tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post2051993748769035594..comments2024-02-05T19:22:18.722-08:00Comments on Jungle is "101" - Disneyland's Jungle Cruise And Other Disneyland Stuff: Disneyland Guest Relations - Plaid On Parade; The Mark Twain And The Drained River; Sinking RaftMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02936929214738391738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post-82577355038300698082008-09-03T19:51:00.000-07:002008-09-03T19:51:00.000-07:00I remember when the Rivers of America was drained....I remember when the Rivers of America was drained. It was so funny seeing the Mark Twain and the Colombia on tracks. If I remember correctly, the Colombia had twin propellers exposed.Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post-88431279683137698712008-09-02T19:22:00.000-07:002008-09-02T19:22:00.000-07:00I agree with you, my aunt worked in security for W...I agree with you, my aunt worked in security for WDW for over twenty years. She talked about how things had changed over time, but how there was still a dedicated group of friends, more like family, that she had been with for almost the entire time she was there. The stories she could tell...Ryan P. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350754822474406675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post-18041528759949696012008-08-31T22:03:00.000-07:002008-08-31T22:03:00.000-07:00I'll second that. Disneyland cast members in the ...I'll second that. Disneyland cast members in the 1970s and 1980s still worked for a family company, for the most part. Disney had not yet become mega-corporate-Eisnerized, so you had a dedicated crew of cast members---many of them "lifers," who knew the Park and understood its magic. They knew how to have fun---without killing people. Gunning the engine on a slightly overloaded raft would send a nice wave over the deck and get your fellow cast member scrambling for higher ground!<BR/><BR/>This is a great picture and I can't thank George Herold enough for sharing it originally!<BR/><BR/>--MikeMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936929214738391738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post-78216584136854931772008-08-31T19:16:00.000-07:002008-08-31T19:16:00.000-07:00That photograph of the raft has to be one of the g...That photograph of the raft has to be one of the greatest things I have seen in a long while! Thanks!Ryan P. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350754822474406675noreply@blogger.com