Disney Facts: 10 fast facts about The Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Disney World
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Cast of the Hoop-Dee-Do Musical Revue
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The Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue is celebrating its 40th year of operation at Disney World as one of the country’s longest running dinner theater shows.
The show was created with a college intern cast and opened June 30, 1974. By the end of the summer, guests wanted more so a professional cast was created and the show opened permanently on Sept. 5, 1974. Since then, the show has had more than 37,000 performances and more than 10.5 million guests have seen the show, according to Disney.
1. The show, held at Pioneer Hall at Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground, is built from 1,283 pine logs from Montana and 70 tons of stones from North Carolina.
2. One member of the original cast from the college program still works for Disney. Marilyn Kay Magness, who played Dolly Drew, is executive creative director of Disney Parks, Creative Entertainment.
3. The show was originally called The Whoop-Dee-Doo-Revue and later changed to Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue.
4. The song “Apple Pie Hoedown” was replaced in 1979 with “Strawberry Short Cake Walk” when shortcake replaced apple pie on the menu.
5. It takes 15 gallons of strawberries and 12 gallons of whipped cream to make dessert.
6. The show’s principal songwriter Tom Adair, also wrote words for the score for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” and the “Mickey Mouse Club.”
7. Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue was part of the opening entertainment at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983 and played until 1995.
