After a prolonged shutdown, Walt Disney World re-opened in July 2020 without much entertainment beyond the basic rides, and a modified version of meet and greets and cavalcades and flotillas instead of full parades.
Most the entertainment that remained at Disney World had to take into account physical distancing and other health and safety measures, but Disney has finally announced that more entertainment options will reopen this summer.
Specifically Disney has started the process of bringing back furloughed singers, dances, technicians and other cast members from “Festival of the Lion King” which is one of my favorite shows, and a favorite to many others as well.
We are thrilled to be starting the process of bringing back to work more singers, dancers, technicians and other cast members, from one of the most popular shows at Walt Disney World Resort.
The returning show is a modified format to be mindful of the current environment. The adjustments will be both on stage and backstage including updates to the choreography to allow for appropriate physical distancing, audience seating in the theater.
If you don’t know of Festival of the Lion King and wish to learn more about it, or want to remember it better, I’m embedding a video I took on my Honeymoon (Disneymoon) with my wife Amy in 2017. I wasn’t able to record the whole show due to over-heating issues with my camera, but I got a large majority of it, including the Tumble Monkeys.
As a side note, the featured image on this post was from a recent trip (2019) when we were given the chance to go back-stage and meet the cast. My guess would be that this is an experience that won’t make it back with the new showings.
Giovanna Aguiar Uldrich yay
Kim LC
Jeffrey Clayton yesss! Fingers crossed for November
Jennifer Tymesko
Disney can screw itself.
Michael Ann Pease really why’s that?
Bill George, they don’t treat their employees well at all. There is a lot of things about Disney that is not nice at all. I’m trying to be polite.
Bill George your real name?
Disney is afraid to make any movie /show that shows their BFF china in the true light, Chicom “advisers” review all Disney products before offered to the public now. ABC/Disney also covers for the hollyweird pedophile ring.
Walt is rolling in his grave.
Yay !! GeriLynn Aguiar Guido Aguiar that’s good news for our trip too !
Umm, reopening in july of 2020? As in last year 2020?