Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:56 am Post subject: Who Misses the Country Bear Christmas Show?
I do. They REALLY need to bring this overlay back. It was an entertaining show that not only kept the Bear Jamboree attraction fresh each year, but also brought in higher attendance numbers than the original show does and is even more popular than the regular show.
With the absence of offerings such as this, a lot of WDW's holiday cheer has been missing for the last few years. And to add further salt to this wound, no real or logical reason for its absence has ever been given.
If you want this overlay back, here's a list of recommend addresses to write letters to (regular, written letters are far more likely to get taken seriously than e-mails):
Walt Disney World Guest Communications
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0040
Mr. Robert Iger
Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4873
Mr. Tom Staggs
Chairman
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4873
Meg Crofton
President
The Walt Disney World Resort
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Mr. Phil Holmes
Vice President of the Magic Kingdom
PO Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Al Weiss
President
Worldwide Operations
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
PO Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
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I didn't even realize it was gone! Saw it last time I was down and it was great.
The last time they did the Bears' holiday overlay was in 2005. They haven't done that changeover since 2006 and they REALLY need to bring it back. It always had a longer than the regular Bear show does!
Overall, I agree that WDW has been cutting back on Xmas season offerings quite a bit over the last couple of years (first the Bears' Xmas show in 2006, followed by Epcot's Tree-Lighting Ceremony in 2008, Epcot's Lights of Winter arches in 2009, not as many abundant decorations across the property, etc.). Let's hope that the disappearances of these popular, universally-enjoyed Xmas offerings are just temporary cutbacks as a result of our current economic recession.
It could be due to public outcry since not everyone follows Christmas. I know cities and towns get a lot of flack about "Christmas" decorations and started calling these "Holiday" decorations, etc, or eliminating them completely. You may find that Disney is, once again, caving into those who scream that they are offending, and will, over time, eliminate all references to Christmas. _________________ When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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It could be due to public outcry since not everyone follows Christmas. I know cities and towns get a lot of flack about "Christmas" decorations and started calling these "Holiday" decorations, etc, or eliminating them completely. You may find that Disney is, once again, caving into those who scream that they are offending, and will, over time, eliminate all references to Christmas.
It could be due to public outcry since not everyone follows Christmas. I know cities and towns get a lot of flack about "Christmas" decorations and started calling these "Holiday" decorations, etc, or eliminating them completely. You may find that Disney is, once again, caving into those who scream that they are offending, and will, over time, eliminate all references to Christmas.
I look forward to attending Mickey's Very Merry Chrismakwanzika Party...
I went to the WDW's Magic Kingdom for the first time last Christmas, and although I fully enjoyed watching the original CBJ again after so many years of it missing from Disneyland, I would have preferred to have seen the Christmas show. I went to the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party fully expecting to see it and was disappointed it wasn't there. I have heard the audio to this show many times and it sounds incredible, second only to the original show. Despite my disappointment however, I have to say the castmember who did the original CBJ show really did a wonderful job of keeping in theme and I went to see it three times that night. This was my first time in any of the parks during the holidays, and I completely enjoyed it but I did expect there to be more holiday theme offerings, I loved the giant Christmas trees for each park, the huge gingerbread house in Epcot, and the Christmas fireworks and parade, but kept wishing for something attraction wise that was Christmas themed.
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