Disney to Close Country Bear Jamboree for Makeover
January 26, 2024, will be the last day to see the current rendition of the Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort.
This is the second major refurbishment of the Magic Kingdom attraction, the last being in 2012 when some of the songs were omitted, making the show about 5 minutes shorter.
Country Bear Jamboree at Walt DIsney World
If you’re a fan of the Country Bears, don't worry. It’s not going away completely. The new version of the show will be called the Country Bears Musical Jamboree and will still feature the beloved bears.
The theater will be transformed into a Nashville-inspired, Grand Ole Opry-style show with reinterpreted Disney tunes.
Watch the Country Bear Jamboree Show on Youtube
The Disney songs will be performed in different country music genres such as bluegrass, pop-country, rockabilly, and Americana.
The Country Bear Jamboree was originally planned for Disney’s Mineral King Ski Resort in California, but that project never took off, and soon after Walt Disney passed away.
Plans for the show carried on. Imagineers decided to place the show in Walt Disney World as an opening day attraction. It opened on October 1, 1971.
Country Bear Jamboree was so successful in Florida, that a copy of the show was made for Disneyland, which also inspired a whole new land, called Bear Country.
In 1983, Tokyo Disneyland also got a Country Bears show.
In 2001, the Disneyland California version closed to make way for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The Florida version remained.
Country Bear Musical Jamboree will debut sometime this summer, ahead of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, opening in late 2024, also in Magic Kingdom.
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