We had the most AMAZING skipper on our ride on 12-26-06 - her name was Amanda. Absolutely great. Here are some highlights:
(as you enter the boat): This is Disney, everyone, so board the boat the way you board every other ride we have here - pushing and shoving the family in front of you.
(as you go by the tribesman hiding in the trees): Everyone get down! There's a group of natives from the tribe of Britney. They're throwing Britney Spears!!!
(as you go by the dancing tribesman in their hut on the right): Uh oh, folks. When the natives dance like that, it means one of two things. Either they're getting ready to attack, or they lost the key to the men's room.
(at a random point in the ride): Folks, when you leave the boat at the end of our trip, don't leave anything behind. You may not know this, but anything left behind becomes the property of the Walt Disney Company after 24 hours. When parents leave children behind, they place them over in it's a small world. That's actually how I got my start here - I was the little Italian girl on the left.
(as we entered the tunnel the skipper softly sang into the microphone): it's a world of laughter a world of tears....
(after she let a little girl up front steer for a bit): Everyone give Jessica a big round of applause. And Jessica, here is your official Skipper Certificate. You can take this anywhere in the world and work at Disney. In fact, take this today to Disney Tokyo and you can be a skipper - even without a driver's license. Unfortuantely for you, this also means you're on tomorrow morning at 7. Don't forget your brown boots.
(at the end of the ride): Folks, please be sure to keep your hands and feet inside the boat at all times as we approach the pier. This helps prevent unnecessary peer pressure. (pause and then speaking quickly) Actually, that's more of a wharf than a pier. Piers are larger and jut out much farther into the water... who writes these jokes, anyways?
(as we get off the boat): Well, thanks everyone, you've been great. Now, get off. Oh, excuse me - this is Disney after all. Please get off.
She was awesome!!! We rode two more times, and some of the best jokes we heard from our other skippers are here:
(from our female skipper at the waterfall scene): Some of you may not know this, but Disney World is the only company that mixes it's chocolate by waterfall. (and as we enter the tunnel, she softly sings into the microphone) "There is no life I know to compare to pure imagination" (then in a fast whispery tone) Don't drink the water - it's not chocolate!!!
(from Josh at the end of the ride): You may have heard that 4 out of 5 cast members work at the Jungle Cruise. If you look to our left as we approach the dock, you'll see that this statistic is true. (there were 5 cast members there, and only one of them was doing anything - perfect timing/delivery).
This is a GREAT thread and a hilarious ride. I also love the looks on the faces of people who don't get it. I didn't get it all my first time, either, so I feel okay chuckling and hoping that my huge guffaws of laughter help them realize the tongue-in-cheek aspect of it!