{"id":434,"date":"2011-05-29T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T17:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2011-05-29T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T17:48:09","slug":"lion-king-in-las-vegas-welcomes-its-one-millionth-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/lion-king-in-las-vegas-welcomes-its-one-millionth-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion King in Las Vegas Welcomes Its One Millionth Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s Lion King at Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas welcomed its a millionth guest Saturday, May 21 during \u201cFan Appreciation Month\u201d as segment of its two-year jubilee celebration. The Lion King\u2019s run in Las Vegas outlines the production\u2019s longest sit-down rendezvous off Broadway in North America.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-las-vegas-nv-tickets.html\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lion-king-vegas1.jpg\" alt=\"Lion King Las Vegas One Millionth Guest\" title=\"Lion King Las Vegas One Millionth Guest\" width=\"403\" height=\"469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lion-king-vegas1.jpg 403w, http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lion-king-vegas1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion King Las Vegas One Millionth Guest<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe Welch family of Las Vegas was named the lucky winner and received an ultimate summer getaway. The family \u2013 comprised of parents Robert and Shaneka, and daughters Rachael, 7, and Kaitlynn, 6 \u2013 saw Lion King for the first time as their Mother&#8217;s Day gift to Shaneka. The 16-year Vegas residents&#8217; prize package includes an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City where they will enjoy Disney&#8217;s Mary Poppins and The Lion King on Broadway. Before jetting off to the Big Apple, the family will celebrate with a relaxing two-night staycation at Mandalay Bay in a luxurious suite. <\/p>\n<p>The smash hit has been seen by more than 55 million people in 18 different productions worldwide since its 1997 premiere. THE Lion King productions have grossed more than $4.3 billion to date and have cumulatively run 83 years. Newsweek calls the Tony\u00ae Award-winning sensation &#8220;a landmark event in entertainment&#8221; and The New York Times says, &#8220;You will gasp again and again at the visual majesty of the show\u2026There is simply nothing else like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mandalay Bay&#8217;s production of The Lion King continues to reign as a landmark musical event, winning audiences over with extraordinary musical score, breathtaking costumes and a heartfelt story, while earning record-breaking numbers at the Mandalay Bay Theatre. The show is performed Monday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday shows at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Lion King Las Vegas will perform its final show Dec. 30, 2011.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s Lion King at Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas welcomed its a millionth guest Saturday, May 21 during \u201cFan Appreciation Month\u201d as segment of its two-year jubilee celebration. The Lion King\u2019s run in Las Vegas outlines the production\u2019s longest sit-down rendezvous off Broadway in North America. The Welch family of Las Vegas was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[80,79,108,7,186],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}