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. In an attempt to make the attraction more "bearable" to a modern audience, the attraction was cleaned-up and shortened from 15 minutes to 10 minutes in October 2012.

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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BUFORD'S LAST TIRP TO THE WOODSHED?

When Country Bear Jamboree returns from its fall 2012 rehabs, don't be surprised to find a couple of songs missing. to present a few more shows per day (and make the Frontierland mainstay more politically correct), the Imagineers night ax "Mama, Don't Whup Little Buford" along with other ditties. If so, it'll be unbearable for those of us who've enjoyed the mangy bruins as originally scripted since Walt Disney World opened on October 1, 1971.

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