Disney’s Jungle Cruise Opens this Friday!

The Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland park has been thrilling visitors since it first opened in Anaheim, California in 1955. The attraction’s popularity led to its inclusion as one of the opening day attractions at the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida in 1971, and Tokyo Disneyland in 1983. In 2005, Hong Kong Disneyland featured a modified version—Jungle River Cruise—as one of their opening day attractions as well. It’s always been one of my favorite rides at Disney World, and I’m thrilled that it was chosen to be the next ride-inspired Disney flick.

Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities—possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

If you haven’t checked out the trailer yet, now is the perfect time!

“‘Jungle Cruise’ is about adventure and about life, and living a full life,” says Dwayne Johnson, who is also a producer on the film. “And being aware of that and breaking through barriers by doing things beyond what people think are your limits. ‘Jungle Cruise’ is an adventure: it’s fun, it’s magical, it’s mystical, it’s dangerous, it’s exciting.”

In addition to marquee-headliners Dwayne Johnson (“Jumanji: The Next Level,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”) and Emily Blunt (“A Quiet Place,” “Mary Poppins Returns”), the film stars two-time Golden Globe® nominee Edgar Ramírez (“Yes Day,” “Carlos”) as Aguirre; Jack Whitehall (“Jack Whitehall: I’m Only Joking,” “The Bad Education Movie”) as MacGregor; with two-time Emmy® nominee Jesse Plemons (“The Master,” “Black Mass”) as Prince Joachim and Academy Award® nominee Paul Giamaƫ (“12 Years a Slave,” “Cinderella Man as Nilo. Jaume Collet-Serra directs from a screenplay by Oscar®-nominated Michael Green and Glenn Ficarra & John Requa. The screen story is by John Norville & Josh Goldstein and Glenn Ficarra & John Requa.

Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” hits theaters and Disney+ with Premier Access on July 30, 2021. If you’re comfortable going to a theater right now, I highly recommend seeing this one on the big screen!