food IS a theme park
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a place where we can appreciate the beauty of nature.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
What happens when that is no longer the case? We got some information recently that makes us nervous for the future of the beauty of one of our FAVORITE parks. [Read more…]
Can you hear that? It sounds like sleigh bells! Santa is coming SOON!
Holiday decorations!
Okay, so we’ve still got over a month until Santa’s big day, but you wouldn’t know that if you’ve visited Disney World this week. Holiday merchandise is EVERYWHERE. The big gingerbread house at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has arrived. The holiday decorations are being added to the parks — speaking of which, ANOTHER park just got all decked out for the season.
We’re always on the lookout for clues about new things coming to Disney World.
©Disney
When Disney gives us concept art, we deep dive into it to find any new information that we didn’t notice before. Then we like to share that information with you, our readers, so we can all try to be one step ahead of Disney (or at least feel like we’re ahead of them). Today, we’ve taken a closer look at the concept art for the coming lands in Animal Kingdom to see what clues Disney has dropped for us!
Tree of Life
Back at the beginning of September, Disney dropped some MAJOR hints about what’s coming to Disney World. One of those hints was that Animal Kingdom is going to be getting some updates. Disney shared with us some concept art for what this update might look like. So we took a closer look at the concept art for the proposed new Encanto and Indiana Jones lands that could be taking over the Dinoland U.S.A. area in Animal Kingdom. After close examination, we spotted SIX things that we think could be coming to this new area!
Well, y’all — whew! It has been QUITE the weekend.
Chairman, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Josh D’Amaro
Destination D23, a HUGE Disney fan event, is underway at Disney’s Contemporary Resort at Disney World, and Disney started the event off by announcing a TON of new things coming to Disney Parks, Disney Cruise Line, and more. If you weren’t able to keep up with all those announcements, though — don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Here’s EVERYTHING Disney announced.
Some MAJOR changes could be coming to Disney World soon.
Concept Art
During the D23 Expo in 2022, Disney hinted at a potential expansion in Magic Kingdom that could house lands themed to Coco, Encanto, and even the Disney Villains. But Disney also teased the idea of retheming DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park into a space all about Moana or Zootopia. We’ve since broken down Disney’s concept art in detail and looked at how likely it would be for them to actually be built. Now we’re taking another look at these teased spaces to see what technology could be pointing toward their eventual creation!
Animal Kingdom‘s DinoLand U.S.A. is a beloved part of the park and has a lot of history and trivia surrounding its creation.
DinoLand U.S.A.
The concept behind DinoLand U.S.A. is that it started as a “highway town” where dinosaur bones were found by amateur fossil hunters. There are plenty of hidden Easter eggs and fun facts about this land, and you might already know about some of them — but we bet you didn’t know THIS trivia! [Read more…]
If you would LOVE for areas themed to Coco, Encanto, or even Zootopia or the Disney villains to be added to the Disney World theme parks, you might be in luck!
The D23 Expo Has Ended!
During the 2022 D23 Expo, some Disney executives discussed a few Blue Sky ideas they’re working on for the parks. These are things that could come to the parks — a.k.a. they’re NOT officially confirmed and they could change substantially (or never even get built), but they are things Disney is working on. Mainly, they discussed a potential Moana and/or Zootopia re-theme for DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park and new Coco, Encanto, and Disney villains-themed spaces beyond Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Magic Kingdom. If you’ve seen the concept art you might already be really excited about these possibilities, but we took out our microscope and now we’re highlighting the details in these that you NEVER noticed!
One of the best things about visiting Disney World is seeing the characters!
Mickey and Minnie at Adventurers Outpost
There are also so many opportunities to see them, too — they turn up in character cavalcades, in parades, and at character meet and greets. Some even roam around the parks so you can randomly bump into them. Now, characters are returning to the parks, and that includes some very popular character meet and greets in Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
Things are about to get exciting over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Kevin!
The park is gearing up for a big Earth Day Celebration (that also includes limited time snacks) AND we just recently learned that the NEW Finding Nemo show is set to premiere soon! In the meantime, though, we’re visiting Animal Kingdom almost every day to keep you updated on what’s new.
Every once in a while, the rides and attractions in Disney World may experience a temporary downtime. These downtimes can occur for a number of reasons, and they are often quite brief and don’t cause any major disruptions to the ride’s operations.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Brief technical hiccups are bound to happen, and from time to time, you may find yourself ON the ride when those hiccups occur!
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