Hey, this is Disney, what did you expect? You could spend the entire day going to shows. Try the FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING at Camp Minnie-Mickey. Members of the audience participate--as elephants, giraffes, warthogs and lions. (Try to get in the warthog line--they get to make the rudest sounds.)

The production is Broadway caliber, with great singing of all your favorite songs from the movie. During "Hakuna Matata," a troop of acrobatic monkeys perform heart-stopping moves and high-wire aerialists do "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Like all theme park shows, this is just 28 minutes, so short attention spans can be accommodated.

There are several other shows, including FLIGHTS OF WONDER, with a cast of 39 species of birds, POCAHONTAS AND HER FOREST FRIENDS, based on characters from the Walt Disney film POCAHONTAS, and TARZAN ROCKS!, a live stage show with extreme stunts, jungle gymnastics and music from the film.

But you don't have to go to a show to have fun. It's programmed into almost everything at the park. Take a riverboat ride and the boat is likely to have a corny, punny name like Otter Nonsense. Shop at Chester and Hester's Dinosaur Treasures in DinoLand U.S.A., and see signs that say things like Merchandise of Extinction. Walk around Camp Minnie-Mickey and get a kiss from JUNGLE BOOK's King Louie--I did.

Twice a day, there's The March of the Animals through Safari Village, with musicians, acrobats and dancers.

For parents who want to have fun, there's live music and margaritas at the African Lounge in Harambe, the East African town that's the main port in Animal Kingdom's version of Africa.

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