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The
Laughs Are Still Fresh After More than 35 Years and 34,400
Performances at ‘Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue’
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YOUR FEET -- Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Disney's Fort
Wilderness Resort Pioneer Hall offers a down-home musical
and comical revue with all-you-can-eat barbecue ribs, fried
chicken, corn on the cob, strawberry shortcake and beverages.
During the meal, a troupe of six Wild West performers
entertains guests with a bucket-load of corny jokes and folk
songs.
Disney’s
“Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue” dinner show has been leaving
‘em laughing in their spare ribs and fried chicken for more
than 35 years.
The Pioneer Hall Players – an ever-changing cast of
singers, dancers and musicians with a passion for whimsy –
have delivered some 34,400 performances, yet the guffaws
remain as fresh (and silly) as they were when Disney
entertainment gurus created the “Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical
Revue” as a college workshop program in summer 1974.
Guest response to the revue was overwhelmingly very
favorable. So when summer ended, the show did not. On
Sept. 5, 1974, a professional troupe of Disney entertainers
continued the roles of Six Bits (and his bear jokes), the
darlings Dolly and Flora and giggling Clair, and Johnny Ringo
and Jim Handy.
The rest is hysteria. Mass hysteria, in fact –
an audience in excess of 9.5 million people laughing and
chowing down at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and
Campground during more than three decades.
Seatings are at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. daily in rustic
Pioneer Hall – where all 360 seats are routinely filled with
vacationers for the first two shows. (Even the late show
frequently has a big audience – folks who enjoy a
late-evening repast of salad, fresh baked bread, smoked BBQ
spare ribs, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and baked beans –
all topped off by a memorable act that involves the cast
delivering strawberry shortcake.)
The dinner show, including tax and gratuity, costs
$52.99 to 61.99 for ages 10-up and $26.99 to 31.99 for ages
3-9. Reservations, which are required, can be arranged by
calling 407-WDW-DINE.
Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue Quick Facts
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Debuted June 14, 1974, in Pioneer Hall at
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.
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Show was created as a college workshop summer
production.
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It was received so favorably, Walt Disney World
entertainment decided to continue the show with a permanent
professional cast at the end of summer. The new cast
performed the show for the first time on Sept. 5, 1974.
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Principal parts in the show are Six Bits, Jim
Handy, Johnny Ringo, Dolly, Flora and Clair.
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There have been some 34,400 performances since
June 1974.
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More than 9.5 million guests have experienced
the show.
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Pioneer Hall seats 360 guests for a family-style
dinner served in conjunction with the performance.
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The menu includes salad, fresh baked bread,
smoked BBQ spare ribs, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and
baked beans topped off by strawberry shortcake – served
family style, all-you-care-to-eat.
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Typically there are three performances nightly
– seatings at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.
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Reservations are required by calling
407-WDW-DINE.
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Tickets for the dinner show are $52.99 to 61.99
(for ages 10-up) and $26.99 to 31.99 (for ages 3-9) including
tax and gratuity
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