PHOTOS, VIDEO: New Sinking Boat with Chimpanzees and Butterfly Crate Scenes Added to Jungle Cruise at Magic Kingdom

Shannen Ace

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PHOTOS, VIDEO: New Sinking Boat with Chimpanzees and Butterfly Crate Scenes Added to Jungle Cruise at Magic Kingdom

As Jungle Cruise at Magic Kingdom is refurbished to remove culturally insensitive elements, new scenes and elements are being added. Guests can now see chimpanzees playing with butterflies and taking over a partially-sunken boat.

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This comes immediately after the hippo scene and the boat is the other half of the sunken boat seen moments earlier. It belonged to the party of explorers now trapped by a rhino.

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The chimpanzees are grinning at guests as they destroy the boat they’ve found.

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The chimp in the back is enjoying some fruits and vegetables.

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One chimp is having fun trying to steer.

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In the next scene, two chimps are playing in a pile of crates.

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One is covered in butterflies, while the other holds a butterfly net.

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It looks like the butterflies have escaped from the crate that says “live insects.”

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The butterflies belong to Dr. Kon Chunosuke, the entomologist in the trapped safari.

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Watch our video of the new scenes below.

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