1972

Bear Country added to the Park

Main Street, U.S.A.:
Hurricane Lamp Shop (removed, 1975)

Bear Country:
Hungry Bear Restaurant
Teddi Barra’s Swingin’ Arcade
Ursus H. Bear’s Wilderness Outpost (renamed Crocodile Mercantile, November 23, 1988)

New Orleans Square:
Creole Cafe closes (replaced by Cafe Orleans, 1972)
Cafe Orleans

-January
Main Street, U.S.A.:
New Century Clock Shop

-March 24
Bear Country:
Country Bear Jamboree

June 17

Main Street Electrical Parade debuts (original ending date, October 15, 1996; actual ending date, November 25, 1997; paraded through New York City as Disney’s Hercules Electrical Parade, June 14, 1997)