Bring back the diamond horseshoe review

[POLY LOVER]

Does anyone remember attending the show?

The hoot-and-holler show featured plenty of singin’, can-can dancin’ and corny wise crackin’ jokes. Some of the performers were known to climb down into the audience for some up-close and personal interaction.

There was even a cowboy who managed to get most of his "teeth" knocked out of his mouth seven or eight times a day ... and then he’d spit them out into the roaring crowd.

Good times.

 

[POLY LOVER]

The Diamond Horseshoe Revue was one of the most popular attractions in the Magic Kingdom from the first time it swung open its saloon doors in 1971.

The Diamond Horseshoe Revue was a spin-off of the popular Golden Horseshoe Revue in Disneyland. That venue was one of Walt Disney’s favorites — in fact, he and his wife Lillian celebrated their wedding anniversary there a few days before Disneyland opened in July of 1955.

 

[doctornick]

Would be nice if the rumored Frontierland expansion were to occur, if this show would also return.

(Oddly, the Diamond Horseshoe is technically in Liberty Square, even though it is obvious western in character.)

 

[POLY LOVER]

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[CaptainAmerica]

They should convert that building to a Starbucks. Would make way more sense.

 

[Bairstow]

The Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland still does shows to entertain diners there, but they're very much scaled-back to 3 or 4 people.
Fortunately there was a good recording made of the original cast doing a permutation of a full-length show.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

They should convert that building to a Starbucks. Would make way more sense.

No, they should always keep it closed unless a wedding or corporate group wants to rent the space for a premium and pay for the food and staffing themselves. That's where the real money is.

 

[Professor_Jason]

I miss the old show we use see to as kids here at the Disneyland Golden Horseshoe, the place never felt the same after it ended. It still doesn't feel the same 30 years later without it

 

[Phineas]

The Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland still does shows to entertain diners there, but they're very much scaled-back to 3 or 4 people.
Fortunately there was a good recording made of the original cast doing a permutation of a full-length show.

Wally Boag is amazing, and as an actor, a personal inspiration. "When they operated on Father, they opened Mother's male" will never not crack me up, no matter how many times I've heard it.

And he even got his own Vinylmation!

 

[POLY LOVER]

The Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland still does shows to entertain diners there, but they're very much scaled-back to 3 or 4 people.
Fortunately there was a good recording made of the original cast doing a permutation of a full-length show.

Great stuff, thanks

 

[Professor_Jason]

Wally Boag is amazing, and as an actor, a personal inspiration. "When they operated on Father, they opened Mother's male" will never not crack me up, no matter how many times I've heard it.

And he even got his own Vinylmation!

That's so cool!

 

[Bairstow]

Wally Boag is amazing, and as an actor, a personal inspiration. "When they operated on Father, they opened Mother's male" will never not crack me up, no matter how many times I've heard it.

And he even got his own Vinylmation!

 

[JIMINYCR]

One of our favorite park entertainment spots. Always a great show and they got the guests interacting with them at certain points in the show. A sad day when it was phased out and is dearly missed. It was a perfect fit to add to the days of yesterday and the theme of Frontierland. Old style song, dance, vaudeville type acts thats are no longer seen. The parks need utilize more talented CM's to add to the guests enjoyment and entertainment.

 

[POLY LOVER]

One of our favorite park entertainment spots. Always a great show and they got the guests interacting with them at certain points in the show. A sad day when it was phased out and is dearly missed. It was a perfect fit to add to the days of yesterday and the theme of Frontierland. Old style song, dance, vaudeville type acts thats are no longer seen. The parks need utilize more talented CM's to add to the guests enjoyment and entertainment.

this is whats missing and proably being phased out of WDW because of labor/talent. BUT NEEDED BACK ITS FUN.

 

[MarkTwain]

One of the biggest joys of any trip to Disneyland is going into their Golden Horseshoe Saloon, on a normal, non-upcharged-event weekday, and seeing their Saloon's stage being used for entertainment. Although not quite the extravagance of the old Revue show, the Laughing Stock Company that performs onstage now does a fantastic set and really gets the audience involved.

It really adds to the believability and setting of Frontierland, as you really see these characters (the "mayor," the "sheriff," the mayor's daughter) in person, talking in character about life in the west. Currently Frontierland is completely devoid of any in-person character talking about the town as a real place, or even animatronics for that matter (unless you count singing animals on Splash Mountain).

On top of all that, there's a lot of history with the two Horseshoe Revue shows; Walt himself was known to visit the Golden Horseshoe with his wife and watch the shows often. His favorite balcony to sit in is still sometimes pointed out by the cast today.

I'll assume the Starbucks suggestion was sarcasm.

 

[Bairstow]

One of the biggest joys of any trip to Disneyland is going into their Golden Horseshoe Saloon, on a normal, non-upcharged-event weekday, and seeing their Saloon's stage being used for entertainment. Although not quite the extravagance of the old Revue show, the Laughing Stock Company that performs onstage now does a fantastic set and really gets the audience involved.

It really adds to the believability and setting of Frontierland, as you really see these characters (the "mayor," the "sheriff," the mayor's daughter) in person. Currently Frontierland is completely devoid of any in-person character talking about the town as a real place, or even animatronics for that matter (unless you count singing animals on Splash Mountain).

On top of all that, there's a lot of history with the two Horseshoe Revue shows; Walt himself was known to visit the Golden Horseshoe with his wife and watch the shows often. His favorite balcony to sit in is still sometimes pointed out by the cast today.

I'll assume the Starbucks suggestion was sarcasm.

I'd add that Knott's Berry Farm has a similar saloon show at the Calico Saloon running on most days as well, a couple miles away.
Not sure about its vintage, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's nearly as old, or older than the Golden Horseshoe.
I saw it this past spring and young people in the show are very talented.

edit: The Calico opened in 1951, 4 years before the Golden Horseshoe.

 

[Disneysea05]

I wish I could have seen the original at Disneyland or the other show at Magic Kingdom.

Tokyo Disneyland's Diamond Horseshoe used to have a spectacular version called Pecos Goofy's Frontier Revue, heavily influenced from the original revue at Disneyland. Glad I got to see that.

And then Disneyland brought an abbreviated version in 2013 for Limited Time Magic. I enjoyed seeing that. I was really hoping they would have brought it back for the Diamond Celebration.

 

[graphite1326]

We always went to a show and I believe you could get ice cream there and eat it while watching the show.

 

[Disneysea05]

^ yes. That's still a must do for me on hot days at Disneyland.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree...bring it back along with all of the other empty unused spaces that go unused...
Odyssey
Wonders Of Life
Millennium Village
Imagination upstairs

...to name a few