Jingle Cruise - night vs day?

[Luisfba]

Is the experience between night and day very different (not sure how much gets 'lost' at night due to limited visibility.. but are there Christmas lights in the ride itself to kind of offset that some?)? What do folks prefer?

 

[Robo]

Night.
For SURE!

Any time of year.

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I wouldn't say that anything gets lost due to visibility, but it is different at night than in the day. Definitely take a ride at night if you get a chance!

 

[Nancyg56]

Given a choice, choose night.

 

[Luisfba]

Is the ride pretty much a walk on during MVMCP?

 

[SCArlettnicole87]

Will try this tonight at MVMCP!

 

[bentopher]

When does the Jingle cruise start? and when does it turn back to Jungle cruise? We are there Dec 29-Jan6. I don't want to miss it!

 

[BigAlsGal]

Both are great! You can't go wrong.

 

[crazedprincess]

Awesome! Hopefully we will be able to ride on it twice... in the day and and at night. It's usually a one and done for us per trip, but it would be fun to change it up.

 

[Robo]

Awesome! Hopefully we will be able to ride on it twice... in the day and and at night. It's usually a one and done for us per trip, but it would be fun to change it up.

We ride more than once for another reason.
EACH Cruise Skipper is different in her/his spiel and some are absolutely great at their job.
This is the only ride at WDW where the CM host (Skipper) can make the attraction much more special
just by the way they host the trip.

 

[crazedprincess]

We ride more than once for another reason.
EACH Cruise Skipper is different in her/his spiel and some are absolutely great at their job.
This is the only ride at WDW where the CM host (Skipper) can make the attraction much more special
just by the way they host the trip.

Good call!!!! Thanks!

 

[Oneanne]

Love Jungle Cruise, love, love, love Jungle Cruise at night. As others have mentioned, the Skipper really makes the ride and I've ridden a couple times later in the evening where the Skipper has gone "off script" and it was an absolute hoot.

 

[jmkjr72]

I would say it's more the skipper then the time that makes the ride

 

[Accident]

Is the ride pretty much a walk on during MVMCP?

at the end of the night but earlier in the party there can be a significant line.

 

[Accident]

I would say it's more the skipper then the time that makes the ride

I also agree with this, I've been on some boring ones and not so boring, also the people your riding with to a degree adds to it also.

I do like it better at night though, parts of the ride that are not lighted except for what's coming off the boat seems to add to it to me.

 

[Mickey's Best Girl]

Put me in the Ride At Night category for the JI/JUngle Cruise as well.

But especially for the the JIngle Cruise. The festive lights are much more visible.

 

[ppjluvsdvc]

I am so in the ride at night category. They have added Christmas lights that you can really only see at night. Thought it was great!!

 

[Hannahinwonderland]

On this past trip I did Jingle four times (I used to work there lol). My conclusion is that it's *slightly* more fun at night- it just feels more Christmassy. However, I did get a skipper who was a bit confused about how to operate the lights and so we missed like one scene. That was annoying!