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Boats & Baits AND Bites!, formerly just known as Boats & Baits is a location from the Jungle Cruise.

Description[]

Boats & Baits AND Bites! was a colonial outpost in the Amazon rainforest, located along the Amazon river. The waters surrounding the shop are noted as a, "Great fishing spot". The establishment was located South-West of the Amazon River Base used by the Jungle Navigation Company.

The business sold baits and caught fish while also renting out canoes. Amongst its fish offerings were piranhas, eels, catfish, and, "Mystery Fish" which they offered grilled, baked or fried. The used boat rentals included daily rentals, weekly rentals, half-way/half-price deals, a lack of responsibility towards certain accidents occurring to the boats, and sometimes rented our the oars for canoes separately.

History[]

Background[]

Boats & Baits was a canoe-rental and bait-selling service located in the Amazon rainforest. The establishment was likely visited by boatsman Frank Wolff following the year 1916 when Wolff was mapping the mystical, "Rivers of Adventure". The establishment was run by one Skipper Sully and was allied with the Jungle Navigation Company by 1936. Around 1938, Sully turned the business into a dining-service which sold fish such as eels and piranhas.

Development history[]

The shop replaced the Pygmy camp scene of Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise. Skipper Sully is a tribute to Disney employee William "Sully" Sullivan, author of From Jungle Cruise Skipper to Disney Legend. Early in the scene's history, the canoes had figureheads depicting Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Appearances[]

Attractions[]

Jungle Cruise[]

This shop is passed by on the Magic Kingdom version of the Jungle Cruise. In the queue, it appears on a map of the Rivers of Adventure originally created by Frank Wolff but augmented by Alberta Falls around 1936 with the words, "Boats for rent!" while the shop is simply labelled as, "Boats & Baits".

Video-games[]

Minecraft[]

The Magic Kingdom DLC for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition had this shop appear in the Amazon.

Trivia[]

  • Bill Sullivan's window on Main Street, U.S.A. reads, "SULLY’S SAFARIS & GUIDE SERVICE" which identifies Sully as, "Chief Guide" around the turn-of-the-century.[1]
  • Skippers sometimes make jokes about someone named, "Stu" being in the pot. This is a similar gag to Trader Sam's Cousin Stu whom he and his family invited to dinner, killed, and turned into a stew.

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