It’s the Circle of Life!

If you are a devoted follower of this Blog, you will know that my favorite Disney movie is The Lion King.  I love all of the songs from that movie but especially “Circle of Life,” both the beginning and ending versions.  Because I love this song and accompanying movie moments, it is my dream to own all the Disney merchandise I can find representing this song (especially Rafiki’s iconic pose).

And so when I discovered that Hallmark had released a musical ornament of Rafiki holding up Simba -- and musical in that the ornament played a snippet of the song -- I just knew I had to buy it!

So I searched around the Internet until I found one reasonably priced on Ebay.com.  After consulting with my father, who is the computer whiz (sort of) at home, about the prices and how to work Ebay, I went ahead and bought it – with encouragement from Roomie, as well.

Excitedly, I waited for the day when it arrived.  When I got the package slip one morning (it was a Tuesday or Thursday because I remember the specifically Tuesdays and Thursdays class I had to sit through), I waited patiently (just barely) through class until I could leave and get my package straightaway!

As soon as I got back, I snagged a pair of scissors from my room and opened it in the lounge, as Roomie was sleeping in our room (and I didn’t want to disturb her with my screams of joy).

Of course, I thought of all of you, my wonderful followers, so I had my camera ready.  Enjoy the pictures below.

Box within a box...Disney inception.
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Front of the box.
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Back of box.
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Bottom of box.
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One side of the box.
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This side gave the normal price, but I got it a bit cheaper.
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Here they are!
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Once I’d opened it, I went back in the room to find a screwdriver because it hadn’t come with batteries so the music wouldn’t play.  Roomie was awake, so I brought everything back into the room and asked her for a screwdriver, as I couldn’t find mine.

As soon as I’d put the batteries in, I turned on my camera once more to film the experience for all of you.

THE Disney Freak/The Disney Freak Blog Original Video. I think this is the first time you guys get to hear my voice!

That’s all for this time.  If you’re a The Lion King fan, I totally recommend getting this piece for your collection!  I absolutely love it and would play the music all the time (just ask Roomie!) until TDM warned me it wouldn’t last as long if I pressed the button like every other minute.

But every once and awhile, the button is just begging for use…and so I push it.  Just once.

Makes me so happy every single time.

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ttfn!