The Legendary Flying Beasts of the Mekong Legendary Flying Beasts of the Mekong river and the surrounding territories is a map in the Skipper Canteen. The map depicts several flying creatures as documented for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers by club-president Jason Chandler and affiliate Captain Brieux aboard the Hyperion airship. This map was hung up in a secret room in the estate of fellow society member, Dr. Albert Falls.
Beasts[]
Image | Name | Description | Film (if applicable | Attraction (if applicable) | Other Jungle Cruise connections |
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Boreas | Boreas, otherwise known as the North Wind is the mythological personification of the North Wind and is one of the main Anemoi, the personifications of the winds in Hellenistic myth. The map features Boreas blowing at the region from the North-East. | Fantasia | |||
Loong | Most of the creatures on the map are loong, better known as, "Chinese Dragons". |
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Maleficent | Maleficent is a dark-faery from the film Sleeping Beauty who could transform into a dragon. The map shows Maleficent in her dragon form near the Bay of Bengal. | Sleeping Beauty | Fantasmic!
Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough |
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Pheonix | Pheonix or, "Fire Birds" are mythological creatures that can rebirth themselves in fire. | Fantasia 2000 | BraviSEAmo! |
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Trivia[]
- The crest used on Chandler and Brieux's map featured the tribal mask which used to adorn the Jungle Navigation Company's Amazon River Base. This crest also has the figureheads of the Plaza Swan Boats.
- The map has illustrations of several flying machines including The Hyperion in its hangar from Discoveryland's Café Hyperion in Disneyland Paris.