Originally Posted By Labuda "That reminds me.. does anyone remember when the Jungle Cruise drivers used to shoot the poor defenseless Hippo's ... " Yep... I thoguht they had re-started this at WDW. I know for sure they do it again at DL... thought it was going again at WDW now... no?
Originally Posted By danyoung >Actually, I would have guessed that much (all?) of the video was an actor too. Does anyone out there know?< From everything I've read on the subject, the on camera Rod is indeed Rod. But if you look closely, you see that he is not on camera as he mentions a maintenance service elevator. His mouth does an M, but before any other letters form he is off camera. It would be next to impossible to use Rod's voice while on camera and smoothly transition to a voice actor, so the actor does the entire track, lip-synching with Rod while he's on camera.
Originally Posted By basas <<Yep... I thoguht they had re-started this at WDW. I know for sure they do it again at DL... thought it was going again at WDW now... no?>> No...at both parks, they added back the guns, but they shoot into the air to scare the hippos instead of shooting AT the hippos. Correct me if this is incorrect...
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> they shoot into the air to scare the hippos instead of shooting AT the hippos. << This is true.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ToT does use Rod's video with impersonator audio ... the JC skippers are shooting again, but unfortunatey not at the hippos or the tourists.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I'm torn between the two groups here. I too like the Monorail spiel. It's like one of those traditions. But I agree it seems like it is too comericalized. I think some music would be nice as well. Lets be honest, does anyone even listen to the spiel anymore? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
