The Media Were Invited To Enjoy A Sneak Peak Of Harambe Nights
The good news for Disney fans is that an all-new dinner and stage spectacle tribute for the 30th anniversary of the Lion King, comes to Animal Kingdom for the first time Saturday night (June 7).
The bad news: opening night is already sold out.
Harambe Nights is a new foray for Walt Disney World. It is music and dinner on a large scale, and brings nighttime entertainment to Animal Kingdom for the first time.
Media were invited to a sneak preview, you might even call it an “undressed rehearsal” earlier this week for a look at some of the musical numbers.
The mini-performance was actually set in a rehearsal hall and not in its actual setting — a new stage theater at Animal Kingdom. But with just a little imagination, it was pretty easy to see that this is theater at an unprecedented level, even for Disney World.
This is the first special event for Animal Kingdom and the first night-time event ever for the theme park, said show director Marsha Jackson Randolph.
“We have put our heart and soul into this theatrical experience,” she said.
While The Lion King has become very familiar to fans from the box office hit and stage productions, the Harambe Nights version will be different.
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