MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

[Disney Analyst]

One of the animatronics stopped working and they had to cancel the show

And that's how easy misinformation spreads.

 

[mickEblu]

And that's how easy misinformation spreads.

Why are the bears allowed to smoke but not the humans?

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Why are the bears allowed to smoke but not the humans?

The audience is seated in the non-smoking section, while the bears are in the smoking section!

 

[AndyS2992]

Just watched a live stream, the smoking fiddle is working just fine.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Original tiki room didn’t have a song about shooting a kid.

Buford is a 23 year old man that just graduated third grade and is a menace to society.

 

[Streetway]

Buford is a 23 year old man that just graduated third grade and is a menace to society.

“just teach him to be a signer, and he’ll starve to death” unironically love this song.

 

[Streetway]

I listen to johnny Horton and Buck Owens somewhat frequently thanks to these damn bears. That is not normal for someone my age lol.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Buford is a 23 year old man that just graduated third grade and is a menace to society.

The problem is that the show doesn't have that context, the audience is going in without all the information. I personally have no issue with the song, even with how it is in the show- I think the punchline is a great example of dark humor that's funny. But some people find jokes about shooting kids tasteless in the modern age. Blame the NRA for losing Little Buford, lol!

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I listen to johnny Horton and Buck Owens somewhat frequently thanks to these damn bears. That is not normal for someone my age lol.

Yeah, I've gotten into older country/western music cause of the bears. I've gone down quite the rabbit (bear?) hole.

 

[Consumer]

I listen to johnny Horton and Buck Owens somewhat frequently thanks to these damn bears. That is not normal for someone my age lol.

Embarrassing (maybe) confession, but my entire love of country music is owed to the Country Bear Jamboree.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Embarrassing (maybe) confession, but my entire love of country music is owed to the Country Bear Jamboree.

You and me both, friend. I didnt like country before I got into the bears- but that’s mostly cause all I had heard was pop country songs about trucks and beer and all that generic stuff.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Embarrassing (maybe) confession, but my entire love of country music is owed to the Country Bear Jamboree.

without the ragtime piano on Main Street, I wouldn’t know what ragtime piano was - and that would such a shame!

 

[Streetway]

You and me both, friend. I didnt like country before I got into the bears- but that’s mostly cause all I had heard was pop country songs about trucks and beer and all that generic stuff.

Yeah I don’t like bro country. I do like oldies, and I am quite a fan of Zach Bryan. Maybe bring him on lol.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Okay, here’s a Country Bear related discussion point: if they rumors of the bears returning to California at Grizzly Peak were true, is there anything you would change about the layout of the show, whether it be the queue, theater, or exit?

Personally, I would take inspiration more from Tokyo- design the lobby to be the same, with lots of photos of the bears touring the world. Add in the display cases from Florida, but with a bit more about their history as a whole instead of just things related to the current show. For the theater, I would try to redesign the layout of the stage to allow for Trixie and Ernest to join the finale- surely it could be done. Maybe make the center stage larger and add a few bears there to rise up instead of being behind curtains? Trixie for example would fit way better if she were positioned behind the Sun Bonnets (at least for CBMJ), and then you could put Ernest or Shaker on the left, behind Gomer. That way every bear in the show is present for the finale, giving the new theater something unique from the others. Then have the exit be Tokyo’s, with stage doors for all the bears (including the ones that Tokyo didn’t give doors, like Wendell and Romeo). I’d still keep it one theater since I don’t see a world where two theaters are ever needed.

I'd love to hear what you guys would do to change it up!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I don't have any insider information, but I feel pretty confident that they aren't going to add the Country Bears to DCA or any other park. This new version at MK was ostensibly a way to make it remain viable, not a renewed confidence in the Country Bears as a headliner attraction. They already closed them down once at DLR, so other than a few easter egg-type references here and there, I wouldn't expect them to suddenly decide it was a terrible mistake to close the attraction and a new vision needs to be rebuilt at DCA.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I don't think the show was changed for being offensive (outside of Liver Lip's name), I think it was just because it wasn't carrying its weight with eating up guests. It was always a walk-in every time I saw it towards the end.

Being a walk in is exactly what you want of a continuously running show. By its very nature it cannot eat guests.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Being a walk in is exactly what you want of a continuously running show. By its very nature it cannot eat guests.

I should've added the theater was always pretty empty, too. On the bright side, it made it super easy to sit right in the center of a row. The idea of a theater show eating guests is always having at least somewhat of a wait/packed theater, meaning less guests are flooding lines of the other attractions. But if no one is going to see the CBJ, then they're standing in line somewhere else, making the lines longer.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I don't have any insider information, but I feel pretty confident that they aren't going to add the Country Bears to DCA or any other park. This new version at MK was ostensibly a way to make it remain viable, not a renewed confidence in the Country Bears as a headliner attraction. They already closed them down once at DLR, so other than a few easter egg-type references here and there, I wouldn't expect them to suddenly decide it was a terrible mistake to close the attraction and a new vision needs to be rebuilt at DCA.

Yeah, realistically I don't see it either, but the rumor mill sure seems focused on it right now. It's fun to at least come up with a "perfected" version of the CBJ and its theater!

 

[lazyboy97o]

I should've added the theater was always pretty empty, too. On the bright side, it made it super easy to sit right in the center of a row. The idea of a theater show eating guests is always having at least somewhat of a wait/packed theater, meaning less guests are flooding lines of the other attractions. But if no one is going to see the CBJ, then they're standing in line somewhere else, making the lines longer.

People waiting for the next show is “somewhat of a wait.” A packed show isn’t ideal because it slows down cycle times.

Even being operated at peak efficiency the theater lacks the capacity to make any meaningful impact on the park as a whole. What it can do though is provide a quick additional attraction that increases the attractions per day of guests.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

People waiting for the next show is “somewhat of a wait.” A packed show isn’t ideal because it slows down cycle times.

Even being operated at peak efficiency the theater lacks the capacity to make any meaningful impact on the park as a whole. What it can do though is provide a quick additional attraction that increases the attractions per day of guests.

Honest question, why do you think they spent the money on this refurb? If the attraction was more or less doing what it was supposed to do, what would be the point of reworking it?