Peter Pan is a 1953 film by Walt Disney Productions, based on the play Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie. The film is connected to the Jungle Cruise attraction's development history.
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Marc Davis' infamously racist Indigenous character Chief Nah-mee greatly resembled a racist caricature of Indigenous people from Peter Pan. This included the two wearing a top hat and umbrella with the Peter Pan character having taken his from John Darling. In the 2021 refurbishment which removed Chief Nah-mee, a bottle labelled, "Nightly Dream Developer" was added to a cabinet in the Amazon River Base. This bottle came with an illustration of the stars which form Neverland and the notes "Think Happy Thoughts" and, "St. Bernard", referencing the song, "You Can Fly" and the character of Nana.[1] The medicine also appears in the cabinet at the lookout of Disneyland's boathouse.
A joke frequently told by skippers during the time it takes to dock the boat during the, "Return to Civilization" segment of the Jungle Cruise is, "Why does Peter Pan fly? Because he can Never Land".
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Adventureland[]
Peter Pan is one of the properties sometimes used as an intellectual-property for Adventureland though it is more commonly affiliated with Fantasyland.
Pirates of the Caribbean[]
Captain Hook was revealed to exist in the Pirates of the Caribbean continuity as a pirate known as, "James the Mysterious".
Swiss Family Robinson[]
Peter Pan shares theming with the Swiss Family Treehouse in Disneyland Paris' Adventure Isle.
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- Artist Mary Blair who worked on Peter Pan was referenced by the Daily Colonial Journal of Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity.
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