Originally Posted By FerretAfros For what it's worth, until relatively recently (the last year or so), one of the Buff AA's was sitting at the north entrance to backstage, off Ball Road. He was 'naked', but the plastic formwork over the machinery made the shape pretty clear. It was kind of sad to see him sitting there on top of a shipping container, but it was nice to know he was still around in spirit...kind of. When I was there in early November last year, he had been removed.
Originally Posted By jodiefra I was one of those kids who bought the album back in the 70's - I still know every word of the show (scary though that is!). It's still a treat for me to see it at WDW even though it's definitely dated - my kids actually like the music and corny jokes too.
Originally Posted By jodiefra I LOVED the Kitchen Kabaret - I still play the soundtrack on my iPod and laugh at the entire thing! I only saw Food Rocks once and much preferred the KK. Bring back Bonnie Appetit!
Originally Posted By mousermerf Just a note.. Kitchen Kabaret and Food Rocks are/were located where one finds a relatively unknown attraction.. Soarin. Jeeze, and ya'll call yourselves Disney park fans. The old Green Thumb Emporium shop at the exit of the show(s) is where you'll find the new restrooms near Soarin, the check-in-desk for tours is roughly where the show entrance used to be, and the ride queue was literally built over top of the theater and stage. There are parts of it encapsulated in walls that they simply built-around instead of tearing down.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Get your learn on: <a href="http://www.lostepcot.com/landarea.html" target="_blank">http://www.lostepcot.com/landarea.html</a> What it looked like through the renovations before the current version.
Originally Posted By danyoung In fact, FerretAfros said back in post 45 - >In 2003/04, when they were remodeling The Land and making room for Soarin' they demolished the theater, to make way for the Soarin' queue.< What makes you think that we don't know about the Soarin'/Food Rocks/Kitchen Kabaret story?
Originally Posted By Darley_Abbey I miss CBJ but do honestly think that it's time had come and gone. I remember it from years back (I'm 44) and took my wife to see it in 1996. She thought it must have been impressive back in the day, but that it just didn't cut the mustard a quarter century later. My own feelings about it have more to do with nostalgia than any notion that it should be brought back, particularly since it was a WDW, rather than DL, original. If only one of the CBJs is to remain, it's right that it should be the East Coast version, in my opinion.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I never noticed or thought about this until just now, but there is no longer a gift shop in The Land. They have a few shelves with some limited merchandise on them between the tour desk and the restrooms, but there's no real store. And here we were thinking that Disney always dumped you out into a gift shop at the end of every attraction, and they actually removed one to make a new attraction!
Originally Posted By Manfried I think many of the people have more of a memory of the parks they used to attend as younger people. They do not want to accept that the parks need to be viewed through younger eyes too, and those younger eyes have grown up on computer games, special effects in films that are out of this world and more. They no longer care about Audio Animatronics that do not look or feel like what they can see in the movies or computer games. Disney's robots do not deliver that.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA How dare you manfried! how do you think that AA figure on 'Pirates of the Caribbean' feels? The one who is whistling for the dog? How do you think he feels? Day after day after exhausting day?
Originally Posted By Bellella With warm feelings and deep regret that they had to be removed, I miss the Country Bears very much. And the only remains of what once was are a few signs around Critter Country and the Heads, who are only able to be seen by people who already know where they are. Someday I'll go to Florida. I only hope they're still there when I go.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA i hate what took it's place.. its soooo stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry, just it's the worst ride ever!! worst money spent
Originally Posted By Bellella Country Bear remains treasure hunt! And yes, I will tell you exactly where everything is. The sign for Teddi Barra's Swingin Arcade is on the yellow part of the building that houses the Winnie-the-Pooh candy shop. Inside the candy shop, through the window that looks into the back room, you will find pictures of the Country Bears with Pooh characters thrown in. The Hungry Bear Restaurant's restrooms are called Gomer's Gentlemen's Lair and Trixie's Powder Room. And now.... the Heads. Melvin, Max and Buff. To find these, go on the Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and ride through it with your body turned around all the way. The very front row is recommended by me. Keep your eyes above the back of the honey hive cars. If you keep in this position, you'll see them eventually, near the end of the ride. If you want to take a photo of them, try not to use a flash. Long live the Country Bears!
Originally Posted By Socrates Oh, BTW, I think Jeff Lange offers many of these old shows on his DVDs. Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By Bellella I've got all three of them. Two on one disc ordered from the Internet, and the third burned from a YouTube video. The one with the two shows also has a documentary about the Country Bear Jamboree. That's how I know so much about it.
