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Katharine Hepburn

**Katharine Houghton Hepburn** (1907-2003) is a historic film actress. She portrayed Rose Sayer in the 1951 film, *The African Queen*, which was an inspiration behind the original Jungle Cruise attraction as well as its 2021 film adaptation.

## Appearances, allusions & tributes

### Attractions

* **Bengal Barbecue**: In Bengal Barbecue, there's a photograph of Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer, across from Charlie Allnut aboard the Jungle Cruise boat the Zambezi Miss, passing by the African veldt and trapped safari.
* **Jungle Cruise (attraction)**: The Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise and Tokyo Disneyland Jungle Cruise's boat, the *Kwango **Kate***, is thought to be named in tribute to Katharine Hepburn. While removed from American parks in 2000, during the attraction's 2021 refurbishment this boat became a major part of the Jungle Cruise's narrative and appears as unnamed wreckage in the Hippo Pool of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise. In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise there is a boat called the *Kissimmee **Kate***, which is also thought to be a tribute to Hepburn however is a more direct play to the 1948 musical, *Kiss Me, Kate*, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's *Taming of the Shrew* (the name Kate in the play refers to the character of Katherine/Kate Minola). In addition to allusions to Rose Sayer in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise, said version of the ride also supposedly had a shrunken head in the possession of (since removed character) Chief Nah-mee, made to resemble the face of Katharine Hepburn.
* **The Magic of Disney Animation**: The poster for the fictional Jungle Cruise film recreated the poster for the African Queen, with Minnie Mouse replacing Katharine Hepburn.

### Film

* **Jungle Cruise (2021)**: The film's protagonist Dr. Lily Houghton is made to parallel Rose Sayer from the African Queen. Her family's surname appears to be a tribute to Katharine Hepburn's middle-name.

## Trivia

* Katherine Hepburn well known in old Hollywood to have been a prolific sapphic and it is sometimes reported that she married her husband Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) as a beard to dodge accusations of lesbianism, possibly connecting to MacGregor Houghton's sexual orientation.

## Gallery

Hepburn as Rose Sayer in the African QueenOne of Nah-mee's heads (likely that around his neck) made to resemble HepburnAs Rose SayerAs Rose SayerA photo of Hepburn as Rose Sayer in Bengal BarbecueThe Kwango Kate, overrun by Chimpanzees
## References

1. ↑ https://themouselets.com/top-10-adventureland-secrets
2. ↑ https://worldofwalt.com/jungle-cruise-facts-2019.html
3. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2013/09/27/new-minnie-mouse-meet-greet-at-disney-s-hollywood-studios-exudes-old-world-glamour-detailed-queue-a-delight-for-disney-fans/
Matterhorn Bobsleds

**Matterhorn Bobsleds** is a rollercoaster in Disneyland's Fantasyland, while bordering Tomorrowland. The rollercoaster is historic for being the first-known tubular steel continuous-track roller coaster. The attraction has a shared history with the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Background

Guests board bobsleds of a Swiss village to traverse through the passages and cliffs of the Matterhorn. However, they intrude on the lair of the Yeti, a territorial cryptid who has attacked many travellers over the years. Guests need to race through the mountain to escape the yeti's wrath.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Jungle Cruise

Matterhorn Bobsleds' original yeti animatronic was repurposed from the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland in 1978. The audio-animatronic was originally used to portray Giant Gorillas who attacked guests in the ride's climax. The figures were given new fur and a face mould by Blaine Gibson and used up until 2015 when the attraction was given updated yeti animatronics, and one of the original figures was moved to the interior queue of *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*.

### Skipper Canteen

In the library is a book titled, "Scaling the Matterhorn", likely in tribute to Matterhorn Bobsleds. Another book is, "A View from Above" by S.W. Buckets, as a tribute to the Skyway Buckets which passed through the Matterhorn.

### Virtual Jungle Cruise

The Matterhorn was visible in the first scene of this ride, along with Cinderella Castle.

## Trivia

* Matterhorn Bobsleds is the spiritual predecessor of Expedition Everest in Disney's Animal Kingdom, whose own story and yeti have been referenced in the Jungle Cruise.
* The creation of Matterhorn Bobsleds was inspired by the Disney movie *Third Man on the Mountain* (1959), directed by Kenneth Annakin. Annakin is paid tribute in the queue for Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise, albeit for his work on *The Swiss Family Robinson* (1960).

## Gallery

The Giant Gorilla animatronic used for the yetiOne of the original yeti animatronicsIn Virtual Jungle Cruise
## References

1. ↑ https://3dinsd.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/virtual-jungle-cruise/
John D. Rockefeller

Rockefeller in 1885

**John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.** (1839-1937) is a historic businessman, oil-magnate, Republican politician and billionaire known as the wealthiest individual in modern history. Rockefeller was the patriarch of the wealthy Rockefeller family and while he sometimes used his money for philanthropy, he acquired his mass fortune through various amoral means which sometimes directly violated American business-laws. Rockefeller was considerably feared in his lifetime by the public and political leaders alike due to his mass influence and the empire-like expansion of his business.

## History

### Biography

John D. Rockefeller was a billionaire business-magnate in the early 20th century. Prior to 1928, he was seemingly (though not fully confirmed to be) acquainted with British colonist Dr. Albert Falls.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

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

When talking about Mara's gifts of wealth in the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, the *Eye on the Globe* news-reporter uses the expression, "The paupers who became Rockefellers in these ruins".

### Skipper Canteen

In the library of the Skipper Canteen there is a book titled "Rockefeller, Hippo, Pet, Family" by Dr. Albert Falls. Falls is best known in the Jungle Cruise as the founder of the Jungle Navigation Company and the namesake of Schweitzer Falls. This book would have been written prior to Dr. Falls' mysterious disappearance in 1928.

### Other connections

#### Indiana Jones

The University of Chicago which Rockefeller established in 1892 is a recurring location in the Indiana Jones franchise. Indiana Jones studied at the university under Professor Abner Ravenwood before the two fell out when Indy slept with Abner's daughter Marion.

## Trivia

* Rockefeller's real-life enemy Theodore Roosevelt is also present in the Jungle Cruise mythos, having been a friend of Trader Sam, early mentor to Indiana Jones and original member of the Adventurers Club.
* John D. Rockefeller's grandson Nelson Rockefeller (1908- 1979) was the historic *Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs* (CIAA) for Walt Disney's 1941 goodwill tour, referenced in Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyparkscripts.com/indiana-jones-adventure-disneyland/
Mary Blair

**Mary Blair** née. **Mary Browne Robinson** (1911-1978) was an artist and animator for the Walt Disney Company. She made artwork for various Disney movies and attractions but is probably best known in the parks for her work on the attraction *It's a Small World*.

## History

### Biography

#### Jungle Cruise

Mary Blair was a socialite in the early 1930s and who lived in some jungle region. By the December 9th of 1932, Mary was interviewed for her, "Glamorous" life-style by the Daily Colonial Journal newspaper.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

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

Mary Blair was name-dropped in this overlay of Jungle River Cruise. In the Daily Colonial Journal, there were mentions of releasing an interview with, "Glamorous socialite Mary Blair" on the December 9 of 1932. Mary would have been 21 years old at the time of said interview.

### Other connections

#### It's a Small World

It's a Small World has several connections and parallels with the Jungle Cruise. The least of these being that much of Mary's art for the jungle sections of It's a Small World resemble the jungles of the Jungle Cruise.

* In an edition of *The Daily Gnus*, Alberta Falls uses the expression, "It's a small world after all" in regards to a chance meeting with Dr. Kon Chunosuke.
* A common gag used by skippers in the temple scene of the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise is singing a creepy rendition of, "It's a Small World after all".
* In the Skipper Canteen's library there is a book titled *A Small World of Traditional Wardrobe* by A. Davis. This is a tribute to imagineer and costume-designer Alice Estes Davis (1929-present) who created the clothing for attractions such as It's a Small World. Alice Davis was also the wife of Marc Davis, an animator who developed the Jungle Cruise.
* Certain crossover characters in the Jungle Cruise and its properties also appear in It's a Small World. This includes Simba, Santa Claus, Cinderella, Donald Duck, the Nautilus submarine, the Kimballum Horriblus, and Jungle Book characters such as Baloo and Mowgli.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A photograph in this bar identifies Trader Sam as having lead Walt Disney's 1941 vacation in South America. While Mary is not amongst those pictured, she was a historic member of Walt's group and it was on this vacation where she was promoted to art-supervisor for her water-colours.

## Trivia

* Mary's reference in Jungle River Cruise is somewhat anachronistic as she married Lee Everett Blair in 1934, two years after Jungle River Cruise takes place. Due to this, Mary would have been going by Mary Browne Robinson during the attraction's setting.
Nigel R. Prescott III

**Nigel R. Prescott III** is a character from *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar* who is affiliated with the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

Nigel R. Prescott III was a world-famous botanist during the early half of the 20th century (likely between 1911 and the 1940s). Prescott would become affiliated with the Jungle Navigation Company whom he worked as botanist for.

## Appearances

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Trader Sam has a photograph of Prescott framed in his bar.

## Trivia

* Prescott is paralleled in the Skipper Canteen with the character of Skipper Bill, the head of plant studies at JNC headquarters.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BeBeNool1MS/
Hotel Hightower

The **Hotel Hightower** is a fictional location from the attraction *Tower of Terror* in *Tokyo DisneySea*. The location is directly referenced in various Jungle Cruise attractions.

## Description

The Hotel Hightower was a large 19th century hotel constructed on One Park Avenue in New York City. The hotel was used as the headquarters for Harrison Hightower III, an evil colonial explorer and robber baron. Hightower kept a large collection of stolen and amorally acquired artifacts within the hotel, while also using it to meet with contemporary colonial explorers such as the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*.

On the New Year's Eve of 1899, Hightower's stolen tribal African idol *Shiriki Utundu* was angered and killed Hightower while trapping his soul in the hotel. In the following years, the hotel was shut down and turned into a historic site by the *New York City Preservation Society* for them to run tours within. However, this was orchestrated by Hightower's surviving manservant Archibald Smelding in hopes of sending human sacrifices to Shiriki Utundu in hopes that it would convince the deity to free his master's soul.

## History

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## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Over the *Global Broadcasting Service*, Skipper Missy mentions tours of the Hotel Hightower.

### Skipper Canteen

In the menus of this restaurant is a meal-item called, "Shiriki Noodle Salad", identified as having been served in the Hotel Hightower on the night of Harrison III's disappearance. There are also assorted references to Hightower throughout the restaurant via books and certificates.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

In Trader Sam's bar is a portrait of Sam's alleged ancestor, Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill. A letter from the *New York City Preservation Society* identifies this portrait as having been recovered from the Hotel Hightower and sent to Sam on the November 6th of 1912.

### Other connections

#### Bengal Barbecue

A small portrait on a shelf shows the S.E.A. meeting of 1899.

#### Lost River Delta

Hightower has a mural of him and Smelding stealing an idol from the temple from Raging Spirits in the 1880s. In Raging Spirits, there are also crates from the, "Hightower Trust". Another photograph in the hotel shows Hightower outside the aforementioned *Temple of the Crystal Skull*.

## Trivia

* Despite having been a member at the time, Dr. Albert Falls is seemingly absent from the S.E.A. group portrait in the hotel which occurred in 1899.
* A Rapa Nui Indigenous person on a mural in the hotel bares a resemblance to Chief Nah-mee.

## External links

* *Hotel Hightower* on the *Tower of Terror wiki*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2011/09/25/detailed-look-at-trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-disneyland-hotel-from-august-2011/3/
Jay Friesner

**Jay Friesner‏‎** or **Skipper Jay** was a cast-member of Walt Disney World who worked as a skipper at the Jungle Cruise.

## Jungle Cruise tributes

* In the Amazon River Base is a photograph commemorating Jay Friesner and Richard Reyes as the Jungle Navigation Company's skippers of the year in 1938. Friesner is identified as a member of the company's, "Dock crew".

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/11/magic-kingdom-park-honors-skippers-of-the-year/
2. ↑ https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/disneys-magic-kingdom-late-morning-adventureland-touring-with-jungle-cruise-pirates-and-crowds/
Little Red

**Little Red** is an audio-animatronic *African elephant* character from *Kilimanjaro Safaris*.

## History

### Background

Little Red was the African elephant offspring of Big Red in the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. The two animals were somewhat famous for safari-goers. Around the 1990s/2000s, Big Red was killed by poachers for her ivory tusks while Little Red was captured by them. Little Red was however saved by the joined efforts of reserve warden Wilson Matua and the *Kilimanjaro Safaris* jeep, the SIMBA-1.

### Development history

Little Red was part of Kilimanjaro Safaris' original, darker storyline. Guests would encounter the carcass of Big Red and have to race to save Little Red from the poachers. This storyline was reduced and redacted over the years.

## Appearances

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

There are posters alluding to Little Red in the queue. Outside of the Warden's cabin is a jeep with the licence plate, "L1L R3D".

## Trivia

* Little Red is similar to Ellie from the Jungle Cruise in being a young, audio-animatronic elephant who appeared at the end of their respective attraction.
Jungle Cruise Sponsors

In the final scene of the Jungle Cruise, skippers sometimes announce ride sponsors.

## Description

These are various businesses which sponsored the Jungle Cruise, a tourism service of the *Jungle Navigation Company* which began the October 1st of 1931.

## Members

* **Animal Crackers**: Animal Crackers are a real-world food originating from England in the 19th century. The tag-line spoken by skippers is, "*Teaching children everywhere that all animals taste the same! Delicious!*".
* **Cannibal Café**: This was presumably a dining-service run by cannibals and/or which had a cannibal gimmick. Skippers spoke the tag-line, "*Always thinking of new and exciting ways to serve you!*".
* **Miracle Boat Engine Company**: This company sold boat-engines, presumably for the JNC's tramp steamers. Skippers promoted the company by saying, "*If it gets you all the way around the jungle, it must be a Miracle!*".
* **Zebra Jerky**: This was a company which presumably killed zebras to sell as food or which simply had a zebra gimmick. Their tag-line was, "*Zebra Jerky: the every-other white meat!*".

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The sponsors might be promoted by the skipper while returning to the boathouse.

## Trivia

* The company *Coca-Cola* is a real-life sponsor of the Disney Parks and is referenced in the Amazon River Base.
* Albert Awol mentions the company Aero-Casablanca being a sponsor of the Disney Broadcasting Company.
Harambe House

**Harambe House** is an exclusive *Club 33* dining-service in the Africa area of *Disney's Animal Kingdom*.

## History

### Backstory

Harambe House is an exclusive establishment for the mysterious, "Club 33" in the East African port of Harambe. In 2019, Harambe's ministry of culture deemed the structure a heritage site of cultural significance.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Harambe is the setting of this attraction.

## References

1. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2020/01/sneak-peek-inside-animal-kingdoms-club-33-harambe-house/
Headhunter Masks

*This article has been marked by* The Jungle Cruise Wiki *as containing offensive or otherwise sensitive subject matter. Reader discretion is advised.*

## Headhunter Masks

### Source

Headhunter tribe

The **Headhunter Masks** are items from the Jungle Cruise and Adventureland.

## Description

These were painted, wooden masks adorned by warriors of North Africa's Umbala Tribe around the 1930s. Many of the masks depicted different animal traits such as snouts or horns.

## Appearances

### Adventureland

Several of the masks have been known to decorate Adventureland, namely the gates. The most recognizable is the horned mask and gazelle-like mask.

#### A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas

A mask not originating from the Jungle Cruise appears in this attraction, with one of the tribesmen hiding behind it.

#### Big Game Safari Shooting Gallery

This defunct shooting gallery was adorned with the masks.

#### Jungle Cruise

The warriors ambushing the boat wore these masks.

## In other media

### Film

#### Jungle Cruise

The masks are referenced in the movie through masks which Frank Wolff has the Puka Michuna dress up in to seem more scary.

### Video-Games

#### Epic Mickey

One of the masks appears in the Tiki Hut.

## Trivia

* The Jungle Cruise features several tribal masks of unknown origin, potentially connected to the Umbala. These include:
	+ The Duck mask which adorned the boathouse in the Lost Delta.
	+ The mask which adorned the Amazon River Base.
	+ The smiling mask which Trader Sam previously wore.
	+ Masks being sold by Chief Nah-mee in Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions.
Houghton family

The **Houghton family** is a group of characters from the Jungle Cruise film.

## Description

The Houghtons are a wealthy British family of both English and Scottish descent. They are known to have a home in Kensington, London, England.

## Members

* **Charles Houghton**: Charles was a globetrotter with an interest in adventure. He was father to Dr. Lily Houghton and MacGregor Houghton prior to his presumed death by 1916.
* **Dr. Lily Houghton**: Dr. Lily Houghton is a renowned botanist, adventurer and professor at Cambridge during the 1910s.
* **MacGregor Houghton**: MacGregor was a prissy and effeminate man who was the brother to Lily Houghton and accompanied her on his adventures.
* **Uncle**: The uncle to Lily and MacGregor appeared to control their estate to some capacity. He was a homophobic man who tried to cut off MacGregor when he rebuked a marriage due to being gay.

## Trivia

* The surname of Houghton appears to be taken by the middle name of actress Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907-2003) who portrayed Lily Houghton's inspiration Rose Sayer in the African Queen (1951), the film which influenced both the Jungle Cruise ride and film. Incidentally, Katherine Hepburn well known in old Hollywood to have been a prolific sapphic and it is sometimes asserted that she married her husband Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) as a beard to dodge accusations of lesbianism, possibly connecting to MacGregor Houghton's sexual orientation.
Joachim's U-boat

**Prince Joachim's U-boat** is a vehicle from the *Jungle Cruise (2021)*.

## Description

This was an unterseeboot submarine used by Prince Joachim of Prussia during World War I. It was equipped with two machine-guns from the port-hole on the submarine's dorsal.

### Features

* **Cabin**: This was a lavish cabin used by Prince Joahcim.

## History

In the year 1916, Joachim took the submarine to Porto Velho in the Amazon rainforest while seeking out the Tree of Life.

## Trivia

* The U-boat might be a tribute to the defunct *Tomorrowland* attraction *Submarine Voyage*.
* In the film, Joachim pulls a pair of machine-guns from the port-hole and yells, "Reload". No-one actually reloads the visible strips of ammunition which the guns are using but Joachim's guns somehow become reloaded.
Merlin Jones

**Merlin Jones** is a character from the comedy/science-fiction film *The Misadventures of Merlin Jones* (1964) and its sequel *Monkey's Uncle* (1965). He was portrayed by actor Thomas Kirk.

## History

### Biography

#### Film

Merlin Jones was an aspiring scientist at Midvale College who was the boyfriend of a popular girl named Jennifer, was often bullied by, "Jocks", and frequently experimented on a chimpanzee named Stanley who he raised as a human and adopted as his legal nephew. He got into misadventures due to his experiments such as mind-reading and hypnosis in-addition to legal trouble from his mad science.

#### Disney Parks

During the 1990s, Merlin Jones was a scientist employed at the Imagination Institute, an organization within the *Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow* or, "EPCOT".

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

In Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise, there is a crate in the Amazon River Base addressed to **M. Jones** and Thomas Kirk, Esquire. This crate is being sent to them at the *M. Jones Cartographers Ltd.*s office on the fictional island of Bora Danno.

### Other connections

#### Skipper Canteen

In the Mess Hall of the Skipper Canteen, the Dreamfinder can occasionally be heard coming to the canteen with his creations Figment and the Dream-mobile. These three entities are affiliated with the Imagination Institute which Jones is also affiliated with. The Virtual Jungle Cruise's central character was Wayne Szalinski from *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), another member of the Imagination Institute.

## Other appearances

### Journey Into Imagination with Figment

In the offices of the *Imagination! Pavilion* of EPCOT, Jones is mentioned as an employee of the Imagination Institute along with Wilby Daniels from *The Shaggy Dog* (1959) and Professor Quigley and Dexter Riley from *The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes* (1969). Jones is also mentioned in the queue by the Imagination Institute's secretary when she uses the intercom to tell him that his monkey has gone loose in the touch lab.

## Trivia

* The fictionalized setting of EPCOT which Journey Into Imagination is affiliated with has assorted connections to the Jungle Cruise:
	+ Trader Sam has a life-preserver from the *Norway Pavilion* in his Grog Grotto. Sam was also friends with the fictionalized Disney Parks version of Walt Disney who is affiliated with EPCOT's in-universe history.
	+ There is a book by Marvel character Peter "Star-Lord" Quill in the Skipper Canteen's library titled, "The Stars Above Us", referencing the Galaxarium of Epcot's Xandarian Outpost. There is also a book by Tomorrowland character Tom Morrow whose robotic successor *Tom Morrow 2.0* is a character from EPCOT's Innoventions.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.parkeology.com/2010/02/cartographers-crate.html
2. ↑ https://thegreatdisneymovieride.home.blog/2020/06/16/the-misadventures-of-merlin-jones-1964/
3. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
Irrawaddy Irma

**The Irrawaddy Irma** is one of the boats in the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Irma is a boat in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise. Albert Awol also relays a message, "the Skipper of the *Senegal Sal* to the Skipper of the *Irrawaddy Irma*:  "If you can't drive, stay off the river."  Isn't that nice?".

#### Jingle Cruise

In this overlay, the Irma is renamed to the **Icicle Irma**. Nigel Greenwater makes reference to receiving a special transmission from the North Pole listing the *Mistletoe Millie, Sleighride Sadie* and *Icicle Irma* as being on Santa's list.

#### Jungle River Cruise

The Irma is a boat in this version of the attraction.

### Skipper Canteen

There is a meal-item called *Irrawaddy Irma’s Hanger Steak*.

## Trivia

* The Irrawaddy Irma's Disneyland counterpart is the *Irrawaddy Woman*.
K. Lively

*This is an article on the fictional character. For the real-life former Disney Imagineer, see Kevin Lively.*

## K. Lively

### Attractions

Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom)
Skipper Canteen

## Physical description

### Species

Human

**K. Lively** or **Lively** is a character from the Skipper Canteen.

## History

### Background

K. Lively was an author who wrote various animal based books by the year 1938. Amongst these were: *The Panther Book, The Baboon Book The Snake Book, The Monkey Boat, The Tiger Book* and *The Kakapo Book*.

### Development history

K. Lively is a tribute to Disneyland cast-member turned writer and story-editor at Walt Disney Imagineering, Kevin Lively. The character was first referenced in the Skipper Canteen, and later in the 2021 refurbishment of the Jungle Cruise in Walt Disney World.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Kakapo Book is on a shelf in the Amazon River Base.

### Skipper Canteen

Various books of Lively's appear in the library.

## Trivia

* The Kakapo Book is likely in reference to the character of Kamaka, added to the lore in 2021.
Lilikoi Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

**Lilikoi Humuhumunukunukuapuaa** is a character from the Adventure Trading Company.

## History

### Biography

Lilikoi Humuhumunukunukuapuaa was a reporter for the Daily Gnus newspaper around 1936. She ran entertainment spotlights on performers such as those in the Enchanted Tiki Room.

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

In the Daily Gnus was a talent spotlight by Lilikoi on the singing flower, "Flora".
Nile Nellie

**The Nile Nellie** or **Nile Nelly** is a boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Nile Nellie was a 1930s steamboat used for river transit.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Nile Nellie is a boat in Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise. Albert Awol had the message, "*Attention: would the Skipper of the Nile Nellie please move your vessel. You're docked in a No-Floating Zone*". The Nile Nellie also appears on the Official Guest Skipper cards, passing by the Robinson family's treehouse.

#### Jingle Cruise

In this overlay, the Nile Nellie is renamed to the **Noel Nellie**.

#### Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions

The Nile Nellie appears in this attraction as the Nile Nelly.

#### Jungle River Cruise

The Nile Nellie is one of the boats in this attraction.

### Skipper Canteen

A meal-item in this restaurant is, "Nile Nellie's Noodle Bowl".

## Trivia

* The Nile Nellie was the namesake of the Attractionistas doll, Nellie.
* In Disneyland, the Nile Nellie is paralleled with the Nile Princess.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneytips.com/guest-skipper-jungle-cruise-mc1/
Jungle River Cruise

**Jungle River Cruise** is Hong Kong Disneyland's version of the *Jungle Cruise*. It is part of Adventureland's, Rivers of Adventure.

## History

### Backstory

The, "Jungle River Cruise" is a tourism service managed by the Jungle Navigation Company. The boathouse for this version of the attraction is seemingly set in the Congo basin of Africa.

## Summary

### Notable differences from Jungle Cruise

* In the queue, a British voice greets guests while providing them with instructions for boarding and their tour. Guests can also select their language for the tour.
* The boathouse is seemingly set within the Congo.
* The first feature passed by on the cruise is Tarzan's Treehouse.
* During the camp raid scene, the song *Trashin' the Camp* from *Tarzan* (1999) plays.
* While passing through headhunter territory, the headhunters use blow-darts to shoot at the boats.
* The attraction has a unique climax featuring a water god and fire god.
* Rather than having any variant of Trader Sam's outpost, at the end of the attraction is a lone baby Indian elephant. This is the only incarnation of the Jungle Cruise (including the 2021 film) to not feature any variation of Trader Sam and their outpost.

## Boats

* **Amazon Annie**
* **Congo Queen**
	+ Wheelchair accessible.
* **Ganges Gal**
	+ Wheelchair accessible.
* **Irrawaddy Irma**
* **Lijiang Lady**
* **Mekong Maiden**
* **Nile Nellie**
* **Yangzi Ying Ying**
* **Zambezi Zelda**

## Overlays

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

This was a horror oriented overlay of the attraction. Guests go in the jungle while it is inhabited by the criminal Prof. Garrett Reed in his mission to steal the enchanted Emerald Trinity from the local, "Voodoo tribe". The boats pass by Reed as he is killed by the cursed jewels only for their skipper to reveal that they stole one, leading to them racing to get out of the jungle alive.

### Jungle River Cruise: Pirate Takeover!

This was a *Pirates of the Caribbean* themed overlay done for the, "Pirate Takeover" event. It was set in the midst of a pirate takeover of Adventureland where pirate paraphernalia is strewn about the Jungle Cruise leading up to an encounter with a live-performed pirate attacking the boat with a cannon.

## Trivia

* The Umbala are portrayed as using blowguns. In real-life, blowguns are not known to be traditionally used by any Indigenous Africana tribe but are more likely taken from Jivaroan cultures.
Nile Lady

**The Nile Lady** is an unseen boat from Disneyland's *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Background

The Nile Lady was a steamboat used by the Jungle Navigation Company to traverse the *Rivers of Adventure* in the 1930s from their boathouse in India's Lost Delta. On a Friday in 1936, the Nile Lady was loaded with cargo. By 1938, the JNC's India charter seemingly stopped using the boat.

### Development history

Reference to the Nile Lady was removed in the 2020s refurbishments, replacing the board with one saying actual Jungle Cruise boats.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Nile Lady was mentioned on a chalkboard in the boathouse.

## Trivia

* During the Jingle Cruise, reference to the Nile Lady was omitted for the Nile Nutcracker.

## References

1. ↑ https://medium.com/@skipperfreddy/ex-jungle-cruise-skipper-superstars-and-storytellers-life-after-dock-it-skip-165ab76554ae
Library of Lost American Melodies

**The Library of Lost American Melodies** is a fictional institute from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Library of Lost American Melodies is a musical-archive which was based out of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas in the late 1930s. The library maintained a collection of, "Lost" American medleys which they would lend out to musical services such as radio-broadcasts.

## History

### Background

The Library of Lost American Melodies in Manaus was active by the year 1938. They were affiliated with AWOL Airwaves whom they lent several pieces of music.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Albert Awol mentions AWOL Airwaves receiving their music from the library. The songs played by Awol include:

* *Jeepers, Creepers* (instrumental)- Louis Armstrong (1938)
* *Yes, Yes! My Baby Said Yes, Yes*- Sam Browne & The Carlyle Cousins (1932)
* *The Mooche*- Duke Ellington (1928)
* *Song of India* (instrumental)- Paul Whiteman (1926)
* *Love is Good for Anything that Ails You*- Ida Sue McCune (1981)
* *With Plenty of Money and You*- Dick Powel (1936)
* *I get a Kick out of You*- Artist Unknown (1934)
* *Let's Misbehave*- Irving Aaronson, Phil Saxe (1928)
* The King's Horses (And the Kings Men) -Jack Hylton and Orchestra (1931)
* *Diga Diga Doo* (instrumental)- Duke Ellington (1928)
* *Here Come's my Ball and Chain*- Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra (1928)
* *(Listen to the) Rhythm King*- The Coon Sanders Nighthawks (1928)
* *It's the Girl*- The Boswell Sisters and Dorsey Brothers (1931)
* *What a Girl, What a Night*- The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1928)
* *Painting the Clouds with Sunshine*- Jack Hylton and Orchestra (1929)
* *Harlem River Quiver* (instrumental)- Duke Ellington and Orchestra (1927)
* *You're the Top*- Unknown artist 1934)

## Trivia

* The song *Love is Good for Anything that Ails You* might be somewhat anachronistic as it was recorded in 1981. However, the song itself was first recorded in 1937 and taken from the film *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), a film set in 1934 Chicago.
King cobras

**King cobras** (***Ophiophagus hannah***) are an animal in the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

King Cobras are (contrary to their name) not true cobras (snakes of the genus Naja), instead belonging to the genus *Ophiophagus*. They are a species of venomous snake native to India but which in the Jungle Cruise can also be found in Burma and Cambodia. Their main food-source in real-life comes from hunting other snakes, including members of its own species.

## Appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

The snake juju was in the likeness of a cobra and earned by drinking Venomade at Bengal Barbecue, a drink made from cobra eggs shipped to them by Safari Sue.

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

In the *Temple of the Forbidden Eye* is the, "Snake Temple" which is home to various king cobras and one giant cobra serving Mara. Due to his fear of snakes, Indiana Jones abandoned tourists within this temple in 1936. The architecture of the temple also has a recurring cobra motif.

### Jungle Cruise

#### Jungle Cruise (Disneyland)

There is a metal cobra sculpture in the Irrawaddy ruins, depicting a King Cobra with a mystical orb. King Cobras can also be found throughout the ruins. Tablets from the Temple of the Forbidden Eye within the boathouse depict King Cobras.

#### Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom)

Several king cobras can be found in Shir Lee Temple, formerly surrounding the shrine of the Buddhist god Hanuman but replaced in 2021 with a golden cobra idol. Outside of *Trader Sam's Gift Shop!* is a tank from *Safari Sue's Snake Farm*, a business from the Adventure Trading Company which harvested cobra eggs for Bengal Barbecue.

#### Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions

King Cobras can be seen outside of Shir Lee's Temple.

## In other media

### Paraphernalia

#### Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

The King Cobras are an obstacle in this game.
Jungle Air Mail Service

**Jungle Air Mail Service** is a fictional organization from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Jungle Air Mail Service was a company in the 1930s which transported messages and cargo via planes. They had known outposts in the Lost Delta of India.

## Members

* **Skipper Miquel**: Miquel was an employee of the colonial Jungle Navigation Company in 1935.

#### Birds

* **Amelia**:
* **Flash**:
* **Wiley**:

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A base for the Jungle Air Mail Service is located in the queue. Outside of it is cargo belonging to Siobhan Murphy. In the Amazon River Base is a photo of Skipper Miquel and Amelia from 1935. Also in this base is a note within Alberta Falls' office from the, "Air Mail Box".

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/07/photos-video-new-jungle-cruise-with-cultural-sensitivity-changes-soft-opens-at-disneyland/
2. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/07/photos-more-new-s-e-a-props-added-to-jungle-cruise-queue-at-magic-kingdom/
Jungle Cruise (attraction)

Disambiguation page for Jungle Cruise (attraction)The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.The Jungle Cruise is a jungle-themed boat ride in the Disney Parks. It can refer to:

* Jungle Cruise in Disneyland
* Jungle Cruise at the Magic Kingdom
* Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions at Tokyo Disneyland
* Jungle River Cruise at Hong Kong Disneyland
Marshall Lamm

**Marshall Lamm** is a character affiliated with the *Jungle Cruise* inspired attraction, *Na'vi River Journey*. He is portrayed by actor Jon Landau. He is the in-universe creator of the *Na'vi River Journey* excursions.

## History

### Background

Marshall Lamm was a human colonist who lived for many years in the Valley of Mo'ara on the alien exo-moon of Pandora. Marshall had a wife named Julie and two children named Jamie and Jodie who stayed on Earth. Lamm often worked to try and unite the human and native Na'vi communities, even being the inventor of devices which could translate Na'vi into English.

Due to this, Marshall would found the interstellar tourism company *Alpha Centauri Expeditions* while also serving on the board of the *Pandora Conservation Initiative*. Lamm had ACE work with the PCI and local Omaticaya Clan while also managing attractions for Earth tourists. Amongst these were a jungle cruise through the rainforests of the Kaspavan river which he created in partnership with the Shaman of Songs.

### Development history

Throughout development of Pandora: The World of Avatar, Lamm's exact position changed with the story. It was originally planned for Pandora: The World of Avatar to be an in-universe recreation of Pandora in Disney's Animal Kingdom rather than the moon itself. In this story, Lamm would have arranged for the construction.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Pandora: The World of Avatar

#### Sat'uli Canteen

There are letters in this canteen sent to his wife and the board-members of A.C.E.. Along with this are framed photographs of Lamm in his position as ACE founder. A letter to the board of ACE explains how they should turn the RDA base into their own outpost along with his pitch for Na'vi River Journey.

## In other media

### Video-games

#### Pandora Rising

Marshall was mentioned in this game in the biography for Txopu.

## Trivia

* In being the founder of ACE, Marshall's counterpart in the original *Jungle Cruise* is Dr. Albert Falls. As founder of the Jungle Cruise analogous attraction and current head of the company, he is counterpart to Alberta Falls.
* From his position as head of a prominent organization in a land of Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lamm also parallels Wilson Matua from Kilimanjaro Safaris and Dr. Helen Marsh from Dinosaur/Countdown to Extinction.

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2017/03/photos-first-look-navi-translator-collectible-cards-sold-pandora-world-avatar/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hiuFMmJJmo
3. ↑ https://forums.insideuniversal.net/threads/pandora-world-of-avatar-photos-videos-reviews.10937/page-9
Kevin Lively

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## Kevin Lively

Lively in the 2021 promotional video for the Jungle Cruise's refurbishment

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

**Kevin Lively** was a Disneyland cast-member (and skipper) turned writer and story-editor at Walt Disney Imagineering who worked on projects including the *Skipper Canteen* and the *Jungle Cruise*. Lively is also author of the 2018 children's book, "Jungle Cruise ANIMALS!", a book which was largely recycled from *Disney Parks Presents: Jungle* Cruise. Lively was a writer and the primary spokesperson for the Jungle Cruise's 2021 refurbishment where his known contributions included the creation of the controversial scene, *Trader Sam's Gift Shop!*. Later in the June of 2021, Lively stopped working for Walt Disney Imagineering, stating it as being due to a need to relocate from California to Florida which they could not manage.

## Jungle Cruise tributes

* There are various books by, "**Lively**" and, "**K. Lively**" in the library of the *Skipper Canteen*. These books' titles are all the name of an animal followed by the word, "book", a possible allusion to *The Jungle Book* by Rudyard Kipling. The books include: *The Panther Book, The Baboon Book, The Snake Book, The Monkey Boat* and *The Tiger Book*.
* In the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise there is a book in the queue titled, "The Kakapo Book" by K. Lively.

## Trivia

* Lively named his pet fish, "Trader Sam" after the infamous *Jungle Cruise* character of the same name.
* In his 2021 promotional video for the Jungle Cruise's refurbishment, Lively wore a pendant for the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*. This is a fictitious colonial secret-society from the attraction *Fortress Explorations* and which is tied to the Jungle Cruise's backstory.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.imaginerding.com/2022/12/04/jungle-cruise-crews-join-the-pach/
Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions

**Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions** is Tokyo Disneyland's counterpart to the **Jungle Cruise**. Unlike the other versions of the Jungle Cruise which are themed around campy humour, obscure in-jokes and glamorized depictions of white colonialism, this version of the attraction is predominately themed around ecology and living in balance with nature.

## History

### Development history

Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions is largely similar to the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise. The attraction opened in 1983 as an imitation of Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise with minor exceptions such as skippers bowing after each joke to adapt skipper humour. In 2014, the attraction was refurbished with an ecological theme and new special effects.

## Summary

### Notable differences from Jungle Cruise

* The boathouse serves as a station for the Western River Railroad.
* There is a, "Friends of the Jungle" display in the boathouse.
* Skippers keep three enchanted totems representing peace with nature in their boats. These include the Tiger of Courage, the Elephant of Wisdom, and the Monkey of Cleverness.
* The attraction has a full musical score and at night has light effects.
* Skippers do not have guns.
* While passing the African veldt, the song *Circle of Life* from *The Lion King* plays.
* There are no skulls or skull images in the African veldt.
* Within the temple, the skipper uses their three medallions to summon nature magic which brings the temple artwork to life.
* Chief Nah-mee appears with Ellie, selling medallions and produce.

## Boats

* **Amazon Annie**
* **Congo Connie**
* **Ganges Gertie**
* **Irrawaddy Irma**
* **Kwango Kate**
* **Nile Nelly**
* **Orinoco Ida**
* **Rutshuru Ruby**
* **Sankuru Sadie**
* **Senegal Sal**
* **Volta Val**
* **Wamba Wanda**
* **Zambezi Zelda**
Nina Chavez

**Nina Chavez** is a character from the Skipper Canteen.

## History

Nina Chavez was president of the *Adventureland Chamber of Commerce* during the mid 1930s in the *Wilds of Adventureland*. On the March 6th of 1936, she awarded *Jungle Navigation Company* president Alberta Falls with the, "Business~~man~~*woman* of the Year" award.

## Appearances

### Skipper Canteen

Nina's name and signature are on Alberta's framed certificate.

## Trivia

* It is unclear why the chamber of commerce wouldn't have had certificates reading, "Businesswoman of the Year" if President Chavez was herself, a woman.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.info/gallery/v/PersonalContributions/dfesel/Skipper+Canteen/Wall+Sign.JPG.html
Howard Carter

**Howard Carter** (1874-1939) is a historic English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is most famous for his excavation of the corpse of pharaoh Tutankhamen in the November of 1922.

## Jungle Cruise connections

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

Carter's likeness was used to depict fictional villain Professor Garrett Reed, an evil archaeologist who caused a scandal when he grave-robbed a mummy in 1929. In the *Daily Colonial Journal*, two photographs of Reed were used to depict Reed with one being unedited while the other had another man's face edited over that of Carter.

### Other connections

#### Indiana Jones

Carter appeared in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles which showed a nine-year-old Indiana Jones as part of Carter's team to find the tomb of Kha in 1908. The two encountered again in the January of 1919 where Jones and his friend from WWI, Remy Baudouin, assisted Carter in deciphering a clue leading to King Tut's tomb before leaving to find the legendary *Peacock's Eye* diamond.

## Gallery

Carter and the corpse of King TutankhamenPhotos of Carter used in Jungle River Cruise to depict Prof. Garrett ReedHoward Carter alongside a young Indiana Jones
Inspiration Falls

**Inspiration Falls** is a location from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

Inspiration Falls is a small waterfall located along the Amazon river. The falls were located down river from the Amazon River Base of the Jungle Navigation Company and shack of O.I. Cyhu.

## History

Inspiration Falls was a destination on the, "Jungle Cruise" tours of the Jungle Cruise of the Jungle Navigation Company during the 1930s. According to skippers of the Jungle Navigation Company, the name of the waterfall came from how looking at it inspired people to go deeper into the jungle.

## Appearances

### Attractions

#### Jungle Cruise

Inspiration Falls appears in Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise. The traditional spiel is that it inspires the tour to go deeper into the jungle. In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise, it appears on a portrait of Alberta Falls in the queue.

#### Skipper Canteen

Rosa Soto Dominguez's portrait of Alberta Falls shows her by the falls.

### Video-Games

#### Minecraft

The Magic Kingdom DLC for *Minecraft: Bedrock Edition* had Inspiration Falls as one of the sights.

### Paraphernalia

#### Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

In this game, Inspiration Falls is mentioned on cards for Schweitzer Falls. The waterfall is featured on the game-board, depicted as being outside the Mekong boathouse.

## Trivia

* Part of the traditional function of Inspiration Falls is to distract guests from the bamboo wall on the other side of the river which poorly hides the entrance-building for *Pirates of the Caribbean*.
Mexico

**Mexico** is a real-world country bordering North and Central America.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Club 33

In the menus were a ticket for Rosa Soto Dominguez travelling from Cairo to Progresso.

### Jungle Cruise

The character of Rosa Soto Dominguez comes from Mexico. In the queue, Rosa Soto Dominguez's easel is labelled with her Mexico City address.

### Skipper Canteen

One of Luana Teixeira's books is titled, "Photos of Mexico".
Maggie

Maggie (left) with Annette (right)

**Maggie** the skipper-appointed name for one of the chimpanzees in the Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Background

"Maggie" was a female chimpanzee who lived in the Primate Refuge during the late-1930s. After a private Jungle Cruise aboard the Kwango Kate wrecked in the nearby Hippo Pool, crates of live-butterflies belonging to entomologist Dr. Kon Chunosuke washed up along the riverside. Maggie and fellow female-chimp, "Annette", rummaged through his crates of live-butterflies where Maggie observed his butterflies with a magnifying-glass and ate-them.

### Development history

The chimpanzees were added to the Jungle Cruise in a 2021 refurbishment to replace the headhunter tribe from the same area of the attraction. The boats which they play with are based on real-life Jungle Cruise boats which were decommissioned by Disney. The gag appears to be copied from Marc Davis' gorilla raiders which the 2021 refurbishment also copied for the controversial Trader Sam's Gift Shop!; with the scene also being more comedy focused than an intense and threatening point in the story.

Maggie holding a magnifying-glass is an homage to the skeleton captain of *The Wicked Wench* from Disneyland's *Pirates of the Caribbean*. Maggie's skipper appointed name is a reference to her magnifying-glass.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Maggie appears along the waters of the Primate Refuge.

## Trivia

* The name, "Maggie" has been used as a nickname for the *Magdalena Maiden*, a boat which disappeared along with the chimp-commandeered *Mekong Maiden*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/disneyland-jungle-cruise-refreshed-ride-with-ties-to-big-screen-movie