The tumble monkeys are about to be back to their acrobatic hijinks and the birds are stretching their wings to take flight as “Festival of the Lion King” returns to Disney’s Animal Kingdom beginning July 16, 2022. As such, “A Celebration of Festival of the… Read More »‘Festival of the Lion King’ Returns to Disney’s Animal Kingdom July 16
While the bulk of Walt Disney World’s recent focus has been on the upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” attraction at EPCOT and the “TRON Lightcycle” attraction at Magic Kingdom, they haven’t been ignoring Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and today we have news on several… Read More »Walt Disney World Offers Updates on Disney’s Animal Kingdom Shows
Festival of the Lion King (FoTLK)is a main stay show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. It consistently receives the highest ratings in guest feedback, so that when Disney decided they want to build “Pandora – The World of Avatar” in Camp Minnie-Mickey,… Read More »Festival of the Lion King performers past and present unite to recreate finale at home
I just saw the road tour production of Disney’s The Lion King musical, which is currently performing at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in downtown Orlando, FL. (Don’t get me started on why Disney doesn’t have a Broadway caliber theater at Walt Disney World…… Read More »Two shows of The Lion King collide when Broadway Stars visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom
I didn’t post about it on the blog at the time, but two of the last three times I’ve seen Festival of the Lion King at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, they performed the show with just three leads instead of four. I didn’t post anything because… Read More »Disney World auditioning for Festival of the Lion King leads
A minor fire occured today at the 4:15 showing of The Festival of The Lion King. The float that holds the Elephant puppet caught fire early in the show (the Tumble Monkey performance was underway). No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished… Read More »Festival of The Lion King float catches fire during show
Three performers who were fired from their roles in Festival of The Lion King at Disney’s Animal Kingdom after refusing to perform in soiled costumes won their federal arbitration session. This means the cast members will get their jobs back, plus back pay, said a… Read More »Fired Disney performers who refused to perform in soiled costumes win back jobs
We just covered the opening of the new location for the Festival of the Lion King back in June. But already the show has just marked a major milestone – 1 million guests have witnessed the fantastic show inside the new Harambe Theatre. The LePage… Read More »New Festival of the Lion King Location Welcomes 1 Millionth Guest