The Origins of The World Famous Jungle Cruise

Travel deep into the jungles of Disneyland’s original Adventureland to seek out the origins of everyone’s favorite punny skippers, ambushes, and piranhas.

The Jungle Cruise as it looked opening day at Disneyland on July 17, 1955. (OC Register)

In April of 1998, the Walt Disney Company created an entire theme park filled with animals from around the world. There was lions…