The attraction was in the opening day roster of the park, and has remained open and largely unchanged in theme and story since then. 

The original plan was to use real animals, but these plans were abandoned once Disney realized that the animals would likely sleep during the day.

Aside from alterations and maintenance changes, four completely new show scenes have been added to date. 

In 1994 the river channel was rerouted to make way for the queue buildings and entrance courtyard of the Indiana Jones Adventure.

While the ride's comedic spiel is filled with intentionally bad puns by the skipper, the original intent of the ride was to provide a realistic, believable voyage through the world's jungles. 

The original spiel was similar to the narration of a nature documentary.

The queue of the Jungle Cruise is heavily themed with period artifacts, tools, gear, photos and more. 

It is intended to resemble a colonial outpost where an exploration of the jungle rivers may be booked. 

It is divided into four main sections which may be opened or closed in sequence to accommodate crowd fluctuation. 

The queue was designed to wind about extensively so that guests may see all of the different artifacts in the queue. 

The most notable section of the queue is the office of Albert Awol.