Source: Four Kingdoms March 1972 – April 2003 LOCATION Bear Country – Teddi Barra’s Swingin’ Arcade faced the lower courtyard in Bear Country, near the exit to Splash Mountain. Today, the arcade space is part of Pooh Corner. BACKGROUND In the 70s, arcades started popping up across Disneyland. Frontierland, Main Street, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland all […] Read more…
Source: Insights and Sounds September 1972 – February 1973 LOCATION Bear Country – The Golden Bear Lodge overlooked the Rivers of America on the western side, across the waterway from Fort Wilderness. Today, this space is a similarly themed restaurant: the Hungry Bear. EXPERIENCE Details: Service Type – quick service Seating – adjacent two-story patio […] Read more…
Source: Tumblr March 1972 – November 1988 BACKGROUND After the closure of the Indian Village in 1971, Disneyland needed to reinvent this area and generate new interest in a less-visited section of the park. Given its distance from the rest of Frontierland, this section broke off and became its own land, Bear Country. For almost […] Read more…