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Dr. J.L. Baterista

**Dr. J.L. Baterista** is a character from Mystic Manor in *Hong Kong Disneyland*.

## History

### Biography

Dr. J.L. Baterista was a white colonial explorer during the 19th century. He was seemingly close with British aristocratic member Lord Henry Mystic. In 1899, Baterista attended the Hotel Hightower in New York City to celebrate his contemporary, the evil billionaire Harrison Hightower III's stealing of the idol Shiriki Utundu from the Mtundu tribe of the Congo. Baterista travelled to the Congo himself in 1906 on a riverboat expedition.

### Development history

Dr. J.L Baterista was made for Mystic Manor as a tribute to imagineer Joe Lanzisero.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Bengal Barbecue

Baterista makes a minor cameo in this restaurant on a miniature portrait depicting the 1899 S.E.A. meeting at the Hotel Hightower.

### Tropical Hideaway

On a wall in this location is an oar with a plaque which reads, "*Dr. J.L. Baterista, Congo River, 1906*".

## Other appearances

### Mystic Manor

Baterista is featured in two Mystic Manor portraits.

### Oceaneer Lab

Captain Mary Oceaneer has a hat, gifted to her by the Baterista.

## Trivia

* The surname Baterista translates to, "Drummer" in Portuguese.

## External links

* *Dr. J.L Baterista* on *Haunted Mansion Wiki*.

## References

1. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/members/dr-j-l-baterista
Disney Emoji Blitz

**Disney Emoji Blitz** is a mobile game developed by Disney Mobile and Jam City which features the Jungle Cruise franchise.

## Summary

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## Jungle Cruise connections

### Jungle Cruise

Frank Wolff and Dr. Lily Houghton are emoji characters, unlocked by the Jungle Cruise Survival event. Said event features representations of the Amazon rainforest, Tears of the Moon tree, and La Quila.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/07/disney-emoji-blitz-celebrates-5-years-with-exciting-in-game-events-and-new-releases/
Goliath Spiders

**The Goliath Spiders** are the (possibly retconned) name for a fictitious species of spider originating from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Goliath Spiders are large orange/brown carnivorous spiders. They inhabited the flooded ruins along the Mekong river in Cambodia.

## Appearances

### Haunted Mansion

The spiders used to appear in the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion. The spiders appeared in a dark-chamber with a stair-case where they crawled within spider-webs. A removed feature included a wailing man or skeleton caught within their web as their food. They were removed from the Magic Kingdom in a 2006 refurbishment but remain in the Tokyo Disneyland version of the attraction.

#### Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare

In this overlay, the spiders terrorize caged bugs left in the mansion for Oogie Boogie by, "Sandy Claws".

### Jungle Cruise

The spiders appear within the Cambodian temple, crawling on webs.

## In other media

### Printed-materials

#### Skipper Survival Guide

The spiders were first identified as, "Goliath Spiders" in this retconned story. They jumped on a JNC boat only to be knocked off and eaten by crocodiles.

### Video-games

#### Disney Crossy Road

The spiders are playable characters within the Haunted Mansion stages of this game.

#### The Haunted Mansion (video game)

Larger versions of the spiders are enemies in this game.

## Trivia

* The pattern on the spider's backs forms a, "Hidden Mickey".
* Similar spiders previously appeared in the Fantasyland attraction *Snow White's Scary Adventure*.
* The name, "Goliath Spider" is likely influenced by the real-life *Goliath Bird-Eaters*.

## External links

* *Man-Eating Spiders* on *Haunted Mansion Wiki*.
Giant gorillas

**The giant gorillas** are two removed characters from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Background

This would have been two giant gorillas occupying some region of Africa in the early half of the 20th century. The gorillas were presumably hostile and described as being roughly 600 pounds with an arm-spread of around 8 feet.

### Development history

The gorilla sused to appear right before the, "Return to Civilization", in the part of the ride now representing the Amazon Rainforest. The gorilla was removed after 1968 with the rough space it occupied being used for the racist stereotyped character of Trader Sam (later replaced with the more subdued yet still racist scene of *Trader Sam's Gift Shop!*).

The gorilla animatronics were repurposed in 1978 to represent the Yeti, "Harold" in the rollercoaster *Matterhorn Bobsleds* with new fur and a face mould by Blaine Gibson. In 2015, this audio-animatronic was removed and replaced with a more updated model. One of the gorilla audio-animatronic was moved to Disney's California Adventure theme-park to the attraction *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*, still appearing as the yeti.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The gorillas appeared near the end of the ride, threatening to attack the boats before the skipper made a narrow escape. The pair appeared alongside a crocodile which also attempted to attack the boats.

## In other media

### Paraphernalia

#### The Enchanted Tiki Room & the Adventurous Jungle Cruise

This audio narration of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise preserves a description of the jungle's final scene prior to the integration of Trader Sam, as guided by Skipper Thurl Ravenscroft.

## Trivia

* Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Yeti and the Guardians of the Galaxy are all referenced in the Skipper Canteen by books and their respective authors. This includes, "Scaling the Matterhorn", " Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti" by Harrison Hightower III, and, "The Stars Above Us" by Quill (Star-Lord). The book by Hightower however references the attraction *Expedition Everest* in Disney's Animal Kingdom, rather than Matterhorn Bobsleds.

## Gallery

The repurposed animatronic in Matterhorn BobsledsThe yeti animatronic in Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!
## References

1. ↑ https://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/02/second-life-of-jungle-cruise-gorilla.html
2. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/06/behind-the-scenes-of-matterhorn-bobsleds-at-disneyland-park-with-walt-disney-imagineering/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7u3M108HxY
"Weird Al" Yankovic

**Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic** (‏ (1959is a real-world comedy-musician. He wrote a 2009 song titled Skipper Dan which is about a failed comedian named Dan, stuck working as a cast-member on the Jungle Cruise. The song also criticizes the Jungle Cruise's strict script of dated jokes which no longer allow for skippers to improvise comedy or make more relevant humour.

## Jungle Cruise tributes

### Jungle Cruise

Disneyland's Jungle Cruise references the song with a cantina labelled, "Skipper Dan" appearing in the boathouse.

### Skipper Canteen

Skipper Dan is the namesake of "Skipper Dan's Dan Dan Noodles" at the Skipper Canteen.

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/07/photos-video-new-jungle-cruise-with-cultural-sensitivity-changes-soft-opens-at-disneyland/
2. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2022/07/skipper-canteen-review-new-skipper-dans-dan-dan-noodles-and-baa-baa-lamb-chop/
Disneyland Hotel

**The Disneyland Hotel** is a real-world hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.

## Jungle Cruise attractions

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

This bar is located at the Disneyland Hotel and is themed to being a Jungle Navigation Company establishment in Polynesia which is run by Trader Sam.

### Other

#### Tangaroa Terrace Tropical Bar & Grill

This is a restaurant which shares its building with the Enchanted Tiki Bar and is themed to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.

## Trivia

* The Daily Gnus newspaper referenced the Disneyland Hotel as the in-universe setting of the Enchanted Tiki Bar during the Adventure Trading Company.
Hondo Hattie

**The Hondo Hattie** is a boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Hondo Hattie was a tramp steamer used by the Jungle Navigation Company in the 1930s.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Hattie only appears in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

#### Jingle Cruise

In this overlay, the boat was renamed to the **Hondo Hollie** and to the **Hanukkah Hattie**.

### Skipper Canteen

There is a boat in the library titled "*The History of Pith Helmets*" by Hattie.
JNC Sky Diving Club

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The **JNC Sky Diving Club** is a fictional organization from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The JNC Sky Diving Club was a 1930s sky-diving club connected to the colonial *Jungle Navigation Company*. It is unclear if the sky diving club was a service of the Jungle Navigation Company, or a club of its clientele/affiliates who sky dove separate from the company's services. The only known members of the club were women.

## History

### Background

The JNC Sky Diving Club branched off from the Jungle Navigation Company by the year 1935 when five women members were photographed and had this photo framed in the company's Amazon River Base.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A photo of five members is hung in the queue of Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise.

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/08/photos-new-trophy-wall-alberta-falls-and-map-murals-added-to-jungle-cruise-queue-at-the-magic-kingdom/
Lost Safari cook

The **Lost Safari cook** is the conjectural name for a character from the Magic Kingdom'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 rhinoceroswhich 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.

In 2021, the Jungle Cruise was refurbished to feature less overt racism. Due to this, the Lost Safari was reimagined and installed the photographer being replaced by botanist Dr. Leonard Moss with a man-eating plant strapped to his back. 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

#### 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.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/12/16/full-review-the-new-jungle-navigation-co-ltd-skipper-canteen-in-disney-worlds-adventureland/
Admiral Bartholomew Wrongway

**Admiral Bartholomew Wrongway** is a character from the Magic Kingdom's *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Biography

Admiral Bartholomew Wrongway was a Navy admiral in the 1930s. In 1938, he was brought in as a, "Guest Skipper" for the colonial *Jungle Navigation Company* in the Congo, a region which Wrongway had not traversed before. Due to this, it is believed that Wrongway's driving was reckless and potentially disastrous.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

On AWOL Airwaves, host Albert Awol has the message, "*This week's Special Guest Skipper is Admiral Bartholomew Wrongway. Admiral Wrongway will be piloting several excursions into the deepest, most dangerous regions of the Congo. Since the Admiral is new to the area, and as such, quite unfamiliar with our waterways, it is recommended that you steer clear of his vessel*".

## Trivia

* It is most likely that Wrongway belonged to the British Empire given its prevalence in the Jungle Cruise and his British influenced name. It is also possible for him to belong to the U.S.A.'s navy.
Gnus

**Gnus**, also known as **Wildebeest** are a genus of antelope, featured on the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

Gnus are a genus of antelope, traditionally found in Eastern and Southern Africa though some can be found in North Africa's *African Veldt* (presumably in Sudan or Egypt). In the Adventureland regions, gnus are used as the namesake for the newspaper, *The Daily Gnus*.

### Species

There are two main species of gnu with multiple sub-species.

* **Black wildebeest**: Black Wildebeest (*Connochaetes gnou*) also known as the white-tailed gnu.
* **Blue wildebeest**: The Blue Wildebeest (*Connochaetes taurinus*), also known as Common Wildebeest, brindled gnu, the white-bearded gnu, or the white-bearded wildebeest.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Attractions

#### Adventure Trading Company

The gnus are the namesake of the Daily Gnus newspaper.

#### Disneyland Railroad

The gnus are visible while passing the African Veldt.

#### Jungle Cruise

The gnus appear in the African Veldt scene. In the Amazon River Base is a plaque commemorating how the Jungle Navigation Company came in 2nd place for *The Daily Gnus Annual Children’s Coloring Contest*. On Frank Wolff's map, Alberta Falls made the annotation of, "Come see what's new!" over the African veldt.

#### Kilimanjaro Safaris

The Blue wildebeest is an animal within the *Harambe Wildlife Reserve*.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A post-card to Trader Sam mentions, "The Evening Gnus".

### Printed-materials

#### Skipper Survival Guide

Professor Von Schlit writes about encountering a herd of gnus on the 16th day of his expedition.

### Other connections

#### The Lion King

In the Lion King, Scar has his hyenas create a stampede of wildebeest to assassinate Mufasa.

## Trivia

* In real-life, gnus are not native to North Africa and are instead found in Eastern and Southern Africa.

## Gallery

Illustrations of gnus in the Daily Gnus' header.Gnus in Kilimanjaro SafarisWildebeests in the Lion King.Wildebeests in the Lion King.
## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/08/photos-new-trophy-wall-alberta-falls-and-map-murals-added-to-jungle-cruise-queue-at-the-magic-kingdom/
Anna

**Anna** is a minor character in *Jungle Cruise*. She was the daughter of Lope de Aguirre who's terminal illness was the primary motivator for the initial expedition to find the Tears of the Moon.

## History

### Biography

Anna was the daughter of conquistador Lope de Aguirre in the 16th century. When Anna developed terminal illness, Lope lead an expedition to seek out the mystical Tears of the Moon tree in the Amazon rainforest to cure her. This expedition was disastrous with Lope and his men being cursed to be trapped in the Amazon by the Puka Michuna tribe which they attempted to slaughter for the tree. Anna's further fate is unknown though it is most likely that she succumbed to her illness.

## Trivia

* She is a fictionalized character loosely based on Lope de Aguirre's historic daughter, Elvira whom he murdered to prevent from being killed and sexually-assaulted by enemy spaniards. In the Werner Herzog film *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1971) which influenced Lope's film integration, Lope's daughter was a teenaged girl named Flores whom Lope has incestuous attraction for but whom is killed by the arrows of Indigenous people when Lope attacks their land.
Andrew Sinclair-Harris (journalist)

**Andrew Sinclair-Harris** is a character from the *Jungle River Cruise* overlay *Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity*.

## History

### Background

Andrew Sinclair-Harris was a senior-correspondent and journalist for *The Daily Colonial Journal* during the early 1930s. In the early December of 1932, he wrote an article for the journal which made front-page titled, "FAMOUS EXPLORER DISCREDITED; PROF. REED, GRAVE-ROBBER?", exposing the crimes of criminal archaeologist Professor Garrett Reed.

For this story, Andrew interviewed Reed's former contemporary Lord Henry Mystic from the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* whom he quoted in his piece, and Reed's old enemy Indiana Jones. Sinclair-Harris also spoke on Reed's obsession with tracking down mystical jewels known as the *Emerald Trinity* in an attempt to use their dark powers. The story was published on the Wednesday of December 8th, 1912.

### Development history

The character is a tribute to imagineer Andrew Sinclair-Harris who worked on the Curse of the Emerald Trinity overlay.

## Appearances

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

Sinclair-Harris' exposé on Reed was on the front-page of newspapers handed to guests in the queue.

### Other connections

#### Indiana Jones

Andrew Sinclair-Harris interviewed Indiana Jones on the subject of Reed.

#### Mystic Manor

Sinclair-Harris interviewed Lord Henry Mystic about Professor Reed.
Adventureland Chamber of Commerce

**The Adventureland Chamber of Commerce** is a fictional organization from the Skipper Canteen.

## Description

The Adventureland Chamber of Commerce was a business association located in the regions of, "Adventureland" located around *Jungle Navigation Company* outposts.

## Members

* **Alberta Falls**: The president of the Jungle Navigation Company who was deemed business(wo)man of the year in 1937.
* **Dr. Albert Falls**:
* **Nina Chavez**: Nina Chavez was the president of the Chamber of Commerce during the 1930s.
* **Samuel Taylor III**: Samuel Taylor III was acting president in 1928.

## History

The Adventureland Chamber of Commerce was active in the early half of the 20th century. On the March 6 of 1928, they awarded the businessman of the year award to Dr. Albert Falls. This award was presented by then acting president, Samuel Taylor III. On the March 6 of 1937, they declared Falls' granddaughter Alberta Falls as businesswoman of the year.

## Appearances

### Skipper Canteen

A certificate declaring Alberta businesswoman of the year is hung up in the Skipper Canteen.

## Trivia

* The Adventureland Chamber of Commerce is paralleled in the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland with the *Tomorrowland Chamber of Commerce*.
	+ The characters of L.C. Clench, Buzz Lightyear and Tom Morrow who are all affiliated with the Tomorrowland Chamber of Commerce are all referenced as authors in the library of the skipper canteen.
* There is a book in the Skipper Canteen titled, "Jungle Commerce" by Philip M. Gray, possibly connected to the Adventureland Chamber of Commerce.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.com/11805/Skipper\_Canteen\_A\_Fun\_and\_Delicious\_New\_Dining\_Option\_at\_Magic\_Kingdom
2. ↑ https://www.themouseforless.com/blog\_world/vegetarian-review-skipper-canteen/
3. ↑ https://www.themouseforless.com/blog\_world/vegetarian-review-skipper-canteen/
Alligator Al

**Alligator Al** is a character from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Biography

"Alligator" Al was a colonist in the regions near the African veldt who presumably was affiliated with the Jungle Navigation Company. He used radio messages to warn skippers about the dangerous waters near Schweitzer Falls.

### Development history

Alligator Al could be heard in queue radio transmissions, removed in 2021 for the new storyline.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Al could be heard saying, " Jungle Cruise skippers this is Alligator Al. With all this rain Schweitzer falls is running at about a hundred-fifty thousand gallons per hour. Current's shifted and is real strong here, if you have to come this way lower the tag in at about eight degrees south. Otherwise you're gonna get real damp. Over".
Catherine Jobson

## Catherine Jobson, PhD

**Catherine Jobson, Ph.D.** is a character from *Kilimanjaro Safaris*, the spiritual successor to the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Background

Catherine Jobson was a British wildlife researcher in the late 20th/early 21st century. She spent six years in Africa studying animal behaviours. By her sixth year she was affiliated with the *Harambe Wildlife Reserve* and *Kilimanjaro Safaris* in the East-African port of Harambe.

### Development history

Catherine Jobson was part of Kilimanjaro Safari's original, darker narrative. This storyline was removed along with Catherine over the years.

## Appearances

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Jobson used to appear in the pre-show videos for Kilimanjaro Safaris. Her main function was to educate guests on different kinds of animals which they might see on their safaris.

## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2015/02/d-tales-10-kilimanjaro-safari-hides-huge-backstory-infused-with-disney-history/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcUnj1Z\_LO0
Angkor

**Angkor** or less commonly known as **Yasodharapura** is a real-world Cambodian city which was historically the capital of the Khmer empire.

## Description

Angkor is a city and World Heritage Site in the Siem Reap Province of Cambodia. The city is surrounded by farmlands and jungles and is considered to be amongst the largest if not the largest pre-industrial city in human history. The city also had complex pre-industrial water-management systems, a vast amount of Hindu and Buddhist religious structures and a large urban crawl.

### Features

* **Angkor Wat**: Angkor Wat or, "The City of Temples" is the largest religious structure in the world by geography. The ruins contain depictions of Hindu, Buddhist and God-King worship.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The Cambodian Shrine in the Jungle Cruise was visually based on Angkor Wat. In Disneyland, this temple was changed in a 2021 refurbishment to depict a shrine in Burma. In the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise there is a map of Southeast Asia in the Amazon River Base titled, "Lotus Tours" that has Angkor annotated with the words, "Ancient Ruins of Angkor" and an illustration of Jayavarman VII.

## Gallery

Real life statues in Angkor Wat that inspired the Jungle CruiseReal life statues in Angkor Wat that inspired the Jungle Cruise
## References

1. ↑ https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/disneys-magic-kingdom-late-morning-adventureland-touring-with-jungle-cruise-pirates-and-crowds/
Disney Parks Presents: Jungle Cruise

**Disney Parks Presents: Jungle Cruise** is an llustrated storybook version of the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Summary

This was a retelling of the Jungle Cruise in the Disney Parks aboard the Congo Queen with Skipper John.

## Trivia

* The book had apparent controversies within Disney and Amazon due to the skipper being made in the likeness of sex-offender John Lasseter, a former cast-member of the Jungle Cruise.
* While Trader Sam does not appear for obvious reasons, his mask appears in the jungle on the same page as his pet elephant, Ellie.
* The members of the lost safari do not resemble their ride counterparts.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/report-there-was-an-internal-battle-at-disney-over-this-childrens-book-starring-john-lasseter-158990.html
Emil Bleehall

**Emil Bleehall, Jr.** is a character from the defunct attraction *The Adventurers Club* at Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island area.

## History

### Background

Emil Bleehall was born in Sandusky, Ohio to one Emil Bleehall, Sr.. Emil would become a, "Junior Adventurer" with hopes of becoming a famous explorer. In 1937, he attended a New Year's Eve open-house for the Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Here, Bleehall won the Balderdash Cup for telling the best adventuring story and was granted membership to their ranks.

### Development history

Bleehall was a semi-autobiographical character for imagineer Robert Cox.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A removed feature from the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise had a piece of luggage in the Amazon Boathouse with the tag addressed to Emil Bleehall at, " 9910 Primrose Path, Sandusky, Ohio".

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Emil Bleehall is mentioned in a letter sent to Trader Sam by Pamelia Perkins. This letter speaks of Bleehall having left his canteen in Sam's possession while he was out adventuring with the Adventurers Club. Emil's stocking is hung during the Holiday season.

## Other appearances

### Adventurers Club

Emil Bleehall was a character in this attraction.
Burma

**Burma** or **Myanmar** and officially known as the **Republic of the Union of Myanmar** is a real-world country in Southeast Asia.

## Description

Myanmar is a Southeast Asian nation along the Bay of Bengal.

### Features

* **Irrawaddy river**: Officially known as the Ayeyarwady or Ayeyarwaddy River is a river which flows from North to South Burma. The river ends in Burma's Ayeyarwady Region where it forms a Delta and empties into the sea. The Irrawaddy is also one of the *Rivers of Adventure* connecting to the realm of Adventureland.
* **Irrawaddy ruins**: This was a series of ruins, oddly built by the Khmer Empire of Ancient Cambodia and which contained statues of animals alongside Khmer king, Jayavarman VII.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

The community posting section for *The Daily Gnus* had the messages, "*Swim Lessons - Daily 5pm in the Irrawaddy River*" and, "*Witness the Wonder of Nature - Crocodile feeding demonstrations daily 5pm in the Irrawaddy River*".

### Jungle Cruise

#### Jungle Cruise (Disneyland)

Following a 2021 refurbishment, the Cambodian ruins were changed to depict ruins on the Irrawaddy River. The song *Moon Over Burma* by Dorothy Lamour plays on the Global Broadcasting Service in the queue, taken from the 1940 film of the same name. Also in the queue, a map detailing Dr. Albert Falls' victorian expedition to map the rivers of adventure identifies him as having explored the Irrawaddy ruins.

#### Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom)

In the Amazon River Base, a map advertising the Jungle Navigation Company's, "Lotus Tours" identifies Burma as one of its locations. Burma is also referenced on AWOL Airwaves by Albert Awol while promoting Lotus Tours. A crate also identifies Dr. Albert Falls as having had an address in the Bay of Bengal though where in the bay is unknown.

### Skipper Canteen

Burma is also shown on a map by Jason Chandler and Captain Brieux titled, "Legendary Flying Beasts of the Mekong Legendary Flying Beasts of the Mekong river and the surrounding territories".

## Trivia

* The Irrawaddy was popularized in colonial media by British colonial author Rudyard Kipling's 1890 poem *Mandalay*.
Emerald Trinity

One of the emeralds within the Altar of Souls

**The Emerald Trinity** is a series of three paranormal jewels from the *Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity* overlay of *Jungle River Cruise*.

## Description

The Emerald Trinity refers to three glowing emeralds (allegedly connected to vodun) which could grant immortality to their users. However, each emerald also controlled the jungle around it, causing the jungle to violently attempt to kill whomever stole it, even animating corpses as defenders. The emeralds were kept within the *Altar of Souls* in the flooded Temple of Immortality.

## History

The Emerald Trinity are three jewels which can bestow immortality on those who took them from their jungle. The tribe was maintained by a, "Voodoo tribe" several centuries before the 1930s. The three jewels were hidden away in the Temple of Immortality and lost to time.

In the early 1930s, the jewels were sought after by criminal archaeologist Professor Garrett Reed who wished to obtain immortality. Reed located the temple and stole one of the jewels on the December 8 of 1932 before taking it away to his base-camp. The night of December 8th, a skipper for the *Jungle Navigation Company* followed Reed's trail to the temple while performing a, "Jungle Cruise" tour and secretly stole the remaining emerald.

The skipper later happened upon Reed's camp where they witnesses his death at the hands of jungle vines. The jungle subsequently turned on the skipper too, with them narrowly escaping murderous plants, the resurrected tribe, and zombies emerging from the water. Eventually the boat entered the Canyon of the Gods where the canyon's deities reclaimed the stolen jewel. The gods attempted to kill those aboard the boat only for the boat to escape to the JNC boathouse.

## Appearances

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

The Emerald Trinity is the main McGuffin for this attraction overlay.
Big Red

**Big Red** is an African elephant character from *Kilimanjaro Safaris*.

## History

### Background

Big Red was an African elephant which lived in the Harambe Wildlife Reserve in the East-African port of Harambe during the late 20th century. Big Red had a calf in the form of, "Little Red" and the two became somewhat famous amongst those who would watch animals in the reserve.

Around the 1990s-2000s, Big Red was killed by poachers for her tusks. Little Red was taken by these poachers for usage on the black-market. Following this, warden Wilson Matua teamed up a *Kilimanjaro Safaris'* jeep SIMBA-1 to save the baby elephant.

### Development history

Big Red was part of Kilimanjaro Safaris' darker original narrative. Partially inspired by the death of Bambi's mother in *Bambi* (1942), Big Red's mutilated corpse was encountered by guests on their tour to teach them about the horrors of poaching. This storyline would be toned down over the years and redacted, leaving only scattered references to Big Red and Little Red in the queue.

## Appearances

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Posters allude to Big Red and Little Red in the queue.
Adventureland Film Festival

A trophy from the film fest (image source )

The **Adventureland Film Festival** is a fictional event from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Adventureland Film Festival was a competitive film festival held in the mystical Wilds of Adventureland during the 1930s. The company was seemingly sponsored by the *Jungle Navigation Company*, a colonial company which was prominent in Adventureland and whose logo adorned that of the film festival.

## History

The only known film festival was held in 1937 where the winner was Skipper Shaun for his movie, "A Bigger Bote". This victory was commemorated with the trophy being put on display in the trophy case of the JNC's Amazon River Base.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

In the trophy-case is Skipper Shaun's trophy from the Adventureland Film Festival.

## Trivia

* The name of Shaun's movie is an apparent reference to the Steven Spielberg horror-film *Jaws* (1975) where protagonist Chief Martin Brody famously exclaims, "We're gonna need a bigger boat" upon seeing the shark attacking them from the water. Said shark animatronic was created by Bob Mattey (1910-1993) who also created animatronic animals for the Jungle Cruise.

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/08/photos-new-trophy-wall-alberta-falls-and-map-murals-added-to-jungle-cruise-queue-at-the-magic-kingdom/
As Time Goes By

**As Time Goes By** is written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931 for the musical *Everybody's Welcome*. The song became famous thanks to the film *Casablanca* (1942) where is was sung by Dooley Wilson as the character of Sam.

## Lyrics

*"You must remember this*

*A kiss is just a kiss*

*A sigh is just a sigh*

*The fundamental things apply*

*As time goes by*

*And when two lovers woo*

*They still say "I love you"*

*On that you can rely*

*No matter what the future brings*

*As time goes by*

*Moonlight and love songs*

*Never out of date*

*Hearts full of passion*

*Jealousy and hate*

*Woman needs man, and man must have his mate*

*That no one can deny*

*It's still the same old story*

*A fight for love and glory*

*A case of do or die*

*The world will always welcome lovers*

*As time goes by*

*Moonlight and love songs*

*Never out of date*

*Hearts full of passion*

*Jealousy and hate*

*Woman needs man, and man must have his mate*

*That no one can deny*

*It's still the same old story*

*A fight for love and glory*

*A case of do or die*

*The world will always welcome lovers*

*As time goes by"*

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Adelaide Hall's 1943 recording of the song is played by Nigel Greenwater in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.
Albert (disambiguation)

Disambiguation page for Albert (disambiguation)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.
Characters named Albert in the *Jungle Cruise* franchise include:

* **Albert Awol**: The removed radio-announcer for *AWOL Airwaves* from Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise.
* **Albert Falls, Jr.**: The historian father of Alberta Falls and son of Dr. Albert Falls.
* **Albert, Prince Consort**: The historic prince-consort of the British Empire.
* **Albert Schweitzer**: A historic theologist whom *Schweitzer Falls* was named for in real-life.
* **Albert the Monkey**: The protagonist of *Mystic Manor* in Hong Kong Disneyland.
* **Dr. Albert Falls**: The fictional founder of the Jungle Navigation Company, who notably found the Arrowhead of Lukarina and Schweitzer Falls.

Other possible pages include:

* **Alberta Falls**: The president of the Jungle Navigation Company and granddaughter of Dr. Albert Falls.
* **Prince Albert School**: A school in Adventureland, named for Prince Albert.
* **Schweitzer Falls**: The waterfall named for Dr. Albert Falls.
* **"Weird Al" Yankovic**: A real-world comedy-musician who wrote the Jungle Cruise parody song, "Skipper Dan".
Edgar Rice Burroughs

**Edgar Rice Burroughs** (1875-1950) was a real-life author. He is best remembered as authoring several adventure stories in the, "Lost World" sub-genera such as *Tarzan of the Apes* and *the Land that Time Forgot*. Edgar Rice Burroughs' work is frequently adapted and referenced within the Jungle Cruise property.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Film

#### Tarzan (Disney)

The Disney version of Tarzan is set in the year 1882 rather than the early 20th century. In the TV series *The Legend fo Tarzan*, Edgar Rice Burroughs meets Tarzan and uses him as inspiration for his next novel albeit with altered details to protect the Ape-Man's identity.

### Disney Parks

#### Adventureland Treehouse

There is a hardcover of "Tarzan of the Apes", identified as being written by Edgar Rice Burroughs on the table in Mother's music parlour.

#### Adventure Trading Company

Tarzan's Treehouse served as the setting for the Treehouse Juju mission in this attraction.

#### Jungle Cruise

In the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise, a film called, "Tarzan and Me" is mentioned as being screened by the Jungle Navigation Company by Albert Awol. Said film might be a reference to the real-world 1934 film *Tarzan and His Mate*. Awol also does an impression of Tarzan's distinctive yell while clearing his throat. During 2021 refurbishments of the attraction, a poster outside the ride had an illustration of Tarzan on it. Albert Awol further references Burroughs' work by advertising excursions to, "The Land that time forgot", a reference to Burroughs' book *The Land That Time Forgot* which is set on the island of Caprona which is inhabited by dinosaurs.

##### Jungle River Cruise

Tarzan's Treehouse is one of the features in this version of the Jungle Cruise.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

There is a photograph in Trader Sam's bar which depicts Jane Porter and Professor Porter. A message from Sam identifies this photo as coming from the gorilla expedition where they met Tarzan.

## Trivia

* Burroughs' John Carter was featured in the Tomorrowland-themed Disneyland episode *Mars and Beyond*, an episode referenced in the Skipper Canteen via the book *Journey to the Stars* by Kimball.

## References

1. ↑ https://earzup-podcast.com/2018/07/the-history-of-the-jungle-cruise/
Friends of the Jungle

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The **Friends of the Jungle** are a group of characters referenced in *Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions*.

## Description

The, "Friends of the Jungle" were individuals affiliated with skippers, named as ambassadors of ecological values and values of conservation. One or more of these ambassadors were children that rode on, "Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expedition" tours.

## Members

* **Alice**: A woman taken on a Jungle Cruise tour with her husband Marc by one Skipper Bob who encouraged them to abandon crocodile skin usage. She is a tribute to Alice Estes Davis.
* **Animals of the African Veldt**:
* **Indian elephants**:
	+ **Big Bertha**:
* **Marc**: A man who went on a cruise with his wife Alice and one, "Skipper Bob" who encouraged them to abandon crocodile skin usage. He is a tribute to animator Marc Davis.
* **Molli**: Molli was a child who was taken on a tour of the jungle by a skipper, having a love for elephants and indigenous jungle-resident Trader Sam.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions

The, "Friends of the Jungle" glass-case is visible in the queue.

## References

1. ↑ https://momotraveljourney.wordpress.com/day-2-tokyo-disneyland/
2. ↑ https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g14134868-d320634-i326395948-Tokyo\_Disneyland-Maihama\_Urayasu\_Chiba\_Prefecture\_Kanto.html
Elephant Safari Company

**The Elephant Safari Company** is a fictional organization from the Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Elephant Safari Company was a business in the 1930s which ran elephant-back tours of the plains of Africa, India, Ceylon, and Persia. They hired experienced expeditioners and also had daily tiger sighting tours. The company had an apparent affiliation with the Jungle Navigation Company, having advertised themselves in their Amazon River Boathouse and on AWOL Airwaves.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Albert Awol promotes the company in his audio-loop.

## Trivia

* When Awol says, "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my" in reference to the company, this is a reference to the film *The Wizard of Oz* (1939).
* In real-life, elephant safaris are a form of animal abuse as unlike mountable animals like horses, elephant spines are several damaged by pressure applied to the tops of them.
* An unused gag made for the Jungle Cruise by Marc Davis would have featured a white colonial hunter on elephant-back, attempting to kill a tiger.
* In *Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye*, various tourists are shown in the *Eye on the Globe* newsreel as using elephant-back transport to travel to the Lost Delta.
Kissimmee Kimmy

The **Kissimmee Kimmy** is an unseen boat from Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

## Description

The Kissimmee Kimmy was a steamboat used by the *Jungle Navigation Company* in the 1930s.

## History

### Background

The Kissimmee Kimmy was a steamboat used by the colonial Jungle Navigation Company to traverse the *Rivers of Adventure* during the 1930s. In 1936, the boat had run aground on two occasions in the same week. Later in this same week, the Kimmy ran aground along the Nile River (and either departed or was slated to return on a Friday). After this third incident, the boat was decommissioned.

### Development history

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

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The chalkboard in the queue used to mention the Kissimmee Kimmy with the note, "Ran aground (3rd time this week) out of service".

## Trivia

* During the Jingle Cruise, reference to the Kissimmee Kimmy was replaced with the Yule Kissimmee.

## References

1. ↑ https://medium.com/@skipperfreddy/ex-jungle-cruise-skipper-superstars-and-storytellers-life-after-dock-it-skip-165ab76554ae
"Tiki" Kiki Serbano

"*It takes a real eye for talent, you know, Not just any bird can make it in the Enchanted Tiki Room. You have to be more than a pretty face – or beak*"
—Kiki Serbano

## "Tiki" Kiki Serbano

### Attractions

Adventure Trading Company
Kiki Tiki's Water Play (possibly)
Skipper Canteen
Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (retroactively)

## Physical description

### Gender

Woman

**"Tiki" Kiki Serbano** is a character from the *Adventure Trading Company*, tied into *Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room*.

## History

### Background

"Tiki" Kiki Serbano and her sister Rita were inhabitants of the *Wilds of Adventureland* during the mid 1930s. Kiki and Rita were connected to the Polynesian portions of Adventureland, participating in, "Tiki culture" and serving as talent-scouts for the *Enchanted Tiki Room*, finding birds to perform in its show. At some point, Kiki earned a, "Bird Juju" representing observation from the colonial *Adventure Trading Company*.

Rita was much more successful at being a talent-scout than Kiki was and gained much more recognition, particularly after a big interview in the Bird Call tabloid magazine. Out of envy, Kiki enlisted various recruits of the Adventure Trading Company to assist her in finding new talent for the Tiki Room. By 1938, Kiki wrote two books called, "Rongo's Right" and, "Birds of Song".

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

Tiki Kiki originates from this attraction, being the central character of the *Bird Juju* mission. Her photograph was also on the bulletin-board in the Outpost.

### Skipper Canteen

Two books written by Kiki appear in the library of the Skipper Canteen. One is titled, "Birds of Song" and the other, "Rongo's Right".

### Other connections

#### Dateline Adventureland

An article by Tallahassee Glover featured an interview with Kiki.

#### Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

The water-play area, "**Kiki Tiki**'s Water Play" may be named for Tiki Kiki.

#### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Tiki Kiki was tied into the story of this attraction.

## Trivia

* Certain birds which players could log for Kiki in the *Adventure Trading Company* included the ducks around the park, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and the Wonderland birds around the *Alice in Wonderland* attraction.
Branco Beauty

The **Branco Beauty** is an unseen boat from the *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

The Branco Beauty was one of the tramp steamers used by the *Jungle Navigation Company* in the 1930s.

## History

### Background

The Branco Beauty was used by the JNC around 1936, named for the Branco River in Brazil. While attempting to return to the boathouse in the Lost Delta, they ran aground just south of Manaus. The skipper made a transmission about this, and their plans to wait for the tides to change before returning. By 1938, the boathouse seemingly stopped using the boat.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A transmission from the Branco Beauty could be heard saying, " Jungle Cruise bay this is Branco Beauty. We have run aground just south of the house. All hands are fine, we will wait till the tides change. Over".
Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

**Africa** is a themed, "Land" in *Disney's Animal Kingdom*. It holds *Kilimanjaro Safaris*, the spiritual successor to the *Jungle Cruise*.

## History

### Backstory

This area is themed around the fictional East-African port of Harambe.

## Characters

Live performed/meet 'n' greet characters found in Africa.

* **Rafiki**:
* **Timon**:

### Rafiki's Planet Watch

* **Chip & Dale**:
* **Jiminy Cricket**:
* **Rafiki**:

### Tusker House

* **Daisy Duck**:
* **Donald Duck**:
* **Goofy**:
* **Mickey Mouse**:
* **Minnie Mouse**:
5H-NAA

The **5H-NAA** is an airplane from Kilimanjaro Safaris.

## Description

The 5H-NAA is an airplane used in the late 20th/early 21st century by the Harambe Wildlife Reserve.

## History

### Background

The 5H-NAA was used by Wilson Matua, the warden of the Harambe Wildlife Reserve in the East-African port of Harambe. He used the plane to patrol the reserve and keep its animals safe from poaching.

### Development history

The 5H-NAA was part of Kilimanjaro Safaris' removed narrative where Wilson Matua used it to help the SIMBA-1 track down poachers who killed the elephant Big Red and stole her baby Little Red.

## Appearances

### Kilimanjaro Safaris

The 5H-NAA appeared in the pre-show video, could be heard from Matua's audio, and physically appeared towards the end of the attraction.

## Trivia

* The ID "NAA" might be an allusion to the opening lyrics, "*Nants ingonyama*" from the Circle of Life in the Lion King.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.extinctdisney.com/kilimanjaro-safaris/
Giraffes

A pair of giraffes, removed from the Jungle Cruise.

**The giraffes** (***Giraffa***) are a species of animal appearing in the *Jungle Cruise.*

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

#### Festival of the Lion King

One of the four audio-animatronic animals in this Harambe show is a giraffe, appearing alongside Simba, Pumbaa and an elephant. The giraffe is represented in the show by the performer *Kibibi* in a celebration of Simba's reign.

#### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Live *Masai giraffe* appear in this attraction. A giraffe appears on the sign for the *Kilimanjaro Safaris* company and a flyer for the *Harambe Wildlife Reserve*.

### Big Game Safari Shooting Gallery

Giraffes appeared in this attraction to be shot at by big-game hunters.

### Disneyland Railroad

The giraffe of the African Veldt are visible while passing Adventureland.

### Jungle Cruise

In the 1950s incarnation of the Jungle Cruise, a pair of giraffes poked their heads out at guests from behind the trees. While these giraffe were removed, three giraffes still appear in the African veldt. The Jungle Cruise's, "Watch the Gap" sign features an illustration of a giraffe attempting to board a boat. The JNC's first ever joke was apparently told by Skipper Winston as, "*Here is the giraffe, the only animal in the jungle that looks DOWN upon the others!".*

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

There is a post-card 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*".

### Other connections

#### Adventureland

##### La Girafe Curieuse

This shop is named for a giraffe whose head peaks in within the shop.

## Trivia

* Skippers would sometimes remark a false factoid about giraffes when passing the two removed giraffes. This was the claim that giraffes were mute while in real-life, they make a bleating noise like a sheep.
Dr. Thompson

**Dr. Thompson** is a character from the Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Background

Doctor Thompson was a member of the colonial Jungle Navigation Company during the 1930s who was known to act as a duty manager within the company's Amazon River Base. In 1938, Thompson approved Skipper Selena's giving her Friday shift in the Skipper Canteen to fellow skipper, Skipper April.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

Doctor Thompson's name appears on the crew shift exchange board in the queue for Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise.

## Trivia

* Thompson's name may be inspired by historic British explorer, Joseph Thomson (1858-1895) who participated in the Colonial "Scramble for Africa".
Crocodile Country

**Crocodile Country** is a location from the Magic Kingdom's *Jungle Cruise*.

## Description

Crocodile Country is a region along the Nile river of North Africa. It was marked by tribal totems, potentially left by the region's native Umbala tribe. Crocodile Country was inhabited by Nile Crocodiles, hence its name.

## History

Crocodile Country is a region along the Nile river which was inhabited by Nile crocodiles. Some Indigenous African individuals marked the region with totems. The region was frequently passed-by by skippers of the Jungle Navigation Company who developed a familiarity with the crocodiles within. The region would presumably be located in the nation of Sudan or Egypt due to their placement along the Nile river in North Africa.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

The region is passed by on Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise.

## Trivia

* From 2016-2017, jokes about children being eaten by crocodiles was removed from the attraction when a child was killed by crocodiles at *Disney's Polynesian Village Resort*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/15/us/alligator-attacks-child-disney-florida/index.html