I'm not at all into "country" stuff but I still found it entertaining and worth the expense (we paid for it, didn't have any dining plan). An excerpt from my trip report from May 2005:
We must have been the very first reservation, as we were table 011, all the way against the stage in the front left corner. Not my favorite seat in a theater, but then again this isnt exactly New York or Toronto.
Ben (my 5 year old) said he was bored with the idea of the show before it started, but he liked the kids macaroni and cheese and the corn, as did Mollie (my 2.5 year old). The salad was really good and fresh. I know it sounds dumb, but for months Id been looking forward to the all-you-can-eat ribs. I LOVE ribs. They arrived in a bucket just as advertised, but I couldnt eat more than one bite. To me, ribs are good when theyre tender and they melt off the bone. These ribs were very tough and were Krazy Glued to the bone, like they were cooked in 10 minutes rather than hours and hours. Very, very disappointing. The fried chicken was moist and prepared perfectly, but I dont love fried chicken, were just friends.
The show was hokey and overacted and pure fun. Ben really got into it, and especially enjoyed the slapstick, physical comedy. The one thing I was very surprised by was the sexual innuendo. Im very far from being any kind of a prude (Ive been an unabashed Howard Stern listener for 20 years), but a WDW show was the last place I expected to see this kind of content.
The highlight of the day to me was after our dinner dishes were cleared, when the stage curtain opened to reveal all of the food servers on stage with trays full of strawberry shortcake in bowls. Ben got all excited and yelled to me, Look, Daddy, dessert live on stage!
GO FOR IT!