What's New at Animal Kingdom: Animal Sightings, Simba Pretzels, and New Construction!

We sure hope you’re ready to get WILD!

Animal Kingdom

We popped into Disney World’s wildest park yesterday to make sure YOU are up to date on all the latest updates! So, here’s everything new in food and construction in Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

Before we dive into the news though, we wanted to show you a couple of the cool animal sightings we got to experience yesterday! Headed into the park, we spotted a Cast Member feeding our friend the tortoise.

Tortoise Feeding

This baby gorilla was going bananas on Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail. Look at that balance!

Baby Gorilla

And he wasn’t the only one! We even spotted one of these primates climbing right on up a tree.

Gorilla Climbing a Tree

And here’s a little meerkat keeping watch for his family! Meerkats take shifts being the lookout for the group. Isn’t that cool?

Meerkat

Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Various Locations

Okay, now into those updates! The first thing we noticed was that most of the drink and snack kiosks still have that Green Mickey Jingle Bell Sipper from Christmastime.

Green Jingle Bell Sipper

Harambe Fruit Market

Over at Harambe Fruit Market, we spotted Simba Pretzels for sale!

Simba Pretzel

Animal Kingdom Construction Updates

Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail

And there’s a little bit of construction going on at Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail. The path was blocked off right after the Meerkat viewing area. A Cast Member told us this is just a bit of routine maintenance.

Gorilla Falls Path Closed Off

To deal with the fact that folks have to come out the way they came in, there was a Cast Member counting the number of guests who had entered and exited the trail and directional arrows on the ground.

Click here to learn more about the Gorilla Falls construction!

And there you have it! That’s everything new in Animal Kingdom this time. We’ll check in again soon!

Want more of the latest from Animal Kingdom? Click here!

Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe!

Don't Miss Out on Any Disney Fun!

Order Your Copy of the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining Today!

With more than 900 pages, the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining is full of tips and planning tools developed by Disney World experts over 30+ years of visits. We've done the research for you, so you'll know just which spots will uniquely suit your family's needs!

With mini-reviews of every single restaurant, bar, lounge, kiosk and more; an entire chapter on the best snacks in Disney World; full Disney Dining Plan analysis (and how to get FREE dining); and a full chapter on discounts and deals; you'll have everything you need to plan your best vacation yet.

Click here to order your copy of the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining E-book with code WDW2023 to save 25% off the cover price today!