Since Walt Disney World opened in Florida in 1971, the Nation Bear Jamboree has remained a beloved fixture within the amusement park and introduced in guests of all ages to take pleasure in music from an ensemble of animatronic bears. On July 17, the attraction reopened to the general public after a months-long overhaul. Nonetheless, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than a weird challenge seemingly arose.
The revamped attraction, now referred to as Nation Bear Musical Jamboree, options songs from widespread Disney movies in addition to new genres of nation music comparable to Bluegrass, pop-country, Americana, and rockabilly. It additionally changed one character, particularly, Liver Lips McGrowl, as a part of ongoing inclusivity efforts by Disney Parks.
Not lengthy after the attraction reopened, a video from the Marvelous Mouse Travels TikTok account documented what occurred through the present. Ernest the bear, who performs the fiddle within the present, is seen frozen whereas smoke begins billowing out of his physique, prompting the viewers to rise up and begin evacuating.
“New nation bears’ is fireplace,” the caption quipped.
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For the corporate’s half, Disney pushed again on the declare that the smoking bear was an unplanned incident and insisted every part was A-OK. The corporate advised TMZ that the smoke was really all a part of the present and was meant to occur when it did.
It isn’t the primary time a Disney theme park has seen a smoky catastrophe. Final yr, the Maleficent dragon on the Fantasmic present at Disneyland in California went up in flames.
For those who’re planning to go to Disney World and needed to see the newly revamped Nation Bear Musical Jamboree—fear not, because it’s nonetheless listed as open on the app.
