Lion King and Lucy

This was the second time seeing the Lion King for us, and we had a nice group of 8 attending the show. Overall it was an amazing show, I think everyone should see the Lion King at least once in their lifetime.

I was sad to see that there had been some tinkering done since the last time it was in town and not for the better. There were some new ballet moments and what my friends and I jokingly referred to as the "naked butt cheek". Really, that didn't need to be there! The aerial ballet was lovely and had it been in another show would have been completely appropriate. My last complaint is that they added the ensemble to a few songs in African inspired outfits...ummm...hello! The show is about ANIMALS, it completely broke the mood have people. They worked so hard on the costumes that this just doesn't make any sense.

The following day we headed off to the Science Center to see the Lucy exhibit. The place was crazy and there were lines going out to Wazu. We got snapped at twice trying to figure out which line was for the ticket booth and which for the kiosks. So we went to the other side and used the completely empty kiosk. People seriously need to embrace kiosks! And be nicer. We killed some time before our entry time at the Laser Dome watching the 80s Show which was loads of fun!

As to the Lucy exhibit, we were glad that we saw the bones but we both felt that it had been mis-marketed. It should have been called Ethiopia, with Lucy. The majority was on the history, culture and religion of Ethiopia which was very interesting and I would have gone to see regardless. But by putting the focus on Lucy we were expecting a paleontology based exhibit. But it was only the last bit.