Sailing Through Sundays on The Jungle Cruise: Mekong Maiden

The Mekong Maiden is now "enjoying" retirement. Both of the Maidens were removed and scrapped after the redesign of the JC due to Indy. The subsequent redesign of the boats themselves(making them longer) also contributed to their removal; the spacing of the boats during the tour could not support the Maidens.

And while we are at the dock, I am going to throw in 2 from March 1962 showing the Zambesi Miss and the dock signage.





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Sailing Through Sundays on The JC: Boat Names

Just a little interlude from the regular posts; thought I’d do a quickie showing the current names of the boats, minus a few that have been camera-shy so far...
















The names of the original ten JC boats are: Amazon Belle (Green), Congo Queen (Red), Ganges Gal (Green), Irrawaddy Woman (Blue), Mekong Maiden (Blue), Nile Princess (Green), Orinoco Adventuress (Red), Suwannee Lady (Red), Yangtze Lotus (Red), Zambezi Miss (Blue).

The additional four are: Hondo Hattie (Green), Kissimmee Kate (Blue), Magdalena Maiden (Green), and Ucayali Una (Blue).

Amazon Belle’s fave boat to drive was the Hondo Hattie. It was the first one while he was there to receive an overhaul. And haul it could! Stopped on a dime, too!

Any other skippers that would like to contribute material can email me at dvdpicasso@aol.com. See more Disneyland Jungle Cruise photos at my website.