Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable was a 70mm film shown in The Land pavilion at Epcot. It opened in 1995, replacing Symbiosis and recycling some footage from it. James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, and Ernie Sabella reprise their roles from The Lion King, while Cam Clarke takes over Matthew Broderick as the voice of Simba.
The attraction permanently closed on February 3, 2018.
==Plot==
The film opens with a montage of animals and Mufasa's voice, some clips leftover from the previous attraction, Symbiosis, playing Circle of Life before the film enters the Pride Lands where Timon and Pumbaa are constructing the Hakuna Matata Lakeside Village Resort by damming a stream to create a small lake. Simba arrives on the scene to tell them that their dam is drying the water hole downstream and tells a tale of humanity's impact on the environment. Timon and Pumbaa are initially excited by man's developments (including several Las Vegas casinos and the New York City skyline) until seeing the consequences of progress such as mass pollution and natural destruction, which will lead to all life on the planet becoming extinct. Simba tells them though that humans are learning to give back to the environment through recycling, alternative energy sources, and conservation programs. With Simba concluding his story, Timon and Pumbaa bring down the dam and restore the watering hole.
==Voice Cast==
*James Earl Jones as Mufasa
*Cam Clarke as Simba 
*Nathan Lane as Timon
*Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa
*Carmen Twillie as the Circle of Life singer
==Trivia==
*Footage utilized in the film was shot in over 30 countries.
*Cam Clarke replaces Matthew Broderick as the voice of Simba.
*During the short's opening montage, a killer whale clip from the beginning of the 1993 film Free Willy is briefly seen.
*One of the alternative-fuel cars seen in the film is a 1990s Chevy electric vehicle.
==Queue Line Signs==
Below are photos of the queue line signs featuring Timon and Pumbaa from *Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable*, taken in 2017:
File:Pumba sing 1.jpg|Queue line signage featuring Timon and Pumbaa, taken in 2017. These signs were part of the pre-show area for Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
File:Pumba sign 2.jpg|Queue line signage featuring Timon and Pumbaa, taken in 2017. These signs were part of the pre-show area for Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
File:Pumba sign 3.jpg|Queue line signage featuring Timon and Pumbaa, taken in 2017. These signs were part of the pre-show area for Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
File:Pumba sign 4 .jpg|Queue line signage featuring Timon and Pumbaa, taken in 2017. These signs were part of the pre-show area for Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
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