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DL's Country Bear Playhouse closed in 2001. It was set in it's
own section of the park called Critter Country (originally Bear
Country) just down past Splash Mountain. Through the covered bridge
was a short walk to the indoor queue area which was nicely themed
with the dressing room doors of all the performers. Disneyland's
version featured two complete theaters each with the same colorful
cast of bear characters and three mounted animals heads on the wall
that sang (and made comments) throughout the presentation.
(At least one of) the theater(s) was a mirror image of the original
Florida version with guests entering from the opposite side. (Honey
I Shrunk the Audience is also a "mirror image" theater
between Disneyland and Walt Disney World.)
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TMK's Country Bear Jamboree (notice the different name) is in the
middle of Frontierland and far from Splash Mountain. It has a large
indoor queue area and one theater. After exiting, you could see
a second set of the the three mounted animal heads singing
along with the ending of the show. After the rehab of the restaurant
next door (which became Pecos Bill's), they were removed.
Trivia: At Disneyland, the three extra heads were found
in the Mile Long Bar but they never sang. (Or did they? I asked
a CM about this and they never remembered them moving. If they did
move it would have had to be different than the TMK version since
TMK's show continued as you left the theater and the outside heads
kept singing along. The DL Mile Long Bar was completely separate
from the Country Bear Playhouse.)
Trivia: Watch for the movie version of The Country
Bears in theaters in 2002. It is set in a world where bears
evolved alongside man and work and play with us daily. The Disney
shows, in this world, are merely tributes to the legendary bear
band that "split" years ago. The story involves reuniting
the bear band...
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