Originally Posted By Ghost Hostess Okay, you can tell I have not been to Disneyland in a while. Did they put the guns back on the Jungle Cruise boats?
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Yes, at least they were using them in May. They say something about "scaring" the Hippos Funniest one was when a skipper pointed the gun upward toward the trees and after the boom, said something about getting the hippo out of the tree and back in the water where it belonged Have fun!
Originally Posted By rockcow1 We were there last month and they had them. Our skipper said he was going to use the gun to scare away the hippos and then waved the gun at the hippos and said "Shoo, shoo". I thought it was very funny!!
Originally Posted By Ghost Hostess I have not been to Disneyland in over 4 years. I remember them being taken out because of September 11th. As if taking the guns out was going to solve all of our problems! Thanks for the quick responses, guys! :-D
Originally Posted By Westsider They were removed prior to September 11th. They went away in 1999, just after Animal Kingdom opened and Cynthia Harriss became Disneyland's President and we were all supposed to hug animals and compliment them on their pants suits. Or maybe I'm confusing the zebras with Cynthia. One of them wore a pants suit, I know that for sure. But the guns were removed in 1999, during the Politically Correct and Lowered Expectations era of Paul Pressler and Cynthia Harriss.
Originally Posted By sharon2 <<We were there last month and they had them. Our skipper said he was going to use the gun to scare away the hippos and then waved the gun at the hippos and said "Shoo, shoo". I thought it was very funny!!>> that's what they do in WDW too..it is funny!!
