Ourdated : Disneyland s Jungle Cruise ride
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As the jungle cruiser rounds the bend, the guide struggles to contain himself. “Okay folks,” he says. “This right here is why you never argue with a rhino.”
On the shoreline, a hydraulic pachyderm is waggling its horn at a group of dark-skinned safari “guides” wearing fez-type red hats and wriggling up a tree. The crowd yells in appreciation. From there they proceed to the “headhunter” segment of the journey, featuring animatronic figures in “tribal” gear, hooting and waving spears. One proffers a severed head.
These are two of the highlights of the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland in Los Angeles to be overhauled by Disney as it continues to address – or at least try to address – its decades-long legacy of racism.
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