Closing date set for Country Bear Jamboree at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Jan 09, 2024 in "Country Bear Jamboree"

Posted: Tuesday January 9, 2024 4:09pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World's Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom will be closed starting January 27, 2024 to begin work on updating the show with a fresh new act opening summer 2024.

In an update today, 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."

Disney also teased that more changes will soon be announced for Frontierland at Magic Kingdom.

Here is a look at a recording session for the new show which will be named "Country Bear Musical Jamboree."

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Starship8243 days ago

Maybe they'll bring the old shows back next year since they probably want the new show running for at least a year. I highly doubt that though.

Animaniac93-983 days ago

It possibly means Tokyo is bringing back the Xmas version too, and rotating through the 3 existing versions as they were pre-2020...what WDW should be doing (have been doing) instead of this new show.

TheCoasterNerd5 days ago

I wish we could get Great Outdoors, Davy Crocket, Bear Band Serenade, and Come Again back, but I'm guessing it's just gonna be one of those. Maybe Come Again as the exit music and one of the others but I doubt many songs will return

Touchdown5 days ago

I’m also hoping for Thank God I’m a Country Bear.

celluloid5 days ago

Those have been gone for so long. It is wild that it would not have Davy Crockett. And fits the IP edict. Just not too recent

The Leader of the Club5 days ago

If there was a betting pool on songs for the new show, I’d throw some money towards “Great Outdoors” and “Come Again” returning.

discos5 days ago

Part of me thinks the new show at MK will feature the opening song from Vacation Hoedown

TheCoasterNerd5 days ago

Don't know how relevant this is to Florida's new show, if at all, but its an interesting possibility to think about!

Inspired Figment10 days ago

That’s def a question I had in mind/am definitely going to ask when I’m able to speak with him for my Talking Mickey Mouse (the audio-animatronic talking/storytelling toy by Worlds of Wonder, similar to Teddy Ruxpin) research project soon. :

imagineer9710 days ago

Does anyone know if Peter Renaday is involved in the new show, even in a small role? Paging @Inspired Figment because you mentioned him in the Figment thread.

Brer Oswald15 days ago

Hoping we get a nice Kinman sign out of this since he seems to be helping out with Bayou.

HauntedPirate16 days ago

Forgot about "Adventure" in the name. ;)

DisneyDodo16 days ago

Jazz Gator Jamboree

JohnD16 days ago

Well maybe not him. But there are some bears in that critter band over there. . .