In The West End Summer Pop-Up

There are two Disney musicals currently showing here in Londons West End. I have seen both Aladdin and The Lion King musical, The lion king is my favourite one, I could go to see it again so many times!

But if there are any Disney fans in London or anyone who is coming to London and wants to see the musicals,  I really do recommend both of them and still for this weekend if you are visiting London, head to Covent Garden and go to see In the West End- pop up store! 

I posted some photos of the even on Instagram but if you haven't had time to see it there, here is little but more detailed the event

When you walk in to the pop up store you are able to see few of the dancers costumes, Mufasa, Rafiki, Zazu, Zeebra and head pieces of Lioness and Simba from The lion King musical which was the biggest part of the pop up shop

From Disney's Aladdin musical there was a smaller section of the store, but the most fun part was that you were actually able to take 4 photos with Genies lamp in the treasure cave and they even printed them out for you 

There were also two costumes from Aladdin, Sultans dress and another dress from the musical, but pardon me, unfortunately I can't remember whose dress it was

When we entered to the store they had at 11am starting small tour of the costumes and dresses. The cast members explained small details of each costumes which some were actually surprising!

What I learned about the tour is that Each of the Lion king head pieces are not made of wood, they are just hand painted to seem like they are made out of oak or some similar kind of wood, but of course that would be too heavy material for the dancers to wear while dancing. But the headpieces are looking amazing with the details they have and also what I learned was that each of the headpieces are repainted after each show just a little bit to make sure it is as good as new and they are completely replaced each year since adding the paint makes them heavier

A little note from Aladdin, sultans dress is full of hand sewed crystals and there are over 1400 crystals in the costumes and if any of them falls during the show it is sewed straight back in after the scene. 

If you have any questions related to these two musicals and you decided to go to see the store, feel free to ask, they have such amazing knowledge


They are arranging different program each day and also at the end of the day there is one little bit more special event happening, and the cast members said that the last one is the most popular and it is recommended to arrive about 30mins before scheduled starting time

After you have seen everything they also have arranged Genie lamp hunt, you need to find 4 different Genie magic lamps around Covent Garden Market place and you'll bring your note of the word you find letters from those lamps and you'll receive a small gift 

Which musical, Aladdin or The lion King do you like more? 

- Tiia