Jingle Cruise at Disneyland and WDW Magic Kingdom

Jingle Cruise at Disneyland and WDW Magic Kingdom

It seems the skippers at the world famous Jungle Cruise Adventures in both Disneyland and the WDW Magic Kingdom got home sick for the holidays. They have decorated the queues and if you listen to the radio playing in the background as you wait to board you may just hear a Christmas radio program on the air. The ride itself has not changed much but a few holiday themed jokes have been added by the skippers.

I personally have ridden the Jingle Cruise once and enjoyed it but noted it was not much different from the usual. The reaction I’ve heard from others has been mixed. Some say it is dull and just the same as the standard Jungle Cruse others are blown away by the experience. I believe it depends on the Skipper you have for your excursion. If you have one that has the holiday spirit and can cut lose you will have lots of fun.

When we went on the Jingle Cruise we used the handicap entrance and the boat for a wheelchair. There were no holiday decorations in that are so we missed out on the fun of the queue. Many of the Skipper and Cast Members helping to load the boats have on Jungle themed Santa hats and that was fun to see.

Here is a video of our Jingle Cruise at Disneyland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTTYzK9mBM

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Christmas is Coming to the Disneyland Resort

Christmas is Coming to the Disneyland Resort 

Christmas is officially coming to the Disneyland Resort! The decorations have already started going up but the official start date of the “2013 Holiday Season” is November 12^th.

On November 12^th the “Believe” Holiday fireworks, ”It’s A Small World” Holiday overlay will be open as well as the general decorations, Jingle Cruise overlay on the Jungle Cruise and the decoration of the homes in the “Storybook Land Canal Boats”.

This year “It’s A Small World” will also have a new “Holiday Light Show” in the evenings that turns the entire facade into a giant clock work! Every evening the video show will play out on the front of the attraction.

Here is a video that Disney Parks put out:

is what the Disney Parks Blog has to say about it:

Evenings beginning November 12^th, the smiling clock on the front of “it’s a small world” Holiday will mark every quarter hour in a surprising new way. Using advanced 3D projection technology, the façade of the entire attraction will be transformed into an enormous, clockwork mechanism.

The gears and springs pull back to reveal a world of holiday wonders hidden behind the clock, from an incredible toy factory to a scrumptious gingerbread house that builds itself!

DisneyParksBlog

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/10/new-surprises-in-store-for-its-a-small-world-holiday-at-disneyland-park/

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Jingle Cruise!

Jingle Cruise!

It was announced on the Disney Parks Blog yesterday that early November the Jungle Cruise at both Disneyland (DL) and Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (MK) will get a Holiday makeover and become the Jingle Cruise!

This will make the fourth attraction at DL that gets a Holiday makeover. Haunted Mansion gets its makeover courtesy of Jack Skellington. It’s A Small World becomes It’s A Small World Holiday with all the children singing Christmas carols. Storybook Land Canal Boats have a subtle makeover with Christmas decorations and lights added to the little houses. I believe this will be the first attraction to get a holiday overlay.

The Jungle Cruise Skippers have gotten homesick for the Holidays. Listen closely while in line and you may hear a new radio show. They are planning on decorating the boathouse with ornaments sent to them from home and some they made themselves. The Skippers have renamed the boats for the Holidays.

I wonder what new jokes the Skippers will come up with! Will we see the “Backside of Ice” now? Will Trader Sam have a Holiday sale? Sam will give you 2 of his for 1 of yours! I wonder what other jokes will change. Will the Lions have the sleepy Zebra over for a Holiday meal or maybe they are watching him sleep after he had too much Holiday cheer!

I’m looking forward to taking the Jingle Cruise!

Check out what the Disney Parks Blog has to say:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/10/jungle-cruise-goes-jingle-cruise-for-the-holidays-at-disneyland-park-magic-kingdom-park/

My Christmas book, “An Angel Remembers 25 Voices of Christmas” is available!!

This is a collection of 26 short Christmas stories that together bring the amazing events of Christ’s birth alive. It is my hope that this will help encourage families to spend 10-15 minutes a day together during the busy holiday season remembering the true reason for the season.

You can find it for ALL eReader formats and PDF at:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94784

For your Nook the link is:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-angel-remembers-25-voices-of-christmas-carolyn-hoagland/1106912931?ean=2940032802624

It is also available at the iTunes book store and many other ebook seller sites.

The only big site not carrying my book is Amazon.

You can download a Kindle version from Smashwords.com