What's New in Animal Kingdom: Pandora Construction, a Secret Menu Drink, and…a Spitting Hat?

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Animal Kingdom

We spent the day in Disney’s Animal Kingdom yesterday doing our best to hunt down all of the latest news! Without further ado, here are all the updates in food, construction, and merchandise!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Dino Diner

Let’s start with the food updates! Over at Dino Diner in Dinoland U.S.A., we spotted a new closed sign. The old one did not give menu items at the other locations. This change makes it a little bit easier for folks to find the lunch items they’d like.

Dino Diner

Restaurantosaurus Lounge

Nearby at Restaurantosaurus Lounge, we heard tell of a new secret menu drink — the Tealasaurus! Aptly-named, right?

Tealsaurus

This $13 drink is made with Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey with blue curaçao, triple sec, lemon juice, and lemonade.

Click here for the FULL REVIEW of the Tealasaurus!

Zuri’s Sweets Shop

Looking for a seasonal treat? Zuri’s Sweets Shop had the Valentine’s Red Velvet Cupcake we’ve spotted around the parks.

Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Cupcake

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Construction Updates

Pandora

On the construction front, we noticed some updates in Pandora. A new section of the pathway was blocked off as Disney continues to do some repainting of the bioluminescence.

Pandora Bioluminescence Painting

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Riverside Depot

Finally, let’s talk merchandise! Riverside Depot has a lot of new limited-edition pins released today. Let’s take a look at them! There’s the Pascal Terrarium Pin for $19.99…

Pascal Terrarium Pin

…the Maleficent Pin for $19.99…

Maleficent Pin

…the Fozzie Bear Presidents’ Day Pin for $19.99…

Fozzie Presidents Day Pin

…this Princess Leia Pin (Peep that typo! Yikes!)…

Star Wars Pin

…the Hidden Disney Mask Pin for $17.99…

Hidden Disney Mask Pin

…the Mardi Gras Ears Pin for $19.99…

Mardi Gras Ears Pin

…and the Snow White Puzzle Pins Blind Box for $17.99!

Snow White Blind Box Pins

This store also featured this new Mickey Balloon ID Holder by Loungefly for $20!

Loungefly ID Holder

Discovery Trading Co.

Over at Discover Trading Co., we found this cool Disney Parks Wallet featuring Cinderella Castle and more for $14.99.

Disney Parks Wallet

Serka Zong Bazaar

And probably the WILDEST thing we found today was this Spitting Llama Hat at Serka Zong Bazaar. Now, this hat is NOT new — but it is SO fun and hilarious.

Yeah, you definitely need this hat.

Yes, it actually spits out of its very cute mouth. How funny is that?

Want to see more of the Spitting Llama Hat? Click here!

And there you have it, folks! That’s all of the latest updates from Animal Kingdom. We’ll check in again really soon, see ya then!

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