Simba TodayThe Adventures of Simba

One seat is never enough for Simba. He needs room to stretch out. Here is taking up the  entire first row in business class on Lufthansa’s commuter flight from Frankfurt to Hannover. There’s no first class on these flights only business class is the best you can get.

Simba wants to gives a special thank you to the staff and crew of Lufthansa, Frankfurt am Main Flughafen, Hannover Airport and Vancouver International Airport for making his journey as pleasant as possible, attending to all his unique needs and making his journey across the ocean truly a special one.

Simba climbs into a Mercedes S Class limousine at Frankfurt Airport to be taken directly to his next flight to Hannover. Normally a bus takes you around at Frankfurt Airport but Simba being a V.I.L. “Very Important Lion”, he always gets receives special attention wherever he goes.

The lounge features a bar, dinning room with awesome food, places to relax, places to get work done, showers, a cigar lounge, and countless other amenities for the tired business traveler. You can even get a massage here.

The bar in Lufthansa’s first class lounge is famous for its very large selection of whiskies from around the world.

Simba enjoying a smoothie at the bar.

Simba relaxing on the couch waiting for his limmo to arrive to take him to his next flight.

Simba steps off the plane in Frankfurt.  It was a good flight and the service and food was excellent.  He is happy to finally be off though and stretch his legs.

Simba gets a ride to Lufthansa’s First Class lounge at Frankfurt Airport where he will relax until it is time to board his next flight to Hannover, Germany.

Simba being a king only flies first class. Simba is flying to Frankfurt today and then on to Hannover. He is looking forward to making lots of new friends in Germany.

Simba goes through security at Vancouver Airport. Sorry the photo is blurry.

Simba is now on board. Next stop the first class lounge at Frankfurt am Main Airport in Germany.

Douglas Cuddle Toys is the company who made the Simba featured in this photoblog. Douglas has been in the stuffed animal business for over fifty years and makes some of the nicest plush animals. They especially do a great job of capturing the character of the animal in the faces. Simba was made by them 19 years ago when The Lion King was originally released. Simba has not been available for many years and is quite hard to find today. Since Simba was in the area he just had to go pay a visit to his birthplace. The staff at Douglas were very friendly and were glad to meet Simba. Simba even was able to meet his original designer who has been with Douglas for over 35 years. A special thank you to Douglas and their staff for their time and for making so many beautiful animals and for making Simba too.

Simba jumping in the air at Douglas Cuddle Toys headquarters in Keene, NH

Simba and his friends having their photo taken inside Douglas’ conforence room.

Simba meeting another Simba at Douglas owned by his original designer.

Mmmmmm Cheese. Simba has some tasty Wisconsin cheese on his mind as he enters America’s Dairyland.

Simba in front of McDonalds in Fairmont Minnesota.

Not much to see along I-90 through southern Minnesota other than the Hormel Foods museum of Spam in Austin, MN. Simba wasn’t much interested in spam and did not like all the mosquitoes much. So Simba headed on through Minnesota to the Mississippi river.

The Big Simba is sitting in Iowa. While the Simba on the right is in Minnesota and the one on the monument is in South Dakota.