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Kevin Kidney

*This article is on the real-world artist. For his Jungle Cruise counterpart see Cap'n Kevin.*

**Kevin Kidney‏‎** is an art director, writer, and visual artist. He used to work as a skipper on the Jungle Cruise and also contributed mise en scene to attractions such as *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar*.

## Jungle Cruise tributes

* There is a photograph of Kevin hung up in this bar. On the photo is a message to Trader Sam reading, "*Sammy- Come by my hut later for a "Miehana". -**Cap'n Kevin*** ". This identifies an in-universe skipper counterpart to Kidney who was seemingly a past lover of Trader Sam. The "Miehana", is a drink made for tiki bars by Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily. There is also a post-card simply from Kevin which reads, "*Sam, saving my life during that giraffe stampede was an act of highest heroism, Thabks for sticking your neck out! Kevin*".
* "**Skipper Kevin**" is listed as a recipricantt of the, "Dr. Albert Falls Memorial Award for Jungle Excellence.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bht93FSDvDG/
2. ↑ https://allears.net/dining/photos/skipper-canteen/interior/
Air Afrique

A real-world 1936 poster used in the Jungle Cruise

**Air Afrique** was a real-world Pan-African airline which operated from 1961 to 2002.

## Description

Air Afrique was established as an airline and transnational carrier for French-colonized West and Central African countries.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

There is a 1936 poster *for Air Afrique* in the Jungle Navigation Company's boathouse in the Lost Delta of India. The poster shows a white colonist in an all-white suit and pith helmet while holding a map of Africa.

## References

1. ↑ https://dlnewstoday.com/2021/07/photos-video-updated-jungle-cruise-with-all-new-scenes-soft-opens-at-disneyland/
Ginger

Ginger (left) and Mr. Smiley (right)

**Ginger** is a *nile crocodile* character from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

Ginger is a Nile Crocodile who inhabited *Crocodile Country* along the Nile River of North Africa during the 1930s. According to skippers of the *Jungle Navigation Company*, Ginger is over 100 years in age. She inhabited crocodile country with another nile crocodile known as *Mister Smiley*.

Skippers of the Jungle Navigation Company had a fondness and familiarity for Ginger. They were known for giving her handouts and using her to terrorize guests of the JNC's, "Jungle Cruise" service.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Ginger appears in the Crocodile Country scene along with Mr. Smiley and some totems. In the Amazon River Base is a plaque for, "Smiley's Chili Croc Cookoff" where the victor was awarded to Skipper Kaz for their, "3 Bean Ginger Delight".

### Skipper Canteen

In the Skipper Canteen there is a meal-item called *Ginger's "Croc" of Hot-and-Sour Soup* described as containing, "Ginger (not the crocodile)". The menus also contain illustrations of a crocodile, inferred to be Ginger.

### Trader Sam's

During the holiday season, Ginger is the namesake for a beverage called, "Gin-Ger Snaps".

## Trivia

* In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise, the name Ginger is sometimes erroneously used to refer to crocodiles near the Cambodian shrine. The only known named crocodile of this scene is one Old Smiley, a crocodile referred to as the, "Grandfather of them all".
* In the Skipper Canteen, the illustration of Ginger is modelled after the smoke crocodile from *Alice in Wonderland* (1951).
* Ginger and Smiley's positioning across the river resembles crocodiles which attacked the *African Queen* in the 1951 film *The African Queen*.
* Concept art by Marc Davis shows the crocodiles in the African Veldt scene.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2019/10/18/photography-cruise-through-the-jungle-in-the-magic-kingdom/
2. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/08/photos-new-trophy-wall-alberta-falls-and-map-murals-added-to-jungle-cruise-queue-at-the-magic-kingdom/
3. ↑ https://ziggyknowsdisney.com/skipper-canteen-review-dinner-magic-kingdom/
Cursed serpents

The **cursed serpents** are animals from the Jungle Cruise film.

## Description

The cursed serpents are a group of snakes which became bound to Lope de Aguirre, a cursed conquistador trapped in the Amazon rainforest. The snakes acted as Lope's henchmen and spies while also crawling through his body.

## History

### Background

In 1556, Lope de Aguirre was cursed by the chief of the Puka Michuna tribe for his crimes against the Amazon's people in search for the mystical *Tears of the Moon* tree. Aguirre was later imprisoned in a cave by fellow cursed conquistador, Francisco Lopez de Heredia where Aguirre's curse turned him to stone. The snakes which surrounded Aguirre's body became bound to him so when he was freed in 1916 by Prince Joachim of the German Empire, they acted as his henchmen. Ultimately, most if not all of these snakes were petrified to stone when Francisco (now known as Frank Wolff) defeated and petrified Lope again.

### Development history

Lope de Aguirre's snakes are inspired by the rock python, "Monty" which appeared in the Jungle Cruise ride, namely in Settler's Field and outside of the Pygmy camp.
Doctor Terminus

**Doc Terminus** or **Doctor Terminus** is the main-antagonist of the 1977 film, *Pete's Dragon*.

## History

### Biography

"Doc Terminus" was a travelling snake-oil salesman around the late-19th/early-20th century. His, "Miracle cures" were not only charlatanism but also sometimes caused active harm to its users such as a hair-remedy giving one man permanently pink hair and a weight-loss pill causing a woman to exponentially gain weight. At some point, he returned to the coastal town of Passamaquoddy where his past hoaxes made him despised by the townspeople. Terminus was however able to use charm and lying to manipulate the townsfolk into letting him stay.

While in Passamaquoddy, Terminus learned of a dragon called, "Elliot" who protected a young boy named Pete. Upon learning of the many real elixirs which he could make and sell from dragon parts, he plotted to capture the dragon to kill. When Pete's presence prevented Terminus from taking the dragon, he joined forces with Pete's evil guardians the Gogan family who wished to kill the dragon so that they could keep Pete as an indentured-servant. Terminus also manipulated local fishermen into assisting him capture Elliot though the plan failed and left Terminus suspended in ropes.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

In the Jungle Navigation Company's Amazon River Base is a bottle of, "Instant Relief Remedy for All Laments" by **Terminus**. The bottle advertises itself from being, "From across the Seven Seas". As their are many different snake-oils and other elixirs in the cabinet, it is possible that many of them were sold to the Jungle Navigation Company by Doc Terminus such as, "Miracle Medicine", "Young Pills", "Tummy Tonic", Big Top Courage Elixir and, "Prof. Plump's Miracle Tonic for Everlasting Life". The medicine also appears in the cabinet at the lookout of Disneyland's boathouse.

### Other connections

#### Trader Sam's

The Pete's Dragon character of Lampie is referenced as a friend of Trader Sam in both Trader Sam's bars. A letter from Lampie in *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar* also mentions Passamaquoddy and Elliot.

## Other appearances

### Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground

Terminus' wagon can be seen parked at this resort.

### Frontierland

There is a flyer for Doctor Terminus' services in the Magic Kingdom's Frontierland.

## Trivia

* Terminus and Rose Sayer from *The African Queen* (1951) are both live-action film characters who have their products being used in the Amazon River Base. Doc Terminus and Professor Plump are both snake-oil salesmen whose wares are used in the Amazon River Base.

## Gallery

Terminus selling his tonicTerminus selling his tonic
## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/08/photos-final-additions-arrive-on-jungle-cruise-as-refurbishment-nears-completion-in-magic-kingdom/
2. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFridayFortWilderness1.aspx
Jungle River Post Office

A mailbox for the post-office

**The Jungle River Post Office** is a fictional organization/service from the *Tropical Hideaway* and *Jungle Cruise* in Disneyland.

## Description

The Jungle River Post Office was a mail-service run in the 1930s along the rivers making up Adventureland. Mailboxes and docks would be left along the riverside for employees of the *Jungle Navigation Company* to transport mail and cargo.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A mailbox for the Enchanted Tiki Room's dock faces the boats at the return portion of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

### Tropical Hideaway

There is one of the mailboxes outside of the fenced off areas, facing the river.

## Trivia

* Amongst the cargo around the Tropical Hideaway's mailbox, there is a package for José and crates of produce from *Dole*.
Big Top Courage Elixir

Big Top Courage Elixir alongside Nightly Dream Developer

**Big Top Courage Elixir** is an item from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

Big Top Courage Elixir was a blue coloured liquid which when ingested supposedly granted enhanced courage to its user. It was however very likely that the formula was a placebo and/or snake-oil.

## History

### Background

The Big Top Courage Elixir was sold by the late 1930s.

### Development history

Big Top Courage Elixir is likely a reference to the film *Dumbo* (1941) where the titular protagonist gained courage to perform in a circus by holding a crow's feather which he believed to be magic. The formula might further reference the Dumbo/Mickey Mouse themed, "Storybook Circus" area of the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A bottle of the elixir appears in the medicine cabinet of the Jungle Navigation Company's Amazon River Base. The medicine also appears in the cabinet at the lookout of Disneyland's boathouse.

## Trivia

* Jungle Cruise imagineer Bob Mattey worked on *Dumbo the Flying Elephant.*
* If the formula is a placebo, it might be connected to snake-oil salesman Doctor Terminus who is also referenced in the cabinet.
Andrew Sinclair-Harris

**Andrew Sinclair-Harris** is a Disney imagineer who worked on *Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity.*

## Jungle Cruise tributes

* Andrew Sinclair-Harris was listed as senior correspondent for the *Daily Colonial Journal* newspaper. In 1932, he wrote an exposé on Professor Garrett Reed and interviewed both Indiana Jones and Lord Henry Mystic on the subject.
Magic Kingdom

**The Magic Kingdom** is the primary theme-park of Walt Disney World Resort. It holds the second incarnation of Adventureland along with the Jungle Cruise, Skipper Canteen and various other attractions.

## Summary

### Lands

* **Adventureland**:
* **Fantasyland**:
	+ **Castle Courtyard**:
	+ **Enchanted Forest**:
	+ **Storybook Circus**:
* **Frontierland**:
* **Liberty Square**:
* **Main Street, U.S.A.**:
* **Tomorrowland**:

## Jungle Cruise attractions

### Jungle Cruise

The Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise starts out in the Jungle Navigation Company's River Base in the Amazon Rainforest.

### Skipper Canteen

This is a restaurant themed to the Jungle Cruise which is located in Adventureland. The canteen also references the Magic Kingdom via the book *A History of Magical Kingdoms* by Mangum referencing Kathy Mangum, former Senior Vice President at Walt Disney Imagineering and the book *The Mystery Castle*, referencing the Magic Kingdom's park-icon of *Cinderella Castle*.

### Other connections

#### Adventureland

The Magic Kingdom holds the second incarnation of Adventureland. The fictional realm of the *Wilds of Adventureland* have sometimes been referenced as part of a similar in-universe Magic Kingdom.

#### Main Street, U.S.A.

##### Plaza Swan Boats

This defunct attraction was connected Adventureland and the the Swiss Family Treehouse and referenced multiple times in the Skipper Canteen.

##### Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

This attraction was set in a fictionalized depiction of the Magic Kingdom composed of various realms, including the Wilds of Adventureland. It featured missions incorporated the Enchanted Tiki Room, Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise.

##### Walt Disney World Railroad

This railroad mentions a connection to the Eastern Star Railway of Harambe from *Kilimanjaro Safaris*.

## Trivia

* Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is geographically located across from the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland to maintain theme.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2019/01/south-bound.html
Congo Hunting Party

The **Congo Hunting Party** is the conjectural name for a group of unseen characters from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

This was a group of big-game hunters active in Central Africa's Congo Basin around 1936. They made their base out of a riverside camp used by the colonial Jungle Navigation Company which held supplies, ammunition, weapons, pith helmets, and a safari jeep.

## History

These big-game hunters were active in the Congo Basin around 1936 and used the Jungle Navigation Company's Congo Base Camp. In an act of dramatic irony or poetic justice, the camp was ransacked by a troop of gorillas who destroyed and stole many of their supplies. The hunters reported this event which was then relayed on the *Global Broadcasting Service* by Nigel Greenwater.

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

The hunters' ransacked base and supplies are referenced in *The Daily Gnus* by Thompson J. Gazelle's piece, "*IS HAMLET MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?*", with Gazelle alluding to them as, "*a visiting safari team*".

### Jungle Cruise

The pre 2020s story of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise had the hunters as the former denizens of the Congo base camp, as identified by Nigel Greenwater's spiel.
Kibibi

**Kibibi** or, "**The Princess**" is a character from Festival of the Lion King, tied into the story of Kilimanjaro Safaris.

## History

### Background

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## Jungle Cruise connections

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

The actors are hosted in Harambe, the setting of Kilimanjaro Safaris. Kilimanjaro Safaris also has several allusions and connections to the Lion King.

## Appearances

### Festival of the Lion King

Kibibi leads the, "Giraffe section" of this show and notably sings the song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

## Trivia

* In the show, Kibibi brings up the trivia fact that giraffes make a bleeting noise like a sheep and are in-fact, not mute. The misconception that giraffes are mute used to be present in the *Jungle Cruise* where it was mentioned by skippers and mentioned by Thurl Ravenscroft in *The Enchanted Tiki Room & the Adventurous Jungle Cruise*.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2021/08/festival-of-the-lion-king-hiring-ks1/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU4LZcpl0pY
Louie Majors

**Louie Majors** is a character from the Adventure Trading Company, retconned into the story of Tropical Imports.

## History

### Biography

Louie Majors was a man during the 1930s who by around 1936 worked as a shopkeeper for *Tropical Imports*, a business run by ancient cannibal, "Trader Sam".

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

There was a story on Tropical Imports being raided by monkeys written by "Tiki" Teemu Ojanen.

## Trivia

* The name Louie Majors and affiliation with monkeys might be a tribute to actor Louie Prima who voiced King Louie in the Jungle Book.
Magdalena Maiden

**The Magdalena Maiden** is a boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Magdalena Maiden was a steamboat in the 1930s.

## History

### Background

The Magdalena Maiden was a boat used by the Jungle Navigation Company during the 1930s and which used the boathouse in the Lost Delta of India as its base. Around 1935/1936, the boat vanished in the jungle along with a boat called the *Mekong Maiden*. Said event coincided with company boatsman Skip Dockmonkey having caused an accident which resulted in mass destruction at the boathouse though Dockmonkey denied responsibility in the occurrence.

The fate of the Magdalena Maiden is a mystery but it is known that the Mekong Maiden was wrecked along the Nile river. The last photograph of the Magdalena Maiden was in the possession of the ancient Trader Sam. An article on it was written for *The Daily Gnus* newspaper by Skip Dockmonkey who doubled as a journalist for the Daily Gnus. A life-preserver from the boat came into possession of Trader Sam by 1960 at the latest.

### Development history

The Magdalena Maiden was originally a boat at Disneyland's Jungle Cruise. It was decommissioned along with the Mekong Maiden in 1997 during a refurbishment.

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

In the Daily Gnus newspaper was an article on the Mekong Maiden and Magdalena Maiden's disappearances.

### Jungle Cruise

The Maiden was originally a boat used at Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

There is a photograph of the boat within this bar in-addition to a life-preserver from the boat.

## In other media

### Skipper Survival Guide

This retconned story stated that the boat sank on the August 16 of 1935 while making deliveries up-river. It sank by hitting rocks near Schweitzer Falls while the Mekong went over the falls itself, killing a skipper named Lance.

## Trivia

* In the Skipper Survival Guide, the Magdalena Maiden was nicknamed, "**The Maggie**".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BcNXcnPFegB/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqDawfAkdY/
Moonlight On The Ganges

**Moonlight On The Ganges** is a song played in the *Jungle Cruise* as an instrumental. The song was first played in 1926 by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, having been written by Montague Ewing and Henry Tilsley. In the Jungle Cruise, it is played as the instrumental cover of Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, recorded in 1942.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The song plays in Disneyland's audio loop on the Global Broadcasting Service. After the song ends, radio host Nigel Greenwater states, "That, of course, was *Moonlight on the Ganges*".

## Trivia

* The cover acknowledged by Nigel Greenwater was recorded in real-life history during the 1940s while the ride is set in the 1930s.
Jungle River Cruise: Pirate Takeover!

**Jungle River Cruise: Pirate Takeover!** is a *Pirates of the Caribbean* themed overlay of *Jungle River Cruise* which ran in 2007.

## History

### Development history

The overlay ran in 2007 as part of Adventureland's Pirate Takeover event during which time, Adventureland was renamed to, "Pirateland". This was done as a promotion for the release of *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*.

## Summary

Most of the attraction ran mostly like a normal incarnation of Jungle River Cruise albeit with pirate iconography littered throughout the attraction. In place of the headhunter scene, the boats were held up by a pirate armed with a cannon. This pirate asked them a pirate riddle which turned out to be a simply personal question I.E. "What is your favourite colour" before letting them go into the Canyon of the Gods.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/colr/527704026/
La Quila

**La Quila** is a boat from the film *The Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

La Quila is a crude, ramshackle steamboat. The steamboat had several small doors used for the movement of pet jungle cats such as the jaguar Proxima. The vehicle was largely demolished in the year 1916.

### Features

#### Lower deck

This deck was used for cargo and the boiler of the vessel.

* **Skipper's Cabin**:

## History

### Background

The La Quila was a ramshackle boat built by Frank Wolff, an ancient cursed conquistador who was bound to the Amazon rainforest. Wolff named the vessel after the Incan mood goddess, "Quila". Frank was often accompanied on the boat by pet wild-cats, most notably the jaguar Proxima in the 1910s. The boat docked at Frank's home in the jungle and the nearby city of Porto Velho, Brazil along the Amazon river. At some point, Frank modified the boat to have a new steam-engine with money borrowed by businessman Nilo Nemolato of *Nilo's River Adventure*.

Following the April 8th of 1911, Frank became a skipper for the Jungle Navigation Company. In this position, Frank used the La Quila to lead riverboat tours where he used crude fake animals and hired actors to impersonate the local Puka Michuna tribe, attacking boats. Due to Frank's shoddy business-practices, Frank's business was much less successful than that of Nilo Nemolato. In 1916, Nilo and his pet cockatoo Rosita demanded payment from Frank with interest for the loans made to upgrade the La Quila.

When Frank learned of Nilo's would-be-customers Lily and MacGregor Houghton who were seeking the mystical *Tears of the Moon* tree which could resolve his curse, he manipulated them into hiring him instead of Nilo. Aboard the La Quila, Frank started a romance with Lily while also evading the rival expedition of Prince Joachim, a prince in the German Empire who had revived and enlisted Frank's old conquistador compatriots lead by the mad Lope de Aguirre. After Frank joined forces with the Puka Michuna to kidnap the Houghtons, they were likeness captured by Joachim to find the Tree of Life.

Amidst a confrontation in the temple containing the Tears of the Moon, Frank crashed the La Quila into the side of the temple resulting in the outside vines turning the conquistadors to stone. With his curse lifted, Frank left the now mostly destroyed La Quila in the pension of Nilo while leaving for London with the Houghton siblings.

## Disney Parks

### Jungle Cruise

During the world premiere of the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland, one of the Jungle Cruise's boats was turned into La Quila and used to transport Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

## Trivia

* La Quila is inspired by the boat *The African Queen* from the 1951 film of the same name.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRwF9b9gYjb/
Jungle Expedition

**Jungle Expedition** is an unbuilt *Jungle Cruise* attraction conceived for Disneyland Paris. Unlike most Jungle Cruise attractions, it was planned to be an indoors faux jeep ride.

## History

A Jungle Cruise attraction was not viable in EuroDisney due to the cold-climate of Paris. Due to this, the Jungle Expedition would have been a EMV dark ride within an indoors faux jungle. It would have been part of a, "Mega-attraction" themed towards Indiana Jones which would have included *Indiana Jones and the Lost Expedition*. This would have involved a crumbling river temple on the border of the Jungle Expedition area

## References

1. ↑ https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20120901/11453/uncover-disneylands-indiana-jones-lost-expedition
Jungle Mission

**The Jungle Mission** is a fictional organization from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Jungle Mission was a (presumed) Dutch Christian missionary organization active in certain jungles of *Adventureland* during the 1930s, implied to be in the vicinity of the African Veldt and Umbala territory. It is very likely that the mission was based from Holland in the Netherlands as it was the place of origin for at-least one notable member of its group. The Jungle Mission also ran the, "Mission Veterinary Clinic" for animals.

## Members

* **Reverend Goff**: Reverend Goff was a well known missionary from Holland by around 1936. Around 1936, he left the jungle after tried finding caretakers for two chimpanzees and a lion cub.

## History

### Background

The Jungle Mission was a missionary group in the 1930s. They were a colonial force in the African regions of, "Adventureland".

### Development history

The mission is a fictitious missionary group created for Disneyland's Jungle Cruise in a 1990s refurbishment. In colonialism, missionary work is part of the *trinité coloniale* (French: colonial trinity) referring to the interests of colonial missionaries, businesses and of the state. Namely, it is considered to be a pivotal extension of cultural-genocide in Indigenous tribes and more often than not inadvertently creates the illness, agricultural and economic issues which it justifies its existence by fighting.

Reverend Goff is a tribute to Imagineer Harper Goff, one of the Jungle Cruise's original imagineers. It is possible that the Jungle Mission could be a partial tribute to the film *The African Queen* (1951) where central character Rose Sayer was a member of the *Methodist Church of Great Britain*. The African Queen was a well-known influence for Goff in his development of the Jungle Cruise. Other famous jungle-based missionaries connected to the Jungle Cruise include physicians David Livingstone and Albert Schweitzer.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Nigel Greenwater mentions Goff's departure for Holland on the *Global Broadcasting Service*.

## Trivia

* There are several other in-universe Goffs referenced of unknown relation to the reverend. Most notable is Professor Harper Goff.

## References

1. ↑ The mission is identified as holding two chimpanzees and a lion cub, both being animals from this region
Eastern Star Railway

**The Eastern Star Railway** is a fictitious railway from *Rafiki's Planet Watch* in the *Africa* section of Disney's Animal Kingdom.

## Description

The Eastern Star Railway is a railway in East-Africa which runs from Harambe, Lusaka, Nairobi and Kisangani. The railway's company used steam trains and worked with governments surrounding its stations such as the Harambe Town Council and Rafiki.

### Stations

* **Bwanga Station**: Bwanga Station was a station in an unknown African nation which had access to it cut off by the railway company and Harambe Town Council due to eroded train-tracks.
* **Conservation Station**: This was an ecology station outside of Harambe which was accessed via the, "Wildlife Express" train.
* **Harambe Train Station**: This was a train station in the port of Harambe. The trains passed through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve as part of their, "Wildlife Express" to the Conservation Station.
* **Kisangani**: This was the capital city of Tshopo province in the Congo.
* **Lusaka**: Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia.
* **Nairobi**: Nairobi is the capital of Kenya.
* **Shabi**: Shabi was a station in an unknown African nation that had access to it cut off by the railway company and Harambe Town Council due to an outbreak of Kipindupindu (cholera).

## Appearances

### Adventurers Outpost

Field notes on Rafiki's Planet Watch mention the Wildlife Express.

### Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

#### Rafiki's Planet Watch

Guests access the Conservation Station by riding the Eastern Star Railway's, "Wildlife Express".

### The Oasis

Holiday decor in this area of Disney's Animal Kingdom featured a small wooden toy version of a train for the Eastern Star Railway, with Stitch from Lilo & Stitch (2002) riding on it.

### Walt Disney World Railroad

In the Main Street Station of the Walt Disney World Railroad is a chalk-board that mentions the, "**Eastern Star**" train arriving at the station in a day's time from north-bound. The continuity of this reference is complicated due to Main Street being set in Marceline, Missouri in the U.S.A. though it might be a train named for the African railway, a train owned by the Eastern Star Railway company, or a train accessing Main Street through supernatural means similarly to those used for the Wilds of Adventureland.

## Connections

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

A map of Harambe in the Harambe Railroad Station shows that the Eastern Star Railway passes through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. Parts of the Reserve such as pride rock are visible aboard the train ride.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.charactercentral.net/L142\_DisneyCharacters\_WaltDisneyWorld\_AnimalKingdom\_TheOasis.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2019/01/south-bound.html
3. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/04/cessation-of-continuous-railway-service.html
Lytum & Hyde Explosives Company

"*You are using the best darn Black Powder made in these here United States. Handle With Care DO NOT SPILL*"
—Keg

## Background information

### Attractions

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom)

## Group information

### Headquarters

Sparks, Nevada

The **Lytum & Hyde Explosives Company** is a fictional business from the attraction *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad*.

## Description

The *Lytum & Hyde Explosives Company* are an American business of dynamite, gunpowder and blasting caps manufacturers. The company is based out of Sparks, Nevada.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

By the Jingle Cruise of 2022, various crates of *Lytum & Hyde* were added to the Congo base camp scene, being used by R.V. Laust Surveying & Cartography.

## Other appearances

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Crates of their dynamite appear throughout the queue for the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

### Walt Disney World Railroad

A crate of their blasting caps appears outside the Frontierland railroad station.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/11/best-darn-black-powder.html
2. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2022/11/jingle-cruise-returns-to-magic-kingdom-for-2022-holiday-season/
3. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/\_code\_/5438264501
Governor General

**The Governor General** is an unseen position and/or character(s) referenced in the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Biography

Little is known about the Governor General, it is most likely that they are a representative of the British Empire though this is not confirmed. It is known that they lead and represented an empire's colonial presence in at-least one of the Jungle Cruise's settings; though it is unknown if this would be part of the Amazon rainforest and/or Lost Delta of India or if it would be Adventureland as a whole.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

#### Jungle Cruise (Disneyland)

In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise, the Governor General is mentioned on the *Global Broadcasting Service* by Nigel Greenwater. Greenwater mentions the general sending their officers to investigate disappearances at the Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

#### Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom)

In Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise, the Governor General is mentioned on a board of missing persons within the Amazon River Base, imploring those with information to seek out the Governor General.

### Other connections

#### Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

The Governor General sent dispatch to the Temple of the Forbidden Eye amidst paranormal occurences there. Given the setting, it is also likely that they are connected to British Colonial Affairs from Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

## Trivia

* Albert Awol mentions a, "Minister General" while calling for Colonel Williamson.
* The historic Governor General of India from the April of 1936 to the October of 1943 was Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887- 1952). He was a man most famous for having been amongst those responsible for the infamous *Bengal famine of 1943*. Whether this carries into Jungle Cruise continuity or if it is specifically an Indian governor-general and not Adventureland governor-general is unknown.
* The British Empire does not have historic control over any regions of the Amazon rainforest in real-world history.

## Gallery

The Marquess of Linlithgow, the historic Governor General for India during the Jungle Cruise's setting.A board mentioning the Governor General
It's a Small World

**It's a Small World** is a Fantasyland attraction in Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland.

## History

### Backstory

Guests depart for the, "Happiest cruise that ever sailed" through a giant clockwork entity known as the Glockenspiel. Within the Glockenspiel is a world of miniature, sentient dolls who all sing, "It's a Small World" in different languages, on a loop. The boats pass through sections representing different nations and cultures before a finale where all the dolls are garbed in white and make their goodbyes.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Jungle Cruise

The Jungle scenes of It's a Small World contain parallels to the jungles seen in the Jungle Cruise. In the Daily Gnus newspaper, Alberta Falls used the expression, "It's a small world after all" when speaking on the coincidence of running into Dr. Kon Chunosuke, a member of the same secret-society as her grandfather. A common gag used in Shir Lee Temple at the Magic Kingdom is for skippers to sing an eerie rendition of the song, "It's a small world".

#### Jingle Cruise

Both the Jingle Cruise and *It's a Small World Holiday* contain incarnations of Santa Claus and references to the North Pole.

#### Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity

The Daily Colonial Journal mentioned releasing an interview with, "Glamorous socialite Mary Blair" on the December 9 of 1932.

### Skipper Canteen

In the library of the Skipper Canteen, there is a book titled, "*A Small World of Traditional Wardrobe*" by A. Davis. This references Alice Estes Davis and her job in having costumed It's a Small World. The canteen also references Simba from The Lion King, the sea-serpent from World of Motion, the Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Cinderella from Cinderella, all of which have had cameos in different versions of It's a Small World.

### Other connections

#### Disneyland Railroad

In addition to passing through Adventureland and the African veldt, this railroad passes by the Glockenspiel.

#### Films

Several film characters affiliated with the Jungle Cruise make cameos in different versions of It's a Small World. This includes Simba, Cinderella, Donald Duck, the Nautilus submarine, and Jungle Book characters such as Baloo and Mowgli.

#### Main Street, U.S.A.

Marc Davis and Alice Estes Davis have apartment windows referencing them onon Main Street. Marc's Main Street window seemingly references his work on the Jungle Cruise as it advertises him running, "Far East Imports" where he sells, "Exotic art" while Alice's is for being the seamstress of, "Small World Costumes". This business also connects to the A. Davis book in the skipper canteen library.

## Trivia

* At time of writing, It's a Small World is one of the few notable attractions not tied to the story of Trader Sam.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/windows-on-main-street-u-s-a-at-disneyland-park-marc-and-alice-davis/
Low Man on the Totem Pole

*This article is on the character from Walt Disney World's original trapped safari scene of the Jungle Cruise. For his successor character, see Felix Pechman XIII. For his Disneyland counterpart, see Lost Safari Guides.*

**The** **Low Man on the Totem Pole** is the officially used conjectural name for a character from Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Biography

This man was a colonial safari-goer in the early half of the 20th century. Between 1911 and 1936, he was part of a safari-expedition passing through the African Veldt along the Nile river. The party came under attack by an angered rhinoceros which chased them up a tree in the veldt. The safari's further fate is unknown though it would become considered to be the longest missing but most spotted safari in history.

### Development history

The Trapped Safari was designed by animator Marc Davis for a comedy oriented update of the Jungle Cruise. However, the gag was made featuring racist depictions of black people. A better conceived variant of the vignette was installed in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise in-which the members of the safari were white colonial explorers, fitting into an interpretation of white colonialism being inept and pathetic. The low man on the totem pole's mould was repurposed from the Caretaker of the Haunted Mansion.

In 2021, the Jungle Cruise was refurbished to feature less overt racism. Due to this, the Lost Safari was reimagined and installed the low man on the pole being replaced by Felix Pechman XIII of Silver Springs, Florida. However, this refurbishment also came with a more sympathetic approach to the trapped safari, stripping the Magic Kingdom version of the attraction of its anti-colonial interpretation.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

This man appeared in Walt Disney World's safari scene. Undergarments resembling the man's red and white spotted underwear appears in *Trader Sam's Gift Shop!*.

#### Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions

The Magic Kingdom's lost safari appears in this incarnation of the attraction.

### Skipper Canteen

There is an illustration of him and his safari on the totem-pole in the menus of the skipper canteen.

## Trivia

* The man's face mould was repurposed from that of Silas Crump, the caretaker of the *Haunted Mansion*. Because of this, skippers sometimes commented on him being a, "distant cousin" of the caretaker. Said character is difficult to place in any timeline due to being the Haunted Mansion's anachronistic setting and Crump's living status; it is likely that he would have been caretaker for the attraction's in-universe opening of 1969, however (31-34 years after the events of the American Jungle Cruises).
	+ The surname Crump has been used in the Jungle Cruise mythos for R. Crump, president of the Jungle Telegram Company.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/12/16/full-review-the-new-jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-in-disney-worlds-adventureland/
2. ↑ https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20140313/16801/secrets-jungle-cruise-skipper-disneys-magic-kingdom?page=587
Map of Amazon rainforest

The **Map of the Amazon rainforest** is the conjectural name for an item from the Jungle Cruise film.

## Description

This is an old paper map of a portion of the Amazon rainforest and its many tributaries which was created in the 16th century, and which was composed of segmented pieces of parchment. The map was created with the intention of locating the Amazon's legendary *Tears of the Moon* tree.

## History

### Background

#### Origins

The map was created by cartographer/conquistador Francisco Lopez de Heredia in 1556 on an expedition to locate the *Tears of the Moon* tree in the Amazon under Lope de Aguirre. Through unknown means, by the 19th century this map came under the possession of British aristocrat Charles Houghton who frequently showed it to his daughter Lily when she was a child, telling her legends of the Tears of the Moon.

#### Tears of the Moon

In 1911, Lily used the map and the stolen Arrowhead of Lukarina to track down the Tears of the Moon tree. In Brazil, she enlisted the riverboat services of *Jungle Navigation Company* sailor, Frank Wolff, who in actuality was Francisco Lopez de Heredia while cursed with immortality.

#### Later history

By the 1930s, the map came under ownership of the Jungle Navigation Company. Jungle Navigation Company president Alberta Falls was known to keep it in her office at the company's *Amazon River Base*, though it was also known to be framed on display at the company's original headquarters in the Lost Delta of India.

## Appearances

### Attractions

#### Jungle Cruise

##### Disneyland

The map is framed within the Jungle Navigation Company's boathouse in the Lost Delta.

##### Magic Kingdom

The map is hung up in Alberta Falls' office in the Amazon river base.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/07/discover-jungle-cruise-film-easter-eggs-at-newly-enhanced-world-famous-jungle-cruise-attraction/
Kiume

**Kiume** is a character from the Lion King themed show *Festival of the Lion King* at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

## History

### Biography

Kiume was an African baritone/base singer and performer around the late-20th/early 21st century. Kiume lead a band of performers which included Nakawa, Kibibi, and Zawadi. This acting-troop became affiliated with Simba, the lion king of the Pride Lands whom they celebrated via a show called, "Festival of the Lion King". This show travelled across Africa, notably stopping in the Harambe Theatre of Harambe in East-Africa.

## Appearances

### Festival of the Lion King

Kiume is one of the characters in this show where he leads the, "Elephant" section and has the solo number, "Be Prepared".

### Harambe Market

Flyers for the Festival of the Lion King feature illustrations of Kiume.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Kiume's band was hosted in Harambe, the setting of Kilimanjaro Safaris. Kilimanjaro Safaris also has several allusions and connections to the Lion King.

## Trivia

* During the Festival of the Lion King performance, Kiume portrays Simba's evil uncle, "Scar". In *Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom*, Scar was antagonist for the *Jungle Cruise*/Lion King themed missions.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2021/08/festival-of-the-lion-king-hiring-ks1/
Melchor

**Melchor** is a character from the 2021 Jungle Cruise film.

## History

### Biography

Melchor was a conquistador in the 16th century. In the 1550s, Melchor came under the service of Lope de Aguirre on a mission to find the mystical *Tears of the Moon* tree and save Lope's ill daughter Anna. In 1556, he was one of the few survivors of the expedition's shipwreck where he and his comrades became terminally-ill. While in the Amazon rainforest, they were saved by the Puka Michuna tribe which guarded the sacred tree.

Upon growing impatient due to his daughter's worsening condition, Lope demanded that the chief of the Puka Michuna give him the sacred arrowhead: the key to the tree's location and power. When he was denied the request by not being worthy, Melchor and the other surviving conquistadors were ordered by Lope to massacre the tribe and take the arrowhead by force. When they failed to do so due to interference from one of their own, the conquistadors were cursed by the chief with his dying breath to become immortal and remain bound to the Amazon.

After decades spent hunting down the traitor, they were tricked into a cave far away from the river where they were turned to stone by the jungle for roughly 300 years. In that time, their bodies decomposed and became fused to various different plant and jungle life. Melchor, in particular, became symbiotically bonded to the mud shoals and the thousands of poison dart frogs that inhabited them, giving him the ability to shift his body into a swarm of frogs to travel across long distances.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Melchor is one of the supporting antagonists in this film, acting as one of Aguirre's henchmen.
Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries

**Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries** was an event at Disneyland's Adventureland in the summer of 2008, made to promote the film *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*.

## Summary

Various symbols were added across Adventureland which when translated, read, "*To survive the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, beware the eyes of Mara*". There was also a photo opportunity featuring a fake rolling boulder, similar to the one in *Raiders of the Lost Ark*.

### Jungle Cruise

The Jungle Cruise received a minor refurbishment made to tie in with a form of scavenger-hunt. Several props from the Indiana Jones films were littered throughout the attraction for guests to find, ending with Trader Sam being in possession of a tablet depicting the Crystal Skull. In the backstory, these artifacts were left in the jungle by Indy while on a mission (indicating the overlay was set following *Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade* in 1938). These artifacts included the crate containing the Lost Ark near Kejo at the Congo base camp, Mola Ram's headdress within headhunter territory, Dr. Henry Jones, Sr.'s umbrella along the African veldt, the life-preserver from the Vasquez de Coronado at the boathouse, and Trader Sam possessing a stone tablet depicting the Crystal Skull of Akator. There were several artifacts not actually hidden on the attraction that served as red herrings in the pamphlets for the overlay.

### Random Acts of Indy

In this feature, Indiana Jones fought adversary Desert Hawk over a map of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. This started with them fighting atop the Jungle Cruise's boathouse/Tropical Imports, the next was on a balcony over Adventureland Bazaar, and the final was on the suspension bridge of Tarzan's Treehouse.

### Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Stone Tiger

This show as held in a re-themed Aladdin's Oasis and as a prequel to Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye.

## Trivia

* The villain Dr. Rachel Flannery was a point of controversy when the Random Acts of Indy event occurred, due to O*range County Registe*r taking issue with Indiana Jones fighting a woman. In the context of the attraction and its story, this criticism was more sexist in practice as she incited the fight and had her own villainous scheme meaning that Indy not fighting her would be to treat women as inherently more weak and fragile due to their gender. Regardless, the show was changed to have Indiana Jones simply dodge her attacks instead of punch her.

## External links

* *Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries* on *Indiana Jones Wiki*.

## References

1. ↑ http://disneylanddiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/indiana-jones-and-summer-of-hidden.html
2. ↑ http://adisneyland.disney.go.com/media/dlr\_v0200/en\_US/special/IndianaJonesExplorerMap.pdf
Kungaloosh!

**Kungaloosh!** is a term from *Pleasure Island* referring to a fictitious greeting used by the *Adventurers Club*, a liquor, and a dessert.

## Description

### Greeting

Kungaloosh is the official greeting of the Adventurers Club. It is used similarly to the Hawaiian, "Aloha" and means both, "Hello" and, "Goodbye". Exclaiming Kungaloosh came with a three-step process to represent the club salute: first placing the heel of your right hand above your navel and wiggling it like a swimming fish, followed by raising said hand to one's mouth and take a drink from an imaginary glass, and finally raising your hand above your head to declare "Kungaloosh!".

### Drink

There are two variants of the liquor Kungaloosh!, known respectively as **Old Kungaloosh** and **New Kungaloosh**. Old Kungaloosh is a mixture of vodka, Malibu rum, melon liquor, pineapple juice and cranberry juice. New Kungaloosh is Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum, blackberry liquor, orange juice and Daily's Strawberry Daiquiri Mix.

### Food

The meal-item *Kungaloosh!* is a chocolate pastry, supposedly originating from or inspired by African cuisine.

## History

### Background

The Adventurers Club is a club of eccentric globetrotters. They splintered off from the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*, a centuries-old guild of aristocrats and western colonists. The Adventurers Club was built from disillusionment with the Society and unlike the S.E.A., it attempted to rehabilitate itself from its dark and amoral colonial origins.

It is unknown when they adopted Kungaloosh! but it would have happened by 1937 if not much earlier. There is also some indication that the expression might be of African origin.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Disney Parks

#### Jungle Cruise

On the description for the map of the, "Jungle Rivers of Adventureland", Alberta Falls uses the expression, "Kungaloosh!". In the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise, she says this in annotations of a map made by Frank Wolff. In her radio broadcast, Skipper Missy tells everybody to give Felix Pechman XIII a Kungaloosh in honour of his first shift with the Jungle Navigation Company. In the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise, a chalkboard mentions a skipper called *Kungaloosh Kate*.

#### Skipper Canteen

Kungaloosh! is the name of a pastry in the menu of the Skipper Canteen.

#### Trader Sam's

*Kungaloosh!* is exclaimed by Skip Dockmonkey in the menus to greet patrons. The drink Kungaloosh! is also an item on the bars' secret menus.

### Web media

#### Dateline Adventureland

Daily Gnus journalist Tallahassee Glover sometimes exclaims, "Kungaloosh!" in her articles.

## Other appearances

### Adventurers Club

Kungaloosh! and learning the club salute was a staple of this attraction.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.food.com/recipe/old-kungaloosh-153773
2. ↑ https://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/recipe-kungaloosh-adventurers-club-pleasure-island/