Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs It's funny... after my family and I were so used to seeing the Vacation Hoedown at DL, that we felt the original show at WDW was kinda...okay. I mean it was good, but didn't seem as lively as the summer show. Now that I'm constantly listening to the three shows on the CDs and watching the DVDs of them, I'd like to see all three shows in person again. From what I've seen/heard, Buff, Teddi, LiverLips, Terrence/Shaker, Ernest, Tennessee and Zeke are the ones whose appearances differ between DL and WDW.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny FiveBearRugsI went to WDW in February '02 and talked to a CM Supervisor after the show. They said The Vacation Hodedown would return that summer,alas it didn't. I see you like the show as much as I do. I would suggest writing to WDW and asking them to bringf the Vacation Hoedown back. It DOESN'T have to REPLACE the Original. The only reason I'm asking for a return is because it's been over 4 years since i've nseen an all English version in person AND the original show has been running in rotation for almost 14 years straight w/ the Christmas show. it's time for Wendell to stop whooping Lil' Beauford for the summer and instead asking FL audiences to "Say Cheese!"
Originally Posted By Disneydanny FiveBearRugs I went to WDW in February '02 and talked to a CM Supervisor after the show. They said The Vacation Hodedown would return that summer,alas it didn't. I see you like the show as much as I do. I would suggest writing to WDW and asking them to bringf the Vacation Hoedown back. It DOESN'T have to REPLACE the Original. The only reason I'm asking for a return is because it's been over 4 years since i've nseen an all English version in person AND the original show has been running in rotation for almost 14 years straight w/ the Christmas show. it's time for Wendell to stop whooping Lil' Beauford for the summer and instead asking FL audiences to "Say Cheese!" ( i corrected my previous post so it wouldn'tt look like I was calling you FiveBearRugs1)
Originally Posted By A Foolish Mortal Oh whoops, now that I read it it is different. My fault, sorry.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I think at DL, the Vacation Hoedown ran for a long time with the Christmas show before the closure... or did they rotate all 3? Has WDW been rotating all 3 shows or just the original and the Christmas one? I liked the new voices and personalities they gave the bears for the two seasonal shows. LiverLips as Elvis is a hoot! Another question: the Christmas show came to DL in '84 and the VH in '86. Were those the same years that they debuted at WDW?
Originally Posted By Disneydanny ok here's what I know & someone correct me if i'm wrong: WDW- Original show opened in '71 DL- started out w/ the Original show in '72 Christmas Special added in '84 @ DL,WDW & TDL (TDL calls it Jingle Bell Jamboree) and ran it alongside the Original. (meaning the majority of the year Original Ran then Christmas Special/Jingle Bell Jamboree openede in November) Vacation Hoedown replaced Original show @ BOTH DL & WDW in '86. Vacation played in both parks the majority of the year then in November The Christmas Special took over. in 1992 the Original show returned to WDW. Vacation remained @ DL. in '95 Tokyo added the Vacation Jamboree. They run all 3 shows depending on the season. Next year will be the Vacation Hoedown's 20th Birthday. This is why I am upset that WDW chooses not to use this version. 20 years is a historic occasion for a show.
Originally Posted By 1Gee1 I just saw the WDW CB Christmas show a couple of days ago. I thought it was great...maybe because I miss the Bears so much at Disneyland. It was interesting because the CMs made a big deal of "no flash photography" as usual except..."You are free to take all the photos you'd like during the singing of 'Winter Wonderland' at the end of the show." I had never heard of them doing that before.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny yes at DL they were VERY strict about this except for the last show where it was "flash all you want we don't care"
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Perhaps it's because it's the finale and the entire cast (except for Trixie and Ernest) are out. Okay... another question. The video that I have of the Christmas show focuses on the Sun Bonnets, so their slide presentation is out of view. It's shows the final slides (the sled crashing into the cabin, everyone getting wet), though, so... what's going on in their slideshow? Thanks for the info of the dates; I wanted to put the Bears onto a disc and listen to it for leisure, like on my way to work or a bar fight, and I wanted to put the shows in order of their appearance rather than season.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny DON'T use the versions of the shows found on the 6-disc set as some lines sound effects & exit Music (Christmas show were ommitted) to get all this you want: the versions found @ <a href="http://www.1313southharborblvd.com" target="_blank">http://www.1313southharborblvd .com</a>
Originally Posted By dresswhites i liked vacation hoedown. i listened to the original and it is kind boring. I much prefer the vacation hoedown and the Christmas version. Unfortuantely I only got to see the Christmas version once at Disneyland.
