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Walt Disney World Country Bear Jamboree Flashback to 1975

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On a recent trip home to Chicago, I was going through old family photos when I came across a box of my mom's slides from the 1970's. I held the tiny slides up to the light and couldn't believe there were a number of photos from her first ever trip to Walt Disney World in 1975! While there were some very standard pictures of the castle, Main Street, Bay Lake, fireworks, and Mickey Mouse, I was surprised to see that the majority of her photos were the Country Bear Jamboree! I had no idea my mom was such a fan of this attraction. My mom has passed away, so I cannot ask her about her memories of this trip, but I love imagining how she must have reacted seeing the bears for the first time and wanting to capture her memories of this show. I took the slides to get digitally converted so I can share them with you! You will notice that this show is mostly unchanged since these early photos. The main difference I noticed was just the Pepsi sponsoring on the opening curtain.  I also w