Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I've never seen it in person, but I've watched online. I wasn't impressed. I don't find them quaint, or cute, or anything but creepy.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Did you watch a video of the Vacation Hoedown from DL, or the original (or condensed) version from WDW? I like the Vacation show much better, since it uses songs I'm actually familiar with and the characters have some personality to them (also why the Christmas show is good). The original show is just a little bland, which was only made worse when they eliminated most of the dialogue between the songs But I do agree that some of them look rather unappealing. I enjoy some country stuff some of the time, but the design of several of the bears is just a little too "slack-jawed yokel" for me
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I wasn't impressed." Nor was I. Other than the tech behind the show (which seems so quaint today) I never thought it was that great. Maybe it's because country music doesn't appeal to em. America Sings was better IMO, mostly because the seats were more comfortable.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I loved the original Country Bear Jamboree. Seeing it as a 10 year old kid, it was mind-bogglingly cool. I bought the Disneyland LP and had the whole thing memorized (I still do, mostly!). I remember back then during the grand finale of the show, when all the bears return and sing together, thinking "How can they ever top this?" America Sings did in many ways, but I never felt quite the same affection for it that I did for the Bears. And I still can't quite get used to seeing the America Sings characters reused in Splash Mountain. This is the curse of being an old timer.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm old too and couldn't care less about the Country Bears, and I'd actually forgotten that the cast of Splash Mountain is from America Sings. For some reason I still remember to associate the droids in the Star Tours queue with the geese in that show.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "... I'd actually forgotten that the cast of Splash Mountain is from America Sings." Maybe being an old timer is the reason I forgot!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I read those were hired actors for the commercial and not guests who happened to be in the park that day.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Hired people, I was thinking that would have been awesome to be a guest to be in the commercial.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/04/all-in-the-details-construction-walls-come-down-at-seven-dwarfs-mine-train/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...e-train/</a> Attraction sign
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks nice! I still think it's funny that they haven't given an opening date yet. With the walls down, it seems like it's safe to assume everything is functioning pretty well and nearly ready to go. There's a media event next weekend, so it seems safe to say that the attraction will be running for that, and will open to guests shortly after
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I can imagine how annoying it is for all the people there right now that will be long gone before it opens.
Originally Posted By familyguy Especially the ones that would be like me if I were to go....wouldn't be back for a VEEEEERY long time. Never been there and probably won't make it till my kids are out of the house....or at least 2 or 3 of them. LOL
Originally Posted By familyguy I have 4. They are 17, 14, 11, and 2. So I think once those older ones get out we'll take the young one...maybe the younger 2. We'll see...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm rarely envious of WDW, and FL isn't typically high on my list of things to see at DL, but the MK FLE looks cool to me.
Originally Posted By familyguy I agree Hans. Nothing has made me want to visit WDW for the first time like the FLE.
