Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen

Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 1,259 Google ratings

People say this restaurant serves delicious steak, chicken, and fish, as well as unique appetizers and desserts. They also highlight the fun, adventurous atmosphere, the reasonable prices, and the friendly, attentive service. Other reviews mention the food can be salty.

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The MouseHub take

Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen is the table-service restaurant in Adventureland, and the conceit is that the Jungle Cruise skippers have opened their own mess hall. The staff plays it straight all meal, so the puns arrive with the water. The kitchen cooks from Asia, South America, and Africa instead of the burger-and-nuggets playbook running most of Magic Kingdom, and Disney lists both the lunch and dinner menus at $15 to $34.99 per adult entree. Seating splits across three rooms: the crew's colonial-era Mess Hall, the Jungle Room that was Dr. Albert Falls's family parlor, and the S.E.A. Room, a once-secret meeting place for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

This is one of the easier Magic Kingdom tables to get, and visitors report same-day slots showing up on the app on plenty of days, though Disney still recommends a confirmed reservation. The guests who leave unhappy are usually the ones who wanted something familiar. Disney's own page promises a menu that tames the pickiest eaters, and parents in the reviews disagree. The Mess Hall also runs loud, tables sit close together, and the skipper routine asks for energy a family may not have left by dinner.

At a glance

Best for
Anyone who wants a real meal with spice in it, a chair, and cold air in the middle of a Magic Kingdom day.
Skip if
You are feeding picky eaters, or the last thing you want at dinner is a server doing a bit.
Worth ordering
"Tastes Like Chicken" Because It Is!, Orinoco Ida's Cachapas, Falls Family Falafel
Reservations
One of the easier Magic Kingdom tables to land, with same-day slots and the app's walk-up list both in play. Disney still recommends booking ahead.
Value
Both menus sit in Disney's $15 to $34.99 band per adult entree, and the cooking holds up against it.

The good

  • The menu leaves the theme park default behind
    The kitchen works from Asia, South America, and Africa. Orinoco Ida's Cachapas arrives as house-made corn pancakes with sofrito-braised pork, grilled corn salsa, queso fresco, and avocado crema, which is not a sentence you write about most Magic Kingdom lunches.
  • Your server is a Jungle Cruise skipper
    Disney's story is that the same skippers who ran your boat down the Nile, the Amazon, and the Congo opened their headquarters to guests. The staff commits to it, and the deadpan delivery is what visitors remember.
  • Each of the three rooms has its own story
    You eat in the crew's colonial-era Mess Hall, in the Jungle Room that was Dr. Albert Falls's family parlor, or in the S.E.A. Room, once a secret meeting place for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.
  • The dining rooms are dark and cold
    An hour out of the Adventureland humidity does as much for the afternoon as the food does. Families with young kids point to this as the reason the rest of the day held together.
  • Same-day tables turn up here
    Visitors regularly find lunch and dinner availability on the day of their visit, and the restaurant takes the mobile walk-up list in My Disney Experience. That is rare for a Magic Kingdom sit-down meal.
  • Lunch and dinner cost the same
    Disney prices both menus at $15 to $34.99 per adult entree, which puts a full table-service meal well under what the signature restaurants charge.

The bad

  • The Mess Hall gets loud
    The main room bounces conversation around, and guests report losing half of what their server says. The jokes suffer for it.
  • Picky eaters do not fare as well as promised
    Disney's page says the flavors will tame the pickiest eaters. Parents in the reviews report otherwise, since there is no chicken tender and plain burger fallback waiting.
  • The puns need energy you may not have
    The bit runs the whole meal and expects you to play along. Families who have been walking since rope drop tend to find it grating by dinner.
  • Tables sit close together in the main room
    Guests and servers work around each other's chairs in the Mess Hall. There is not much privacy at a peak seating.
  • It is a table-service bill in a counter-service park
    Visitors who wandered in from a day of quick service describe a total that caught them off guard. Budget it as a real meal rather than a park lunch.

Veteran tips

  • Try the walk-up list before you give up
    My Disney Experience shows walk-up availability for this restaurant, and you can join from your phone or by scanning the code in the lobby instead of standing at the host stand.
  • Ask for the S.E.A. Room or the Jungle Room
    Both are quieter than the Mess Hall and carry more to look at. Ask when you check in, since the host assigns rooms as tables come open.
  • Cancel in the app or pay for it
    This restaurant carries a cancellation and modification policy, and the card on the reservation is charged a per-person fee for a no-show or a late cancel. Move the booking rather than skipping it.
  • Read the walls while you wait
    The book spines on the shelves and the paperwork pinned up in the lobby are written as jokes. It is the best part of a wait for a table.
  • Book it for the worst heat of the day
    A midday seating here breaks a long Magic Kingdom day in half and spends the hours nobody enjoys outdoors. Rope drop is the wrong time to be sitting down.
  • Point cautious eaters at the fried chicken
    The "Tastes Like Chicken" Because It Is! plate is the closest thing on the menu to a familiar dinner, and it holds the table long enough for everyone else to order what they came for.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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