There are quite a few classic Disney attractions like It’s a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and of course the World Famous Jungle Cruise. Recently the Jungle Cruise has gone through some updates but the leaky boats and wise cracking skippers are still the same.

This is an attraction that almost always had a long wait time. It has a cult following and being a classic attraction many guests have it on their must-do list when visiting the Magic Kingdom.

We don’t do this attraction every time we visit the parks, but definitely do enjoy it from time to time. I do feel your experience on the attraction depends on your skipper. Most of them do a great job and are expecting the lack of laughter to their terrible puns, but the great ones can roll with it and catch you by surprise with a quip you may not have heard before.

Of course this is the one and only place you can experience the amazing wonder that is the backside of water. I remember this as a kid and even now many years later it still puts a smile on my face.

After your excursion on the Jungle Cruise when existing the ride you will walk right past the pressed penny machine. The cabinet has a fun themed design to it, making it seem like it was pieces together with old wood and metal pieces found in the jungle. Much the same way as the boats we just road on.

This is a manual machine so you will need to crack the handle quite a few times to get your coins pressed. The designs look nice and have quite a bit of detail to them that I think is fantastic. We have one of the elephants spraying water, a Hippo getting a little close to the boat, Mickey and Donald with a Map, and Explorer Mickey, all designs include the Jungle Cruise logo. You may notice in the above photo that the pennies rolled long. I first pressed these coins shortly after the machine was updated with the new coins and this seemed to be a common issue for a week or so.

I visited again a couple weeks later and pressed another set shown above and they came out much better.

The jungle cruise will always be a fan favorite attraction and it’s nice to see a new fresh set of pressed pennies celebrating it. Hopefully we start to see some new designs for other classic attractions. I don’t think we have seen a Tiki Bird coin in quite awhile that I think would be amazing. Any others you can think of? Be sure to let me know in the comments. Keep on Pressing!

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