Festival of the Lion King moving to Africa

NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

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Genie of the Lamp said:
Saw this on Mouseplanet and there's now construction walls/fencing along the back side of Tusker House.

Also on there, it showed new FastPass+ entrances being added outside the exit of the Festival of the Lion King's current theater in Camp Minnie-Mickey which they say it indicates it may be some time before the show moves.

Pics were taken between April 2nd-8th but not sure which specific date these pics were uploaded to Mouseplanet.

Edit: To me though, I still feel the show relocation process is still on schedule and have the new theater in operation by Thanksgiving time.
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Wow looks like they are messing around!
 
Genie of the Lamp

Genie of the Lamp

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Insiders at Animal Kingdom report that the future Festival of the Lion King site going into the Africa area of the park has been home to bulldozers and earth movers for the past couple of days who have been taking out the trees and clearing the site. (source: S.S. updated 4/8/13)
 
Wikkler

Wikkler

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I like the American Woods idea. I don't know where it would go...
The UP Miniland could go between Africa and Asia.
Jungle Book Ride would definitely go in Asia.
I'm also vouching for an Australia north of Asia, as well as a polar or South American area.
 
Wikkler

Wikkler

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MerlinTheGoat said:
I know there's already technically a train inside a part of the park to transport guests to the Planet Watch area. But would it be possible to build a different train with a track that goes around a large portion of the perimeter of the entire park ala the Magic Kingdom style parks? I actually think Busch Gardens has a train similar to that (though I don't think it circles the exact perimeter in its entirety). Having a train that travels around the park including stops to different areas could be a nice way to alleviate the walking involved, it would work in a thematic sense, and it would be a nice relaxing ride with lots of nice scenery. If done right, I see a lot of potential for a train ride around Animal Kingdom being a legitimately great and fun attraction. Could add considerably more capacity to the park as well.

The main station would be at the entrance of the park (perhaps going overhead the gates like at Magic Kingdom). It would then travel clockwise around the perimeter (either through or around the area that is now CMM). It wouldn't have to go around the entire Kilomanjari Safari area itself, but just travel through general queue area (either overhead or underneath the queue). At that point it would merge with the original route for the Planet Watch train track and travel around the Kali River area, then downwards through the Everest area, and eventually through the Dinoland area. Finally it comes back to the main station. As I said, various stops along the way to key lands around the park.

Is this possible to do? I hate to toot my own horn here but I would love for them to do something like this.
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It's 1.858 miles long (2.990 km), but here's my design:
 
Prototype82

Prototype82

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marni1971 said:
Another restaurant doesn't really do it for me. Not whilst large sections of Epcot continue to rot.
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Only did it for me in Italy because the pavilion was ridiculously underdeveloped. Now we have much-needed pizza and florentine architecture. But new restaurants in already complete pavilions is kind of pointless. Especially when we have two unused ride buildings and underdeveloped UK.
 
MarkTwain

MarkTwain

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willtravel said:
My only concern is when the new building is built, that the show will be cut shorter.
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Such concerns seem justified after Country Bears, but I wonder what really they could cut? I saw the show for the first time in years a months ago, and I was already surprised at how fast the pacing was. The show moves pretty briskly. It was no 2.5 hour Broadway musical, that's for sure.
 
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willtravel

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marni1971 said:
Given the amount of prep and changing needed both on and backstage I'd be surprised if anything could be shaven off. Thankfully.

How about adding an act or two from the Paris version?
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I have read on this forum recently that it's the "turns" that are looked at. And with the cuts Disney is and has made. I thought this would be a good time for them to make changes. Not that I am asking for it to happen.
 
disneyfan1995

disneyfan1995

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I think the show should be kept the way it is for the move to the theatre in Africa. It works perfectly the way it is and it is very popular filling up for almost every single show so why change it? I'd say it's probably the most popular show on property..
 
Wikkler

Wikkler

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disneyfan1995 said:
I think the show should be kept the way it is for the move to the theatre in Africa. It works perfectly the way it is and it is very popular filling up for almost every single show so why change it? I'd say it's probably the most popular show on property..
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But Disney won't do that, John.
 

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