Disney confirms Country Bear Jamboree to continue on and reach its 50th anniversary in 2021

Jun 28, 2019 in "Country Bear Jamboree"

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Posted: Friday June 28, 2019 3:56pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

In an announcement today, Disney has made it clear that the Country Bear Jamboree at the Magic Kingdom will not be replaced anytime soon, and will celebrate its 50th anniversary on October 1 2021.

Country Bear Jamboree - Finale

Posted via the official Disney Parks Blog, Disney said:

Thanks for “bearing” with us this week. With all of the news we’ve shared, we “fur-got” to mention our friends over at the Country Bears. Our Imagineers are always looking at ways to bring more magic to our guests through experiences and stories they know, but contrary to rumors, Country Bear Jamboree is not going into hibernation any time soon. In fact, we’re looking forward to celebrating its 50th anniversary on Oct. 1, 2021, with Henry, the Five Bear Rugs and the rest of the gang. Until then, “we hope that you’ll be comin’ back again; that you’ll drop in and see us now and then.”

The Country Bear Jamboree went through a major refurbishment in 2012, but there had been recent internet speculation that the Jamboree may have been closing in the near future to make way for a new show.

Disney also made another announcement earlier this week indicating that the Magic Kingdom's Tiki Room will also continue.

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FettFanJul 16, 2019

I’m good with that. A brand new SRS has the freedom to expand outward and not be limited to the old If You Had Wings/Dreamflight track. And best of all...dare I say it....you could build TWO tracks that routinely come close to each other.

twilight mitsukJul 16, 2019

Along with space ranger spin

FettFanJul 16, 2019

A Toy Story animatronic stage show would be a GREAT addition...to Toy Story Land. Leave CBJ ALONE.

borkJul 01, 2019

I love that site. Makes it easy to keep up on rumors without having to wade through hundreds of posts and he always sites sources.

MinnieWafflesJun 30, 2019

I didn't know that, and that's even funnier. He's got nothing to lose but nothing to gain.

Walt Disney1955Jun 30, 2019

So basically the bottom line here is that it was just "fake news" and at best gossip or at worst an intentional rumor that the Country Bears and/or Tiki Birds were going to be replaced? From what I am reading in the comments it looks like it. I am happy to hear that if it is true. CBJ is only in Tokyo as far as I know. It belongs in Frontierland in WDW.

DeletedAccount55555Jun 30, 2019

Right?! Between rumors posted on various message boards and mentioned on podcasts and competent guesswork, you could correctly predict some changes. But that’s not the same as having a source, writing a story that sounds definitive about these changes, and then claiming credit for breaking “news.”

Donaldfan1934Jun 30, 2019

It was described by the site that shall not be named as a full-on replacement. However, as mentioned earlier in this thread, they were the only source to be that specific about a potential replacement, so take that as you will.

jt04Jun 30, 2019

Was the plan to have Woody be one of the side acts of the show or were they going to remove the entire show for Toy Story content? If the former I think it could have worked. Tom Hanks can be pretty creative. Still hope they put a show like this in DHS.

ImperfectPixieJun 30, 2019

They do. And they love to play the victim and are surrounded by self-created drama.

StevekJun 30, 2019

Is that surprising? Someone who focuses their whole life on Disney parks (aka lives in Fantasyland) lacks maturity? Have seen this in Star Wars fandom as well. Some of these folks lose sight of what real life is and Disney because their reality.

ImperfectPixieJun 30, 2019

There seem to be a handful of people on the web who are into Disney who have the same kind of personality. I can think of three others just off the top of my head (although they're on Facebook).

trainplane3Jun 30, 2019

He doesn't have and hasn't had media access for anything (for a long, long time), if that's what you were implying. A chunk of unofficial Disney sites don't. It's late (or would it be considered early?) here, so I could've misread what you were saying.

MinnieWafflesJun 30, 2019

It would be incredibly stupid for our old friend Clickbait to not only lose all credibility by being shut down by the official Disney Parks blog twice, but then to throw a complete temper tantrum about it and get cut off completely from previews and anything else. So he had better buck up his ideas or forget about his website being anything other then a laughing stock.