Critter Country used to hold one of my favorite
attractions. The Country Bear Jamboree. I just really enjoyed this
attraction. It was a relaxing atmosphere and an entertaining show,
with usually a short wait time. The big draw to this land for most
people is Splash Mountain. Disney has done a great job in taking
the typical log ride idea and really expanding it into an attraction.
Currently the entire area is under rennovation
in preparation for a new attraction. In 2001 the Bears sang their
last song and have been evicted from their playhouse. Rumor is by
2003 a new Winnie the Pooh attraction will be in their place. I
really do not like this on so many levels. The first is they closed
one of my favorite attractions. The second is I do not see how Pooh
fits in with Critter Country, a more natural fit would have been
Fantasyland (yeah I know he is a Critter, but it just doesn't work
for me). Then to top things off the rumor is Disneyland will be
getting basically the same type of attraction that exists at WDW
(which dislodged another of my favorite attractions there, Mr. Toad's
Wild Ride, but that is another story). At least you would have thought
Disneyland would get the much more technically advanced and innovative
attraction that Tokyo Disneyland got, but nope... well if the rumors
hold true... Also add in the pending lawsuit on the rights to Pooh.
Disney has added FastPass to Splash Mountain and
this has wreaked havoc on the traffic patterns for this area. It
always seems busy with people moving about. Do not be discouraged,
the attractions are still worth going to. They have relocated the
Fastpass distribution for Splash Mountain to try to alleviate some
of these problems and it has worked, but once you add the Pooh attraction
I am guessing traffic will become an issue again.
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