A Day in the Park with Barney was a stage show at Universal Studios Florida in Woody Woodpecker's KidZone that replaced The Bates Motel Set. The show is based on the PBS Kids children's TV show franchise, Barney & Friends.
After 25 years, the show would closed permanently on August 9, 2020 due to COVID-19 and lower park attendance.
Plot[]
Pre-Show[]
The show starts with either Patricia Aloysius Bartholomew or Patrick Aloysius Bartholomew (Mr. and Mrs. Peekaboo, for short) and his/her parrot, Bartholomew, your pre-show hosts. Peekaboo is a very close friend to Barney, Baby Bop and BJ. An elderly person, but soon proves to the audience that (s)he's only older in age since Peekaboo's spirit is much like that of a child. Peek-A-Boo is a consistently forgetful character, but once (s)he is reminded what to do, Peek-A-Boo takes pride in reuniting the children with Barney. A song and dance routine comes with a few comedy gags in between. Trying to find the door to Barney's Park, Peekaboo fails to realize that you have to use your imagination. Peekaboo soon remembers and tells the audience to close their eyes and use their imagination. The artificial waterfall that blocks the door (decorated to look like a cave) stops dripping, which shows it worked. Peekaboo tells everyone that (s)he will meet them inside.
Main Show[]
Inside is an air-conditioned fake park. In the center, there's an elevated, circular stage in the center where Barney, Baby-Bop and B.J. perform with three ramps equally positioned on each side. Peekaboo greets the audience and tells them to use their imagination to make Barney appear. Peekaboo starts the show by asking everyone to chant "Barney". The lights dim and soft music plays as stars appear in the darkness. Barney appears via a trap door/elevator in the middle of the stage. Barney jumps in the air as the lights come up and confetti cannons explode with glitter, an effect added to look like the animated stars that appear onscreen during Barney's transformation on the television show.
Barney sings two songs before Baby Bop and B.J. make their appearances. Afterwards, Barney introduces Baby Bop, which she appears just then. Soon after that, B.J. announces his arrival with a distinctive whistle. They sing songs and wrap the show the way they do on the children's television "Barney and Friends" with the song "I Love You". Baby Bop and B.J. make their exits on one of the ramps. Barney wraps up the show by saying "And remember, I love you" and gives a kiss goodbye as steamers shoot from confetti cannons behind the hills. Mr./Mrs. Peekaboo then escort the audience to Barney's Backyard, where everyone soon exits.
Post-Show[]
After the show, guests exit out into Barney's Backyard, an indoor activity center for small children, where they can also get their picture taken, if but briefly, with Barney himself. Occasionally, Barney and his friends appear here if you enter the Backyard when the park opens (before the first show).
Characters[]
- Barney
- Baby Bop
- BJ
- Mr. Peakaboo
- Mrs. Peackaboo
- Bartholomew the Parrot
Songs[]
Pre-show[]
- "Peekaboo's Song"
Main Show[]
- Barney Theme Song
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Imagine a Place
- Mr. Knickerbocker
- Down on Grandpa's Farm
- If All the Raindrops
- I Love You
Trivia[]
- Many people hated this attraction, because the Barney series was not very well-received. In fact, because it opened the same year as a much more adult Orlando attraction, ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter at Magic Kingdom, some anti-Barney people documented they wanted S.I.R. to suspend Barney in teleportation indefinitely!
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