The Lost Safari photographer is the conjectural name for a character from the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise.
History[]
Biography[]
This man was a colonial safari-goer and photographer in the early half of the 20th century. Between 1911 and 1936, he was part of a safari-expedition passing through the African Veldt along the Nile river. The party came under attack by an angered rhinoceroswhich chased them up a tree in the veldt. The safari's further fate is unknown though it would become considered to be the longest missing but most spotted safari in history.
Development history[]
The Trapped Safari was designed by animator Marc Davis for a comedy oriented update of the Jungle Cruise. However, the gag was made featuring racist depictions of black people. A better conceived variant of the vignette was installed in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise in-which the members of the safari were white colonial explorers, fitting into an interpretation of white colonialism being inept and pathetic.
In 2021, the Jungle Cruise was refurbished to feature less overt racism. Due to this, the Lost Safari was reimagined and installed the photographer being replaced by painter Rosa Soto Dominguez. However, this refurbishment also came with a more sympathetic approach to the trapped safari, stripping the Magic Kingdom version of the attraction of its anti-colonial interpretation.
Appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions[]
The Magic Kingdom's lost safari appears in this incarnation of the attraction.
Skipper Canteen[]
There is an illustration of him and his safari on the totem-pole in the menus of the skipper canteen.[1]
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