10 Things You Didn't Know About Disney's The Jungle Cruise

5. Famous Faces Cut Their Teeth On The Ride

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Many celebs started their careers at Disneyland in California. Steve Martin worked in the Magic Shop, Michelle Pfeiffer played Alice in the Main Street Electrical Parade and The Carpenters' Richard Carpenter played a piano on Main Street.

The Jungle Cruise has also seen its fair share of famous faces. Movie star Kevin Costner worked on the ride and actually met his first wife at the park, she played Snow White.

Pixar legend John Lasseter also began his career on the Jungle Cruise in the late 1970's. In 2011, Disney ran a competition to find old photos of Lasseter at the helm. No news on if any one won the contest, perhaps there were no photos left of him as a Skipper.

One unconfirmed Jungle Cruise Skipper was reportedly Robin Williams. There is no evidence to suggest that these rumours are true but we are pretty sure that Williams would have made a superb Skipper.

Given his skills in Jumanji he wouldn't have taken the rocks on the cruise for granite, after all they are one of the cruise's boulder attractions.

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