We Bet You Didn't Notice This Subtle but Important Magic Kingdom CHANGE

Disney World’s 50th Anniversary ended in early 2023, but there are still a few leftover details that have stuck around since then.

Mickey statue at Magic Kingdom

For starters, although the big “50” icon on the castle was removed, the 50th Anniversary “EARidescent” colors stuck around. Also, the gold statues of all our favorite Disney characters have remained in all four park. But, we recently noticed that they got a mini makeover.

Back in September, we noticed that the 50th Anniversary logos on the statues were finally removed. So now the statues are just part of the parks, minus the 50th signage.

The 50th logo is gone

However, a few statues have received a different kind of makeover. Instead of having those 50th Anniversary logos removed, the artwork was replaced with something else.

These are so cute!

Here’s the Abu statue in Adventureland in Magic Kingdom — the medallion he holds now has a globe symbol. Is this some sort of secret message from Disney? More than likely, it’s just an icon to represent the whole discovery and adventure theme of Adventureland. But hey — it’s interesting!

Abu’s new symbol

Now, this one is interesting. The Stitch statue on the wall in Tomorrowland has a symbol on it that we didn’t recognize. After a little digging around, we believe this is Tantalog, the native language of the alien planet where Stitch was created. Here’s the thing, though: the only symbol we could translate is the last one, which is a “5.” So that blows our theory out of the water that these symbols mean “626.” So, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

What are you holding there, Stitch?

Whatever the case, we’re on the lookout for more symbols on these statues throughout the parks, so don’t you worry — DFB is ON THE CASE. In the meantime, stay tuned to DFB for more Disney news.

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