It's really scary to think that they could be anything other than alive after the first movie, but tragically, nearly 20 years later, we still don't have any official confirmation.
The 1995 TV series seemed to confirm it, but most people just see it as a joke, and sadly, it's hard to use as true evidence. Movie 2 was even worse, not including them at all, and giving just a passing line that "the hyenas ran off", with nothing about our belov3ed trio in particular. Worse still, while they were included in movie 3, they were not shown after they fell down the hole
Disney has had ample opportunity to show they survived, but they haven't used it. Most fans assume they did, but some have assume the unthinkable.
What I want for Christmas is some confirmation---REAL confirmation--- that they are alive. I mean, couldn't they have at least had a post credits scene in the original, or a scene after the battle in LK 1/2? Or a cameo in movie 2???
I hope they made it out ok. If they didn't...*sob*