The Bomokandi Bertha is a boat from the Jungle Cruise.
Description[]
The Bomokandi Bertha was a 1930s river steamboat.
History[]
Background[]
The Bomokandi Bertha was a boat used by the Jungle Navigation Company in the 1930s. In 1937, the Bertha sank in what the JNC called its, "First underwater expedition".
Development history[]
The Bomokandi Bertha is a Jungle Cruise boat in the Magic Kingdom which was previously used in Tokyo as-well. In Walt Disney World, this boat is one of only two wheelchair accessible vehicles. On February 27, 2020, the boat sank outside of the Congo base camp scene. This submerged many guests up to their waists in water and resulted in an evacuation.
Also in 2020, Tokyo decommissioned their own Bomokandi Bertha. Speculations and jokes also became popular around this time that Disney intentionally sank the faux boat as a promotional stunt for the upcoming Jungle Cruise film. When the Jungle Cruise underwent a refurbishment in 2021, the sinking of the Bomokandi Bertha inspired the sinking of the story-relevant Kwango Kate, itself a decommissioned Jungle Cruise boat.
Appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
The Bomokandi Bertha is a boat in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise. It is one of two wheelchair-accessible boats. In the Amazon River Base is the life preserver from the Bertha with the writing, "1937" and, "First Underwater Expedition".[2]
Jingle Cruise[]
During the seasonal Jingle Cruise overlay, the Bomokandi Bertha is renamed to the Brrrrr Bertha.
Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions[]
The Bomokandi Bertha was a boat in this attraction before being retired in 2000.
Trivia[]
- Bertha is also the name of an elephant in the Indian elephant bathing pool.
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