Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue, by Jillian

Outside Pioneer Hall, Fort Wilderness Resort, home for 37 years to the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue

 Early in our trip we went to Hoop Dee Doo. The same show has been playing for 37 years, that's a lot!

The show takes place at Fort Wilderness. We had to take a boat from Magic Kingdom to get there. Fort Wilderness has a lodge but is is also a big campground with animals and trails. We were there early enough to walk around.

 Inside the music hall we had a great table with seats that spun around so we could see the stage. We had a great view of the show! Our table was up high she we could see over the tables in front of us. I liked the show, it was funny! It used old songs that we know like "Clementine" and "Red River Valley" and sometimes they changed the words to be funny. The singers were clever. They went around asking people where they came from and then putting that into the song "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain." Like "They come from New York when they come, oh They come from New York - Don't forget to use your fork!" That was my favorite song!

There were six singers, three boys and three girls. There were cowboys and western singers. The audience had to sing and make noise sometimes.

 At the end they sang a song about the desserts and the waiters and waitresses were up on stage. Our Waitress was doing high kicks with big plates of strawberry shortcake. Then they gave us washboards to make noise and sing along.

On the table you can see we drank out of mason jars. The food arrives in tin buckets and the plates are metal like in Western times.

It was worth it to go, and I would go back again, it was so much fun! One lady we met in the bathroom has been going to that show for 13 years in a row!

Hoop Dee Doo ended in time to take the boat Back to Magic Kingdom. While on the dock we saw part of the lagoon water parade, and we got back in time to see the fireworks over the castle. We saw a fake Tinker Bell fly out of the castle at the end.

After that, we stayed on Main Street and had a great spot to watch the Electrical Light Parade.