MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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Streetway Again said:
Apolgiies for the other site, but this is very interesting.

Hopefully this means this satisfies management enough to keep our bears around.
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My guess is almost any new show (or the return of the seasonal ones) would have been liked better than the original by the general public.

That doesn't mean they had to do the all Disney sing-along version they did, or that it could have been better.
 
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brettf22

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Animaniac93-98 said:
My guess is almost any new show (or the return of the seasonal ones) would have been liked better than the original by the general public.
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May be a question for @lentesta, but has any retheme been surveyed as “less popular” than the ride/version it replaced, especially when measured within the first year of replacement? I’m sure Tiki Room Under New Management was voted higher by guests than what it replaced. Similarly, was the current Tiki Room voted higher by guests than than UNM?
 
lentesta

lentesta

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brettf22 said:
May be a question for @lentesta, but has any retheme been surveyed as “less popular” than the ride/version it replaced, especially when measured within the first year of replacement? I’m sure Tiki Room Under New Management was voted higher by guests than what it replaced. Similarly, was the current Tiki Room voted higher by guests than than UNM?
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OK, here's my assumptions:
  • Minor shows, parades, and character greetings don't count
  • Going back to 2010
I found several and all of them are major shows or fireworks.
  • Up! A Great Bird Adventure replaced Flights of Wonder in April 2018. No age group preferred Up! to FoW. That's why we got Feathered Friends in Flight, which is the highest-rated version of that show.

  • No EPCOT nighttime show since IllumiNations has been rated as high as that.

  • Happily Ever After is 4.5 stars across the board, but Wishes was 5 stars by everyone over age 18 and 4.5 stars for all other age groups.

  • Disney Enchanment, which replaced Happily Ever After, was not rated as high.

  • O Canada! was rated higher by age groups from pre-school through teens than is Canada Far and Wide.
You could argue that Frozen - Live at DCA was less popular with Teens than the Aladdin show it replaced. But it's more popular with preschoolers, so that's probably a wash.

I would bet money that EPCOT's Journey Into Your Imagination was not rated as high as Journey Into Imagination. JIYI lasted 53 weeks before getting shut down.
 
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Steamboat71

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That makes sense as the programming for the overlays were rather primitive compared to what we have now with the bears. We'll probably never see a holiday overlay again then.
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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PiratesMansion said:
With the new programming, it should be all the easier to program overlays.

So if they don't come about after a few years, it still just seems like laziness and excuses to me.
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I assume they would do new overlays if they were to do any, at the very least to keep character voices consistent. Plus they’d probably want to remove Wendell’s gun from the Christmas special.

If the new animatronics are programmed the way the TBA animatronics are (via a 3D animation software), then it’d be extremely easy to reprogram them. You could probably give an animator a week (I’d do it for free if you’re reading this, Disney) and they could recreate the holiday shows pretty accurately, assuming Disney has high quality footage of all the bears. They could totally get back to “swap the shows with the push of a button” if they put the time and money in, the only other part is the costuming. Idk how long it takes to redress the AAs though.
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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Agent H said:
What songs does everyone think would be in a new Christmas special? I would bank on let it go making it in somehow even if the rest of the show uses standard Christmas music.
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I actually penned a set list for a new version of the Christmas special! I figured a Frozen song was mandatory, but if it weren’t, I think I’d keep “Blue Christmas” from the original for Shaker, or replace it with “White Christmas” and have the joke be that Shaker and the Penguin are in a heat wave and dreaming for some cooler weather. I also retained a lot from the original, but swapped out some original songs for Christmas songs that match the idea they were going for (“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” fits Wendell being lost in the woods really well imo). As much as original songs are cool, I feel like a Christmas special is the one time you’d want as many pre-existing songs as possible.

The Country Bear Christmas Jamboree
  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - Gomer and Henry
  • "Tracks in the Snow" - Henry and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "I’ll Be Home for Christmas" - Wendell
  • "All I Want for Christmas is You" - Trixie
  • "Deck the Halls" - The Five Bear Rugs
  • "Jingle Bell Rock" - Romeo McGrowl and Gomer
  • "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" - Shaker and Webster the Penguin
  • "Sleigh Ride" - The Sun Bonnet Trio, Melvin, Max, and Buff
  • "Hungry as a Bear" - Ernest and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "The Christmas Song" - Teddi Barra and Henry
  • "Last Christmas" - Big Al
  • Finale
    • "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Henry, Sammy, and the Sun Bonnet Trio
    • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Melvin, Max, and Buff
    • "Winter Wonderland" - Cast (minus Ernest and Trixie)
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Exit music
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost said:
I actually penned a set list for a new version of the Christmas special! I figured a Frozen song was mandatory, but if it weren’t, I think I’d keep “Blue Christmas” from the original for Shaker, or replace it with “White Christmas” and have the joke be that Shaker and the Penguin are in a heat wave and dreaming for some cooler weather. I also retained a lot from the original, but swapped out some original songs for Christmas songs that match the idea they were going for (“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” fits Wendell being lost in the woods really well imo). As much as original songs are cool, I feel like a Christmas special is the one time you’d want as many pre-existing songs as possible.

The Country Bear Christmas Jamboree
  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - Gomer and Henry
  • "Tracks in the Snow" - Henry and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "I’ll Be Home for Christmas" - Wendell
  • "All I Want for Christmas is You" - Trixie
  • "Deck the Halls" - The Five Bear Rugs
  • "Jingle Bell Rock" - Romeo McGrowl and Gomer
  • "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" - Shaker and Webster the Penguin
  • "Sleigh Ride" - The Sun Bonnet Trio, Melvin, Max, and Buff
  • "Hungry as a Bear" - Ernest and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "The Christmas Song" - Teddi Barra and Henry
  • "Last Christmas" - Big Al
  • Finale
    • "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Henry, Sammy, and the Sun Bonnet Trio
    • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Melvin, Max, and Buff
    • "Winter Wonderland" - Cast (minus Ernest and Trixie)
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Exit music
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As a Christmas fan I need this as soon as November 1st.
 
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Steamboat71

Active Member
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost said:
I actually penned a set list for a new version of the Christmas special! I figured a Frozen song was mandatory, but if it weren’t, I think I’d keep “Blue Christmas” from the original for Shaker, or replace it with “White Christmas” and have the joke be that Shaker and the Penguin are in a heat wave and dreaming for some cooler weather. I also retained a lot from the original, but swapped out some original songs for Christmas songs that match the idea they were going for (“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” fits Wendell being lost in the woods really well imo). As much as original songs are cool, I feel like a Christmas special is the one time you’d want as many pre-existing songs as possible.

The Country Bear Christmas Jamboree
  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - Gomer and Henry
  • "Tracks in the Snow" - Henry and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "I’ll Be Home for Christmas" - Wendell
  • "All I Want for Christmas is You" - Trixie
  • "Deck the Halls" - The Five Bear Rugs
  • "Jingle Bell Rock" - Romeo McGrowl and Gomer
  • "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" - Shaker and Webster the Penguin
  • "Sleigh Ride" - The Sun Bonnet Trio, Melvin, Max, and Buff
  • "Hungry as a Bear" - Ernest and the Five Bear Rugs
  • "The Christmas Song" - Teddi Barra and Henry
  • "Last Christmas" - Big Al
  • Finale
    • "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Henry, Sammy, and the Sun Bonnet Trio
    • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Melvin, Max, and Buff
    • "Winter Wonderland" - Cast (minus Ernest and Trixie)
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Exit music
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