Country Bear Jamboree to be updated with new songs and acts in 2024 at Walt Disney World

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New Country Bear Jamboree 2024 poster

Posted: Saturday September 9, 2023 9:48am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

At Walt Disney World, the Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and the bears will be performing a new act in 2024.

Disney Imagineer Chris Beatty says when the show debuts, the bears will be reinterpreting favorite Disney songs in different genres of country music. Imagineers are envisioning the new experience as a homage to the classic musical revues in Nashville and they’re working with Nashville musicians to get the authentic country sound.

Disney said the Country Bear Jamboree will still have the fun and friendly tone fans enjoy with the same famous characters like the loveable Trixie, Big Al and others.

New Country Bear Jamboree 2024 poster

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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 Club4 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.