With Albert Awol having signed off for the night, it was Nigel Greenwater's time to shine.
Nigel had a much different approach than the younger skipper, who he'd met more than a few times. Whereas Nigel was prim and proper, Albert was much more of a slob. And unlike Albert Awol, Nigel was no skipper. He was a journalist.
Nigel entered his office that morning with a hot cup of tea. He put the cup down on his desk, along with his car keys. On his desk was a typewriter and next to that was a pen holder full of fountain pens and pencils, and his notes. His notes were all organised in a neat stack. He sat down to read through them. There were notes about the goings on in the River Delta, new deals at Trader Sam's, and mysterious happenings over at the nearby Temple of the Forbidden Eye.
Nigel stood up and picked up his first record of the morning - having sorted through and chosen them last night through his very organised system and through skipper requests. He got the morning's first record, and he put it on the turntable. Then he turned on his radio, and spoke into the mic after the chimes.
'This is Nigel Greenwater for the Global Broadcasting Service, the voice of civilisation, serving remote outposts since 1928,' he said, reciting his station identifier. Nigel picked up his top note and began to read it. 'The weather at the River Delta this morning is hot and humid. Monsoons are expected to arrive here later this week, turning the weather to… hot and humid. A typhoon warning has been issued for coastal areas along the south China Sea, while a storm watch has been issued for the coast of eastern Africa.'
The weather read out, Nigel turned the page, knowing he would still need the weather announcement next hour. 'Trader Sam's Tropical Imports has announced its special Jungle Navigation Company despatch has arrived, bringing with it a generous supply of extra fine mosquito netting guaranteed impervious to mosquitoes. Remember, when it comes to Sleeping Sickness, prevention is the only cure.'
Nigel picked up the needle. 'Let us now begin today's musical programming, with a request from Skipper Ken.' He carefully put the needle on the record, which started to play As Time Goes By.
Nigel took a swig from his coffee as he looked through the rest of the day's notes. When the song was drawing to a close, he then tapped the notes all together on his desk to keep them neat an organised, before he picked up the next record, Moonglow, from the pile and put that on.
Nigel sat down in his chair and put his feet up, listening to the music and drinking his tea wondering to himself "why on Earth did Albert Awol find this cushy job so hard?" All there was to do was read announcements, play music, and put your feet up and relax. It was easy.
Nigel Greenwater is the broadcaster for the loop in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise. He is a parallel to Disney World's Albert Awol (who you can read about in The Voice of the Jungle). While Albert is the self-proclaimed Voice of the Jungle and does what he wants on air because he lives in the Amazon rainforest. He's just a tiny bit feral and probably trying to entertain himself a bit too, while avoiding the leopards breaking into his office.
Nigel is the self-proclaimed Voice of Civilisation, who sticks to journalism and reading out weather and other announcements and lives in a crowded tourist hotspot - hence why he has a car (or "automobile" as he calls it in his loop), and access to mosquito netting, food, hot tea, and quinine, and has no big cats breaking into his office.
And I just love the contrast between them.
Yes, Nigel Greenwater says those things in his announcements, but it's not exact nor is it not one single announcement - I've gone and mashed together about three of them.