Jungle Cruise, August 1970
I'm sorry, Jungle Cruise, you are a great ride, but the photographs of you are (generally) not so wonderful. For one thing, there are usually lots of heads in the way. For another, the boat is on rails, so the pictures show the same scenes over and over. And over.
Like the African Veldt. I just can't deal with a word with "l", "d", and "t" all in a row. It ain't right. The "d" is silent, just spell it "Velt"! It's what John Wayne wanted, and you don't want to disappoint John Wayne, do you?
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Major-
I'd like to dwelt on the Veldt wearing my pelt while I knelt.
Thanks, Major.
I spent a minute or two looking at the stripes on the zebras, as one does. I was wondering if the Imagineers made all the zebras' stripes different, like they would be in real life, or if they just copied the same pattern on all of them. Conclusion: They're all different! Very similar, but different. So I'm happy.
I think our photographer was almost standing up to get this shot. He/she managed to get the "lots of heads" below the level of the animals, so as not to obscure them. But also managed to keep the boat's awning above the animals. And the animals are well lit and in focus. So I'm happy again.
Major, I'm sure you know that rhinos are herbivores, and wouldn't eat the hunting party or the antelopes. So I'm guessing you were just being humorous... right? ;-) But I'm sure the rhino would like nothing better than to gore and mangle the hunting party.
Again, our photographer did his best to capture the scene. He even got the entire dead tree with all the humans in frame. The hyenas are uncouth and rude, laughing at others' misfortune.
Nice, if oft seen photo subjects, Major. Something different from Sunday Snoozles. Thanks.
When it comes to the "lions eating the zebra" scene, do the skippers still say the line about "white meat, dark meat, white meat, dark meat"? It was a newer line, but it was one that I heard quite frequently over a period of going to the park on a very regular basis between 2005 and 2016.
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