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When I had the chance to go on a Jungle Cruise at Tokyo Disneyland, I noticed
the skipper talked with sprinkles of prolonged vowels and uncommon rising and
falling intonation patterns.

Is this "dialect" original, or was it borrowed from existing
profession/region?

**Edit:** you can check video recordings of the ride on Youtube:

  * [By a male captain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78jDj1GFhc)
  * By Captain Sato: [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bAFroIai-U), [Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAstbRQTxk)
  * [By a female captain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU393yfMfio)
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dialects intonation
What is the origin of the theatrical intonation used by Tokyo Disneyland's cast members?
It's just typical for entertainers who want to capture the attention of the
audience.

It's not even unique to Japanese. When you take the English one in Disney
World (Florida) they talk the same way.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDKnYCTIh0> The guide in this one does the
same thing in English, if not quite as often. On the rides I've been on, some
of them have done it just as often as those Japanese videos.
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