tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post6082860204852961903..comments2024-02-05T19:22:18.722-08:00Comments on Jungle is "101" - Disneyland's Jungle Cruise And Other Disneyland Stuff: Disneyland - Jungle Cruise - 1980s - "Last Day Dip"Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02936929214738391738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506123180429523126.post-85402421648253828122016-04-07T07:14:40.586-07:002016-04-07T07:14:40.586-07:00There were actually quite a few different antics t...There were actually quite a few different antics that might be played on a cast member's last day. They couldn't hardly fire you, as Disney's policy was to first give you a verbal warning, then a written warning, and then the boot. I saw guys riding bull elephants, dancing with the natives, petting lions, riding various animals in the veldt, taking showers in Schweitzer's Falls, and even jumping out of the boat in the hippo pool to wrestle a hippo with a rubber knife! Of course, the prank that takes the cake is the legend (I can't confirm it, but it was passed on from skipper to skipper as gospel truth!) of the skipper who blew away two fiberglass hippos with real ammo on his last day. After that episode, the .38 cal Smith & Wesson M & P's (yes, real pistols) were fitted with sleeves in their chambers so that only custom made blank bullets would fit. While I can't confirm that real ammo was ever used on the Jungle Cruise, the guns that we used WERE modified with sleeves in the chamber so that live ammo couldn't be loaded.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078849149177643712noreply@blogger.com