Walt Disney World Moves Up Jungle Cruise Reopening Date Following Refurbishment

Posted: Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Magic Kingdom's World Famous Jungle Cruise is making a return earlier than anticipated, with updated operational hours now showing a reopening date of Wednesday, October 16, 2024—two days earlier than previously scheduled.

Originally, the attraction was set to be closed through October 17, reopening on October 18, according to the Walt Disney World refurbishment schedule. However, it appears that refurbishment efforts are progressing faster than expected, allowing for an earlier reopening.

Jungle Cruise overview

Refurbishment Details

The current refurbishment involves routine maintenance, and recent Disney World refurbishment permits filed for the project included contractor Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. Although no major show changes are expected during this closure, it’s worth noting that the Jungle Cruise has not undergone a refurbishment since 2017, despite several updates to its show scenes in recent years.

The World Famous Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

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BrenthodgeOct 23, 2024

Feels like they are "painting" what would actually happen without regular maintenance to clean off the algae and mold. Maybe this, and the new pavement is a way to hide lack of maitenance in a "themed" way

MisterPenguinOct 19, 2024

No, I fell asleep as usual.

Animaniac93-98Oct 19, 2024

any changes to the temple scene?

HauntedPirateOct 19, 2024

I think that may be it - It’s too high up the rocks. Half as high and it looks great. Where it is looks like amateur hour. It should be much lower to the waterline.

HauntedPirateOct 19, 2024

You riding it isn’t going to change what my eyes are telling me.

jeanericuser001Oct 19, 2024

If someone told me the rock was hulking up I would think of the wrestler/actor but this is not what I had in mind. That is a lot of green and yellow. Reminds me of my pool right now after the hurricane. That rock looks like its badly in need of algecide. I would actually be concerned about getting splashed with that water. It looks really nasty now.

skibum123Oct 19, 2024

Rode it yesterday. Looks fine.

ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰOct 18, 2024

I agree. The algae creep coloration is fine but it's progressed too far up the rockwork. The execution is too clean and uniform. If they'd dialed it back about 50% it'd have been more successful. Less is more. Short of redoing areas, bringing in foliage would help balance it out. It's comparable to real life but it's still jarring.

TomboyJanetOct 18, 2024

It's ALWAYS Tokyo! Why doesn't the OLC Just send advisors over here! Seriously! Oh right It's because everyone thinks they are doing "fine"

MothOct 18, 2024

>Post full of Rock puns >people on topic (me included) are horrified of TJC getting an IP placement akin to Depp in Pirates with The Rock in the ride >turns out the post literally meant actual rocks yeah, this one is a classic