Skipper Sully is a character from the Jungle Cruise.
History[]
Biography[]
Skipper Sully was a riverboat skipper who worked in the Amazon rainforest during the 1930s. By around 1936, he ran an establishment called Boats & Baits where he rented canoes and sold bait. By 1938, he turned this shop into Boats & Baits AND Bites! where he sold quick-service fish cuisine.
Development history[]
The shop replaced the Pygmy camp scene of Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise. Skipper Sully is a tribute to Disney employee William "Sully" Sullivan, author of From Jungle Cruise Skipper to Disney Legend.
Appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
Boats & Baits AND Bites! is passed by with references to Skipper Sully.
Trivia[]
- Bill Sullivan's window on Main Street, U.S.A. reads, "SULLY’S SAFARIS & GUIDE SERVICE" which identifies one Bill Sullivan as, "Chief Guide" around the turn-of-the-century.[1]
- Both Skipper Sully and Frank Wolff are Jungle Cruise characters who fish for piranhas to cook.
- An old map in the queue indicates that Frank Wolff visited Boats & Baits after his curse was removed in 1916. It is unknown if Sully ran the shop at that point in time.
Gallery[]
Bill Sullivan's Main Street window, referencing the Jungle Cruise.