Originally Posted By Bellella DBitz2, you are sooooooooooo lucky!!!!! Who'd you have a photo with, Henry? I've known for ages about the rotating bears behind the curtains, and the bears being up on rising platforms at the front of the stage. I remember one time when Gomer failed to come up, which was weird. I can't really say enough how much I miss the bears. It's a consolation to me to see all the CBJ references around Critter Country, and in the Pooh ride itself. (BTW, I only ride it to catch a glimpse of them.)
Originally Posted By ImgineerBob was there a door in the back of the waiting area that lead to a break room?? anyone remember?? Ive only seen pictures so I'm not sure whats behind that door.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe it only runs for the extent of HalloweenTime, which is from September 16-October 31 this year. It will be closed for a couple days on each end of that period to add/remove the overlay, but it should be up and running as normal by your visit.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I sent a note to reader Paul (not sure what his name was on here) He is the expert on CBL...<< Here's his tribute site: <a href="http://bears.windowtothemagic.com/bears/cbplayhouse.html" target="_blank">http://bears.windowtothemagic....use.html</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug I remember that Annual Passholder party quite well. It was in 1996. I have a photo of myself on stage with the Five Bear Rugs. The next time I am home I will scan it and post a link here.
Originally Posted By ImgineerBob how did you guys all move around the stage with all those bears in the way??
Originally Posted By ImgineerBob ive been to the bears site before, although it hasent been updated in a while.
Originally Posted By DlandDug When the FBR "barge" is pulled upstage, there is room to walk across in front of it. The pit was in front of us.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Ok, you can ignore that last post. Wrong topic. Sorry!" You been into the Wacky Tabacky?
Originally Posted By Amynleroy Disney was too quick to pull out Country Bears, after the movie came out my kids LOVE the country bears and hate that they never were able to see the show live... They love my old home movies with it....
Originally Posted By ImgineerBob i agree, winnie the pooh would have fit better in fantasyland, they should have torn out pinochio or snow white to build pooh.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>DBitz2, you are sooooooooooo lucky!!!!! Who'd you have a photo with, Henry?<< I honestly don't remember which bear the photo was with. My photos are not easy to get at right now, or I'd dig those out and look! >>I've known for ages about the rotating bears behind the curtains, and the bears being up on rising platforms at the front of the stage. I remember one time when Gomer failed to come up, which was weird. I can't really say enough how much I miss the bears. It's a consolation to me to see all the CBJ references around Critter Country, and in the Pooh ride itself. (BTW, I only ride it to catch a glimpse of them.)<< Likewise, I miss the Bears terribly. I think it was a big mistake to replace them with Pooh, a decision that I feel was likely driven by pressure to exploit the fact that Pooh merchandise was a hot seller then more than anything other reason. Sadly, we ended up with a "cut-rate" Pooh attraction in the trade. I was lucky that I got to be in one of the two theaters for the final public shows the day Bears closed. I shed tears. Of all the attractions that have gone away over the years, this is the one that still really hurts. There was something special about it. To me, the Bear characters were as much a part of Disneyland as Mickey and all the other characters in the park, and, there is a sad void without the iconic Bears. (It is sad, too, that one of Marc Davis' great contributions to DL is no longer there. There was so much of Marc in Bears.)
Originally Posted By ImgineerBob which is weird cause they didn't need to build a ride to prove that, they could have just built a shop with pooh merch in fantsayland. and they would have gotten what they wanted.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny Hard to beleive next month it'll b e a decade since we lost the bears. & while lossing them was hard to take back then, ever since WDW stopped showing the Christmas special, rthe loss has been THAT much harder.if the Bears were still in Disneyland i KNOW ThEY wouldn't have pulled the plug on the Christmas Special (although i do recall there was a year or two in the Harriss era where only 1 of the two theatres was decorated for Christmas and as i recall Cynthia was not happy about that
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I was lucky that I got to be in one of the two theaters for the final public shows the day Bears closed.<< Hey! I was there that day! September, 2001. Here's a couple of photos. Friends with a friend, taken that afternoon: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=CP102.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...P102.jpg</a> The group, taken right after the last show (I'm the one clutching the plush Big Al): <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=CP102.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...P102.jpg</a>#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs325.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk375%2Fnewdug%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DCP103.jpg
Originally Posted By DlandDug Let's try that second one again! <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=CP103.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...P103.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By crazycroc If they can bring back EO, they can bring back the dang bears. At least Big Al never touched any kids.
