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

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New Country Bear Jamboree 2024 poster

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.

The last day to see the Country Bear Jamboree will be January 26, 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."

New Country Bear Jamboree 2024 poster

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Comped22 days ago

I saw it about 2 weeks ago and was disappointed. Everything felt pretty rushed, and only one or two songs even got close to working for me personally. The group I was with commented that "the costumes look cheap", although I tried to assure them that almost certainly was not the case. A lot of segments felt like an attempt by Disney to perhaps advertise a new country album, more so than fitting concept of the show and country music into the Disney canon. Which is funny because Disney definitely has a history of taking songs from one medium and putting them into another, most notably jazz during the '90s - but always with a little bit more care than whatever happened with the orchestration of most of these songs. Very disappointing. A huge letdown musically, even more so than when I saw the taped performances when it originally opened. Used to be a show I would see probably at least once a month, now I probably won't go back until they redo it or close it permanently.

tanc22 days ago

Saw it back on Nov 8th, great show! The updates are phenomenal, while the original is preserved in Tokyo, the new look of everything is spectacular in WDW.

JD8027 days ago

I saw it for the first time two weeks ago. Loved it.

EagleScout61027 days ago

Or they could've had the gag of them running around backstage like they did from the skunk in Vacation Hoedown

zipadee99927 days ago

They could’ve at least played backup for some of the other bears like they did with Ernest in the OG show

Steamboat7128 days ago

The Five Bear Rugs were done dirty in this new show. Bear-ly any showtime.

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost28 days ago

From what I've heard, they tried to keep Sammy as a hat, but couldn't get it to work with Henry's new cowboy hat. Having him behind the amp was a compromise to keep him in the show instead of cutting him altogether.

TrainsOfDisney28 days ago

Yes…. Although the 2 have been plopped together so much they are practically the same song now! Haha.

Mike S28 days ago

Do you mean You’ve got a Friend in Me?

TrainsOfDisney28 days ago

I saw country bears yesterday - overall I like it. “Try Everything” is too modern sounding and is the worst of the updates - the other songs sound country enough that they work. Friend Like me is strange too…. Not sure why he’s playing a modern electric guitar… they should have kept the raccoon cap as that was pretty iconic and would have worked well with friend in me as well. But overall the show feels like the same country bears and I’m very happy they survived!

JohnDNov 06, 2024

I saw it last week. I liked it for what it was. It's clever and current. I liked that they found a way to bring back the fiddle portion. Of course I'll miss the old show. I wish they could have kept the Bear Band Serenade as a connection to the old show in introducing the Five Bear Rugs.

Charlie The Chatbox GhostOct 14, 2024

I'd be shocked if they still have either costume, but I'd LOVE to see Henry and Teddi.

Cmdr_CrimsonOct 13, 2024

I know they have updated the bears outfits for M&G's but, couldn't they bring out the rarest of the bears like Henry for example..They had made one for Disney on Parade..Along with the Sun bonnets. But, if turns out..There was a Teddi Beara character as well...Shame they aren't out..

Ghost93Oct 13, 2024

Zip A Dee Doo Dah would be a great fit for the Country Bears. But I don't blame Disney for cutting it. After 2020 there was a renewed scrutiny for anything remotely connected to SOTS and if the song was part of the show there would be clickbaity articles and Twitter users complaining about it and condemning the company for profiting off of SOTS.