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Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Satu’li Canteen

To celebrate the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, Disney has released some NEW eats at Satu’li Canteen! There’s the Ocean Moon Bowl, the Metkayina Mousse, and the Ilu Splash Margarita.

We thought the new eats were delicious, and something different to try the next time you might be in Animal Kingdom if you’re going soon!

See the FULL Review of the New Eats at Satu’li Canteen Here

Animal Kingdom General Updates

Tree of Life

Also part of the Avatar: The Way of Water celebrations was a NEW sequence in the Tree of Life Awakening show. You can catch some of it in the video below!

Take a peek at the NEW ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ sequence in the Tree of Life Awakening Show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom! 🌳🌊 pic.twitter.com/zlTi1QErlN

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) December 12, 2022

The Tree of Life Awakening show happens nightly in Animal Kingdom around sunset — we highly recommend checking it out!

See the ‘Avatar’ Tree of Life Show Here

Dinosaur

The construction bushes are finally down in front of Dinosaur!

It looks like Disney took this opportunity to spruce up the fountain a bit. We’ll keep an eye on this spot for any more updates, so stay tuned.

Animal Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Discovery Trading

2023 is right around the corner, and that means new merchandise is starting to hit the parks! We found this 2023 Mickey and Minnie Skyliner figure for $19.99…

…and we can’t get over how adorable this Fab 5 magnet is! It features Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy. Poor Pluto wasn’t invited to this gathering.

Give your home a bit of a makeover with this new Rajah rug!

It’s the roughly size of a standard bath mat and you can get it for $34.99.

Africa Hub Cart

Disney is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023, and we’ve started to see more of that merchandise arrive in the parks as well. Get this Chip ‘n’ Dale pin for $14.99…

…and this Donald and Daisy pin is $14.99 as well!

A lot more 100th anniversary merchandise has landed the other Disney World parks — see it all here!

ALL the Disney 100th Anniversary Merchandise You Can Get Online

Windtraders

Over in Pandora, we stopped by Windtraders to see if there was anything new — and we found a couple Avatar plush toys, like this one for $22.99…

…and this blue one for $34.99.

But, the coolest souvenir you’ll find in this store is the CUSTOM Avatar you can create! A machine scans you, and then creates your very own Avatar figure you can take home. Each custom Avatar is $79.99! This has been around for a while, but it was closed due to the pandemic for a while and we love getting the chance to remind you it exists.

That’s all you missed from Animal Kingdom this time around — we’ll be on the lookout for more updates, so keep checking back for more.

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