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See Disneyland Jungle Cruise boat towed to safety — and the skipper never misses a joke

The shipwrecked skipper cracks jokes about checking the service engine light and saving on gasoline throughout the ordeal.

What used to be a canoe full of skulls is now an expedition’s wrecked boat that was taken over by chimpanzees on Jungle Cruise in Adventureland inside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, July 9, 2021. The ride was changed to remove negative depictions of native people and instead of sending guests through unrelated scenes in the jungle, the attraction will now operate with a fully formed story connecting each vignette. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
What used to be a canoe full of skulls is now an expedition’s wrecked boat that was taken over by chimpanzees on Jungle Cruise in Adventureland inside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, July 9, 2021. The ride was changed to remove negative depictions of native people and instead of sending guests through unrelated scenes in the jungle, the attraction will now operate with a fully formed story connecting each vignette. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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The jokes continued flying from the skipper of a stranded Jungle Cruise tramp steamer as a rescue boat arrived to tow the castaways to safety after the Disneyland attraction broke down and left riders stuck along the tropical rivers of the world.

A video posted by the Disney Food Blog to social media on Tuesday, Oct. 31 shows a Disneyland cast member lashing a rope to the bow of the marooned Jungle Cruise boat and tugging it along the winding river course as the skipper continued with his comedic spiel.

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The shipwrecked skipper cracked jokes about checking the service engine light and saving on gasoline throughout the ordeal.

The Jungle Cruise ride — an opening day Disneyland attraction in 1955 — takes riders on a tongue-in-cheek cruise along the Mekong, Nile and Amazon rivers helmed by a comedic skipper.

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The Adventureland ride served as an inspiration for the 2021 “Jungle Cruise” movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt with a sequel in the works.

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