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CollieMom · 01-01-2013, 09:36 PM

Glad to hear it's still playing - such a great show!

disneyfantotheend · 01-02-2013, 07:18 AM

I know I read SOMEWHERE that it is only closing to move. It even said a reopen date, which was before our trip in November for sure. Not sure exactly when it was thinking summertime? But if they are delaying it now, maybe we will end up missing it after all.

Tigger1 · 01-02-2013, 09:29 AM

If they are going to move it maybe they will get the new place ready first and then make a quick move.

MJMcBride · 01-02-2013, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disneyfantotheend

I know I read SOMEWHERE that it is only closing to move. It even said a reopen date, which was before our trip in November for sure. Not sure exactly when it was thinking summertime? But if they are delaying it now, maybe we will end up missing it after all.

Every rumor I have seen says its moving to either Harambe or Rafikis Planet Watch although they would have to build a whole new theatre and certainly ground has not broken

I have not seen a reopeing date, but considering there is no closing date anything at this point is pure speculation

MJMcBride · 01-04-2013, 08:50 PM

Some info is reported by John Frost on the Disney Blog

http://bwanablog.blogspot.com/2013/0...r-move-to.html

a move to Harambe might be coming

TinaLala · 01-04-2013, 10:12 PM

I'm so mad about this because FotLK is our favorite show - one of the few reasons we go to Animal Kingdom and now it might be closed when we go.

I HATE Avatar and think this Avatar land is the stupidest thing I've ever heard - in my opinion. I know people liked it, but personally I don't see where it's Disney, Animal Kingdom, nature - it's not reality and Animal Kingdom I thought - was Disney's way of getting families to connect with nature. UGH!

mike the canuck · 01-04-2013, 10:22 PM

Here is a video I took of the entire show.
http://youtu.be/RbLcaqUEwQw

It's gonna hold me off until I can see it again after it (hopefully) reopens.

MJMcBride · 01-05-2013, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TinaLala

I'm so mad about this because FotLK is our favorite show - one of the few reasons we go to Animal Kingdom and now it might be closed when we go.

I HATE Avatar and think this Avatar land is the stupidest thing I've ever heard - in my opinion. I know people liked it, but personally I don't see where it's Disney, Animal Kingdom, nature - it's not reality and Animal Kingdom I thought - was Disney's way of getting families to connect with nature. UGH!

I think that will me open. There will only be a brief time that its closed.

Disneyfreak44 · 01-05-2013, 03:47 PM

They are not getting rid of FOTLK most likely take a look at my thread Animal Kingdom Africa expansion

MJMcBride · 01-05-2013, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyfreak44

They are not getting rid of FOTLK most likely take a look at my thread Animal Kingdom Africa expansion

At most it will be closed for a bit before it moves to its new digs

katt789 · 01-05-2013, 06:55 PM

Im really happy to hear that its still playing & that it might not close til later in the year!! I'm still keeping my eye on auditions!! Haha!! When it is set to move, it will have to close for a week or so to move all of the floats, costumes and such over and get everything re set up & even get all the tech stuff re set up!

hulagirl87 · 01-10-2013, 02:51 PM

I'm happy that it's still open! This is one of our favorite things to see in Disney and we wanted DD to see it since it is her first trip. so as long as it stays open for 2 more weeks, I'm good!

DisneyDad61 · 01-11-2013, 10:50 AM

I am not sure if this has already been mentioned as this thread is quite long but I have seen the blueprint plans on other non-Disney websites that show plans for what absolutely appears to be a NEW FOTLK Show Building behind the Dawa Bar / Tusker House / Kusafiri Coffe Shop Building in Africa.
The plans show that a path will be built from the edge of the Dawa Bar and bridge from Discovery Island to Africa to the show building located directly behind the Tusker House. It also appears that there are area's (segments) in and around the new show building for carts / merchandise buildings, etc.

Also, it appears that a NEW path in this FOTLK area will also lead over to the current Camp Minnie-Mickey (future Avatar Land) area. Again, I thought this was rather common knowledge of this apparent propposal to build the new FOTLK building in the Africa section where it essentially belongs.

Although it is purely conjecture on my part, I could see this new show building being built and a relative "small" downtime as they move / rehab and upgrade the floats, etc from the old to new show building.....

I believe from what I have read that this show will continue at the new location in Africa at some point and time in the near future with some type of relatively small downtime for the conversion once the new show biulding is complete or very close to completion.

DisneyDad61 · 01-11-2013, 11:05 AM

Here is one of the several sites explaining the future conversion with copies of the plans.

http://screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_an...m.htm#LionKing

fungirl1 · 01-15-2013, 06:38 PM

Where will the festival of the lion king show be and the charcaters be from Camp Minnie Mickey because I know you guys are going to build the Avtar land but where are you guys going to put the lion king show at Disney Animal Kingdom and also will the lion king show be like the one in Hong Kong Disneyland or the same?

01-02-2013, 09:29 AM	#318
Tigger1 DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,511	If they are going to move it maybe they will get the new place ready first and then make a quick move. __________________

01-04-2013, 08:50 PM	#320
MJMcBride Barely lost is barely found Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 4,875	Some info is reported by John Frost on the Disney Blog http://bwanablog.blogspot.com/2013/0...r-move-to.html a move to Harambe might be coming __________________ Ms. Jobson, no one in Africa calls them Thomson's gazelles. They are tommies! tommies! WWW.JAMBOEVERYONE.COM Celebrating Disney's Animal Kingdom

01-04-2013, 10:12 PM	#321
TinaLala Hold My Table at Ohana's I'm on My Way! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusettes Posts: 1,617	I'm so mad about this because FotLK is our favorite show - one of the few reasons we go to Animal Kingdom and now it might be closed when we go. I HATE Avatar and think this Avatar land is the stupidest thing I've ever heard - in my opinion. I know people liked it, but personally I don't see where it's Disney, Animal Kingdom, nature - it's not reality and Animal Kingdom I thought - was Disney's way of getting families to connect with nature. UGH! __________________ Courage Confidence Character! http://lalacraftworld.wordpress.com/ - my craft blog!

01-04-2013, 10:22 PM	#322
mike the canuck DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario Posts: 969	Here is a video I took of the entire show. http://youtu.be/RbLcaqUEwQw It's gonna hold me off until I can see it again after it (hopefully) reopens. __________________ 1990 Offsite (I think?) - 1992 Port Orleans - 1993 Dixie Landings - 1996 All-Star Sports - Nov 1999 Disney Institute - Nov 2001 Offsite (Sheraton Vistana) - June 2006 Grosvenor Resort - Christmas 2007 Regal Sun Resort - Sept 2010 Pop Century - Dec 2012 AOA My new Test Track ride through video: http://youtu.be/-F4DRnUg2Fs Be Our Guest Video Tour:http://youtu.be/b_79w_k_o-I AOA Little Mermaid room tour: http://youtu.be/H1Gnima3Abg Check out ALL my videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/reelbigf...ew=0&flow=grid

01-05-2013, 03:47 PM	#324
Disneyfreak44 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 105	They are not getting rid of FOTLK most likely take a look at my thread Animal Kingdom Africa expansion __________________ Been to Disney World 12 trips Been to Disney Land 2 trips That equals 14 trips all dedicated to Disney and I live no where close to California or Florida Most recent trip was to Walt Disney World we stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter and it was awesome!

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01-02-2013, 07:18 AM	#317
disneyfantotheend DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,732	I know I read SOMEWHERE that it is only closing to move. It even said a reopen date, which was before our trip in November for sure. Not sure exactly when it was thinking summertime? But if they are delaying it now, maybe we will end up missing it after all.

01-05-2013, 06:55 PM	#326
katt789 DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 2,927	Im really happy to hear that its still playing & that it might not close til later in the year!! I'm still keeping my eye on auditions!! Haha!! When it is set to move, it will have to close for a week or so to move all of the floats, costumes and such over and get everything re set up & even get all the tech stuff re set up! __________________ My Trip Reports:May 2011/// Sept 2011///Dec 2011/// Jan 2012///April 2012///July 2012//Nov 2012 In Progress: Sept 2012 //Feb 2013

01-10-2013, 02:51 PM	#327
hulagirl87 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,824	I'm happy that it's still open! This is one of our favorite things to see in Disney and we wanted DD to see it since it is her first trip. so as long as it stays open for 2 more weeks, I'm good! __________________ me DH and DD

01-11-2013, 10:50 AM	#328
DisneyDad61 Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 80	I am not sure if this has already been mentioned as this thread is quite long but I have seen the blueprint plans on other non-Disney websites that show plans for what absolutely appears to be a NEW FOTLK Show Building behind the Dawa Bar / Tusker House / Kusafiri Coffe Shop Building in Africa. The plans show that a path will be built from the edge of the Dawa Bar and bridge from Discovery Island to Africa to the show building located directly behind the Tusker House. It also appears that there are area's (segments) in and around the new show building for carts / merchandise buildings, etc. Also, it appears that a NEW path in this FOTLK area will also lead over to the current Camp Minnie-Mickey (future Avatar Land) area. Again, I thought this was rather common knowledge of this apparent propposal to build the new FOTLK building in the Africa section where it essentially belongs. Although it is purely conjecture on my part, I could see this new show building being built and a relative "small" downtime as they move / rehab and upgrade the floats, etc from the old to new show building..... I believe from what I have read that this show will continue at the new location in Africa at some point and time in the near future with some type of relatively small downtime for the conversion once the new show biulding is complete or very close to completion. __________________ Wilderness Lodge - September 1994 Wilderness Lodge - July 1996 Wilderness Lodge - September 1997 Wilderness Lodge - October 1998 Wilderness Lodge - October 1999 Wilderness Lodge - September 2000 Wilderness Lodge - September 2001 Wilderness Lodge - December 2002 Wilderness Lodge - November 2003 Wilderness Lodge - October 2004 Wilderness Lodge - December 1 - 12, 2006 Port Orleans - Riverside - September 28 - October 8, 2007, Wilderness Lodge Villa's - December 6 - 18, 2008 Wilderness Lodge - December 3 - 13, 2010 DVC Member - Villa's at Wilderness Lodge, May 2011 Villa's at Wilderness Lodge - December 7 - 16, 2012 "The ship's a-ground on a shore of this unchartered desert....Lodge...with Disneydad ..and wifey too ....."

01-11-2013, 11:05 AM	#329
DisneyDad61 Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 80	Here is one of the several sites explaining the future conversion with copies of the plans. http://screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_an...m.htm#LionKing __________________ Wilderness Lodge - September 1994 Wilderness Lodge - July 1996 Wilderness Lodge - September 1997 Wilderness Lodge - October 1998 Wilderness Lodge - October 1999 Wilderness Lodge - September 2000 Wilderness Lodge - September 2001 Wilderness Lodge - December 2002 Wilderness Lodge - November 2003 Wilderness Lodge - October 2004 Wilderness Lodge - December 1 - 12, 2006 Port Orleans - Riverside - September 28 - October 8, 2007, Wilderness Lodge Villa's - December 6 - 18, 2008 Wilderness Lodge - December 3 - 13, 2010 DVC Member - Villa's at Wilderness Lodge, May 2011 Villa's at Wilderness Lodge - December 7 - 16, 2012 "The ship's a-ground on a shore of this unchartered desert....Lodge...with Disneydad ..and wifey too ....."

01-15-2013, 06:38 PM	#330
fungirl1 Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1	Festival of the lion lion king/Avtar land Where will the festival of the lion king show be and the charcaters be from Camp Minnie Mickey because I know you guys are going to build the Avtar land but where are you guys going to put the lion king show at Disney Animal Kingdom and also will the lion king show be like the one in Hong Kong Disneyland or the same?

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