Yehaa Bob Jackson is a musician who had been performing at Disney’s Port Orleans — Riverside for 23 years before the Disney World closure in 2020.
©Disney
After Disney World reopened in July 2020, Yehaa Bob was not invited back to perform. But, he announced not long ago that he would return to Port Orleans as of the reopening on October 14th. That’s today! We visited to see his performance, which looks a little different now, and here’s why.
On his Facebook, Jackson announced that there are some restrictions for his performance right now due to COVID-19, including not being able to perform sing-along music or encourage singing from the audience.
© Bob Jackson on Facebook
Tonight we went over to the River Roost Lounge to watch Yehaa Bob’s return performance, and we definitely weren’t the only ones there!
River Roost is already packed for reopening night! 🎶 Zero seats left as of right now pic.twitter.com/Vjg1e3HwU8
— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) October 14, 2021
The place was PACKED. As in zero seats left in the room.
All full at the bar too
One of our new friends said that some people had been waiting at the River Roost Lounge since 6PM in order to get front-row seats. (Yehaa Bob didn’t arrive until about 8:30PM.)
Not a Seat to be Found
This could be due to the fact that Boatwright’s Dining Hall is not currently open at Disney’s Port Orleans — Riverside…but honestly, most of the people here were here for Bob. Some people even had t-shirts and signs celebrating his return!
Yehaa Bob is Back!
Yehaa Bob even signed a few autographs before he took to the stage at about 8:30PM tonight.
Getting set up
His performance was just as fun and wacky like guests have come to expect.
Yehaa Bob
He did a little singing, including some old favorites…
Yehaa Bob is BACK
…and played the piano as well.
A little piano too!
He usually performs on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at the River Roost Lounge from about 8:30PM to midnight, although he won’t be there this coming Saturday.
Yehaa Bob is back at Disney’s Port Orleans 🎶 pic.twitter.com/jjs0u2WG0y
— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) October 15, 2021
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Wow! So great, thanks for sharing. Where can we go to find his schedule? This didn’t specify: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/port-orleans-resort-riverside/yehaa-bob-jackson-at-river-roost/
Can we get reservations or just show up? Thanks!
Katie, you may actually find the times on the page you linked (we see 8:30 on the 20th, for example), but we can’t be sure Disney will post all of his availability. You may also find times on his Facebook page.