The festival of the Lion King begins with the shows four hosts, Kiume (meaning "masculine and strong"), Nakawa (meaning "good-looking"), Kibibi (meaning "princess"), and Zawadi (meaning "the gift"), singing Welcome to Our House. After the four hosts introduce themselves, they tell guests that Simba and his guests will be there any minute, but first they need their 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 this, one guest is chosen to lead the audience as they make tusks with their fingers and make a snorting noise. Next up is the lions. Another guest is chosen 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, the giraffes, whose noise, sounds like a sheep.
After everyone knows their roles, they all make their animal noises together. At this point, the lights in the room dim and everyone is told to listen. As wind begins to howl, various animals begin to dance on stage. After their ceremony, the Circle of Life begins to play. Simba, the Lion King then addresses guests, telling them that it is time for the big celebration. At the begging of the celebration, the song I Just Can't Wait to be King plays, as a parade begins. Timon, Pumbaa, the Tumble Monkeys, various animals and other dancers then parade through the stage on floats. Finally, Simba appears atop a rock, watching over the proceedings.
At the begging of the Following "festival", the song I Just Can't Wait to be King plays", as a parade beginsTimon takes center stage to perform Hakuna Matata. He is joined by Pumbaa, who is located on the side of the theater "in the warthog section”. As Timontries to perform his song, the Tumble Monkeys initially cause havoc. After getting the monkeys in order Timon and Pumbaa, finish the song. After Hakuna Matata has ended the Tumble Monkeys, various perform an acrobatic act as the rest of the animals look on. The dance is performed to a medley of songs. The songs featured in the act are, “Sing, Sing, Sing”, ”Playmates”, ”Snake Charmer”, ”Caravan”, ”Hakuna Matata”, ”Yes! We Have No Bananas” and other dancers then parade through Hawaiian War Chant. . As the monkey begin packing up the stage on floats, the song Be Prepared begins to play. FinallyAs various dancers appear in dark clothing, Simba appears atop a rock, watching over Kiume takes center stage to sing the proceedingssong. While he is singing, a fire dancer begins dancing with a flaming torch.
Following "I Just Can't Wait to be King", Timon takes center stage to perform Hakuna Matata. He is joined by Pumbaa, who is located on the side of the theater "in the warthog section”. As Timon tries to perform his song, the Tumble Monkeys initially cause havoc. After getting the monkeys in order Timon and Pumbaa finish the song. After Hakuna Matata has ended the Tumble Monkeys perform an acrobatic act as the rest of the animals look on. The dance is performed to a medley of songs. The songs featured in the act are, “Sing, Sing, Sing”, ”Playmates”, ”Snake Charmer”, ”Caravan”, ”Hakuna Matata”, ”Yes! We Have No Bananas” and Hawaiian War Chant. . As the monkey begin packing up the stage, the song Be Prepared begins to play. As various dancers appear in dark clothing, Kiume takes center stage to sing the song. While he is singing, a fire dancer begins dancing with a flaming torch. 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 his this point in the show, the dancers (including Timon and the Tumble Monkeys) all create a circle around the stage, as a female singer sings “The Circle of Life”. Following the song, Simba tells the audience that it's time to for them to help them in the celebration finale “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. The different groups then are divided back up and given different parts to sing, with the giraffes and the elephants sing the "wing a way" and Lions and the warthogs singing the high part. Timon then decides that he will sing the melody. The whole cast and audience then perform The Lion Sleeps Tonight together.
After the song has finished, Timon tells the cast that it's time to take it home. They then perform a medley of the Lion King songs that had previously been featured in the show (Hakuna Matata, Can You Feel the Love Tonight ,Be Prepared and I Just Can't Wait to Be King), concluding with a reprise of the Circle of Life. After the medley, the actors take a bow as Simba roars. Timon then tells the audience they were the best audience ever before pointing them towards the exit.