We’re Not In Denial: We’re Just Ready For Jungle Cruise!
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Well, there’s just over a year between us and our final destination — July 24, 2020; the date of the debut of Jungle Cruise.
The film, starring Dwane “The Rock” Johnson (Moana) and Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns), is based on the fabulous pun-filled boatride (loosely-based on the classic The African Queen).
And we are all in…
Jungle Cruise: The Plot
The Jungle Cruise is based on the Disneyland ride of the same name. Johnson will play a boat skipper named Frank who takes Blunt’s character Lily and her brother McGregor — played by British stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall, who you may recognize from the Good Omens series on Amazon Prime — on a mission to find a tree that has magical healing powers.
- The journey will see them fight wild animals and compete against a rival German expedition, with Disney adding that there will be a “supernatural element.”
- According to Blunt, who also recently starred in Disney’s recent Mary Poppins Returns, “it’s a love story.”
- “The adventure of a lifetime,” The Rock adds in a behind-the-scenes video.
- With Disney so far remaining tight-lipped on the movie, much of the information on filming, production, plot and cast has come from The Rock, who also previously voiced Moana character Maui for Disney.
Walt’s Jungle Cruise
Thanks to CNET, we also have a breakdown of the ride itself:
“Ever since Disneyland Park opened, one of the most popular realms has been Adventureland,” Walt Disney said on his Disneyland TV show back in 1956. “Most everyone has been impressed by, and curious about, the realism of Adventureland — the lifelike animals, the authentic tropical settings.”
To prepare for the movie, Johnson said on Instagram that Disney’s Imagineers let him see the original Jungle Cruise concept art from the 1950s, as well as giving him an “oral/visual history lesson behind the iconic ride and it’s infamous and relentlessly entertaining Skippers.”
The Jungle Cruise attraction features a boat ride through a man-made jungle, with each tour led by a skipper who follows a pun-filled script. The boat travels past crocodiles, piranhas, monkeys, elephants, rhinos, cannibals, hippos and of course the infamous back side of water.
The Rumor Mill
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Here’s where The Rock starts cooking:
The movie could be spurring changes to the actual ride, after The Rock posted on Instagram about a visit to “Disney’s highly secure R&D facilities” back in 2017.
“We’ll partner with Disney’s brilliant Imagineers to help re-engineer and re-design the #JungleCruise ride in all the Disney theme parks around the world,” reported CNET.
What a great article. Check it out, then check out the video below:
I am really ready for Jungle Cruise. Too bad it’s not coming around until 2020. Will you be in the theater to see the movie’s maiden voyage? Let us know in the comments.
