Jungle Cruise

Over at Magic Kingdom, Disney spent the summer replacing several scenes in the Jungle Cruise with those deemed more culturally appropriate. They also added stuff to the queue to tie together the ride with the Skipper Canteen restaurant. 

Several sunken jungle cruise boats were added along the route, and the scene where the safari is stuck up a tree was changed to a boat crew. They also switched out the attacking natives with a boat overrun by chimps, and changed some of the idols in the temple. 

Finally, they replaced the Trader Sam figure at the end with an elephant.

 

At the Studios, we got another chance to experience Rise of the Resistance. We still had to wear masks, but it was a little better than the first time due to easing of the social distancing rules.

Food & Wine and more

We continued to visit the parks in late August and September as Disney World prepared for its 50th anniversary. In Epcot, we checked out the Food and Wine booths. As it had last year, the festival had less stuff than before the pandemic. Several booths won’t be open until later in the fall.

We also got to do a few more previews of Ratatouille. While waiting for our slot, we tried some crepes from the new Creperie restaurant. They were pretty good. 

Work continued in the middle of Future World, as well as on the new Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster. Last week I took a ride on the Epcot monorail to check the progress.

Yesterday Creations Shop, the replacement for MouseGear, opened up in Epcot. Bryan picked up an overnight shift to move the merchandise from the temporary shop into the new one. 

Calgary

Last week Jennifer flew up to Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, to visit a friend. They checked out downtown and took pictures from a bridge over the Bow River.

They also drove west into the mountains to visit Banff National Park.

Finally, they spent time at an indoor water park.She flew home today.