Festival of the Lion King to close in January - The DIS Discussion Forums

Mad Hattered · 08-10-2012, 07:11 AM

From Screamscape this morning:

Confirmed - (8/10/12) The latest buzz from the Rhinos is that the Festival of the Lion King show is expected to close in January to make way for Avatar. The long term plan is to move to into a new theater somewhere, but it sounds like the show will close down completely long before this happens.

sephorachick · 08-10-2012, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad Hattered

From Screamscape this morning:

Confirmed - (8/10/12) The latest buzz from the Rhinos is that the Festival of the Lion King show is expected to close in January to make way for Avatar. The long term plan is to move to into a new theater somewhere, but it sounds like the show will close down completely long before this happens.

bummer I love that show

fitzy819 · 08-10-2012, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sephorachick

bummer I love that show

Me too! So sad

LexiC123 · 08-10-2012, 07:37 AM

Oh no!

Relocating it is one thing, but to shut it down completely is just wrong.

Guess I'd better make sure I see it in October, just in case.

Twingle · 08-10-2012, 07:39 AM

Boo. We saw it for the first time this past summer, and thought it was amazing! Hopefully the close is temporary, and they'll reopen it at a later time.

mkoerner · 08-10-2012, 07:40 AM

Bummer

That's my family's favorite show. We don't want to see an Avatar show when the movie didn't interest us.

pyrxtc · 08-10-2012, 07:41 AM

so sad.... I've never seen it and now I never will !!

JESSketeer · 08-10-2012, 07:52 AM

This is such sad news! I love Festival of The Lion King!!

What does Avatar have to do with Disney anyway??

bellanotte10 · 08-10-2012, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by pyrxtc

so sad.... I've never seen it and now I never will !!

same! I was planning on going to see it next year!

sydsmom1997 · 08-10-2012, 07:55 AM

I guess I better be sure to see it one last time in August! This makes me sad!

mom2rtk · 08-10-2012, 07:59 AM

Man, that's strike 2 for Avatarland in my book.

msp2mco · 08-10-2012, 08:06 AM

I'm so sad to hear this too. It's my favorite show. I hadn't seen it in a few years, but on our last trip, we went to it. Now I am especially glad that we did.

Phatoomch · 08-10-2012, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by JESSketeer

This is such sad news! I love Festival of The Lion King!!

What does Avatar have to do with Disney anyway??

I see this crop up a lot. I think Avatar & AK go together well - the 'moral' in the movie is about looking after our planet, conservation yadda yadda yadda, the same message as AK, and a message Disney has always pushed.

And no, I'm not an Avatar movie fan - I bat for the Star Wars team

mom2princesses2 · 08-10-2012, 08:11 AM

Oh my gosh! FOTLK is such a favorite of ours!!

Both our daughters got picked to participate and each was the kid at the end who Timon singles out at the end. Made me cry tears of pure happiness every time!!

We won't be there until Feb so we won't even get a chance to say goodbye. :-(

livinlife25 · 08-10-2012, 08:11 AM

Oh no! I haven't seen that in forever and were definitely planning on doing it in January. Maybe they will push it back a bit

08-10-2012, 07:11 AM	#1
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08-10-2012, 07:39 AM	#5
Twingle DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,842	Boo. We saw it for the first time this past summer, and thought it was amazing! Hopefully the close is temporary, and they'll reopen it at a later time. __________________ DHMe DS twin DD's Avatar compliments of Mr. DiRTy BuNNy, who created it when I informed him that I didn't have an avatar because I couldn't find one that was "me".

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mkoerner DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 626	Bummer That's my family's favorite show. We don't want to see an Avatar show when the movie didn't interest us. __________________ 1976-treehouse villa/july 1995-off property/dec 1998-dixie landings/2001-off property/feb 2003 FW/2005 POR/2006-ASMo/aug 2006-Swan/2008-POR/jan 2009 WL/aug 2009-cbr/aug 2010-CR/ Aug 2011- VWL,BLT/ Dec 2011- SSR/March 2012-POR/ Aug 2012- OKW

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08-10-2012, 07:52 AM	#8
JESSketeer Mouseketeer Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 137	This is such sad news! I love Festival of The Lion King!! What does Avatar have to do with Disney anyway?? __________________ All-Star Sports Resort - September 2011 Coronado Springs Resort - September 2012 Animal Kingdom Lodge - September 2013 Last edited by JESSketeer; 08-10-2012 at 08:00 AM.

08-10-2012, 07:55 AM	#10
sydsmom1997 Mouseketeer Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: New York Posts: 278	I guess I better be sure to see it one last time in August! This makes me sad! __________________ 1985-Offsite (Jellystone Park), 1994-All Star Sports, 1996-Fort Wilderness, 2002-Offsite, 2006-All Star Movies August 2012-CSR

08-10-2012, 07:59 AM	#11
mom2rtk DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 19,674	Man, that's strike 2 for Avatarland in my book. __________________ Magic In The Kingdom 2012 Princess Palooza 2011! December 2010: Don't Read This TRIP REPORT If You're A Princess Hater! June 2010: 3000 miles, 3 kids, and too many photos to count! Mom2RTK's FLICKR Photostream

08-10-2012, 08:06 AM	#12
msp2mco Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 407	I'm so sad to hear this too. It's my favorite show. I hadn't seen it in a few years, but on our last trip, we went to it. Now I am especially glad that we did.

08-10-2012, 08:11 AM	#14
mom2princesses2 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 531	Oh my gosh! FOTLK is such a favorite of ours!! Both our daughters got picked to participate and each was the kid at the end who Timon singles out at the end. Made me cry tears of pure happiness every time!! We won't be there until Feb so we won't even get a chance to say goodbye. :-( __________________ Port Orleans Riverside (Royal Room) ~ Feb. 2013 (DD's 5th & my 41st Birthdays) / Coronado Springs Resort ~ Nov. 2011 (DH's 43rd Birthday & MVMCP)/ Wilderness Lodge ~ Sept. 2010 (DD's 8th Birthday & MNSSHP) / Pop Century ~ Dec. 2006 (10th Wedding Anniversary & MVMCP) / Dixie Landings ~ Oct. 2000 (MNSSHP) / Dixie Landings ~ May 1994 / Non-property WDW visits ~ 1980 & 1985

08-10-2012, 08:11 AM	#15
livinlife25 DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 764	Oh no! I haven't seen that in forever and were definitely planning on doing it in January. Maybe they will push it back a bit __________________ DH 32 Me 29 DS 2 Jan 2013- POR Sep 2009- AKL 2 visits in 1990's- OKW

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