

On August 24, 2001, it was announced that the Disneyland location would close on September 9 to make room for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The Tokyo Version also houses two identical theaters, like the Disneyland version. Due to the huge popularity of the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions a third version of the attraction was planned to open at Tokyo Disneyland on April 15, 1983. The Disneyland version of the attraction opened on March 4, 1972. Because of the tremendous popularity of the show in Walt Disney World, excess capacity was added to the Disneyland incarnation in the form of two identical theaters, each housing a copy of the show in its entirety. The addition to the show in Disneyland inspired a brand-new land appropriately titled Bear Country. It received so much positive feedback that Imagineers immediately planned to make a replica of the show to be placed in Disneyland. On October 1, 1971, The Country Bear Jamboree opened its doors in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Imagineer X Atencio and musical director George Bruns created songs for the bears to sing. Instead, the Imagineers working on the project decided to place the show in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in time for its grand opening in 1971. But while plans for the show progressed, plans for the ski resort did not. The bears would be featured in the resort's Bear Band Restaurant Show, and it was decided that they would have a country twang. Īfter Disney's death, plans for the show still carried on. ĭavis, together with Al Bertino, came up with many bear groups, including bear marching bands, bear mariachi bands, and Dixieland bears. The project was assigned to imagineer Marc Davis. Disney knew he wanted some sort of show to provide entertainment to the guests at the resort, and he knew he wanted the show to feature some sort of bear band. The Country Bear Jamboree was originally intended by Walt Disney to be placed at Disney's Mineral King Ski Resort in California which he was trying to build in the mid 1960s.
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In 2002, a movie titled The Country Bears was released which was based on the attraction and its characters. This version was so popular at Disneyland that it became the park's permanent edition until the attraction's closing in 2001. In 1986 it was given a summertime version called The Country Bear Vacation Hoedown. It was called The Country Bear Christmas Special. The audience includes audio-animatronic animal heads mounted on the walls who interact with characters on stage.ĭue to overwhelming popularity, The Country Bear Jamboree was given a "spin-off" show which appeared during the 1984 winter season at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Characters rise up to the stage on platforms, descend from the ceiling, and appear from behind curtains. Most of the characters are bears who perform country music. The attraction is a stage show featuring audio-animatronic figures. All versions of the attraction are similar. The attraction also existed at Disneyland Park. The Country Bear Jamboree is an attraction in the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort and at Tokyo Disneyland in the Tokyo Disney Resort.
