No Country Bears Christmas Again This Year

Originally Posted By bayrr326

According to Screamscape:

Screamscape has been informed that the management at the Magic Kingdom has decided once again to not run the Christmas version of the Country Bear Jamboree for the second year in the row. The lower level management protested of course, reminding them of all the complaints they had last year when the Christmas show was given the budget ax, but apparently this was shrugged off because those were just ‘verbal complaints’. Apparently Disney management feels that verbal complaints hold less water since they carry no physical presence and are often made hastily, while anyone who sends in a written complain is taken more seriously since they have the paperwork to deal with as well as the fact that the guest took the extra time to actually write something and send it in.
Since this is the second year in a row that they have tried to skip out on the Christmas show, it pretty much leads one to conclude that they are ready to get rid of the show forever and may never bring it back if something isn’t done. So if you would like to see the Christmas version of the Country Bear Jamboree show brought back to the park then please send your written comments to:
Guest Communications
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
You can also send an e-mail complaint as well, but know that the snail-mail method is the one taken most seriously.

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Originally Posted By bayrr326

Just when we think MK mgmt might be headed in the right direction they go and cut corners again. This is just disappointing. No wonder this park has no Christmas spirit at all. Well, unless you pay extra for it.

 

Originally Posted By Disneydanny

I was looking at WDWMagic.com and someone on those boards mmentioned the 'Rudolph" rights sttill haven't been cleared. if THAT is indeed true why won't they come forward and say that so we can stop worrying and complaining.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

Yet again, no surprise. Another reason why I think the MK is the poorest MK style park on the planet.

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

>...but apparently this was shrugged off because those were just ‘verbal complaints...<

But isn't it the practice in Guest Relations to actually discourage guests from placing a written complaint? Seems that I read somewhere in the past year or so that GR will listen to someone complain, thank them for their time, and move on to the next person. If this is true, then how can Disney say in good conscience that all of the complaints were only verbal, when that's exactly what they've been encouraging guests to do?

 

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

That's WDW ... they take two steps forward and three back.

It's just plain $$$. They don't want to pay the token price, which is well under $10,000 to swap out shows. A pittance. Less than one DVCers purchase.

But there is renewed talk that a new holiday overlay may come to MK next year, and no, it's not the one where Jack decks the halls.

 

Originally Posted By nbodyhome

I would prefer Jack decking the Halls to any other overlays.

The Country Bear Christmas is better than the regular one, IMHO, so I'm disappointed that won't be happening.

Denise

 

Originally Posted By bayrr326

I would think it would be IASW Holiday. I think that would be a big hit and doesn't really cost that much to do. If they could do that and finally bring back Country Bear Christmas it would go a long way to making that park more festive during Christmastime.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

IASWH really is great. We have that and HMH in DL, but I find that by the time Christmas rolls around I am either bored with HMH since it's been there since the middle of September (which wouldn't be as big a deal in WDW where there aren't as many locals) or I want to be completely wrapped up in Christmas. While it's cool duing October and even November, by the time the full holiday celebrations are in place, HMH looks really out of place. But it's always nice to get a throwback to Halloween, even if it was just a few weeks ago.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< It's just plain $$$. They don't want to pay the token price, which is well under $10,000 to swap out shows. A pittance. Less than one DVCers purchase. >>>

I know that the Spirit realizes that those are two different cost centers.

Also, I doubt that they are over target in expense reductions in very many departments at WDW. So, spending an extra $10K on that would mean that an extra $10K in cuts would have to be found elsewhere.

 

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

<<I know that the Spirit realizes that those are two different cost centers.

Also, I doubt that they are over target in expense reductions in very many departments at WDW. So, spending an extra $10K on that would mean that an extra $10K in cuts would have to be found elsewhere.>>

Sure. But that's not the point. I'm talking about how cheap WDW is when allocating funds for things.

Sometimes money is allocated for things and it winds up being spent on other stuff ... why don't you ask Phil Holmes what happened to the money approved three years ago to bring Mansion Holiday to the MK. It was spent, you know. But not on anything that improved guests' visits.