Shrunken Ned's Junior Jungle Boats is a defunct attraction from the Adventureland of the Magic Kingdom.
History[]
Backstory[]
The Jungle Expedition Skipper Training School is a school which has trained riverboat skippers since 1851. The incarnation lead by Colonel Nedley "Shrunken Ned" Lostmore works to train skippers for the Jungle Navigation Company. The attraction was seemingly set in a floodplain of the Amazon rainforest, nearby the Amazon River Base.
Development history[]
This attraction opened in 1997 outside of the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise. It closed in 2012 to make way for A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas.
Summary[]
Those who play this game navigate miniature RV boats through a small obstacle course.
Trivia[]
- This was the first appearance of Shrunken Ned who appeared in several Jungle Cruise attractions since.
- The miniature of the Molopo Marie in the Skipper Canteen is sometimes interpreted as a tribute to the defunct attraction.
- A sign for the boat the Zambezi Zelda was hung near this attraction.[1]