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MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts
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WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I disagree. I think Disney would make a non specific IP based entrance hub to a new park again.
Perhaps. But we also have proof otherwise and a new park stateside has not been made in decades.
zipadee999
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Not sure if this has been mentioned but I really enjoyed the gag with Big Al blowing his nose in the curtains. I’m surprised to see modern Disney do a gross out gag like that!
Epcot81Fan
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Stay classy, Disney,
Maybe the POVs I've watched make it hard to hear, but is there any set up to Big Al going "Oof!" and falling through the stage? The original worked because he was 'drunk' but it doesn't seem like the moonshine bottles are still around him. Maybe that's him dying of a broken heart at how sad Remember Me is?
The Leader of the Club
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There’s still a moonshine bottle next to him
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Proof?
TrainsOfDisney
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I’m guessing Mickey Avenue in Shanghai.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Ah. I guess.. but its only in the name. Its not like you're walking through a toontown entrance.
Disney Analyst
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I love how they programmed the triplets for when Big Al comes back at the very end, they are like "what the?!" and one even gestures to her sisters to look.
Brer Panther
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I'm honestly starting to think it's strange that I didn't hate the show.
Epcot81Fan
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That feeling is referred to as “Stockholm Syndrome”.
Yes. They designed a park with an entrance/exit hub land Mickey Avenue. An IP influence take and the first castle hub park without a Main Street. 2016. So we have our answer. The company in this tomeframehas not bee the company thst would perhaps in the future they could go back to in house creations of that level, but that time is not now nor the last decad le and a half.
The Leader of the Club
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That park also featured one of Disney’s most recent non-IP attractions (Roaring Rapids).
J.E.Smith
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I think part of my bias for me liking what they did to plussing the bears is they actually did some of the things on ,my wish list. I was always jealous of Tokyo having all the cool extra art and display cases showing the bears' history, and it took till now but I finally got that here. I love how they finally acknowledge the "Ursus H. Bear founding Grizzly Hall" backstory in the attraction itself with the new newspaper in the lobby showing the theater's opening in the 1898.
This is true, but was not what was asked. It was said if Disney made a new park their hub would be IP free in name and basis. This is demonstrably not true for the company as heir most recent park has a hub and it went against the most famous original hub to just flat out go with Mickey Avenue.
Without a doubt the best plussing part of this. Not even close to Tokyo's still, but a lot less space.
FigmentJedi
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To the point where they made up an entirely new group (The League of Adventurers) instead of just using SEA.
Consumer
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It's been a couple days now and I finally have a chance to sit and write a little bit more of what I think.
The big issue I have with some of the songs, notably "A Whole New World," "Kiss the Girl," and "Fixer Upper," is that they're impossible to divorce from their source material. These are songs that move the narrative of a larger story. Comparatively, "Remember Me," although a very emotional moment in the film, is still just a song, making it a great fit for the show. If I were tasked to create a set list for a show using only Disney music, here's my suggestion...
1. "Country Bear Musical Jamboree" - Five Bear Rugs
2. "Pecos Bill" - Wendell
3. "That's How You Know" - Trixie
4. "I've Got a Dream" - Liver Lips McGrowl
5. "Little Patch of Heaven" - Sunbonnet Trio
6. "Bare Necessities" - Five Bear Rugs
7. "Old Yeller" - Terrence, with a dog companion
8. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - Ernest
9. "Baby Mine" - Teddi Barra
10. "Remember Me" - Big Al
11. "You've Got a Friend in Me" - Henry and Sammy
12. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Finale
I acknowledge the majority of these are not well known Disney songs, but I think that's what helps sell them as something more than being just a Disney juke box musical show. I did my best to match the songs with their characters, such as Liver Lips singing the second verse of "I've Got a Dream". I also tried to think of songs that I knew would translate well to country, such as "Baby Mine" with Allison Krauss' beautiful cover, or had a country or western origin, such as "Old Yeller." A few other songs I considered, "Blue Shadows on the Trail," for Wendell, "There's a Rumbly in my Tumbly," for Trixie, "Oo-De-Lally" for Terrence, and "Davy Crockett," for Henry and Sammy.
Overall, I really don't think the show is that bad. It's clear the Imagineers behind this did put care and love into this overlay (though I don't enjoy the carry over from the original show, such as Terrence's bongos or "Come Again"). I'm happy the bears are here to stay, that they've received an upgrade, and I do think this is better than the butchered show that's been around for the past decade. If I have to rank them, then this falls just under Christmas Special but tied with Vacation Hoedown (though not as good as Tokyo's Vacation Hoedown).
The big issue I have with some of the songs, notably "A Whole New World," "Kiss the Girl," and "Fixer Upper," is that they're impossible to divorce from their source material. These are songs that move the narrative of a larger story. Comparatively, "Remember Me," although a very emotional moment in the film, is still just a song, making it a great fit for the show. If I were tasked to create a set list for a show using only Disney music, here's my suggestion...
1. "Country Bear Musical Jamboree" - Five Bear Rugs
2. "Pecos Bill" - Wendell
3. "That's How You Know" - Trixie
4. "I've Got a Dream" - Liver Lips McGrowl
5. "Little Patch of Heaven" - Sunbonnet Trio
6. "Bare Necessities" - Five Bear Rugs
7. "Old Yeller" - Terrence, with a dog companion
8. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - Ernest
9. "Baby Mine" - Teddi Barra
10. "Remember Me" - Big Al
11. "You've Got a Friend in Me" - Henry and Sammy
12. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Finale
I acknowledge the majority of these are not well known Disney songs, but I think that's what helps sell them as something more than being just a Disney juke box musical show. I did my best to match the songs with their characters, such as Liver Lips singing the second verse of "I've Got a Dream". I also tried to think of songs that I knew would translate well to country, such as "Baby Mine" with Allison Krauss' beautiful cover, or had a country or western origin, such as "Old Yeller." A few other songs I considered, "Blue Shadows on the Trail," for Wendell, "There's a Rumbly in my Tumbly," for Trixie, "Oo-De-Lally" for Terrence, and "Davy Crockett," for Henry and Sammy.
Overall, I really don't think the show is that bad. It's clear the Imagineers behind this did put care and love into this overlay (though I don't enjoy the carry over from the original show, such as Terrence's bongos or "Come Again"). I'm happy the bears are here to stay, that they've received an upgrade, and I do think this is better than the butchered show that's been around for the past decade. If I have to rank them, then this falls just under Christmas Special but tied with Vacation Hoedown (though not as good as Tokyo's Vacation Hoedown).
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