News Disney World's Magic Kingdom is experiencing widescale attraction closures this morning due to a bear

[monothingie]

I was tempted to leave my den and post in this thread as an opportunity to gripe about the unbearable changes announced for Country Bear Jamboree, but I had the forbearance to know my griping would be unbearable. This fun bit of news is certainly upbearing WDW chatter for the day and I have enjoyed this thread's bearing so far.

 

[Beacon Joe]

But I've barely started...

 

[MichRX7]

Leave the poor bear alone, he was just trying to pick a paw-paw or a prickly pear...

 

[monothingie]

But I've barely started...

 

[LAKid53]

I think they’re taking the marketing for the Country Bears redo a bit too far.

He was looking for the auditions for a new part...and got lost.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

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From https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/bear/living/distribution-map/

Interesting, apparently WDW falls under the “frequent” category.

A PSA for everyone:

Try to avoid the South Central bears…
Cause If they don’t like how you’re looking at them…they’ll BUSS a CAP in you

 

[Beacon Joe]

No need for such bearishness.

 

[LAKid53]

Good point.

But FWC would take the lead.

 

[mf1972]

it could be worse

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

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As a city gal that's never seen a real bear, that would be real cool for me. I didn't even know Florida HAD bears

I love this picture


…and you live in Pennsylvania…by the way.

You have plenty of bears

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

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it could be worse

Wait…the bear went to Mannequins first?

 

[LAKid53]

More than likely. It wouldn't surprise me if Disney vets worked with Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC). But a removal of wildlife still requires FWC to take possession and move the bear.

That it does. And FWC will be the state agency relocating the bear.

 

[LAKid53]

I thought this article was about the Disney stock price

 

[GimpYancIent]

That it does. And FWC will be the state agency relocating the bear.

Just live trap the bear and give him a comfortable home in AK. The bear came to Disney not the other way around, hey! sounds to me like a serious fan.

 

[ToTBellHop]

What if this was a feasibility test for the Beyond Big Thunder expansion and it was a complete failure?

 

[LAKid53]

Just live trap the bear and give him a comfortable home in AK. The bear came to Disney not the other way around, hey! sounds to me like a serious fan.

Kinda hard to live trap a bear up a tree. The most important thing to consider is to not harm the animal.

Too bad WDW has re-themed Splash Mountain. THAT would be an interesting ride. "Mommy, that bear animatronic looks real..."

 

[KatiebugFan]

But why was the bear in the tree in the first place??

He was just looking for the Bear necessities.. the simple bear necessities...

 

[ToTBellHop]

Just live trap the bear and give him a comfortable home in AK. The bear came to Disney not the other way around, hey! sounds to me like a serious fan.

He didn’t have a park reservation. No one cares about his IncrediPass.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Yes, it would suck from the guest side, but their fire capacity should remain at least half of what it would usually be (likely more like 70% capacity), and they wouldn’t likely be over half fire capacity at a random time in September before park hopping is even open.

The Florida Fire Prevention Code does not control maximum occupancy of a theme park. That number is determined by Disney.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Disney is so far behind... We've been doing this in downtown Orlando for months now!