Description And Comments

A charming cast of audioanimatronic bears sing and stomp in a Western-style hoedown. Although it's one of the Magic Kingdom's most humorous and upbeat shows, Country Bear Jamboree has run for so long that the geriatric bears are a step away from assisted living and the fleas all walk with canes. Readers continue to debate the merits of Country Bear Jamboree. The following comments are representative.

First, from a Sandy Hook, Connecticut, mom:

I know they consider it a classic, and kids always seem to love it, but could they PLEASE update it after half a century?

A woman from Carmel, Indiana put her experience in perspective, writing:

Here is another half hour of my life that I cannot get back.

But, a Mississippi dad defends the show:

I find it interesting how my reactions and those of my family change to certain attractions. Take Country Bear Jamboree, for instance: In my 30s I enjoyed it mildly but considered it somewhat hokey and lame, yet I thoroughly enjoyed my daughter's intense love of it at ages 3 and 8 on two previous trips. This time, at age 54, I sat up fairly close with my wife and loved it - we even sang along! Of course, this was partly to embarrass my now-16-year-old daughter, who sat hunched down in the very last row. She says we have creeping senility, but I told her, "Just wait till you bring YOUR kids!"

Touring Tips

The Jamboree remains an air-conditioned refuge during summer afternoons, rainy days, and times of peak attendance. On such days, the bears will draw larger crowds, from midmorning on.

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Tired of the same old Country Bear Jamboree, where you just sit in Grizzly Hall and passively watch the bears perform? Borrowing a page from America's favorite TV talent search, Imagineers are proposing to have audience members vote for their favorite animatronic performer. Plus, WDI has reportedly made overtures to country superstars like Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood about possibly recording some new songs for the spruced-up version of this Magic Kingdom classic.

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