Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>Then you both should be in favor of tooning up Jungle Cruise--or did I miss something there?<<< Yep, looks like you totally missed something. I don't consider Treehouse to be in the same league as Jungle Cruise. It could be removed and the general public wouldn't even miss it. Not so with JC, which should remain in the realistic world.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs When I was little, I always thought that the Jungle Book gang was featured (or at least pictured) on the Jungle Cruise...even though I had the Day at DL '82 video and seen it several times. That said, we all know that the original JC was "serious" until the early 60s when a lot of the humorous Marc Davis designs were put in. If toons were to invade the JC, perhaps it would be done in a way similar to IASW: noticable, but not too flashy. These ideas have already been mentioned, but I'll list them again: CAMBODIAN SHRINE -Shere Khan replaces Bengal tiger GORILLA CAMP -Terk & company replace the gorillas; If no Terk, then this will be King Louie and his apes. ELEPHANT POOL -Tantor replaces waterfall elephant..."Little Squirt" replaced by Hathi Jr.; if no Tantor, then only Hathi Jr. will be featured -Hathi and Winifred replace bull elephant and mother-in-law AFRICAN VELDT -Mufasa, Sarabi, Nala and Simba replace pride of lions. Scar and his hyenas will be seen skulking nearby PIRAHNAS -Kaa replaces python in tree Given the fact that there are other "JC" animals in other movies (Hyancinth Hippo, Ben Ali Gator, etc.) they wouldn't be used for a jungle setting...
Originally Posted By danyoung FBR, all of your suggestions make sense. And the thought of any of them going into the JC makes me sick a little bit.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The thing is, I think adding all these animatronics of the animals would probably be very popular if the average guest were to be asked in a survey. The boats would be smaller, skipperless vehicles, with prerecorded on-board audio. Timon and Pumbaa are your hosts as you meet some of Disney's "wildest" characters, etc. As an alternative, they could attempt to remove the joke-y Jungle Cruise and make another attempt at something more realistic/thrilling. It might work, but that's a lot riskier approach, while adding toons would be a much safer bet.
Originally Posted By Bellella Here's my opinion: the Jungle Cruise is just joke-y enough. And the Animatronics are very realistic. If they toon up this one, it'll be ruined.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I can appreciate both the Swiss Family Treehouse AND the Tarzan version--although I, personally, prefer to live in the one with my favorite man in a loin cloth. (No offense to any of the Robinson men, but they simply can't hold a candle next to my Tarzan without seeming to singe what little body hair he hasn't already shaved off.) ORGOCH: Git ta the point, witch!! We ain't got all day an' the portal ta the hidin' place might close up on us any minute!!! ORDDU: How rude!! In any event, for those of you in California who prefer to still see the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, might I suggest fly there! Did any of you bring your broom sticks with you? If not, you'll have to walk...
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I completely forgot about Timon and Pumbaa...we could place them with the Mufasa clan, or have them messing around with Trader Joe's, er, Sam's merchandise.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Well you are what you ride... So, uh, you wanna share an elephant 2oony?
Originally Posted By crazycroc I think they should add Zorro to the Jungle Cruise. Sgt. Garcia could be one of the hippos.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl Y'all are scaring the hell outta me. I wouldn't put it past Disney to do any number of the things suggested here. Not anymore. <<Tomorrrowland, Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans Square, Liberty Square ..... all these lands - keep those d*mn toons out, please!>> The Princess and the Frog comes out this Christmas. Brace yourself for New Orleans Square's inevitable transformation into Princess and the Frog Land. :-O The cynic in me can't help but wonder if they chose to set the film in New Orleans just so they could finally have a solid toon tie-in for NoS. Not that it really seems to matter...
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Well, they have always had a Toon tie-in for NOS with all the characters from The Rescuers. But with all the Pirates of the Caribbean movie tie-in's already in the ride, NOS is pretty safe from any further encroachment. (although, how easy would it be to place Medusas' house boat in the opening Bayou scene and have her 'gators sitting on the deck spying the bateaux as they float by.)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They also seemed to let the Ratatouille crew invade NOS (or at least Cafe Orleans and the neighboring areas) last summer. Most of it's gone now, but there are still a lot of little references to the movie in the windows and stuff. As for Medusa, I think it would be a lot more fun to see her on the riverboat at the end of Splash Mountain. They already have one of the gators near by, pulling on Brer Fox's tail... : )
Originally Posted By Mr F If Disney is going to ad any characters to the Jungle cruise, then of course it HAS to be Pixar characters! buzz Lightyear, Wall-E, Edna Mode, will all be on the Jungle Cruise!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Jungle Dalmatians...*** PERFECT! ...but there HAS to be 101 of them so we can spot them around the jungle and count them up, like hidden Mickeys or something! OR, we could have (wait, it's coming to me...), a BUZZ LIGHTYEAR type shooting weapon or jungle flashlight or something, and when you "hit" one of the dogs it lights up and barks! PERFECT!!
Originally Posted By Bellella Oh, for pete's sake. They already wrecked the Pirates with Jack Sparrow and company. Compared to them, Medusa's crocs would be a subtle change.
