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News Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts
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Bocabear
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Setting aside the Tiki purist that I am, the first time I went into Under New Management had been a few years since my last visit...where people were getting up and walking out through the entire show until there were only about 10 people in the audience by the end... (That was the original show...fountain and all)... After the change to Under New Management, I can't say I didn't enjoy it and think it was a fun take...as long as it wasn't permanent... The Uh-Oah figure was amazing, the show was fast paced and everyone seemed to like it... At least they stayed seated...
After my third or fourth visit over the next few years, I longed for the original show again...Under New Management did not age well... But for a moment, it was cute and funny...and a real product of that mid 90s Hollywood thing.... It wasn't all bad...
now they need to restore that fountain and do something about the audio... Remaster the recordings, New subwoofers.... Something...it is a beautful show.
After my third or fourth visit over the next few years, I longed for the original show again...Under New Management did not age well... But for a moment, it was cute and funny...and a real product of that mid 90s Hollywood thing.... It wasn't all bad...
now they need to restore that fountain and do something about the audio... Remaster the recordings, New subwoofers.... Something...it is a beautful show.
dreamfinding
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Imagine my face when I have only ever visited WDW post new management, visited DL, watched Tiki Room, and saw a working fountain. My first words “Why don’t we have that?”
Bocabear
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It was beautiful back in the day....and when the Florida Citrus Growers were the sponsor, and theDole Whip stand next door was the Sunshine Tree Terrace...they had a frozen orange juice think, much like Dole Whip, and the counter area was all underneath a gigantic orange tree with translucent green plastic leaves and an animatronic Orange Bird... It also had rotating filters over the overhead spotlights to make it look like sunlights filtering down through the tree... It was beautiful... THen Under New Management and Aladdin, nd it is what we have now... Sure wish Aladdin would move back out and the plaza would open back up again....
dreamfinding
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You had me at animatronic orange bird…
But seriously, why haven’t they brought back walk around Orange Bird?
Bocabear
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That's a good question...it is an IP... and a park specific IP that is really loved in Asia for some reason.... The frozen orange drink is now sold at the small window where they used to sell Dole Whip...which is immensely popular. When they brought Orange bird back out of mothballs 10 years ago, they also found and rebuilt the machine that made the orange drink...I guess it had broken years before and was just moved to storage...At least they still have the machine...and the non Animatronic Orange bird they built for the renovation of Sunshine Tree Terrace....
dreamfinding
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The Orange Bird is a bit like figment it seems. They bring them out for festival merch only
TrainsOfDisney
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In case you don’t already know this… those are all Kevin Rafferty projects along with our favorite AA entertainer Cosmic Ray!
I kinda liked under new management too, I was glad to get the original back but at the time new management was kinda fun.
JoeCamel
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Orange Bird has a troubled history as it was created for the Florida Citrus Commission in return for sponsorship and the Commission was represented by Anita Bryant
dreamfinding
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That genuinely stinks.
I have to ask - how many guests are aware that he was created for that purpose and that she was a representative for said company? Not justifying, just asking.
JoeCamel
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Less than there were a few years ago?
I think UNM would have been much better received if they had simply let the birds sing the full version of In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room before Zazu and Iago interrupted the show. The imagineers failed to realize the emotional connection to that song and how only playing it for 30 seconds really soured audiences immediately.
Bocabear
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When Anita Bryant was making her political remarks and her crusade, WDW, Enchanted Tiki Room, Orange Bird et-al were already in existence... No one knew at the time that these projects were designed and implemented that Anita Bryant would go off one her own personal religious thing against the Gays.
Orange Bird, and much of the original attraction was merely presented by the Florida Citrus Growers, and had nothing to do with anything political... At the time Anita Bryant was a Miss America Runner-up and a D list celebrity that could sing and do commercials....
The original implementation of Orange Bird and the Citrus details were all masterfully done and beautiful.
Orange Bird, and much of the original attraction was merely presented by the Florida Citrus Growers, and had nothing to do with anything political... At the time Anita Bryant was a Miss America Runner-up and a D list celebrity that could sing and do commercials....
The original implementation of Orange Bird and the Citrus details were all masterfully done and beautiful.
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dreamfinding
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I wonder if TWDC is using her as an excuse though? It certainly hasn’t held them back from tons of Orange Bird merchandise.
TrainsOfDisney
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Did I miss something? I’ve seen plenty of orange bird merch - did it all get pulled?
dreamfinding
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No, I think just a misinterpretation.
Earlier in the thread, I mentioned “why hasn’t WDW brought back walk around OB?”
Someone said it probably has something to do with Anita Bryant. Then, Boca pointed out that OB existed before Anita Bryant’s partnership with the Florida Citrus Growers. I then wondered if TWDC was using Anita Bryant’s partnership as an excuse for no walk around orange bird.
I think the excuse is more likely “We don’t want to build a new orange bird costume.”
Bocabear
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They probably still have one somewhere.... Now that Dole Whip has moved into the Sunshine Tree Terrace which was Orange Bird's home, Orange bird has been moved down to the tiny Refreshment Isle window...so..basically no more orange Bird....and the shops that were by Sunshine Tree Terrace Agribah Bazaar were all closed last time I was there...not sure what is going on with them... Add to that the gigantic decline of orange groves in Florida... Most of the groves in central Florida are now housing tracts sadly.... Down here in South Florida they are all gone.
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TrainsOfDisney
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He’s still there last time I checked!
dreamfinding
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I mean, they could replace the Bazaar with an orange bird m&g.
Orange Bird occasionally shows up in Disney merch and ads.
While Disney is associated with Orange Bird, it's not like its Frozen or Moana or Encanto. So, it's not headlining anything or taking up a lot of resources. Are children clamoring for a M&G with Orange Bird?
While Disney is associated with Orange Bird, it's not like its Frozen or Moana or Encanto. So, it's not headlining anything or taking up a lot of resources. Are children clamoring for a M&G with Orange Bird?