Country Bear Jamboree

The Country Bear Jamboree is located in Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World.

This attraction is a stage show featuring audio-animatronic bears performing country music songs. The bears rise up from the stage, appear from behind curtains, and lower down from the ceiling. Also included during the performance are audio-animatronic animal heads such as a moose, a buffalo and a deer mounted on the right wall who all interact with the bears on stage.

Check out the two part videos below of Country Bear Jamboree for the entire performance. Make yourself comfortable, clap your hands and stomp your feet. Enjoy!

My review, don't miss this one. It's fun entertainment for the whole family to enjoy. The show is approximately 14 minutes in length.

Fastpass is unavailable for this attraction but you shouldn't need one anyway. The longest you might wait would be about 20 minutes. We got in almost immediately when we visited in early June.

There is one more video that some of us who have went to Disney World for years remember. When the show ended and you went out the doors to the right, you entered into an eating area which was called "The Mile Long Bar". And on the wall directly in front of you was again the talking animal heads. I miss this part. The wall along with the audio-animatronic heads are just a memory now. We used to grab a bite to eat after the show and watch them talk and move. Check it out below.

Splash Mountain

Splash Mountain in Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom is a log flume ride based on the characters, stories and songs from the classic 1946 film Song of the South.

Riders are seated 2 per row of a total of 4 rows making it an 8 passenger log ride. You start off on a peaceful journey outside floating on the waters and into the mountain where you will find the audioanimatronic figures like Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear.

WARNING! There are some drops in this attraction and some are a little significant especially the famous 5 story drop near the end of the ride. So for those who have a fear of falling, I would not recommend this ride. However, for those who love the drops, this is an excellent ride that you don't want to miss out on. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, you will get wet (but it feels great in the summertime).

Fastpass is available for this attraction. Normal wait time without the fastpass could be approximately 45-60 minutes. Although, I jumped on this thing a couple of times pretty fast while the 11:00 parade was going on. My recommendation is to get a fastpass, hop over to the Pirates of the Caribbean, sit down and watch the tropical birds sing in the Enchanted Tiki Room and by that time go back over to Splash Mountain to use your fastpass if it's time to use it.

Take a look at this video below and I hope that you enjoy it. It's nothing like being there and feeling the thrill of when the next drop will be or when the water splashes into the log you are in. Whatever it may be, all in all, I give this attraction a thumbs up 5 out of 5 star rating.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a fun and somewhat mild mine train roller coaster located in Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom. It zips in and out through the tunnels of the mountain. The rocks, moutains, bones and everything looks so cool.

Check out a short video of the entire ride below. There are a few dark places in the attraction that didn't show up good so you'll just have to go and see it for yourself. Watch in the video at about 4:02 as it looks as if you are about to run right smack into the side of the mountain and then it dips down.

The ride itself is a little over 3 short minutes. I'm beginning to see a trend in these long lines when it comes to short rides. Fastpass is available for this attraction which I do recommend. We did the mistake of getting on without the fastpass and we waited a little over an hour and it was the busier time of day in the afternoon.

My recommendation is to definitely not miss this one. I am not a big roller coaster fan but this one as I said above is mild compared to others and the scenery is great. Not to mention how cool the ride is with the wind blowing on you as you whip around the tracks in the hot summer sun.