Captain_Oblivious
DIS Dad #257, Galactic Salad Dodger
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I'd wanted to go to this place to do some more exploring (it's what Explorers do)
Story checks out.
I don't know about y'all, but Adventureland as a whole, while it works, seems a bit disjointed and haphazard. One minute, you're in the Middle East with spitting camels (yes, I have firsthand experience with these vile, spitting, disgusting creatures), and the next you're somewhere in the Caribbean sailing with marauding pirates, and the next somewhere in British Colonial Africa hearing drums and chanting. I honestly don't know how, but, as the patchwork whole that is Adventureland, it works.
Definitely a patchwork, but you're right--it works! I think the larger theme is "different from the U.S."
One of the best (worst?) jokes of the Jungle Cruise is when you approach the famous Schweitzer Falls, which is revealed to be named after Dr. Falls instead of Dr. Schweitzer, a physician whose work includes setting up hospitals in Africa.
I love that joke.
The Skipper Canteen has 222 seats spread across three main areas.
...of which we are currently allowed to use maybe 30.
The second area is a meeting room for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, accessed through a secret library doorway now permanently open.
If I ever build a house on my own, I'm totally including a secret door somewhere.
The Skipper's Lost and Unfound shelf has a pretty sweet hattip to Jock Lindsay as well who seems to have lost his pet snake "Reggie" here.
Love it!
Our waiter was a kindly older gentelman, probably about my age, who appreciated my enthusiasm for the props and theming and, with a gleam in his eye after my lunch, offered to take me on a little tour. I love tours. Especially free ones.
Very cool! Disney CM service is still alive and well.
And how about one of the original boats from Shrunken Neds Junior Jungle Boats? Pretty cool, no?

What scene on the Jungle Cruise is your favorite? What joke or sight gag?
Well, Dr. Falls is a good one, and the backside of water is classic, but the one I quote the most is :
You might think that's water coming out of his nose, but it's snot.
I also like it when the skippers are given a bit of free reign. It's fun when they approach the tunnel/temple and try and let a kid take the wheel.
If there was a tour of just the Jungle Cruise with lunch to follow with Imagineers at Skippers, would you do it? Or if it included Tiki Room and Pirates as well, would you?
Absolutely, I'd be interested! I'm a sucker for behind-the-scenes Imagineering stuff.