The Enchanted Hall Of Country Progress Birds Jamboree Showdown!

[Occasional Guest]

C.O.P. The song always makes me happy. Country Bear Jamboree is my second favorite. I can't remember the last time I saw the Hall of Presidents show. I try not to think about politics while at the Happiest Place on Earth.

 

[luv]

CoP, of course. It was difficult to vote against the Tiki Birds! I like the Country Bears, too.

I like that HoP is there, buti don't go in often.

 

[taz0162]

Country Bear Jamboree
Enchanted Tiki Room
Carousel Of Progress
Hall of Presidents

 

[Chrononymous]

Tiki Room. I adore the songs, the corny jokes, the colorful birds, the singing tiki gods.
It's the first attraction I visited on my first MK trip, and I guess it always stuck with me.

And I am so glad it has returned(even if not completely intact)because I refuse to acknowledge the other version.

The first time I saw it I noticed an awful lot of people leaving the show midway. Didn't understand it then, and while I do understand it now, I still think it's horribly rude.

 

[Brer Mickey]

This was tough for me because I am a huge history nerd and LOVE Hall of Presidents, but there is just something magical about those tiki birds. I find it so relaxing

 

[Kid A]

Da bears. If we were talking about tiki room at dland, my vote would have been different.

 

[Figgy1]

Da bears. If we were talking about tiki room at dland, my vote would have been different.

Welcome and thtnks for the great reply!

 

[jayhawkmickey]

COP cause I'm a big dork, but the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room is a really really really really really close second.

 

[jlsHouston]

I have only managed to do CoP and Tiki...which the latter I kind of napped thru.. but LOVE LOVE LOVE CoP even though it is so out of date....

 

[Goofyernmost]

I have only managed to do CoP and Tiki...which the latter I kind of napped thru.. but LOVE LOVE LOVE CoP even though it is so out of date....

I suppose, but, for the most part, it is extremely difficult for history to not be out of date and 75% of the show has always, since day one, been about history. How many of current visitors have lived at the turn of the 20th century or even know what life was like back then. I think it is important that we have that contrast to better appreciate what we have today.

It has reached the point where it is no longer possible to try and update the last scene to the future because there is too big a gap in there to make it doable. You cannot update it without losing the beginning, which is just as important as any other scene in the show. It is time to upgrade the AA's, clean up the auditorium and push it as a look at the past as a historical show. It is perfect in Tomorrowland because it is a contrast to what we are now and what we might become. Yesterday to Tomorrow. In fact, in my simple mind, it becomes more relevant to be there with every passing year.

Fix it up, show it some love and "they will come"!

 

[jlsHouston]

Yes and all those reasons are probably why I totally loved CoP, because it took me back there to what I could remember in my youth, and what I could remember about the stories I had been told of earlier times too. Saw it with my DGS... the first time and he loved it.

 

[jlsHouston]

I suppose, but, for the most part, it is extremely difficult for history to not be out of date and 75% of the show has always, since day one, been about history. How many of current visitors have lived at the turn of the 20th century or even know what life was like back then. I think it is important that we have that contrast to better appreciate what we have today.

It has reached the point where it is no longer possible to try and update the last scene to the future because there is too big a gap in there to make it doable. You cannot update it without losing the beginning, which is just as important as any other scene in the show. It is time to upgrade the AA's, clean up the auditorium and push it as a look at the past as a historical show.

It is perfect in Tomorrowland because it is a contrast to what we are now and what we might become. Yesterday to Tomorrow. In fact, in my simple mind, it becomes more relevant to be there with every passing year.

Fix it up, show it some love and "they will come"!

And that is eloquently stated I love how you say this part:

" It is perfect in Tomorrowland because it is a contrast to what we are now and what we might become. Yesterday to tomorrow. In fact, in my simple mind, it becomes more relevant to be there with every passing year"

 

[tracyandalex]

While I really like all the choices, I had to go with COP!

 

[Figments Friend]

Country Bear Jamboree. I think it holds the attention better and is genuinely funnier and more entertaining than any of the other AA shows in Magic Kingdom.

But notice I said the Magic Kingdom. I think we all know who would come out on top if we were to include Epcot's animatronic stage shows. (points to avatar)

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Agree. CBJ is tops. Great character design, show writing, and music...and i am not even a country music fan!
I do enjoy the Tiki Room,which is a close second, but a lot of the appeal there is the setting and the different show elements. Retro nostalgia really kicks in when i see it every visit.
CBJ on the other hand wins the vote from me because it is more theatrical and covers a lot of ground in that tight 15 minute show. A pity it has now been shortened...but it still rates as the best Classic AA presentation at MK.

EPCOT now.....hmmm..perhaps you should start a thread covering that..?
I bet i can guess which one would win....
I will post my vote now - American Adventure, hands down.

 

[Nemo14]

CoP for me. I saw it at the New York World's Fair and loved it then - still do!

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Wow, I just can't choose.

I think I'm just going to go realmadhatter on this and say that I love all of them. I couldn't imagine the MK without them.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I couldn't imagine the MK without them.

Having 4 AA shows is one of MK's better assets, especially when Disneyland no longer has America Sings or their version of the Bears.

 

[pumpkin7]

I was initially going to go with the CBJ as it's always been a favourite of mine and I pretty much know all the words to the songs. I love the atmosphere in the room, and everyone getting into it and enjoying it, and it's just a really catchy country ho - down.
Then I remembered that they butchered it and destroyed it and sucked out it's heart and essence. It's now a shell of what it used to be. It's rushed, it makes no sense, the bears are souless. Rubbish.
So I voted COP as it's one of the few attractions on site that is all Walt. It's got his fingerprints all over it. Though I do agree it needs some TLC.
Although, I did enjoy the Hall of Presidents. The last time I saw it was also the first time, and I really enjoyed watching the animatronic Presidents whisper to each other and lean into each other, and move as though they were actually there. I think the whole attraction is very cleverly done and must have taken quite a bit of work. I do think that they could do a better job with GW Bush and Obama though. They look nothing like their counterparts. I also love how Abe stands up! That's just sweet right there.

 

[Bob Saget]

I was torn between CoP and HoP. I ended up voting for HoP as my personal favorite. Just a beautiful overall production which illustrates the ideal of unity despite political differences. The message & theme is brilliant, the air conditioning is much appreciated on a hot Central Fla afternoon, and it is the only attraction on property which is guaranteed a new addition at most every 8 years.

 

[afar28]

Carousel of Progress.
Mainly because it is one of the few things in WDW made by Walt himself, the song is very catchy, I love how it shows the advancements that come over time, and it is excellent on a hot day since the line is always short.