Last chance to see the Country Bear Jamboree at Walt Disney World

Jan 25, 2024 in "Country Bear Musical Jamboree"

Country Bear Jamboree show January 2024
Posted: Thursday January 25, 2024 10:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World's Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom will be closed on Saturday, January 27, to begin its transformation into the new Country Bear Musical Jamboree.

Friday, January 26, 2024, will be the last chance to see the show in its current form.

Operating hours for the final two days of the Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom are:

Thursday, January 25: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
Friday, January 26: 11:00 am to 9:00 pm

You can watch a multi-angle video of Country Bear Jamboree shot this week below (4K YouTube).

Looking ahead to the new show, which opens in the summer of 2024, Disney says, "The Country Bears are getting ready to put on a new show that pays homage to the Opry-style shows of Nashville. While the Country Bear Musical Jamboree will include easter eggs from the beginning to the end including a familiar tune fans may remember, the bears will sing new, reinterpreted Disney tunes in different genres of country music – like bluegrass, pop-country, Americana, rockabilly and other styles."

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PiratesMansion3 days ago

Sure, but we need not get so lost in the memories that we allow or encourage the parks to become further sullied in the meantime. I've done the Stitch Tiki Room also and it's...definitely a thing that exists. Not a patch on the original, which is the only version of that show that (IMO) has ever worked.

Disnutz3113 days ago

Lol. Yeah, I miss the pure days of old Disney World and the company, but I have come to terms with the growth and changes for the most part. It's good to look back but also keep an open mind. There was nothing like EPCOT '84, Adventurer's Club, Splash, and the GMR. With that said, removal of ROA and Muppets is a stupid idea, but at the end of the day, we are all going to ride the new stuff, and the company won't listen. Just trying the keep the memories pure. Now I rather go to Tokyo Disney again and spend less, see better show quality and cast members, and make new memories.

Disgruntled Walt3 days ago

For someone who calls himself a "Disney World Purist," this is a bit of a surprising take.

Disnutz3113 days ago

I will say that the Stich Tiki Room in Japan surprised me and it was just the right use of him and still felt like the classic show. I would not mind that addition at all. Would make the kids enjoy it more.

The Leader of the Club3 days ago

Annual passholders would love it. Regular guests might be slightly less confused who this random orange thing is on all the merch.

aladdin20074 days ago

An orange bird animatronic should come up in the middle as part of the show, know how popular that would be?

AidenRodriguez7314 days ago

Wouldn't be a bad idea but if they did want to keep the attraction story/script the same, they can just replace the voices with people from the areas they represent. I always imagined the birds as either tourists themselves or people who "run the show" that already kinda existed there.

TrainsOfDisney4 days ago

An accurate depiction of a tiki room parrot who is hosting a show? Shouldn’t they all be voiced from actors from Polynesia then?

AidenRodriguez7314 days ago

If you take a job from someone who reasonably could do it and who would be a more accurate depiction of the representation (particularly those who are underrepresented) to do a sterotyped-version of the representation, that's not a great look.

TrainsOfDisney4 days ago

I may be mixing this up but I believe that leak was the same time as country bears to woodys roundup - they’ve been full of such good ideas lately ;)

AidenRodriguez7314 days ago

Ouch. Glad they scrapped that, maybe leaks are a good thing since I'm sure the reaction to Tiki Room being replaced had a factor in this being benched. Very odd decision considering that Moana could have a M&G in any park pretty much and Adventureland already has a wide open expansion plot.

TrainsOfDisney4 days ago

Where is the point that it becomes “different”? By far the most offensive bird voice at Disney is Iago correct? I’m a fan of the great late Gilbert but he is the very definition of offensive.

Moth4 days ago

I don't think I can post the site here. But if you search "Tiki room Moana concept art" you'll probably find it.

AidenRodriguez7314 days ago

Which concept art are you referring to? Cause yikes