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Ok so this tour has now become a MUST DO for us next year and now has its own place on the agenda!
With there being 4 of us, we’ve always thought the tours are too expensive for us but at $30 each, that’s very doable.
Ps, loving your TR x
It quite a special tour and you can't beat the price! You won't regret it! It's very educational as the CMs are so great and how can you beat being the company of elephants this close!
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How wonderful that you got your very own personal tour!!! I thoroughly enjoyed all your pictures of the elephants and especially Baby Stella! Thanks for sharing that with us Dave.
It was quite an amazing experience by being the only one on this tour with so much personal attention! Glad you enjoyed the photos. I thoroughly enjoyed this tour so much as I learned a lot and the elephants were so active for my tour! I loved Stella as she was the star! So glad I did this and for such a good price!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Tuesday, October 10th (Part IV) After my Caring for Giants tour, I still had some time before my final FP+ of the day. I decided to take a walk towards Discovery Island and get some photos of the Tree of Life.
Love all these details on the base of the tree, which makes it so unique.
After several minutes at the Tree of Life, I made the short walk back to the Harambe Market area, where my FP+ is located. I stopped for a little while as there was some good entertainment going on as there always seems to be.
After spending some time here and enjoying the entertainment, I continued over towards my FP+ location. Of course, I managed to get a few photos of the Harambe Market area as I got closer.
You can see my next FP+ in the distance
Festival of the Lion King
I entered the FP+ line at around 2:30 pm and the show is at 3pm. Already, the line was quite extensive for a show that’s thirty minutes away. Surprisingly, this will be my first time seeing this show as it seems every time I wanted to see it there was a conflict of sorts. Either the show had just started or the next one was some time away or I had another FP+ or other plans that conflicted with it. I’m just glad I’ll finally get to see it as I’ve heard only positive reviews of it.
While in line, it was quite hot and humid from the weather and just being in line, even though there was cover in parts of the line. It seemed like I was in this line forever as they usually let people in about 15 minutes prior to show time. That time passed and more so. I thought to myself, how long are we going to have to wait? It seemed like the previous show got out a bit late and perhaps, this was part of the reason for the delay. Finally, at nearly 2:55 pm they began letting us in. As I had a FP+ for this show, I was hoping for a good seat, but all of us in this line did too. I entered the theater and was told to go to the FP+ seating straight across. I got a good seat in the third row! It took a while for everyone to enter and be seated and the show would be starting about ten minutes late. The theater was nearly 100% full once the doors closed and the lights dimmed.
It's show time and I was looking forward to seeing this for the first time! I basically knew what to expect from reading about it and via the TRs on this board and especially Cam’s from the great coverage and photos. For the most part, it will be mostly photos and just some commenting on occasion.
As you can see the opening of the show is quite a spectacle with the four floats, various performers and choreography. The music is great as well.
One look at Simba and one does wonder how could a lion be dangerous?
There is so much going on during the show and tough to keep up with it at times!
This was my favorite part of the show and for a second I thought I was at a performance of La Nouba.
I enjoyed this effect!
As you can see the show is not short on the entertainment!
The show’s finale was now underway!
As with any finale most of the show’s performers would be a part of this
The show then came to an end
Once the show concluded, being in the third row, I was one of the first to leave my section and walk quickly across the theater to the exit. There were a lot of people here but I made a quick exit without having to wait for throngs of people in front of me.
I enjoyed this show so much and glad I finally saw it and fit it into my Animal Kingdom schedule. I think getting an FP+ was the easiest way to do it. It was quite entertaining with so much going on with the various floats and the represented characters from the Lion King movie. The stage performers were amazing from the music, songs, choreography and acrobatics. Just a great show overall and glad I covered it well with the photos. I will certainly return!
Once, I got outside the theater I had some time before my Rivers of Light ADR at Tiffin’s. So, I headed towards Asia and hoped the single rider line for Expedition Everest would be short and could get one ride in.
NEXT: How About This for Timing?
How About This For Timing?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I am so happy for you that you finally got to see The Festival of the Lion King, such an incredible well-done stage show. You are right about so much going on the entire show. You did a great job with photos for your first ever visit!
I am so happy for you that you finally got to see The Festival of the Lion King, such an incredible well-done stage show. You are right about so much going on the entire show. You did a great job with photos for your first ever visit!
You think you're happy, well I was totally enthralled by the show as I just loved it so much!
As you said it's so well done and never a moment where you can possibly dose off even for a second I'm repeating myself but enjoyed this show so much from start to finish and can't wait to see it again! Just an amazing show overall!
It's just crazy with what is going on and at times I felt like I was watching a tennis match!
Glad you enjoyed my photos from my first show as I did my best and I think I succeeded overall as I got a lot and from all sections of the show! Now I know from your TRs how special this show is and I can guarantee there will be many returns!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I’m glad you finally got to see FOTLK! It’s such a great show and you captured it amazingly with your photos! Aren’t the tumble monkeys amazing? I believe that some of them are former Olympians!
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That was a while to wait to get into Festival of the Lion King, but worth it - it's such a good show.
I wasn't expecting the wait and certainly worth it! I really enjoyed the show!
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Glad you finally got to see the show, it is so well done.
It certainly is and I'm sure I'll see it again!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I am so happy that you finally got to see FOLK!! That show is wonderful!! I love your photos!!
Glad you enjoyed the photos as I thought I covered the show well! It's such a great show and enjoyable!
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So glad that you finally got to see FOLK as it's such a great show! We don't do it every trip but when we do, it's always a treat.
It's quite a show and enjoyed it very much!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I’m glad you finally got to see FOTLK! It’s such a great show and you captured it amazingly with your photos! Aren’t the tumble monkeys amazing? I believe that some of them are former Olympians!
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I enjoyed the show so much! Glad you enjoyed the photo coverage! Interesting about the tumble moneys as one of the highlights of the show!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
You had a great seat for FOLK and got some wonderful photos!
I agree it’s so nice to wander around the Tree of Life and loook at all the animal carvings.
You had a great seat for FOLK and got some wonderful photos!
I agree it’s so nice to wander around the Tree of Life and loook at all the animal carvings.
Glad you enjoyed the photos and had a prime seat for the show! Tree of Life is amazing and with each visit you'll see something new with so much detail in it!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
FOTLK is such a brilliant show - you're right it is a bit like LaNouba. I agree the waiting area can be tough - it gets quite hot and so many people are so close together. Glad you got such excellent photos, and were finally able to enjoy this show - 3rd row is a score
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Surprisingly, this will be my first time seeing this show as it seems every time I wanted to see it there was a conflict of sorts. 
Either the show had just started or the next one was some time away or I had another FP+ or other plans that conflicted with it. I’m just glad I’ll finally get to see it as I’ve heard only positive reviews of it. 
It seemed like the previous show got out a bit late and perhaps, this was part of the reason for the delay. Finally, at nearly 2:55 pm they began letting us in. 
It took a while for everyone to enter and be seated and the show would be starting about ten minutes late. The theater was nearly 100% full once the doors closed and the lights dimmed. 
There were a lot of people here but I made a quick exit without having to wait for throngs of people in front of me. 
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