Jingle Cruise

I have ridden Jingle Cruise on a previous visit to Disneyland and wasn’t particularly impressed. There weren’t many decorations and the theme wasn’t fully executed.
Fast forward to a few years later and the ride is so much better. They improved the decorations and even added more holiday puns, which enhanced the experience quite a bit. Definitely a ride that is a must during the holiday season at Disneyland.

The «Jingle» Cruise, a seasonal overlay of the classic Jungle Cruise, sets sail from November 13 through January 10, 2016.
Backstory: While the Jungle Cruise Skippers are waiting for their holiday provisions to arrive, a supply plane accidentally dumps gifts and decorations into the rivers of the Jungle Cruise below. The provisions find their way into the Jungle resulting in much merriment on the part of the animals and natives.
This is the third year of the «Jingle Cruise» Overlay, first appearing in 2013. It has improved year-​over-​year and it now seems to be dialed-​in with the placement of props well thought out (in 2013 you might have really believed that the decorations randomly fell from the sky) and the one-​liners in-​use by the Skippers as bad (in a good way) as the Jungle Cruise. The Jungle Cruise was an opening day attraction back in 1955, but until 1962 the narration was actually serious. Fortunately, an opportunity was seen to plus this attraction with cheeky puns and ever since then folks have been subjected to 9 minutes of various levels of hilarity… the ride really is different each time depending on your Skipper. The ride also has a much different feel at night so it’s worth riding twice in a day if you get a chance. Now go count all the fruitcakes before they float away on January 11^th.
«Well we’ve laughed and we’ve cried. We’ve almost died! I love you like family. Now get out! I’m sorry, that was rude. Please get out.»

The classic Jungle Cruise transforms during the holidays into the JINGLE Cruise! This is the best time of year for this ride.
The holiday decorations have been «stolen» and gone missing, once you board your tour bout, you find out just exactly where these ornaments and such have disappeared to! Tinsel, balls, packages, ornaments, fruitcake… decorations of all kind are strewn around the jungle. This leads to some great one-​liners and a fun holiday boat ride.
Make sure you sit up near the safari guide otherwise you miss a lot of the hidden jokes throughout the ride, they talk fast and most can deliver some awesome zingers and one-​liners. All the guides are different with different jokes and ideas. It’s really a fun ride.
Nice change of pace from the day-​to-​day Jungle Cruise, it is different every year and keeps getting better and better.
Great ride for some giggles.
Weeeeeeeeee!!!

Jungle Cruise is one of the rare original attractions that has been at Disneyland since its opening day on July 17^th, 1955. For most frequent visitors at Disneyland, everyone has rode the Jungle Cruise before and have endured its puns & unoriginality for decades. It’s a fun ride when you’re a kid or riding it for the very 1^st time, but it gets stale thereafter. That is why it’s refreshing to have the opportunity to ride Jingle Cruise! It’s a nice change from the original Jungle Cruise that we’re all familiar with.
The best part about Jingle Cruise is that they’re just having fun & completely making fun of themselves! The tour guide would make a comment such as that they didn’t know the villagers had electricity to power their Christmas lights in the jungle, or that the indigenous people are trying to throw fruitcakes at you!
It’s a very humorous ride now where their puns are appropriate. I can see myself riding Jingle Cruise every holiday season. It’s a MUST for all Disneyland enthusiast!

In general, I like the Holiday overlays that Disney does on some of their rides and the Jingle Cruise is no exception. I actually like the holiday version better than the original, but maybe because it is a little more fresh?
Punny jokes that are standard for this ride but all with a holiday twist and a few actually had me laughing (albeit quietly) out loud. The decorations through out are really cute and well done. Be on the lookout for the tribesmen in ugly sweaters. Pretty funny!
If the line is 15 – 20 mins and you are in the mood for a little holiday humor, I’d hop on the Jingle Cruise.

If all I did was laugh from the moment I stepped into the boat til’ I stepped out it deserves nothing less than 5 stars.
I’ve actually never known that this ride really changed during the holiday season, but I figured I’ll check it out the Jingle Cruise for the holiday. I might go a few times.
This rides wait time varies, but I always seem to catch it when there’s not that great of a wait. I usually go at night as well since I find that the ride at night is significantly better.
If you’ve been on the Jungle Cruise, you know that the jokes make this ride. But trust me the holiday decorations added to the ride make things THAT much better, so be sure to get a FUNNY ride attendant with good jokes.
And a little side note: be sure to pay attention to the scents at each stop. Also, if you get hungry, they seem to always have extra fruit cakes if you’re into that ;p

I’m not a huge fan of the Jungle Cruise — stale jokes, old «sights» — but figured we should give the holiday version, «Jingle Cruise» a whirl.
The wait was insane, but it was super crowded that day, and overall, it wasn’t terrible. We were in line for 30-​ish minutes before jumping on one of the holiday-​themed boats.
So, the whole deal with this overlay is that the shipment of holiday decorations have been lost somewhere in the jungle, and that they need your help to find the cargo. There are signs throughout the queue, along with a few other cute holiday decorations. It adds a bit of anticipation for the cruise itself, and breaks up the look of the normal queue.
The boats, as I mentioned above, also have an overlay. Each boat has been temporarily renamed to tie in to the season. It’s a nice touch that adds another dimension to the ride.
This overlay isn’t as all-​encompassing as something like The Haunted Mansion, but it seemed to balance well. Too, the jokes that our «guide» dropped on us were better, and fresher. Maybe because it was our first time on it, or maybe because this was only their second year doing it, but I actually laughed out loud a couple of times, instead of groaning into my husband’s shoulder. Our guide, Shawn, was fun and funny, and he was able to get the few kids on the boat to laugh, as well (though I’m almost certain they had NO idea what the deuce he was talking about…)
I like this overlay, and I’m hoping they continue to roll it out and add to it a bit over the next few years. There’s some room for improvement, I think, though anything they add will only make this attraction better. Can’t wait to sail through the jungle again this year!