Entertainment at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park

While Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park may not have a nighttime spectacular like the other parks due to the animals, that does not mean there are not ample entertainment options throughout this theme park. In fact, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park has two of the highest-rated shows at the entire Walt Disney World Resort, including the Festival of the Lion King, which many believe is the best production on Disney property.

The Festival of the Lion King, located in Camp Minnie-Mickey, is a critically-acclaimed live stage show features dancers, singers, characters and larger-than-life puppets of Simba and Pumbaa to re-create the story of “The Lion King.” With many of the hit songs from the movie performed during this 30-minute performance, the Festival of the Lion King has a little something for everyone – romance for adults and lots of interaction for children, making it one of the must-sees at the entire Walt Disney World Resort. This isn’t the only entertainment option at Camp Minnie-Mickey, however, as right across from the Festival of the Lion King Theatre lies the Camp Minnie-Mickey Greet Trails where guests can meet the most popular Disney characters such as Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse and all of their friends!

Another one of the ‘oldie but goodie’ shows at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park is Flights of Wonder located in Asia. This 25-minute live show features human bird handlers and over 20 species of trained exotic birds, including vultures, hawks and the American Bald Eagle, some of which fly over the audience during this production.

Dinoland U.S.A. also has it fair share of entertainment between its street acts and the newest entertainment addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Finding Nemo – The Musical. Before you go ‘under the sea’ with Nemo and his friends to re-create the story of the hit Disney-Pixar movie “Finding Nemo” with a combination of puppetry, special effects and an entire musical score produced just for this attraction, be sure to check out street acts such as Smear, Splat & Dip, three crazy painters who dazzle onlookers in Dinoland U.S.A. with their juggling/balancing act.

While Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade makes its way throughout most of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park each afternoon, perhaps one of the best places to view it is from Discovery Island. Here, you can catch this electrifying parade in which Disney characters pay tribute to their animal friends with a variety of elaborate puppets, street performers and musical safari vehicles. Perhaps the best part about this parade is that many of the vehicles include guests themselves who have been selected at random throughout the day to participate. So next time you visit this theme park, you just may be part of the Discovery Island entertainment as well!

As we mentioned before, this theme park may not have a nightly show, but it makes up for it with a vast array of unique entertainment options throughout the day. To see and experience all of these performances, shows and more for yourself, the only thing you need is a simple theme park ticket! And while you have multiple options of tickets, we at OrlandoFunTickets.com can help you sort out which ticket package would work best for your family! And, best of all, we can do it at a discounted price! OrlandoFunTickets.com is your one-stop shop for discounted tickets to the Walt Disney World Resort and all of the other top attractions in Central Florida, from local dinner shows to the Universal Orlando Resort and all of the Sea World parks, including Sea World’s brand new water park, Aquatica. For tickets to all of the top entertainment destinations in Central Florida, simply click here to get started by purchasing your discounted theme park tickets today from OrlandoFunTickets.com!