PHOTO REPORT: Animal Kingdom 7/26/16 (DINOSAUR Closes, AVATAR Construction, New Merchandise, ETC.)

Tom Corless

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PHOTO REPORT: Animal Kingdom 7/26/16 (DINOSAUR Closes, AVATAR Construction, New Merchandise, ETC.)

It has been a while since we took a visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, so let’s see what is new and exciting around the park:

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The Rivers of Light lotus blossom light-up popcorn bucket is now available around the park

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It’s pretty big…

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Turkey legs are back, but only at the beverage service window next door to the main Yak and Yeti quick service location

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The facade of the Caravan Theater (home to Flight of Wonder) is still behind tarps…

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Work continues on the trails behind the Tree of Life

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Pizzafari currently offers three unique souvenir cups

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Tiffins and Nomad Lounge have been a bit slow, so they added a check-in podium on the main path to draw in some traffic

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The one FuelRod kiosk in the park is located inside Island Mercantile

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An Inside Out MagicBand is available now

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The TAG merchandise line now has its own mystery pin set

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Force Awakens logos were added to this Star wars set

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Work continues on Pandora: The World of AVATAR

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DINOSAUR is now closed through October for some general maintenance (and maybe a few surprises)

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Well, this is outdated now…

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Of the new small plates released recently, Kilimanjaro Safaris now has a matching coaster as well

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While it only has about a month of life left, there is now a Jungle Book: Alive with Magic pin

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Loving the signage for the renamed Discovery Trading Co. store

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Back in May, the giant Dinosaur is Dino-Rama was painted green

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He still has what i refer to as “nipple lights” underneath…

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The Creature Comforts Starbucks has a pretty neat Firefly cupcake on sale

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Pangani Forest Exploration Trail was finally renamed Gorilla Falls on signage

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The Star Wars attraction posters are now also phone cases

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There’s also this giant Jack Skellington phone case which I believe serves no actual practical purpose

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The posters are also available as puzzles

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The centralized registers at Chester and Hester’s were knocked out, replaced with these side registers

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Guests can now find more merchandise in the center

4 thoughts on “PHOTO REPORT: Animal Kingdom 7/26/16 (DINOSAUR Closes, AVATAR Construction, New Merchandise, ETC.)”

  1. I am sure glad you explained the “TURKEY LEGS. Available in our Quality Beverage” sign. I was seriously thinking that they had gone mad and were trying to start a Turkey Smoothie craze.

  2. Do you know what is going on with the Hollywood Studios Star Wars fireworks? They are all off to the side and it looks like a mistake in an otherwise really cool show.

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