Reopening Date Set For Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise

Aug 09, 2024 in "Jungle Cruise"

Posted: Friday August 9, 2024 7:26am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

According to the latest official refurbishment schedule, the Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom will reopen from refurbishment on October 18, 2024.

The Jungle Cruise closure begins on August 26, 2024 and continues through October 17, 2024. While we don't expect any show changes during the closure, several permits were recently filed, including one with contractor Underwater Engineering Services, Inc.

New Jungle Cruise chimp scenes
New Jungle Cruise chimp scenes

Although the Jungle Cruise's show scenes have recently been updated, the ride has not been closed for refurbishment since 2017.

Jungle Cruise overview
Jungle Cruise overview

We also expect Big Thunder Mountain to close soon for refurbishment, which could leave the Magic Kingdom without two of its major high-capacity attractions in September. Dates for the Big Thunder closure are not yet available.

View all current and upcoming Walt Disney World refurbishments.

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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

ToTBellHopOct 18, 2024

Too Neverland-y. It’ll work by next summer though and look good for years until it’s painted again.

etc98Oct 18, 2024

Agreed, I really am not a fan of it. But maybe it’s just that it’s so bright now and once it fades in the sun it’ll look better

HauntedPirateOct 18, 2024

Something about the green on the rocks looks... off. Can't put my finger on what exactly, though.

wdwmagicOct 18, 2024

Here is a look at the updates to the rock work, and some of the landscaping loss. https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/jungle-cruise/gallery/18oct2024-jungle-cruise-post-refurbishment-october-2024.htm More at https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/jungle-cruise/gallery/18oct2024-jungle-cruise-post-refurbishment-october-2024.htm
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