The Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World will get a special holiday makeover for the first time ever this year. For the first time ever, the iconic Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland Park in California and in the Magic Kingdom at Florida's Walt Disney World will be getting a special holiday makeover. The "Jingle Cruise" will launch in early November at both parks, and will ...

Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort are preparing for the Christmas season. On Nov 6, the Disney Parks Blog provided a sneak peak of what guests can look forward to with the new Jungle Cruise holiday overlay, as well as the overlay's opening dates at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park. The Jungle Cruise holiday overlay, called "Jingle Cruise," will offer a spirited addition to the classic ...

Many people in Southern California lament that there is no distinct change of seasons and that winter holidays are lacking because there isn't any snow. But area theme parks have everything to get even the "bah, humbug!" types in a festive mood. For starters, there's Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth," from its tall ornament-bedecked tree at the beginning of Main Street U.S.A. to the ...

Jingle Cruise! Jingle Cruise! Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride the Jingle Cruise during Disney Holidays, hey! The holidays are our favorite time of the year. One of the ways that we celebrate as a family is by visiting the Disneyland Resort. Now you can cast off on a thrilling expedition that has just gotten a holiday makeover for the first time ever in park history. What do you get when ...

To be sure, the holiday season wasn't created by the Walt Disney Company, but the folks who encourage us to believe in magic have certainly put their stamp on "the most wonderful time of the year." Having spent countless hours enjoying what Walt Disney World has to offer during this special time of year, we entered the Disneyland Resort recently somewhat apprehensive. Frankly, we have been spoiled by ...

Oh, boy! The Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration begins today! Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 1955, and ever since, it has entertained millions of guests from all over the world. That's no small feat! "It's amazing to contemplate all that Disneyland has come to mean to so many people around the world," Tom Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney Company, recently told the ...

Turn around and wave good-bye to your normal Disneyland ride review as we cast off and head out onto the waterways of the Jungle Cruise. This pun-laden guided tour of the jungle rivers of the world has been around since the opening day of Disneyland. At its simplest, it is a guided tour, by boat, through the jungles of Africa, Asia and South America. But any similarities to real life end there - ...

Sailing aboard the Jungle Cruise, Brian Alters picks up the microphone and delivers a timeworn comedic spiel amid the lush vegetation of the Nile River. "I'd like to point out some of the rare plants we have here," says Alters, randomly pointing at foliage along the river banks. "There's some, there's some and there's some. They're all the same genus of species: plasticus fakus." Alters isn't a ...

As the holiday season approaches, Disney Imagineers get busy modifying some of the attractions at Disneyland for the holidays. First up: It's a Small World. The boat ride with the infamous song is closed until Nov. 9 so lights and holiday music can be installed for its holiday overlay. The Jungle Cruise will be closed Nov. 1-9 to be redressed as the Jingle Cruise, the annual holiday overlay ...

It's the season for celebrations as Holidays at the Disneyland Resort launches Nov. 10, inviting family and friends to make magical memories together. This year, guests will have even more to celebrate as they discover the new Festival of Holidays, with music, dance, food and heartwarming holiday festivities inspired by cultural traditions from around the world. Also new for the season is the ...

Get the most out of your Disneyland vacation with these insider tricks. The holiday season truly is magical at Disneyland, bustling with special events, parties, parades, entertainment and elaborate decorations. Plus, Disneyland Resort offers special annual events, from the Festival of Holidays entertainment to the "World of Color -- Season of Light" spectacle at Disney California Adventure Park. ...

When "Adventureland" was first conceived, it was to be based on Walt's award winning documentaries on Africa and Asia. "Jungle Cruise" was the star attraction until "Swiss Family Treehouse" opened in 1962. The inspiration for the "Jungle Cruise" includes the True-Life Adventure documentary, "The African Lion" and the film, "The African Queen" (the name for the Land was to be "True-Life Adventureland" ...

Between the oversized trees, snow falling on Main Street, and blink-and-they're-gone candy canes for sale, there's plenty to celebrate at Disneyland this Christmas. For Adventureland fans, though, there may be one less present under the tree. That's because Jingle Cruise, the seasonal re-theming of Disneyland's historic Jungle Cruise attraction, will not be returning to the park this winter. ...

The Happiest Place on Earth Just Gets Merrier as Anna and Elsa from Walt Disney Pictures' animated hit "Frozen" join the annual holiday celebration at the Disneyland Resort. The Holidays bring themed entertainment, sparkling decorations, delicious treats, festive traditions and holiday shopping to locations throughout the Resort. Among the highlights of the season, Nov. 13 through Jan. 6, 2015, is the ...

The days are getting shorter. The sun hangs lower in the sky. A cool autumn breeze begins to settle in across the nation while the very first hints of Halloween make their way into neighborhoods and stores... and that means that for the 22nd year in a row, Disneyland's iconic Haunted Mansion has closed, not to return until after the New Year. Yep, for Imagineering fans, it's the most ...