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Animal Kingdom Construction Update: New Places to Enjoy the Views at Drinkwallah and Upcountry Landing

If there is any place more picturesque than Disney World’s Animal Kingdom to enjoy a stroll or simply sit for a spell and take in your surroundings?

Tree of Life in Animal Kingdom

I think many would agree when we say, “Nope!” And now there are a few more places where you can do the latter (which we found while doing the former 😉 ) on our latest trip to the park!

Drinkwallah

is a spot where you can always grab a Frozen Coke or other frozen beverage and a few other snacks (currently, Cinnamon-Glazed Almonds and Pecans are also featured on the menu). [Read more…]

What’s New in Animal Kingdom: ALL the Christmas Decorations, Menu Updates, New Merchandise and More!

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We’ve shown you Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios (along with Toy Story Land) all dressed up for the season, now it’s time to highlight the Animal Kingdom. Their Christmas decorations are always fun to see as they incorporate themes from the park attractions and regions represented in the park. Plus, while we were taking in all the decorations we found some new menu updates as well as some must-have merchandise!

Christmas Greetings from the Animal Kingdom

Whether this is your first or 10th visit to Animal Kingdom during Christmas be sure to take some time to look at the ornaments on the tree at the entrance to the park. They are both representative of the park, and also feature some favorite Disney characters!

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What’s New in Hollywood Studios: Everything We Found this Week Including Christmas Food and Decor!

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Hollywood Studios is a busy park these days!

In addition to the Skyliner coming in 2019, there also is work on the Chinese Theater’s new ride and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge both coming in 2019. PLUS Christmas has arrived — we’ve got Santa Alien Popcorn Buckets, a decorated Toy Story Land, and so much more! Plus Plus (haha!), the Flurry of Fun holiday events start this week! Check out everything we found!

Share Your Ears Wall at Hollywood Studios

There’s a #ShareYourEars wall in Hollywood Studios. Snap your picture and post it with the #ShareYourEars hashtag and Disney will donate to Make a Wish Foundation. You’ll find this wall in Animation Courtyard on the way to Toy Story Land. There’s also a #ShareYourEars wall in Magic Kingdom by the Purple Wall. We anticipate seeing walls in Animal Kingdom and Epcot as well.

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Update: Construction Walls are Down at Hollywood Studios’ Chinese Theater

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That was fast!

It was just last week we updated you on the status of what we could see of the construction going on at Hollywood Studios’ Chinese Theater as it becomes home to a new ride! Now, just four short days later, the construction walls are down around the Chinese Theater!

Hollywood Studios’ Chinese Theater Construction Progress

In 2019 the Chinese Theater will be home to a brand new ride, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. We don’t know an exact opening date yet, just sometime in 2019. [Read more…]

What’s New in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios: 11-4-18

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Our latest trip to Hollywood Studios was packed with updates! The park is starting to get ready for the holidays and the arrival of the Flurry of Fun (that starts this week!) with lights and merch all over, progress continues on Stars Wars construction and refurbishments and they are ready to open a new car entrance! We’ve collected all of the updates for you!

It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas in Hollywood Studios!

Like we said, the holidays are here in Hollywood Studios! In addition to a lot of holiday merch we spotted lights going up as well as decor. [Read more…]

Construction Update for Epcot’s New Rides: Guardians of the Galaxy and Ratatouille

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You should see our list of things we can’t wait for at Disney; the Skyliner, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and the two new rides at Epcot, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ratatouille. At least we get the Skyliner and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019. Guardians of the Galaxy and Ratatouille are coming to Epcot in 2021. We checked on the construction progress of these two rides this week.

Epcot’s New Ratatouille Ride Construction

The new Ratatouille ride will be behind the buildings that are currently in the France pavilion in Epcot. [Read more…]

Star Wars and Tatooine Traders Construction Updates in Hollywood Studios

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There are signs of change and building anticipation for the arrival of the new land Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Hollywood Studios all over the park. We checked in on three things on this visit: the changing Tatooine Traders to see the progress of their refurbishment, the work being done for the missing Star Wars: A Galaxy Far Far Away stage show, and finally what we can see of construction progress on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

Star Wars: A Galaxy Far Far Away stage area

As you can see, the stage area for Star Wars: A Galaxy Far Far Away is still undergoing some serious work. The show has been on hiatus for almost four weeks, looks like it will be missing for a little while longer!

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Hollywood Studios Construction Update: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and Transformation of Pixar Place

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Hollywood Studios is a changing park these days. In addition to all the work being done for the arrival of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in the Fall of 2019 a new ride is coming to the Chinese Theater, and the former Pixar Place is being transformed into a city block in Municiberg, home of The Incredibles.

Hollywood Studios Chinese Theater

The Chinese Theater is being transformed for the new ride, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway coming in 2019.

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What’s New in Disney World’s Animal Kingdom: 10-20-18

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A trip to the Animal Kingdom is always wild for us as we find so many updates each week! Find out what we found in new menu items, seasonal treats, and merchandise this week!

Hello from the Animal Kingdom

The first thing we found were updated ticket prices at the ticket windows. 🙁

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What’s New in Animal Kingdom: Everything We Found this Week!

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Our day in Animal Kingdom was jam-packed with new food, menu changes, construction, and more. But, our favorite part of the day was stopping at the Donald’s Dino-Bash Dance Party and hearing the DJ play Monster Mash and other Halloween songs mixed in with regular pop songs!