Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Beastly Kingdom was supposed to be a fantasy based animal land, dragons, unicorns and the like. Camp Minnie Mickey is a character greeting area that also has the theater for the Lion King show.
Originally Posted By carribean queen Beastly Kingdom sounds like it would have great! Fantasy, imagination and dreams thats what Disney is about to me.
Originally Posted By Tristan Beastly Kingdom was originally planned to go into Animal Kingdom as another themed land. Themed to imaginary or mythical animals. It was to occupy the space now being used by Camp Minnie-Mickey. the Dueling Dragons roller coaster that now sits in Universal's Islands of Adventure was allegedly stolen from Beastly Kingdom and i believe Expedition Everest has its roots there as well. Seeing as the Yeti is not *technically a real animal. It is also the reason why there is a Dragon in the logo for Animal Kingdom. sidenote: Camp Minnie-Mickey is not good in the strictest sense of the word, I just don't like the mindset that you have to close one thing in order to open another. Which seems to be Disney's current path.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Camp minnie-mickey is the easiest place to get pictures with major characters, especially with pocahontas gone. Our last trip it was empty when the show was in progress. I wouldn't be surprised to see them create another draw or two in this area as it is really under utilized. I hope that whatever is done would be in addition to what is already there not instead of.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Sorry to see Pocahontas gone, that was a really good show, regardless of the audience's age, but especially good for the younger ones.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo As an adult, I really enjoyed Pocahontas. I felt that and the Flights of Wonder were the two best shows on offer at DAK.
Originally Posted By dshyates I didn't care much for pocahontas, but I did enjoy Flights of Wonder. The other 2 shows when I was there were the Fest. of LK and Tarzan Rocks! I thought LK was OK, but I REALLY, REALLY hated Tarzan Rocks! So of the 4 shows, I actually enjoyed 1 of them.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I think the thing I really loved about Poca was it was a celebration of Americana and the flora and fauna. So I was a sappy romantic expat. But agreed, I think the Lion King is overrated at WDW (I love the DLP version) and Tarzan at WDW was not great either (but I adore the DLP version again). But Flights of Wonder is lovely.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 For me the Lion King has fantastic music, so I will really enjoy anything to do with LK. Dave, I agree with you on Pochy and Flights of Wonder. I really enjoy things like that. I felt TR was more Rock than Tarzan. But I really admired the talent of those performers. They wore me out.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed I love the music of the Lion King, but I think what really spoilt it for me is we went to see the stage show in London about 6 weeks before our WDW vacation in 2000. And again when we saw it in 2006, we couldn't help but compare it to the sublime show in DLP which is closer to the West End/Broadway quality than the pep rally feel of WDW's show.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I also liked Pocahontas. I like Festival of the Lion King OK but my wife really loves it. I think it just appeals to some people more than others. I will say that this year we were on the first row and I seemed to enjoy it more than in the past.
