Rumor Country Bear Jamboree to be Replaced by Toy Story Show?

Rodan75

Rodan75

Well-Known Member
I could see them doing birds or bears before the 50th...but both? That would be a tough one to justify, they would get roasted at D23 if it was announced there.

I also find it hard to believe that the Woody’s Roundup concept wouldn’t just go in the new BBQ TS restaurant headed for TSL. Seems like a great way to maximize reservations and food prices.

Both sides of birds and bears are problematic from a guest flow perspective. Maybe this is about reimagining the attractions, the restaurants and dole whip counter across both lands in this building(s).

Also I think both attractions, as much as I love them, need to be redone anyway to take out some of the items that are no longer appropriate culturally.
 
D

DeletedAccount55555

Well-Known Member
LaughingGravy said:
CBJ is a staple. It's a shame it was removed from DL in favor of a 50% Pooh ride.

The thought of WDW not being a museum was mentioned.
We have been putting our family vacation money to places that have been preserved, including Disneyland just a month ago ( pre-Star Wars Land opening) with its Snow White's Scary Adventures and many other points ( lots of trees! and lots of nice benches!) as well as other parks such as Knoebel's in PA, and the fantastic and real National Parks of the US.
Click to expand...

As I understand it, it was never that popular in Disneyland.

I'm 100% of the "WDW is not a museum" train, but I don't want such a classic attraction not to exist in some form somewhere. That's why I wouldn't mind if WDW's Tiki goes away as long as DL's version stays put.
Rodan75 said:
I also find it hard to believe that the Woody’s Roundup concept wouldn’t just go in the new BBQ TS restaurant headed for TSL. Seems like a great way to maximize reservations and food prices.

Both sides of birds and bears are problematic from a guest flow perspective. Maybe this is about reimagining the attractions, the restaurants and dole whip counter across both lands in this building(s).
Click to expand...

This is one of many reasons I don't trust the Tom story. The replacement makes no sense for Magic Kingdom. It's quite plausible to me that it's indeed being developed for the BBQ joint at TSL -- and then it's a situation where Tom had one piece of the story and made up the other 95%.
 
jt04

jt04

Well-Known Member
MisterPenguin said:
Moving a working attraction to a resort is going to require a fee to see it. Likewise, if it's moved to an out-of-park restaurant, there will be a cover charge to see it.

Attractions like these require paying engineers to fix and maintain.

Would you pay $5 per person to see CBJ?
Click to expand...

They wouldn't have to recreate the entire show. As I mentioned the bears could act more as background music. It would be a nice concession to the biggest fans that it still exists in some capacity and a respectful homage to Walt's legacy.
 
C

celluloid

Well-Known Member
On one hand, this frightens me that it could happen, on the other hand, as uncreative as Disney's IP synergy has been in theming it has also been just as lazy. So if Country Bear Jamboree is still making enough money for its relatively low cost(of course its maintence is practical effects based so not the cheapest to keep) and Toy Story Profits or interest would not increase based on research on a Toy Story Show in its place than things are likely to stay.

Sadly, as others have said, I would worry that the building would sit shuttered for a good while before it becomes something new.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

Well-Known Member
embracejg said:
If you recall, stories about those plans include an actual layout of what would go in KidZone. The fact the reports included those plans bolsters the credibility of the story -- not just a mention of "internal documents."

It was also reported by WFTV, which I will argue has much higher standards for running with a story than Tom.

I'm not saying unsourced rumors may not turn out to be true. Clearly they have, but that shouldn't be an argument that all unsourced theme park rumors are therefore trustworthy. And in this case, I don't trust Tom, his potentially self-serving motives, and his track record of reporting rumors that never come to fruition and then refusing to acknowledge that fact.
Click to expand...

Sorry, I actually wasn’t intending to defend Tom. I was more referring to our resident doubter of Martin Et al.
 
Walt Disney1955

Walt Disney1955

Well-Known Member
Rodan75 said:
I could see them doing birds or bears before the 50th...but both? That would be a tough one to justify, they would get roasted at D23 if it was announced there.

I also find it hard to believe that the Woody’s Roundup concept wouldn’t just go in the new BBQ TS restaurant headed for TSL. Seems like a great way to maximize reservations and food prices.

Both sides of birds and bears are problematic from a guest flow perspective. Maybe this is about reimagining the attractions, the restaurants and dole whip counter across both lands in this building(s).

Also I think both attractions, as much as I love them, need to be redone anyway to take out some of the items that are no longer appropriate culturally.
Click to expand...

See, that's the problem nowadays. These idiot CEOs are pandering to the tide pod generation who wouldn't understand a good attraction if it bit them in the face. These are straight from Walt Disney's imagination, that's what makes them so great. Quick, name me one place that has anything remotely close to CBJ or Tiki Birds. Six Flags? No, that's what makes Disney unique. There are no Hall of Presidents, or American Adventure anywhere else. I don't know where Great Movie Ride was anywhere else in the world either. The concept for CoP, brilliant!

They need to leave them be. They fit into their lands like a glove and don't take up much space. Honestly, we've all seen the Bears theatre. It's small, nothing big could fit there anyway.
 
Walt Disney1955

Walt Disney1955

Well-Known Member
embracejg said:
As I understand it, it was never that popular in Disneyland.

I'm 100% of the "WDW is not a museum" train, but I don't want such a classic attraction not to exist in some form somewhere. That's why I wouldn't mind if WDW's Tiki goes away as long as DL's version stays put.


This is one of many reasons I don't trust the Tom story. The replacement makes no sense for Magic Kingdom. It's quite plausible to me that it's indeed being developed for the BBQ joint at TSL -- and then it's a situation where Tom had one piece of the story and made up the other 95%.
Click to expand...

Let's hope you are right.

But here is the thing, part of WDW is exactly just that - a museum. This is what we like about the place. Liberty Square, Frontierland, even Adventureland to an extent, you just can't modernize them, it doesn't work. The exact point is that these attractions, or lands, are moments frozen in time.
 
ChimneySweep

ChimneySweep

Member
teknikipedia said:
Closing the Country Bears would certainly be tragic from a historical and nostalgic standpoint. I for one would miss it terribly, I'm still not completely over the soundtrack changes that removed all the amazing banter. That being said, even I have to be fair and say that the Country Bears may just not be cutting it for today's generation, and that's truly a shame. I think about it much in the same way as the Rockafire Explosion. Are singing animals enough to keep the attention of kids whose heads are normally buried in tablets and phones? Now, I think making it a Toy Story-themed attraction would be like pouring salt on a huge burn, but that's just because I'm seriously over all things Toy Story, and I would like to see something else go in that space, would the decision be made to replace the bears.

I'm seriously hoping this is just another rumor.
Click to expand...

I miss some of the edited out material as well, particularly the original version of the finale song "Ole Slew Foot". It's a magic moment when all the bears came out together and Big Al is still singing "Blood on the Saddle" throughout. They chopped out a few bars of music where they all hollered and then sang another chorus. It was already brief enough. I know things fall out of fashion and today's audiences are different on the whole with less attention span, but it really is sad. It's one of the originals that made Walt Disney World so special. It should be restored, not removed. I'm still mourning The Diamond Horseshoe show.
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom