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Welcome Aboard the World Famous Jingle Cruise!

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The holiday season at Disneyland just got merrier with the addition of the new Jingle Cruise!

Jingle Cruise!

The World Famous Jungle Cruise at Disneyland received a holiday makeover for the first time this year.  But if you’re expecting the kind of transformation we are used to seeing on Haunted Mansion and It’s a Small World, you might want to lower your expectations a bit.

I was a little disappointed when I realized the Jingle Cruise overlay was 90% in the queue.  I wanted to see Christmas lights wrapped around hippo ears and gorillas wearing Santa hats.  Nope.  None of that.

Jingle Cruise
This poster is misleading.

What I did see was pretty fun, though.  Lots of holiday decor in the queue, skippers wearing khaki Santa hats, and the boats had new names – ours was Ucayali Egg Nog.  (The Ucayali is a river in Peru – thanks Wikipedia!)

Jingle Cruise

 

Jingle Cruise

 

Jingle Cruise

 

Jingle Cruise

 

Jingle Cruise

The skippers threw a few Christmas and Hannukah jokes into their shpiel, and of course the classic crocodile joke – “Watch out for Ginger, she snaps,” – needs no holiday punch up.

Jingle Cruise

 

Jingle Cruise

Since this is the first year, I would certainly recommend this as a “must see” if you are visiting Disneyland for the holidays.  Even though it’s simplistic, it’s a happy overlay for a classic ride that made me smile.

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Mindy Marzec is a life-long Disney fan who grew up in Los Angeles. She started This Fairy Tale Life to share Disneyland travel tips for adults. When not at Disneyland, you can find Mindy at home snuggling with her cats and re-watching Thor: Ragnarok for the billionth time.