The Lion pride is a group of animals featured on the Jungle Cruise.
Description[]
This is a pride of lions which inhabited the African veldt along the Nile river of North Africa during the 1930s. They lived within a rock formation along the Nile river.
History[]
Background[]
This was a lion pride which lived in a rock formation along the Nile River in the African veldt during the 1930s. They were often observed by passing-by boats.
Development history[]
The lions were installed in the Jungle Cruise in 1964, inspired by the Disney True-Life Adventures film, "The African Lion". A removed feature of the Umbala village was the carcass of a lion which the tribes-members were celebrating the kill of due to it having attacked their village. A pair of lionesses used to appear, fighting over zebra meat.
Appearances[]
Big Game Safari Shooting Gallery[]
The insignia for this attraction was a male lion with a target on its head. Lions appeared in the attraction itself to be shot at by guests.
Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar[]
To promote the Jungle Cruise film, this bar served the drink Sleeping Zebra Cocktail.
Jungle Cruise[]
The lions appear in their cave on the African veldt, eating a dead zebra and vultures look on. Skippers will often comment on them, "Protecting the sleeping zebra". In the Disneyland queue, Nigel Greenwater mentions the True-Life Adventurers Club having a lecture on, "The African Lion". Greenwater also mentions one Reverend Goff of the Jungle Mission looking to relocate a lion cub and two chimpanzees from the mission's veterinary clinic. In the Magic Kingdom's queue, Awol mentions them in an ad for the Elephant Safari Company, saying they take guests to see, "Lions, tigers and bears. Oh my", referencing The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Jingle Cruise[]
in this overlay, the lions chewed on littered decorations of Santa and his reindeer.
Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room[]
Clyde and Claude mention having heard the lions while passing though the rivers of Adventureland.
Trivia[]
- In Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions, the song Circle of Life from the Lion King plays while passing the veldt.
