Because California doesn't have a lot of moisture in the air, it's hard for these plants to grow here. Some of the plants in the jungle have aerial roots, meaning they get their moisture from the air instead of from the ground like 'normal' plants. But the backwards version of a silly boat ride with fake facts is a serious boat ride with real facts! So I switch to 'fun fact mode' and tell everyone real facts about the different plants and their niche in the ecosystem as well as neat pieces of Disney trivia about the ride. it's funny for the first 3 backwards jokes but gets old quickly. There's no sense telling the same jokes backwards. They can also happen if the ride breaks down and I have to drive backwards to get everyone off the ride. Much more often I was able to do a 'fun fact' cruise these usually happen if I have a small group in the morning (as in 1 party with nobody else) and they ask for a non-standard cruise. If anyone wants to see the largest snake in the jungle, I'm off-duty in 2 hours. That over there is the second-largest snake in the jungle. These hippos are only dangerous if they wiggle their ears or blow bubbles thankfully Bubbles is out sick at the moment. and you would, too, if you were the guardian of the sacred Indian Elephant bathing pool. You can see he's holding his trunk in his hand. To give you a taste of the dirty jokes I knew: In my 5 years of working at Disney, I only had the chance to do the 'risque' cruise twice: once when I literally had a bote that I knew were only college kids (it was the middle of a group of 300) and once when it was an after-hours cast member event where I had one dude onboard. Every now and again an experienced skipper will work the night shift (because they traded shifts with someone or they didn't have availability in the morning that day), but then the skipper has to get the perfect storm of 'I know there are no kids aboard' and 'I know nobody on this trip will get offended and go to City Hall.' However, the issue is that families all show up in the morning, so skippers that know the dirty jokes will never be able to tell them. Realistically, you are very unlikely to get an experienced skipper at nighttime, and you are very likely to get an experienced skipper in the morning. The long shifts are in the morning and the short shifts are at night. The issue is that the way Disney seniority works, the longer you stay at Disney the more hours you get.

Intermediate skippers know maybe one or two.

Most new skippers don't know the dirty jokes. Disney does not encourage it at all, and in fact actively discourages it. Hi! I really was a Jungle Cruise skipper for 5 years!

Jungle headhunters movie poster