111 and Walt could finally get a good night's sleep. 418 00:20:38,278 --> 00:20:39,738 (animals roaring) 419 00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:41,365 NARRATOR: And get ready for day two. 420 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:47,704 In the coming weeks, Disneyland was the hottest ticket in town. 421 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:51,250 And word had spread about the exotic Jungle Cruise. 422 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:54,378 And, like the documentary series it drew inspiration from, 423 00:20:54,461 --> 00:20:59,383 the Jungle Cruise was filled with exotic animals and interesting facts, 424 00:20:59,466 --> 00:21:02,427 as told by non-robotic human skippers 425 00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:05,347 who navigated the waters of the Jungle Cruise, 426 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:09,643 as well doing their spiel to about 30 excited guests per boat. 427 00:21:09,726 --> 00:21:12,354 Steady, folks. Watch those ripples up ahead. 428 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:16,024 NARRATOR: Well, for the skippers, they were more on the lookout for the boss, 429 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:19,069 because Walt would often come aboard and rock the boat. 430 00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:21,238 Walt went on to the Jungle Cruise, 431 00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:23,365 the skipper was kind of nervous, very... 432 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:24,950 because he had Walt Disney in his boat. 433 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,493 Oh, hi, Walt. 434 00:21:26,576 --> 00:21:28,620 He took the boat at a record pace. 435 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:32,207 KEVIN: He flew through the jungle, full throttle, for the entire thing. 436 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,876 And he called me over and he said, "Dick, what's the trip time?" 437 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,296 And he knew, in those days, it was seven and a half minutes. 438 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:39,339 DICK: And he said, "Well, I just got a four-minute trip." 439 00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:40,382 Hope you all enjoyed it. 440 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:43,010 He said, "How would you feel if you went to the movies 441 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:45,595 and they cut the center reel out of the picture?" 442 00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:50,392 DICK: He said, "Dick," he said, "we've got to establish a terrific show, 443 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:53,562 a consistent show, regardless of how long the line is." 444 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:57,983 And then, from there, the managers put in little alarm clocks into all the boats, 445 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:01,111 so the skippers had to have their spiel timed to a certain point. 446 00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:03,280 And so, everybody learned and got accustomed to it. 447 00:22:03,363 --> 00:22:05,157 Next time Walt went on the Jungle Cruise, 448 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,535 he had a normal length cruise and he got off and didn't say a word. 449 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:11,788 Which is a compliment in the world of Walt Disney. 450 00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:13,665 You know, that's how you get his approval. 451 00:22:14,291 --> 00:22:18,712 NARRATOR: Nowadays, the skippers just use landmarks to time their ride. 452 00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:22,382 And the steering is entirely controlled by an underwater track, 453 00:22:22,632 --> 00:22:26,428 which explains the one-handed precision moves, of course. 454 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:29,514 (chuckles) A little close. 455 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,517 NARRATOR: So, let's stop it here, 456 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:36,021 because anyone who's been on the Jungle Cruise in the last 30 years 457 00:22:36,104 --> 00:22:39,816 would probably remember things a bit differently. 458 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,445 The Jungle Cruise we know today is not the Jungle Cruise that we opened with. 459 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:47,449 JEANETTE: Walt actually wanted Jungle Cruise to be more serious. 460 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:48,533 NARRATOR: Well, of course. 461 00:22:48,617 --> 00:22:51,161 Walt's True-Life Adventures weren't funny at all. 462 00:22:51,244 --> 00:22:52,162 (grunting) 463 00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:54,539 NARRATOR: But they did pop in a few thrills here and there. 464 00:22:54,623 --> 00:22:56,291 MAN 4: Watch out for that big python. 465 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,419 On the right-hand side, watch, we're approaching them now, 466 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:01,129 those giant alligators. 467 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:04,299 Now, watch your hands, please. Watch the hand... Oh. 468 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,343 NARRATOR: Considering the abundance of wetness, 469 00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:09,596 the Jungle Cruise was dry and informational... 470 00:23:09,679 --> 00:23:11,890 WALT: This is one animal that has no vocal cords. 471 00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:13,141 NARRATOR: ...educational... 472 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:17,104 WALT: And now we're on the Mekong River of Cochinchina. 473 00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:19,731 NARRATOR: ...and absolutely humorless. 474 00:23:19,815 --> 00:23:24,569 In this tropical rainforest, every tree has a corsage. 475 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:27,406 It's a misconception that there was no humor 476 00:23:27,489 --> 00:23:28,990 in the early days of the Jungle Cruise. 477 00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:34,204 We have a copy of the very first script, and there's a joke in there. 478 00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:36,498 WALT: If you keep watching that far bank, 479 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:40,001 you can say that you had a nodding acquaintance with a giraffe. 480 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,003 (crickets chirping) 481 00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:43,463 (clears throat) 482 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,008 It's not a very good joke, but there's a joke. 483 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:52,180 NARRATOR: And someone who had to say such not-very-good jokes was Ron Dominguez 484 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:55,016 who ended up not only having his grandparents' tree planted, 485 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,436 but this local kid got a job too. 486 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:03,275 You had a basic script and then, you know, sometimes, would throw your own stuff in. 487 00:24:03,358 --> 00:24:06,153 WALT: No one is invited to this family's dinner. 488 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:09,030 Now, you look back, it was probably pretty darn corny. 489 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:10,198 (chuckles) 490 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,201 NARRATOR: After five years or so of Disneyland's operation, 491 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:17,706 rumor has it Walt overheard a mother deciding to skip the Cruise 492 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:20,125 because she had done it before. 493 00:24:20,208 --> 00:24:23,044 That moment inspired Walt's new philosophy. 494 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:25,797 As long as there is imagination left in the world, 495 00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:27,716 Disneyland will never be complete. 496 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,343 NARRATOR: So, to confirm his sneaking suspicions, 497 00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:35,682 Walt turned to his chief gag man, the one who in large part was responsible 498 00:24:35,765 --> 00:24:40,061 for why so many of Walt's movies were hilarious and adorable. 499 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:42,981 And even though he was an animation legend, 500 00:24:43,064 --> 00:24:46,234 Marc Davis spotted one big problem with the Jungle Cruise. 501 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:47,903 "Well, it's not funny." And he's like, "What?" 502 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,237 He's all, "There's no humor." 503 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,574 NARRATOR: Well, a nodding acquaintance with humor. 504 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,826 But in any case, it was a problem. 505 00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:58,747 According to Marc, he felt that Disneyland needed to be a place... 506 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:03,376 Where people would come in and look at something and actually laugh out loud. 507 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:07,005 There wasn't really anything of that nature there. 508 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:09,841 NARRATOR: So, with Walt's humorless hunch confirmed, 509 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:12,302 Marc Davis made a career pivot 510 00:25:12,385 --> 00:25:16,431 from legendary animator to Jungle Cruise fixer-upper. 511 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:19,768 In the early '60s, Marc Davis came in and brought in the gags 512 00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:23,605 that are really synonymous with what the attraction has now become. 513 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:25,774 DAVE: He brought the humor to everything that he did. 514 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:27,150 He brought the character, 515 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:30,403 and, frankly, he brought the basis of the storytelling 516 00:25:30,487 --> 00:25:34,491 that we are still using to this day with the hyenas and the apes. 517 00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:38,203 Marc Davis came up with some artwork concepts 518 00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:41,957 to add not only some humor to the attraction, 519 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,917 but to add some realism to the animals 520 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,086 that were featured throughout the Jungle Cruise. 521 00:25:46,169 --> 00:25:49,130 Trying to create some things that people understood, 522 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:53,885 trying to do something that people related to, 523 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,263 and something that they could possibly react to. 524 00:26:00,850 --> 00:26:02,227 NARRATOR: Metaphorically, at least, 525 00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:06,189 Marc Davis completely drained the river of that dryness 526 00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:10,902 and refilled the river to the brink with dozens of new scenes and animals. 527 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:14,573 And, thanks to advances in Audio-Animatronics technology, 528 00:26:14,656 --> 00:26:18,326 Marc was able to unleash a torrent of new ideas. 529 00:26:20,745 --> 00:26:25,500 The elephant trunk, before, they had just gone up and down or sideways. 530 00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:29,504 And Marc wanted them to be able to go in a circle. 531 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:33,592 So, that way, we had to do a whole new prototype 532 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:37,679 and come up with a whole new plans of how to do that. 533 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:40,098 NARRATOR: The solution was using a special tube, 534 00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:43,810 which was flexible, durable, and, above all, water-resistant. 535 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:45,812 Sometimes referred to as a hose. 536 00:26:45,895 --> 00:26:48,565 And these are the challenges that we were, you know, 537 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:51,026 just daily challenges that we were faced with. 538 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:52,736 NARRATOR: In a creative stampede, 539 00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:55,780 the elephants were trucked in from Imagineering HQ. 540 00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:58,491 And, luckily, they had plenty of trunk space. 541 00:26:58,575 --> 00:26:59,618 (car horn beeps) 542 00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:01,745 NARRATOR: Marc had designed so many elephants, 543 00:27:01,828 --> 00:27:04,456 he began to worry what Walt might think. 544 00:27:04,539 --> 00:27:07,292 "Well, there's one thing you're probably not gonna like, Walt." 545 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:11,338 I said, "That is that nobody can go through here 546 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,006 and see all these elephants at one time." 547 00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:16,968 NARRATOR: And, like an elephant, Walt had an idea he'd never forget. 548 00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:19,763 MARC: He said, "God, that's great. So, the next time they come through, 549 00:27:19,846 --> 00:27:21,806 they'll see something they didn't the second time." 550 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:24,309 NARRATOR: So, the first time, they might see... 551 00:27:24,392 --> 00:27:26,227 -WALT: Little squirt. -NARRATOR: And the second time... 552 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:27,479 WALT: And big squirt. 553 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:29,939 (water splashes) 554 00:27:31,524 --> 00:27:34,569 DAVE: Walt used to tell Marc Davis, "It's a cocktail party." 555 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,279 Right? These guys are gonna be talking, 556 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:39,908 and whether you get the dialogue or not, it's not important. 557 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,702 But you know what? Guests are wanna go on it again and again 558 00:27:42,786 --> 00:27:44,829 to discover more and more as they go on it. 559 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:48,249 NARRATOR: Marc's talent for adding comedy to serious attractions 560 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,876 was ahead of its time. 561 00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:52,921 However, some of those gags were based on stereotypes 562 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:55,507 that are now recognized as inappropriate. 563 00:27:56,007 --> 00:28:01,096 Walt Disney asked me to do some ideas for the train to see... 564 00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:03,306 that would kind of advertise, uh... 565 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,308 the jungle river ride. 566 00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:08,186 NARRATOR: Well, being the poster boy of good ideas... 567 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:09,270 He said, "Oh, god, no. 568 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,981 Hell, that's too good. We've gotta put it inside the ride." 569 00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:17,028 MARC: It's kind of gratifying to go through there with a crowd 570 00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:19,781 and people still laugh after all this length of time. 571 00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:23,076 WALT: The laughing hyenas, at last, have something to laugh at. 572 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:25,245 (hyenas laughing) 573 00:28:25,328 --> 00:28:28,415 NARRATOR: Well, thanks to Marc Davis, now, everybody did. 574 00:28:29,582 --> 00:28:33,420 My history with Jungle Cruise goes way back when I was just, 575 00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:36,047 you know, a little punk kid who had a big Afro. 576 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:37,882 And we lived in Florida, 577 00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:40,552 and so we had this opportunity to go to Disney. 578 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:43,596 And I remember riding the Jungle Cruise, 579 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,475 and it's exciting and it's tantalizing in a way, 580 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,561 and you don't know what's around the corner. 581 00:28:49,644 --> 00:28:52,021 And you're transported into this other world. 582 00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:54,691 NARRATOR: A world where primates are armed, 583 00:28:54,774 --> 00:28:58,403 because the only thing funnier than a gorilla with a gun 584 00:28:58,486 --> 00:28:59,863 is a skipper with a... 585 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:00,864 Pun. 586 00:29:00,947 --> 00:29:04,200 NARRATOR: And being one of the fathers of modern Imagineering, 587 00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:08,329 it only makes sense that Marc Davis would make a lot of... 588 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:12,375 Dad jokes that everybody knows and loathes. 589 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:15,003 Careful, folks. Ginger snaps. 590 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,337 I love a good pun. 591 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:18,798 She's one tough cookie, let me tell you. 592 00:29:18,882 --> 00:29:21,050 I love getting on Jungle Cruise. 593 00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:22,510 I know it's a crummy joke, 594 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,596 but I'm gonna milk it for all it's worth, okay? 595 00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:27,098 It's what brings in the dough, even though it is stale. 596 00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,851 The skippers, they make me laugh. 597 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:31,936 They are great storytellers. 598 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:34,981 CARMEN: It's the magic of the Jungle Cruise experience. 599 00:29:35,064 --> 00:29:38,109 All right, we can go ahead and put some people in the boat now. 600 00:29:38,193 --> 00:29:41,446 And in that boat is going to be a witty and charming skipper. 601 00:29:41,529 --> 00:29:43,698 JASON: And they're gonna take you on an amazing journey. 602 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,408 It's gonna take three weeks of your time. 603 00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:48,369 It's gonna be so entertaining, it's gonna feel like ten minutes though. 604 00:29:48,995 --> 00:29:53,416 NARRATOR: Well, as the years went by, it felt like decades, because it was. 605 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,919 And just like the very nature of the animals 606 00:29:56,002 --> 00:29:58,213 that inhabited the original attraction, 607 00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:01,966 the Jungle Cruise had evolved into a different kind of experience. 608 00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:04,969 Jungle Cruise became, now, a very popular attraction 609 00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:05,887 because of the jokes. 610 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:08,389 But you want it now for the Jungle Cruise skippers 611 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:11,935 and the great delivery that they have more than you do to see 612 00:30:12,018 --> 00:30:13,394 the wildlife that surrounds you. 613 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:14,354 NARRATOR: But don't worry. 614 00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:17,774 A lot of the same information from the original is still there. 615 00:30:17,857 --> 00:30:19,359 That's Schweitzer Falls. 616 00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:21,903 Schweitzer Falls was named after a very famous man, 617 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:25,907 a very famous explorer and scientist, Dr. Albert Falls. 618 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:27,909 -(people laugh) -A very important man around here. 619 00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:31,120 NARRATOR: But, just to be clear, there's no ad-libbing on deck. 620 00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:32,956 FLOR: Oh, no! It looks like a bunch of gorillas 621 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:34,874 have taken over the safari camp. 622 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,877 Don't make any noises that sound like a banana. 623 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,004 They find it appealing. 624 00:30:40,755 --> 00:30:42,131 FLOR: All right, let's split. 625 00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:47,220 NARRATOR: When it comes to the script, all the skippers are in the same boat. 626 00:30:47,303 --> 00:30:50,598 You'll get a copy of the spiel scripts, and that's kind of like a menu. 627 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:52,350 NARRATOR: Ooh. Delicious puns. 628 00:30:52,433 --> 00:30:54,310 But instead of appetizers, main course, 629 00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:57,522 it's like, rainforest, elephant pool, hippo pool, trap safari. 630 00:30:57,605 --> 00:30:58,648 NARRATOR: Sleeping zebras. 631 00:30:58,731 --> 00:31:01,860 FLOR: He looks dead... tired. Dead tired. 632 00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:04,153 Lions are enjoying their favorite meal today, 633 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:06,114 zebra on the rocks. 634 00:31:06,447 --> 00:31:08,950 And you get to kind of pick and choose which ones you like, 635 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,744 so every skipper gets to have the same jokes, 636 00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:13,496 but also, it's a little bit of a different vibe 637 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:14,581 with how they deliver the jokes 638 00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:16,291 and which ones exactly it is that they pick. 639 00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:20,128 You know, I think that rhinoceros there is trying to his point across. 640 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:22,547 FLOR: They always manage to get their point across. 641 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:26,634 My style? I would say I have a pretty, like, high-energy, 642 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,720 sarcastic Jungle Cruise spiel. 643 00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:30,597 Tigers are known to jump over 20 feet. 644 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,725 But not to worry, we're only 15 feet away so they'll jump right over us. 645 00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:36,519 NARRATOR: Something else that might go over your head 646 00:31:36,603 --> 00:31:40,273 is this clever little timing check for the other skippers on the river. 647 00:31:40,356 --> 00:31:41,357 (gunfires) 648 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:46,738 NARRATOR: Because here, at the hippo pool, is their cue to fire their pistol upwards. 649 00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:47,989 -(gunfire) -NARRATOR: Because, you know, 650 00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:51,242 conservation of mechanical hippos is a real thing after all. 651 00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:55,914 What other job is there here that you get to stand in a boat with 45 other guests 652 00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:57,415 and just say jokes? 653 00:31:57,498 --> 00:31:59,792 FLOR: The second most feared animal of the jungle, 654 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:02,337 -it's the African bull elephant. -(elephant trumpets) 655 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:03,463 And if you were wondering 656 00:32:03,546 --> 00:32:05,965 what the number one most feared animal of the jungle is, folks, 657 00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:09,344 take a look right over here, it's his mother-in-law. 658 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:13,097 NARRATOR: But there's one joke that towers above all the others. 659 00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:17,060 So perfectly crafted, it's become legend. 660 00:32:17,143 --> 00:32:18,811 You've read about it in the papers, you've seen it in the movies, 661 00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:21,397 put your hands together for the one, the only, amazing... 662 00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:24,150 The back side of water! 663 00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:25,068 NARRATOR: So, that's... 664 00:32:25,151 --> 00:32:27,403 The back side of water. See that? 665 00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:29,113 Yeah, don't try that at home. 666 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:30,156 You'll hit your head on the faucet. 667 00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:32,450 The back side of water, Schweitzer Falls. 668 00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:35,411 DWAYNE: When I first heard it, I remember thinking, 669 00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:37,705 "I think I should get this, but I don't understand it." 670 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:39,832 It doesn't make any sense. 671 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:42,377 The back side of water makes no sense whatsoever. 672 00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:45,922 However, it makes all the sense in the world. 673 00:32:46,005 --> 00:32:50,176 NARRATOR: It's a joke that, if you tell it right, never falls flat. 674 00:32:50,259 --> 00:32:51,678 Just make sure you tell it! 675 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,722 If you don't do the "back side of water" joke, guests will tell you 676 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:58,017 that you forgot to do the "back side of water" joke. 677 00:32:58,101 --> 00:32:59,352 Like, "How dare you?" 678 00:32:59,435 --> 00:33:01,437 NARRATOR: As well as aggravating superfans, 679 00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:04,399 the falls actually serve a practical purpose. 680 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:09,362 That being the mixing station for the dye that turns the water jungle green. 681 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:11,823 You know, every jungle has them. 682 00:33:11,906 --> 00:33:14,117 But anyway, from whichever side you see it, 683 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,785 the waterfall marks the moment 684 00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:18,871 where the Jungle Cruise heads toward the dock. 685 00:33:18,955 --> 00:33:22,333 But not without a final wink to the original cruise. 686 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:24,335 FLOR: Oh, look, it's my good friend, Trader Sam! 687 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:26,045 Hey, Trader Sam! What's up? How's it going? 688 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:28,756 The great story behind Trader Sam is, of course, 689 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,175 that started in the Jungle Cruise in 1955. 690 00:33:31,259 --> 00:33:33,553 Trader Sam is kind of like a friend of the skippers. 691 00:33:33,636 --> 00:33:35,888 He kind of hangs out on the river's edge 692 00:33:35,972 --> 00:33:38,433 and he also collects things that he takes back 693 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:41,102 to his Enchanted Tiki Bar and his Grog Grotto. 694 00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:43,521 NARRATOR: Which is but a stone's throw away. 695 00:33:43,604 --> 00:33:45,314 Now, speaking of rocks... 696 00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:47,025 Oh, sorry, not those ones. 697 00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:49,277 The actual The Rock. 698 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,406 I have had a chance to skipper many Jungle Cruise boats 699 00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:56,534 over the years, in multiple parks. 700 00:33:56,617 --> 00:33:58,494 NARRATOR: Whoa. Hopefully not like this. 701 00:33:58,578 --> 00:33:59,787 And you're probably thinking, 702 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,415 "Wow, I don't remember ever seeing you there, Rock." 703 00:34:02,498 --> 00:34:04,167 NARRATOR: Ha! He's absolutely right. 704 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,669 Of course, you didn't, because it all happened in my mind. 705 00:34:06,753 --> 00:34:08,296 NARRATOR: And it was the imagination 706 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:12,008 inside that muscular, Mickey Mouse-loving mind 707 00:34:12,091 --> 00:34:14,677 that would eventually propel him to star 708 00:34:14,761 --> 00:34:17,805 in Disney's movie version of the Jungle Cruise. 709 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,599 -Welcome to the adventure of a lifetime. -Oh. 710 00:34:19,682 --> 00:34:22,351 CANDICE: It's really interesting to see that they're in costumes 711 00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:25,271 that are actually inspired by The African Queen. 712 00:34:25,354 --> 00:34:27,315 Mind takin' the tiller, miss? 713 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:28,649 -Huh? -Come on. 714 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:32,111 NARRATOR: And it's not just a nodding nod to The African Queen. 715 00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:33,154 Just look at those hats. 716 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:37,992 So, it's nice to see that tie in to our heritage here at this attraction 717 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,535 with the film that inspired us. 718 00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:40,745 NARRATOR: But mostly, of course, 719 00:34:40,828 --> 00:34:43,664 it was the Jungle Cruise itself that inspired it, 720 00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:45,500 filled with action and comedy... 721 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,460 -I got it. I don't got it. -Try... No... 722 00:34:47,543 --> 00:34:50,088 NARRATOR: The movie really does have a lot in common 723 00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:53,216 with the attraction, and a lot not in common. 724 00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:55,968 -The back side of water! -NARRATOR: Exactly! 725 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:58,888 You won't be hearing Dwayne Johnson saying... 726 00:34:58,971 --> 00:35:00,890 The back side of water. 727 00:35:01,307 --> 00:35:03,309 NARRATOR: Actually, yeah, it works when he does it. 728 00:35:03,392 --> 00:35:04,602 The eighth wonder of the world. 729 00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:05,603 (laughs) 730 00:35:05,686 --> 00:35:08,898 NARRATOR: A world that's now rich with Jungle Cruises, 731 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:11,567 beginning when the river burst its American banks 732 00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:14,737 into Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, 733 00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:18,825 where it was the first cruise to run in a clockwise direction. 734 00:35:18,908 --> 00:35:20,451 Then there's Hong Kong, 735 00:35:20,535 --> 00:35:23,621 a humid and semitropical destination in its own right. 736 00:35:24,413 --> 00:35:27,166 And this version is quite different. 737 00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:30,086 Guests get caught up in the middle of an epic battle 738 00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:32,505 between the gods of fire and water, 739 00:35:32,588 --> 00:35:36,926 and being on the back side of that is more of a relief than a laugh. 740 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:40,304 And even though this worldwide network of rivers 741 00:35:40,388 --> 00:35:42,431 might not be physically connected, 742 00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:46,060 there is a shared history and kinship among the skippers. 743 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,354 They sent me to Tokyo when I was a skipper 744 00:35:48,437 --> 00:35:51,107 to meet with other Jungle Cruise skippers from around the world. 745 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:52,525 KEVIN: They brought some from Disney World... 746 00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:55,862 They brought some from Hong Kong Disneyland 747 00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:59,782 and we all connected immediately, there was an immediate kinship. 748 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:01,784 NARRATOR: But the bond these skippers share 749 00:36:01,868 --> 00:36:03,744 isn't just about the gags, 750 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:07,123 although many say Kevin was the best on the river in his day. 751 00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:12,670 No! Bad elephant! Bad squirt. Let's get out of here before he reloads. 752 00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:16,799 He's reloaded. Everyone, get down! Duck! Duck! Goose. 753 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,177 I have a lot of friends who've gone... 754 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:20,970 who've left the Jungle Cruise only to go back 755 00:36:21,053 --> 00:36:22,889 because it's like therapy for them. 756 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:26,142 KEVIN: It's a way for them to forget everything else, go out there, 757 00:36:26,225 --> 00:36:28,477 and just tell jokes and have a good time. 758 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:31,397 I mean, I would, in a heartbeat, jump into a boat and do a spiel, 759 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,857 and then put on some shorts. 760 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:34,942 NARRATOR: Hopefully not in that order. 761 00:36:35,943 --> 00:36:40,072 In many ways, the Jungle Cruise is more than just an attraction. 762 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:44,785 It represents the long-running history of the Disney Parks themselves. 763 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,829 We'll always have a Sleeping Beauty Castle, 764 00:36:46,913 --> 00:36:49,707 and we'll always have Jungle Cruise. 765 00:36:49,790 --> 00:36:53,377 They're mainstays that will always stay intact. 766 00:36:53,461 --> 00:36:55,630 NARRATOR: As an original opening day attraction, 767 00:36:55,713 --> 00:37:01,260 it was carved from the desert and created literally out of thin, dry air 768 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:06,390 by Harper Goff and his stick, Bill Evans with his salvaged trees, 769 00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,517 and with the help of Marc Davis, 770 00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:13,940 it grew into the thick, luscious, beloved attraction that it is today. 771 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:16,150 MARC: I had a talk with Walt. 772 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:19,111 I said, "You know, there's two ways I could do this. 773 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,113 An expensive way and an inexpensive way." 774 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:23,115 And he says, "I think when you do something, 775 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,701 and you do it well enough, 776 00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,620 the public's gonna pay you back for it." 777 00:37:27,703 --> 00:37:32,124 NARRATOR: With close to a billion guests visiting just Disneyland alone, 778 00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:33,584 it's fair to say... 779 00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:37,255 The public appreciate and accept what I've done all these years. 780 00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:38,881 That is a great reward. 781 00:37:39,382 --> 00:37:40,549 INTERVIEWER: I'm sure it is. 782 00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:44,553 It seems unlikely, but if you had it to do over again, 783 00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:46,931 would you do any part of it differently? 784 00:37:47,014 --> 00:37:49,016 (laughs) 785 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,352 I don't know. I hope I don't have to do it over again. 786 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:57,525 JEANETTE: You think about what Walt's original vision was for Jungle Cruise, 787 00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:00,695 Walt wanted guests to have a real adventure 788 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:03,030 like the adventures they saw on their television 789 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,156 when they were watching True-Life Adventures. 790 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,367 NARRATOR: And this was truly realized 791 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:11,289 when Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park opened in Florida in 1998. 792 00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:13,291 JEANETTE: I think Walt would have been very proud 793 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:16,002 because he would have said, "Yes, right! This is exactly it. 794 00:38:16,085 --> 00:38:20,131 Real animals where guests can get on the vehicle 795 00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:22,174 and believe they are in Africa." 796 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:24,302 WALT: Most everyone has been impressed by 797 00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:27,471 and curious about the realism of Adventureland. 798 00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:31,517 The lifelike animals, the authentic tropical settings. 799 00:38:31,934 --> 00:38:33,936 JEANETTE: That is what Disney, I think, would have been proud of. 800 00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:35,354 And so Jungle Cruise started it, 801 00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:37,064 and we're actually delivering it in full force 802 00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:39,275 with a full, built-out vision at Animal Kingdom today. 803 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:43,487 NARRATOR: But the Jungle Cruise is much more than just a stepping stone 804 00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:47,158 in the legacy of Disney's immersive experiences. 805 00:38:47,241 --> 00:38:51,787 This truly classic attraction isn't just about the skippers, 806 00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:54,290 or the jokes, or even the animals, 807 00:38:54,373 --> 00:38:59,628 but the incredible creative determination of the original skipper 808 00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:03,966 who, above all the odds, set sail on an adventure 809 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:06,552 that's not even close to pulling in to the dock. 810 00:39:06,635 --> 00:39:08,512 WALT: We're back to civilization, 811 00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:11,390 and it's been a real pleasure to take this trip with you. 812 00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:15,603 Thank you, everyone. Hope to ride with you again sometime. 813 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:18,689 NARRATOR: But, for now, it's time for us to disembark. 814 00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:21,859 Have a great day, folks. Take care, and always remember... 815 00:39:24,570 --> 00:39:25,529 Oh, wait, I forgot. 816 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,615 (crickets chirping) 817 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:36,040 (light music)