LMAO! “Who is Angel?” Like her, he has his roots in an animated series. He is Simba’s son. Kiara is still around, but has her own royal responsibilities since she is the heir to the throne. It is set in between the Lion King 2, since they’re all kids. Kovu, Vitani, Nuka, and Zyra also appear in an episode, confirming the timeline.
It’s actually a pretty good show. Great animation and the few songs are pretty good too. Don’t let being on Disney Junior fool you. I am 35yo and enjoy it. I didn’t much care for the Timon and Pumba animated series, even when I was a kid, so to me, this is a million times better.
At the parks and the
Disney Store, not much Lion King merch can be found, but you’ll find a ton of Lion Guard. It’s on it’s 3rd season. They know they have a hit.
Theme parks can't afford to not cater to every nationality and special interest group out there. Especially with THREE Disney parks in the far east. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
But why DL and not WDW? The Chinese pavilion at EPCOT was enough? They could very easily bring out the old Mulan floats, if they were stored properly.
We don’t have such a thing at Six Flags. ...of course, they’re also closed during that time, but various other places don’t. We have a large Hispanic population where I live, but even though it’s open then, Six Flags doesn’t have a Cinco De Mayo festival. I guess they figure that since this particular location has had a Mexico land, they don’t need to. Riding a giant sombrero is all you need.
This may just be a California thing, but this is statewide and has absolutely nothing to do with theme parks. Most cities have a lunar day parade and its a big deal in schools too, it just makes sense for the theme parks to do bigger and better ones to draw the crowds on days they may be inclined to go elsewhere for free entertainment. Honestly until this moment I had no idea this wasn’t 100% normal so thanks for educating me on that lol
Yeah, I figured that having festivals at theme parks is just an excuse to bring in the locals with a belief of something new. As for being a CA thing, I never realized this was an actual large culture. Where I’m from, I have to venture out of my suburban bubble to find people who aren’t Caucasian. It’s not hard to do, but within, they’re pretty rare. But outside, Asians are still extremely rare, which is pretty amazing, because one of the biggest anime distributors is minutes from my house. Of course, the CEO is Asian. (Yea! I found one!)
So, anyway, a couple months ago we decided to go to SoCal and do the DL thing. DL, DCA, Legoland, and Sea World. Not sure how to express this without sounding super racist, but I was amazed at how many Asians I saw. I was like a secluded African tribe seeing a white person for the first time... ...so cool. Don’t stare! Don’t stare! Don’t stare! I mean, I guess it makes sense, Big Hero 6, was sort of a living form of this. With its many ports, and even preUS history, why wouldn’t there be that many?
Anyway, I was wondering if there really were that many Asians living there or if they were all simply on vacation, visiting the US. I remember in the parks seeing so many Tokyo DL merch, and seeing Duffy and friends. I remember having to correct my husband “No dear, that’s not Duffy. That’s Shelly May.” And then schooling him on who Gelatoni and Stella Lou were. But I’m sure the majority actually lived there. Otherwise the festival would just be plain weird. Like going to Disney Sea and them having an American festival.
