Originally Posted By willthisbetheone I was recalling a trip I took to WDW several years ago with my family. When we visited the Magic Kingdom, I went on the Jungle Cruise with my brother. I stole one of the skipper's jokes as we were circling around the waterfall. Normally, the skipper would "And now Disney presents...The backside of water!". I said the line instead and the skipper went silent. He didn't come up with an ad-lib or anything. Was I in the wrong for doing that? Sincerely, John Kilduff
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb That joke is old enough I'm sure you're not the first to lift it. A good skipper would have been able to deal with it, in one way or another.
Originally Posted By JenniBarra IMO, I think this would fall in the same category as loudly reciting along with a spiel. (And there's definitely been threads on that one!)
Originally Posted By willthisbetheone Yeah, it was rather jerkish, but it seemed funny at the time. Everybody is entitled to do stupid stuff, I suppose. When I was very younger, I recall trying to talk to a gangster on The Great Movie Ride, but he was rather unresponsive. I guess he had to stick to the script. A little wild-card behavior would be funny, as long as it was done in a safe manner. That's just my viewpoint, though. Sincerely, John Kilduff
Originally Posted By vbdad55 see there's a reason they took those guns back from the skippers - LOL !
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The last time I was on on the Jungle Cruise in DL, I seemed to get every joke that the skipper did, but a few seconds before she said it. I was only talking loud enough so my friend next to me could hear it, but I still felt a little bad about it. At least she thought it was funny (or maybe just creepy). But I guess that's not something that you hear everyday...but I do.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN People who steal JC jokes before the skipper usually burn in theme park hell. Shame..the shame...
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 But there have been so many good JC jokes over the years, that your mind just does them. Ok, we'll try to keep our mouths shut. But bring back some of the old ones.
Originally Posted By Labuda I only went on JC once prior to 2000. Sooooooo, anyone care to share some of the old jokes with us so I can be enlightened?
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I love Jungle Cruise, especially at night. It's so much fun, even if it is a little dated.
Originally Posted By Any Huis Slightly off-topic, but still about the Jungle Cruise: One of my all-time favorite Disney memories was when my son (then age 6) and I rode JC at almost 1am. Because we had such a small load of people, the skipper let my son "drive" (turn the wheel) the boat. Everyone on board thought he was so cute! When we got back to our hotel that night, he was SO excited to tell his mom that he had "drived the Jungle Cruise!"
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 JC should only be ridden at night. The jokes go right over the heads of the day people. They look half dead. Night crowd is much more alert and reactive. Shirley's Temple? The old mouseketeer? a net.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I said the line instead and the skipper went silent. He didn't come up with an ad-lib or anything.< You asked the question "sincerely", so I'll give you a sincere answer. The skipper probably was silent because he was trying to control the urge to leap up and strangle you and throw your lifeless body overboard. Think of a situation outside of DL - if you're about to tell a joke and someone leaps up and says the punchline, wouldn't you just want to take a life? And when it's your job, as in a Jungle Cruise skipper, and perhaps this was the 4th time that day that someone jumped on one of your lines, you can see how you'd really be fighting for control. CM's are people, too. And while you never want them to lose control, you can sure understand how all of us stupid tourists can push them to the brink. So yes, I think you were wrong for doing that. Not a big deal, but you asked . . .
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<The skipper probably was silent because he was trying to control the urge to leap up and strangle you and throw your lifeless body overboard.>> I wonder if he told the original poster to "have a magical day" as he exited the boat? ;-)
Originally Posted By willthisbetheone >>>You asked the question "sincerely", so I'll give you a sincere answer. The skipper probably was silent because he was trying to control the urge to leap up and strangle you and throw your lifeless body overboard. Think of a situation outside of DL - if you're about to tell a joke and someone leaps up and says the punchline, wouldn't you just want to take a life?<<< Well, not neccesarily, but I did get some karmic payback somewhere in the span of the past 2 months or so. I was telling a joke and this man jumped in and beat me to the punchline. I was disappointed, but the more I think about, the more it seemed like a form of cosmic payback. This co-worker and I never really got along well anyway. Still, what goes around comes around and I got it when it came around. Sincerely, John Kilduff
