Adventures for all on London ‘Lion’ safari!

Year 7 recently went on a trip to London to watch The Lion King musical and there were 48 pupils all together

I’m writing this to tell the school about our exciting experience

This was not the first time I’ve been to London to watch The Lion King as I regularly go with my parents to watch theatre musicals

However, this time was different …. this was my first ever time to London without them, so I was very excited to go with my school friends

I really like The Lion King and was looking forward to seeing the show once again In fact, I remember back to when I was eight-years-old and was lucky to be called up on to the stage during The Lion King show at Walt Disney World.

On the day of trip, we all met at school for 4:30 as the show was starting at 7:30 The bus journey took about an hour and a half and everyone was so excited

When we finally got to London, me and my friends took pictures of the sights, including London Bridge and the London Eye

We soon arrived and made our way to the theatre. It was a short 15-minute walk from where the bus parked, and we enjoyed making our way through the London crowds

The venue is called Lyceum Theatre and has been showing The Lion King since 1999. We entered the theatre, and my first impression was that it was so big! The decorations were amazing and eyecatching The teachers managed to get us all to our seats and settled before the show started The lights went out and everyone went silent. The guards made sure no phones were on and the show started There was amazing music, loud singing, incredible costumes and dancing Everyone was mesmerised When it was the interval, everyone went to go get ice cream, although they only took cards and most of the students, including me, didn’t have a card so we couldn’t buy any food unfortunately. That was so disappointing as we were all looking forward to some ice cream and a drink. You could still get souvenirs with cash, which was good

The show finished around 10pm but the adventures continued on our journey home There were a few road closures which meant we didn’t arrive until around 1am However, everyone was in a good mood ,and we sang songs all the way back to school

We all really enjoyed our school trip to The Lion King and especially London I hope there will be more trips like these in the future and cannot wait for the next one!

Maria (7V)