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Festival of the Lion King is an attraction located in [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]]{{Template:Infobox Disney ride || image=FestivalofthelionLivingentrance2.jpg| caption='''The entrance sign for to Living With the Festival of the Lion KingLand.Photo by Theme Park Tourist'''| land=AfricaFuture World| opened= April 22October 1, 19981982| capacityvehicle_names= 1,375Boat| typepark= Stage ShowEpcot| parkguests_per_vehicle= Disney's Animal Kingdom20| audio-animatronics=40| duration= 2814| type=Boat Tour| custom_label_1= Based onFormally Known As| custom_value_1= The Lion KingListen to the Land (1982-1993)| sponsor= Kraft (1982-1993) <br> Nestle (1993- 2007) <br> Chiquita Brands International (2011-Present)|custom_label_2= FastPass +|custom_value_2= Yes (Group A)}}Living with the Land is an attraction within [[The Land]] pavilion at [[Epcot]].

Although currently The history of what would eventually be known as Listen to the longest running show Land began when Kraft announced that it would sponsor The Land pavilion in Disney's Animal Kingdom (a distinction it shares with unbuilt theme park [[It's Tough to be a BugEPCOT Center]]). Initially, Festival Disney had expanded the concept of the Lion King was originally planned as a temporary attraction"ecology and mineral pavilion" so that it focused on the many environments of the earth <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=652 </ref>. When Imagineers designed Animal Kingdomthe original sponsor of the pavilion,Georgia Pacific (a logging company), ended its involvement, the plan called for Beastly Kingdomme to be one theme and content of the park’s main landspavilion once again changed <ref name= "Martin"/>. Due to budget constraints however In September 1978, Beastly Kingdom was pushed back Kraft agreed to a later time sponsor the pavilion, and a temporary land called Camp Minnie-Mickey was created in thus agriculture and food became The Land's focus. In order to draw showcase agriculture, Imagineers, led by Rolly Crump, created an open-top boat ride that would take guests through the earth's many habitats, while showing man's effect on them. During the initial creation of the attraction, Disney had planned to create the "Living Laboratories" where food from around the world would be found growing<ref name= "Sklar"> Sklar, Marty. Dream It! Do It!: My Half-century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms. Disney Editions, 2013. Print. </ref>, however this new landidea was later slightly modified. During the development of Listen to the Land, two major changes took place. The first was the fact that the temporary greenhouses planned for The Land pavilion were permanently incorporated into the attraction<ref name= "Martin"/> (the Living Laboratories concept was also utilized here). The second change was the addition of a canopy to the boats themselves. When Imagineers decided to add real rain effects to the attraction, the boats were given coverage <ref name= "Martin"/>. Listen to the Land opened with the rest of The Land pavilion on EPCOT Center’s opening day, October 1, 1982 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/epcotgrandopening.html </ref>.

At Listen to the same time Imagineers were working on Camp Minnie-Mickey, Disneyland’s "Lion King Celebration" parade was ending its three year runLand remained largely unchanged until Nestle assumed sponsorship of The Land in 1993. EventuallyOn September 27, it 1993, Listen to the Land was decided that Imagineers could rescue many closed for refurbishment <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/Sep27.html </ref> (the rest of the puppets pavilion would also be systematically updated over the next year and floats from a half). During the paraderenovation, the Symphony of the Seed opening scene was removed, and create replaced with a new stage show storm scene <ref name= "book"> The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World's Greatest Theme Park</ref>. Furthermore, an automatic narration was installed for Animal Kingdomthe first half of the attraction, and the ride's theme song "Listen to the Land" was removed <ref name= "book"/>. The show Finally, the Symphony of the Seed recap that they created concluded the original attraction was housed in taken out and replaced with a temporary theater which was not enclosedcollage of people and agriculture from all over the world. The show was called Festival "futuristic" growing methods that were originally showcased in this final scene were moved to an earlier part of the Lion King and was ready in time for Animal Kingdom's opening dayride. On December 10, 1993, the attraction reopened as Living with the Land <ref name= "book"/>.

Festival of Following the Lion Kingchanges in 1993, as well as the rest of Camp Minnie Mickey, proved to be so successful that it eventually became one little of note changed with the parks most popular attractions. The show's theater was finally enclosed in 2003attraction until August 20, along with air conditioning being added2006. Outside of changes to the show's theaterAt this time, Festival of the Lion King has not seen any major changes, although boat captains were removed from the attraction and replaced by a new Timon costume that allowed the meerkat to move his mouth and blink his eyes was added to the show in 2009automatic narrator voiced by Mike Brassell <ref name= "jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2010/08/living_with_the_land_1.html </ref>.On January 5July 29, 2014 Festival of the Lion King along 2011, Chiquita Brands International announced it would be sponsoring Living with the rest Land as part of Camp Minnie-Mickey was closed in order make way for construction on Avatar Land (a new area of the park based on James Cameron’s film Avatar). Despite the closure of the land strategic partnership with Disney announced that Festival of the Lion King would be moving into a new theater called Harambe Theater located in a new expansion of the Africa section of the park<ref> http://www. The theater was completed in May of 2014, prnewswire.com/news-releases/chiquita-and the Festival of the Lion King attraction reopened in its new home on June 1, 2014-walt-disney-world-resort-announce-multi-year-alliance-to-offer-fresh-healthy-chiquita-and-fresh-express-products-to-disney-guests-126408463.html </ref>.

==Show Plot==The festival of On August 8, 2019, Living with the Lion King begins Land received a new digital film inside the Barn Theater <ref> https://wdwnt.com/2019/08/photos-video-living-with -the shows four hosts singing "Welcome to Our World". The four hosts are Kiume (meaning "masculine and strong" -land-boat-ride-debuts-new-digital-film-scene-in Swahili), Nakawa (meaning "good-looking"), Kibibi (meaning "princess"), and Zawadi (meaning "the gift")-land-pavilion-at-epcot/ </ref>. After the four hosts introduce themselvesLike its predecessor, they tell the audience that Simba and his guests will be there any minute, but first the hosts need the audiences' help. In order to greet Simba and his friends, the hosts decide to divide the audience into four groups, who will greet the animals by making animal noises. The first sound guests make is that of a warthog. To do thisnew film showcases cutting edge agricultural practices, one guest is chosen to lead the audience although it now focuses on ecological regions as they make tusks with their fingers and make a snorting noise. Next up is the lions. Another guest is chosen opposed to imitate a lion by putting their paws up and roaring. After the lions are done, it's time for the elephants. The section that is assigned elephants put their hands up and trumpet like an elephant. Finally the last group who are the giraffes, make a noise that sounds like a sheepspecific countries.

After everyone knows ==Attraction Plot=====Listen to the Land===Listen to the Land began with guests boarding their roles, they all make boats and being greeted by their animal noises togethertour guide. At this pointWhile they loaded, riders could hear the lights in the room dim and everyone is told to listen. As wind begins to howlattraction's theme song, various animals begin "Listen to dance on stage. After their ceremony, the Circle of Life begins to playLand" playing in the background. Simba, The first scene in the Lion King, then addresses guests, telling them that it is time for attraction was known as the big celebration"Symphony of Seed". At the beginning of the celebration, the song I Just Can't Wait to be King plays as This scene was a parade beginsstylistic look at how plants grow and spread. Timon, Pumbaa, Within the Tumble Monkeysscene, various animals and other dancers then parade through guests could see seeds being blown by the stage on floats. Finally, Simba appears atop a rock, watching over the proceedingswind while classical music played.

Following "I Just Can't Wait to be King"Moving out of the Symphony of the Seed scene, Timon takes center stage to perform Hakuna Matataguests entered a rainforest. He is joined by PumbaaHere, who is located on the side of tour guide explained that in the theater rainforest, plants had to overcome a lack of light in “the warthog section”order to grow. As Timon tries to perform his songguests passed through, the Tumble Monkeys initially cause havocthey could see lush vegetation and Audio Animatronic animals thriving. After getting exiting the monkeys in order Timon and Pumbaa finish the songrainforest, guests entered a desert. After Hakuna Matata has endedHere, the Tumble Monkeys perform tour guide would explain to them that although plants faced the threat of sandstorms and a lack of water, they were still able to grow and survive. As an acrobatic act example of this, guests could hear a sandstorm howling, which vegetation (such as a cacti) endured.[[Image:livinggreenhouse.jpg|400px|thumb|The greenhouse located in Living with the rest of the animals look onLand. ]]The dance is performed third habitat that guests would visit on Listen to a medley of songs including: “Singthe Land was the prairie, Singwhere large bison could be seen grazing. Here, Sing”the tour guide would explain that the unpredictable weather of the prairies caused problems for the plant life there. Two examples of this unpredictability, ”Playmates”wildfire and storms, ”Snake Charmer”could be seen on the horizon as guests traveled through. Moving on from the prairie, ”Caravan”the boats passed by a turn of the century farm, ”Hakuna Matata”, ”Yes! We Have No Bananas” and "Hawaiian War Chant"as a country version of “Listen to the Land” played. As After passing by the monkies begin packing up farmhouse (which featured a dog laying on the stageporch), guests entered the song "Be Prepared" begins to playBarn Theater. As various dancers appear in dark clothingHere, Kiume takes center stage to sing images of various forms of agriculture were shown and the songtour guide explained to guests that research was continuing to make agriculture more efficient. While he is singing Examples of this progress included better machines, a fire dancer begins dancing with a flaming torchfertilizers, and seeds. The guide also told guests that much of the food served in [[EPCOT Center]] was grown using these techniques.

Following Be Prepared, two ballet dancers dance as two cast members sing, "Can you Feel the Love Tonight". During the song, the female dancer is raised into the sky, and she flies above the stage. As the song finishes Kiume appears again, telling everyone that they are all connected through the circle of life. At this point in the showattraction, guests would exit the dancers (including Timon Barn Theater and enter the Tumble Monkeys) all create a circle around research half of Listen to the stage, as a female singer sings “The Circle of Life”Land. Following Now touring the songpavilion's greenhouse, Simba tells the audience that it's time to for them to help boats would pass by various plants being grown in the celebration finale “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”a tropical atmosphere. The different groups then are divided back up and given different parts to singPlants located here included: papaya, sugar cane, rice, bananas, pineapple, with the giraffes and vanilla. The next section of the elephants singing the research center focused on "wing a wayaquaculture" and lions and , where fish farming took place. As guests passed by various exotic fish, the warthogs singing the high part. Timon then decides tour guide would inform them that he will sing many of the melody. The whole cast and audience then performs fish found here were served in restaurants throughout [[The Lion Sleeps Tonight togetherLand]].

After The final part of the song has finishedattraction showed new ways in which researchers at The Land were growing food. The first example that guests could see of these techniques were cotton and cucumbers that were shown growing in the desert. Further on, Timon tells guests could see crops growing vertically, which was done in order to save space. Other crops in the area were shown growing without soil, and the cast tour guide would tell guests that it's time researchers were using ladybugs as a pestilent (in order to take it homecut down on chemical use). They then perform a medley of the Lion King songs The last thing that had previously been featured guests could see in the show (Hakuna Matata, Can You Feel research facilities was future methods of agriculture. Ideas seen here included plans for growing food on the Love Tonightmoon, Be Prepared and I Just Can't Wait genetically altering crops to Be King)make them more nutritious and resistant. Guests could then hear "Listen to the Land" one more time as they passed through the Symphony of the Seed finale before reaching the unloading area. If you want to hear "Listen to the Land", concluding click play below: <flashmp3>Listentotheland.mp3</flashmp3> ==Living with the Land==[[Image:livingprarie.jpg|350px|thumb|The prarie scene in Living with the Land.]]When Nestle assumed sponsorship of The Land pavilion in 1993, Listen to the Land was closed for refurbishment. The attraction reopened later that year as Living with the Land which was similar to its predecessor except for a reprise few changes. These changes included: * The replacement of the Circle Symphony of LifeSeeds scene with a new storm scene. After the medleyIn this scene, the actors take a bow as Simba roarsnarrator tells guests that climate changes are sweeping over the land. Timon He then tells goes on to say that the audience they were storm is a new beginning for the best audience ever before pointing them towards land, and that the exitwater combined with sunlight leads to the growth of the planet.  * The rainforest scene was extended. * The finale of the attraction was changed so that it showed various humans standing in front of agriculture. The former finale which showcased futuristic agricultural methods was moved to the greenhouse section of the tour.  * The removal of the song "Listen to the Land" from the attraction. In 2006, Living with the Land was given an automatic narration as opposed to a live tour guide.

* The Simba puppet In order to add interest to Living with the Land, it was decided to add a mural featuring famous quotes about the environment to the attraction's queue. During the development of the mural, Marty Sklar suggested using quotes from ordinary children. In order to accomplish this goal, Disney reached out to various children's environmental organizations. Eventually, Saving Earth agreed advertise the mural in its newsletter, and the company received 800 different submissions. Of these submissions, the Festival number of quotes was narrowed to the Lion King is 12 feet tall10 which were chosen <ref name= "jack"/>.

* 136 African inspired costumes are used The address on the mailbox in farmhouse scene has the number 1982 in it. This is a reference to the showyear that EPCOT Center opened <ref name= "jack"/>.

* 50 cast members perform daily One tomato plant in the Festival of Living With the Lion KingLand greenhouse can produce up to 32,194 tomatoes every 16 months <ref name= "jack"/>.

* 7 shows The University of Arizona's Environmental Research Lab acted as a consultant for Listen to the Festival of the Lion King are performed every dayLand's aquaculture exhibit <ref> https://wrrc.arizona.edu/publications/arroyo-newsletter/fish-may-be-cash-crop-arizona-farmers </ref>.

* Inside of the greenhouse, RFID tags start the automatic narration. The narration is occasionally updated when there are new planting techniques showcased <ref name==References==http://www.disneybythenumbers.com/wdw"book"/CampMinnieMIckey>.html

* Living with the Land's score was composed by George Wilkins <ref> http://jimhillmediawww.imdb.com/contributors1name/bnm0929260/leslie_navarro</archive/2011/02/10/quot-festival-of-the-lion-king-quot-show-at-disney-s-animal-kingdom-proves-that-recycling-can-be-funref>.aspx

http* The song "Listen to the Land" was written by Bob Moline <ref name= "Sklar"/>. * Following the 2019 update, one of the scenes in the Barn Theater shows a close of up a farm irrigation sprinkler. This footage is actually stock footage that can be found [https://allearswww.netvideoblocks.com/tpvideo/ak/ak_flk.htmfarm-irrigation-sprinkler-slow-motion-rh3e7veuiqyer3ot Here] ==References==