I've personally seen this show when I was 4 at Walt Disneyworld in 1996. It's what started my huge love of The Lion King. Simba coming to life, bouncing across the stage is something that is hard to forget and really makes The Lion King experience all the more worthwhile. Unfortunately, it no longer plays, as mentioned above, and has been replaced by a show that doesn't compare in the experience, as this show brought The Lion King to life like never before.
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Wild About Safety is the small cartoons of Timon & Pumbaa that feature vacation safety tips and are seen in Disney park brochures and maps. These rules to having fun and being safe while on vacation are made up of "12 Good Ways to Safer Days" which are 12 individual cartoon blocks. These are not only great tips for going to Disney themeparks, but for pretty much any vacation.
Walt Dated World's article for Legend of the Lion King: " This show was being developed by stage director Fran Soeder at the same time that the film was being completed. Soeder was also a consultant on the Voyage of the Little Mermaid show at the Disney/MGM Studios. This Kodak-sponsored show opened on July 8, 1994 with Ernie Sabella (the voice of Pumbaa) and Robert Guillaume (the voice of Rafiki) cutting a vine instead of the conventional ribbon to open it. In the holding area, guests would encounter scenes from the film on the walls before going to the preshow area to see a costumed Rafiki, who told the story of Simba the Lion King. Unlike the usual character costume, Rafiki's mouth moved in sync to the soundtrack. After Rafiki talked, the animated Circle of Life was then shown from the Lion King film on a screen behind Rafiki. The live-action Rafiki and the film were also on monitors to the right of the stage above the doors to the theater so that it could be seen clearly by everyone. Once the preshow was over, guests would proceed into the 500-Seat theater that was 125 feet wide and was the former home of The Mickey Mouse Revue and Magic Journeys. The show featured key scenes from the movie and were acted out with fully articulated puppets that were designed by Chuck Faucett, who had also designed the puppets used in Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Each puppet required from two to eight people to operate. They were designed in a variety of ways. Some were worn similar to a backpack. Others were on wagons with springs while others required the puppeteers to ride the wagon as they operated the puppet. Rehearsal for the show began on May 15, 1994, several weeks before the film's June 15th release. There were eight different casts of ten people each that performed the show at least 30 times a day. In many ways, this show was the predecessor of the popular Lion King Broadway show, which also made use of puppet animals. Legend of the Lion King closed on February 23, 2002 to make way for Mickey's PhilharMagic. For those that miss the Lion King show, I Just Can't Wait to be King is performed in the new PhilharMagic movie. "
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