I guess we were unlucky.
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Too bad you didnāt know. You could have demanded both refunds and upgrades 
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You must have been - every time Iāve been itās been cooled to the point of refrigerationā¦
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Iāll joint @profmatt on the āunluckyā side re: A/C in Nemo ā I kept waiting for that sweet show A/C chill to kick in, and no luck . . . just what felt like a thousand people slowing sweating together in a dark theater.
And @staceyrose55 for me thereās no question between the two ā the Nemo show is great, but FotLK is AMAZING. Nemo is really just a broadway-style musical, scaled down. FotLK, for me, has a jaw-dropping, āwow-factorā with the Tumble Monkeys, the fire dancing, etc., that Nemo just canāt match.
As to the substance of the question, which I didnāt really address in my unhelpful original post, I found the Nemo show to be underwhelming and somewhat traumatising. I was unfamiliar with the plot but the idea of having a son and then losing him strikes me as about as horrifying an event as can befall a person.
Lion King was wholly upbeat, although the compulsory audience participation had me rolling my eyes. Itās a much bigger, more impressive production.
I must have liked it a bit because I took a photo. I didnāt take a photo at Nemo ā I was too busy swaddling myself in my cooling towel and trying not to cry at a story which is basically about a young child being kidnapped.
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The Nemo show makes me cry every time for exactly this reason. Although . . . Lion King (the movie, not FotLK itself) does have a father literally getting murdered right in front of his son, which youād think would be even worse for you @profmatt.
Iāve not seen the movie. I have seen the stage play ā on both Broadway and in the West End ā but I donāt remember being traumatised by it.
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I think the show is really designed for people who have seen the movie (which I am surprised to hear you havenāt). The film is filled with humor, and as itās pretty much a āgivenā that they will be reunited at the end, I never found it to be terribly traumatizing.
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Iāve confessed elsewhere that Iāve seen very few Disney movies. Iām not really into cartoons.
SMH
Must fix this before 8 days from now
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Iāve half-heartedly committed myself to watching The Incredibles and Fast & Furious 7 before I leave for Orlando.
This afternoon I watched Speed which is neither of those movies. It made me cry a bit. Iād forgotten just how much I love Keanu Reeves. And how much better films were in the olden days.
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Honestly I would drop something else before dropping one of them. Of course Iām a theatre geek, so thereās thatā¦
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Oh! Lion King the movie came out when my son was little. We had it on VHS and we watched it every day. It made me cry everyday, but I love that movie.
I enjoy both, but definitely prefer Lion King!
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Thanks for all of the helpful comments! Iām showing them to DH and weāll decide, but I do confess to be leaning towards FOTLK now.
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I love the movie The Lion King and the music from it, so FoTLK was a must do, and it didnāt disappoint. It was amazing. Goosebumps and watery eyes. My kids were more familiar with Nemo, but I didnāt give them the option. 
For what itās worth, they enjoyed FoTLK. It does have acrobats and signing and dancing, so even if you donāt know the music, I imagine itās still enjoyable.
I have not seen Nemo, so I canāt compare the two. I plan to see both in November. I canāt imagine going to AK again ever and not seeing FoTLK though.
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FOTLK is better than Nemo, although as stated, both are well done. They have very different feels to them, however.
But if I could only choose one, FOTLK would win, hands down.
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āSpeedā is āthe olden daysā? Wow. Iām older than I thought!
āSpeedā was, of course, a genre-defining movie. It was essentially the start of the non-stop action, who really cares about plot style movies that have become a mainstay of movie-going today. As such, we decided to introduce our kids to the movie as a kind of history lesson in the genre.
My kids basically mocked the movie, as well as my wife and I for liking it. My DS17 said it was so formulaic it was ridiculous. I, of course, had to point out that it was the movie that CREATED the formula that others followed, so the fact that you see it as formulaic is kind of the point. It WASNāT formulaic at the time. Everything that followed it was formulaic to Speed. But, alas, there was no convincing them. Our reputation in movie opinion was forever tarnished for my kids. Now they think they know so much more about movies that it sometimes infuriates me!
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My DS studied film production at uni, heās impossible to watch a film with!
uggg - my son is the WORST - he has no appreciation of movies that I love and he has no problem explain to me why they are so bad - and mocking me for liking them.
āMillennialsā LOL